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Drought

Current Drought Status:

For more detailed information visit www.drought.gov.

What is Drought?

  • Definintions provided by the National Drought Mitigation Center
  • Educational tools provided by the National Integrated Drought Information Center (NIDIS)

Planning for Drought

  • What is Drought Planning
  • Drought Preparedness Planning Document
  • Drought Planning Processes

Drought Mitigation

  • Why Plan For Drought
  • How to Reduce Drought Risk
  • National Drought Policy Commission Report
  • Managing Water for Drought

Risks and Impacts

  • The Impacts of Drought
  • Drought Impact Reporter/Database

Measuring Drought

  • Drought Severity Classification Table
  • Comparison of Drought Indices

Drought Maps and Summaries

  • Drought Conditions
  • Weekly US Drought Monitor
  • Weekly Northeast Drought Monitor
  • Standardized Precipitation Index

United States Geological Survey (USGS) Resources

  • Real-time Streamflow
  • National Water Information System
  • Real-time Precipitation Data

Soil Moisture

  • Soil Moisture Conditions from the Climate Prediction Center
Maryland State Climatologist Office

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Email: climate@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-0160

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