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Peak Drought Record, 2016 (U.S.)

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Intensity of drought conditions on March 1, 2016

A map shows drought conditions in the western U S. Cream (Abnormally dry) areas from North Dakota to Arizona. Orange (Moderate) in parts of Montana and Utah. Brown (Extreme) in western Nevada. Dark brown (Exceptional drought) in California.

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Display by:	Peak Drought Record, 2016 (U.S.)					Major Drainage Basins
	D0 Abnormally Dry	D1 Drought - Moderate	D2 Drought - Severe	D3 Drought - Extreme	D4 Drought - Exceptional	Atlantic Ocean Seaboard	Baja California	California	Churchill	Columbia and Northwestern United States	Fraser	Great Basin	Gulf Coast	Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Coast	Hudson Bay Coast	Mackenzie	Mexico, Northwest Coast	Mississippi - Missouri	North America, Colorado	Northwest Territories	Pacific and Arctic Coast	Río Grande - Bravo	Saskatchewan - Nelson	St John	St Lawrence	United States, North Atlantic Coast
Hawaii	42.1%	42.2%	5.85%
Alaska	12.1%																				98.0%
Arizona	63.8%	16.6%															4.47%		95.5%
Utah	32.8%	17.5%	13.0%							0.394%		51.8%							47.8%
Yukon																26.5%					73.4%
Northwest Territories																54.6%				44.0%	0.207%
District of Columbia																										100%
Florida	7.50%													98.4%
Idaho	35.6%	49.3%	3.82%							95.7%		4.03%						0.316%
New Hampshire	14.1%					99.7%																			0.302%
Rhode Island						92.6%
Vermont						42.4%																			53.3%	4.27%
Washington	14.5%	7.55%								70.9%											27.9%
Wyoming	63.2%	11.7%	2.18%							5.11%		1.48%						72.4%	21.0%
Nunavut															0.205%					96.5%
Montana	31.7%	16.1%	8.79%							17.1%								82.4%					0.445%
Maine						75.6%																		23.3%
North Dakota	67.7%	3.90%																58.0%					42.0%
Kentucky																		100%
Nova Scotia						94.2%
Virginia														25.9%				17.7%								55.4%
Delaware																										97.0%
Prince Edward Island						61.9%
Saskatchewan																19.8%		2.89%		31.0%			46.3%
Mississippi	3.93%													50.1%				49.8%
West Virginia	4.75%																	84.7%								15.3%
Nebraska																		100%
Texas	23.1%												64.1%					17.3%				18.4%
Missouri																		100%
Louisiana	38.7%												5.73%	1.66%				91.0%
North Carolina														85.7%				12.8%
Oregon	7.64%	29.3%	33.5%					6.40%		91.0%		2.50%
New Brunswick						58.6%																		40.2%
Alabama														86.2%				13.6%
New Mexico	32.1%												4.48%				7.00%	14.8%	19.5%			54.2%
Kansas	5.29%																	100%
Wisconsin																		69.3%							30.7%
British Columbia										9.53%	22.5%					31.2%					35.7%
Newfoundland and Labrador						75.3%			22.1%						0.795%
New Jersey																										97.8%
South Carolina														99.9%
Michigan																									100%
Alberta																66.5%		0.906%		2.66%			29.9%
Connecticut	30.4%					99.0%																				1.05%
Pennsylvania	1.99%																	34.4%							1.43%	64.1%
Colorado	9.05%																	56.1%	36.7%			7.14%
Nevada	36.1%	25.3%	14.0%	18.7%	4.50%			3.75%		5.41%		80.0%							10.9%
Massachusetts	20.6%					91.1%																				2.45%
Georgia	2.73%													97.1%				2.66%
New York						0.410%												4.00%							49.4%	45.5%
Maryland	8.47%																	4.25%								93.5%
Québec						7.79%			0.358%						64.3%									0.386%	26.7%
Manitoba															17.7%					34.5%			47.7%
Oklahoma	21.5%																	100%
Tennessee																		99.9%
Ontario															61.9%								11.8%		26.2%
California	4.47%	12.5%	21.9%	22.2%	38.2%		0.273%	94.9%		0.130%		1.98%							2.37%
Arkansas	4.85%																	100%
South Dakota	11.9%																	99.2%					0.773%
Ohio																		71.3%							28.7%
Indiana																		89.5%							10.5%
Minnesota	5.50%																	57.4%					35.3%		7.33%
Iowa																		100%
Illinois																		98.7%							1.31%

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