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Drought Risk Atlas - Maps and Station Data

U.S. Drought Monitor and Drought Indices

The Drought Risk Atlas provides historic data about drought for weather stations across the United States that have at least 40 years of records. Users can select a station and view data for several drought indices over time, frequency statistics for drought thresholds, drought period information, and index comparisons. 

Where do these data come from?

The Drought Risk Atlas uses precipitation records from the National Weather Service Cooperative data (COOP) that is archived by the Regional Climate Centers (RCC) in their Applied Climate Information System (ACIS).

  • What can I do with these data?

    You can explore drought history at thousands of stations across the contiguous U.S. Values for several drought indices are pre-computed, and data are available for download. Within the Map Viewer, you can view U.S. Drought Monitor or Standardized Precipitation Index maps

    How do I use the U.S. Drought Atlas site?

    • See Help for the Map Viewer and the Data Tool on the Atlas site.
  • Data Format(s)
    TXT (ASCII), CSV
    Access Type Link & Description
    Mapping
  • Data Type
    Land-based station, Model, Satellite, Severe weather
    Essential Climate Variables
    Air temperature, , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    Science Organization
    National Drought Mitigation Center
    Email
    droughtmonitor@unl.edu

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