Latest News About Drought Monitor

Updated 2026-05-27 12:01

I don’t have live access to the latest drought monitor feeds right now, but I can summarize how to get the most recent updates and what to expect.

Direct answer

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor updates are typically published weekly on Thursdays by the NDMC/NOAA/USDA partnership. Check the official US Drought Monitor current map and accompanying narrative for your area. If you’d like, I can guide you to the exact pages or pull recent summaries you specify.

Key sources to check for the freshest information

U.S. Drought Monitor current map and weekly release: the official map page and the associated news or tutorial sections provide the most up-to-date classifications (D0–D4) and area-specific details. They also include time-series graphics and local impacts. [source: US Drought Monitor overview and current map pages]
National Weather Service drought pages: these often reiterate the weekly update cycle and provide local context, warnings, and the status of ongoing drought conditions in a given region. [source: NWS drought information pages]
USDA Climate Hubs and NDMC: provide context on how the drought monitor informs eligibility for programs and regional risk assessments. [source: USDA Climate Hubs; NDMC pages]

If you’re looking for something specific (e.g., “drought status around Buffalo NY this week” or a comparison between last week and this week), tell me and I’ll pull the relevant weekly summaries and, if you want, generate a quick at-a-glance update.

Would you like me to pull a focused summary for your area (Buffalo, NY) based on the most recent release notes?

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U.S. Drought Monitor - USDA Climate Hubs

The U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) is a map released every Thursday, showing parts of the U.S. that are in drought. The map uses five classifications: abnormally dry (D0), showing areas that may be going into or are coming out of drought, and four levels of drought: moderate (D1), severe (D2), extreme (D3) and exceptional (D4). It is produced jointly by the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),...

www.climatehubs.usda.gov

Drought Information - National Weather Service

Drought, Eastern North Carolina

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News

These new enhancements to the U.S. Drought Monitor are supported by the Drought Risk Management Research Center, a partnership between the drought center and the National Integrated Drought Information System. The new products enable 121 WFOs and 12 RFCs covered by the U.S. Drought Monitor to show people exactly how drought affects their area. Accompanying statistics and time series graphs, available for some time now, help round out the picture. … The National Drought Mitigation Center at the...