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Five Facts About the United States Drought Monitor1. Numerous agencies use the U.S. Drought Monitor.2. The USDM is made with more than precipitation data.3. A real person, using real data, updates the map.4. The USDM provides a current snapshot, not a forecast.5. Your input can be part of the drought-monitoring process.All true.#USDroughtMonitor #USDM #drought https://www.farmers.gov/blog/five-facts-about-united-states-drought-monitor

Drought intensified in parts of the eastern US and Great Plains, while drought eased in the Midwest and South. Conditions were mixed in other parts of the country. Drought (D1-D4) coverage dipped slightly by 1.1 points to 61.68%. Still a huge percentage of the US in drought.#drought #USDroughtMonitor https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.aspx

Drought expanded and intensified again this week, with degradation in the Southeast and in parts of the High Plains and West. It eased in parts of the South, Midwest, and Northeast. Drought covers 62.78% of the contiguous US, a jump of 1.75 points.#drought #USDroughtMonitor #USDM https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.aspx

Worst spring drought on record grips US, fueling wildfires and water worriesVarying levels of drought covered 62.78% of the country as April 21, with the worst of it centered on much of the South, West and Plains. Put another way, dryness in the Lower 48 states has never been this expansive in spring in the history of the US Drought Monitor, which has data back to 2000.#drought #USDroughtMonitor #USDM https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/23/weather/us-drought-worst-in-decades-wildfires-climate

Some U.S. Drought Monitor stats.Abnormal dryness and drought (D0-D4) cover 77.57% of the continental U.S. on the U.S. Drought Monitor this week, for the 27th largest affected area since the USDM began in 2000.Drought (D1-D4) covers 61.03% of the continental U.S. for the 25th most.#drought #USDM