The U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) is a map released every Thursday, showing the locations and severity of drought across the U.S. and its territories.
It 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.
Learn more about the USDM with the following webinars:
"The United States Drought Monitor Process: The Gold Standard" by Curtis Riganti, National Drought Mitigation Center climatologist
"Drought Impact Reporting and Monitoring" by Kelly Helm Smith, drought impacts researcher and National Drought Mitigation Center assistant director
For more information: droughtmonitor.unl.edu
