United States Drought Monitor

Other Resources

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Government Sites With Drought-Related Information:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

National Integrated Drought Information System

National Weather Service Home Page

Climate Prediction Center

National Centers for Environmental Information

North American Drought: A Paleo Perspective

North American Drought Monitor

U.S. Department of Agriculture

USDA Drought Programs and Assistance

National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Reports

National Water and Climate Center

NOAA/USDA Joint Agricultural Weather Facility

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC)

U.S. Geological Survey

USGS VegDRI Viewer

State & Regional Drought Monitoring

The National Drought Mitigation Center’s website includes a collection of state drought monitoring and planning resources. See Drought Planning Resources by State.

American Association of State Climatologists

Regional Climate Centers

Historical Weather Data

Western U.S. Climate Historical Summaries

Applied Climate Information System

Climate division-based data

Paleoclimatic indicators

National Weather Service Forecast Offices


The U.S. Drought Monitor is produced through a partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.