Peak Drought Record, 2016 (U.S.)
North AmericaPhysical EnvironmentIntensity of drought conditions on March 1, 2016
U.S. Drought MonitorA 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.
D0 Abnormally Dry | D1 Drought - Moderate | D2 Drought - Severe | D3 Drought - Extreme | D4 Drought - Exceptional | Major Karst Regions | -1.75 to -1.5 | -1.5 to -1.25 | -1.25 to -1.0 | -1.0 to -0.75 | -0.5 to -0.25 | -0.25 to 0.25 | 0.5 to 0.75 | |
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New Hampshire | 14.1% | ||||||||||||
Montana | 31.7% | 16.1% | 8.79% | ||||||||||
Oregon | 7.64% | 29.3% | 33.5% | ||||||||||
Connecticut | 30.4% | ||||||||||||
Colorado | 9.05% | ||||||||||||
South Dakota | 11.9% | ||||||||||||
Arizona | 63.8% | 16.6% | 6.12% | ||||||||||
Utah | 32.8% | 17.5% | 13.0% | 16.5% | |||||||||
Yukon | 2.27% | ||||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 1.44% | ||||||||||||
Idaho | 35.6% | 49.3% | 3.82% | 0.527% | |||||||||
Wyoming | 63.2% | 11.7% | 2.18% | 4.22% | |||||||||
North Dakota | 67.7% | 3.90% | 18.3% | ||||||||||
Kentucky | 7.06% | ||||||||||||
Mississippi | 3.93% | 5.48% | |||||||||||
West Virginia | 4.75% | 27.1% | |||||||||||
Nebraska | 5.07% | ||||||||||||
Missouri | 0.407% | ||||||||||||
Alabama | 6.35% | ||||||||||||
New Mexico | 32.1% | 29.5% | |||||||||||
Kansas | 5.29% | 2.31% | |||||||||||
Wisconsin | 31.1% | ||||||||||||
Michigan | 8.03% | ||||||||||||
Alberta | 4.20% | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 1.99% | 14.8% | |||||||||||
Nevada | 36.1% | 25.3% | 14.0% | 18.7% | 4.50% | 4.77% | |||||||
Georgia | 2.73% | 38.3% | |||||||||||
Manitoba | 13.2% | ||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 21.5% | 4.68% | |||||||||||
Tennessee | 4.04% | ||||||||||||
Ontario | 5.81% | ||||||||||||
Arkansas | 4.85% | 17.2% | |||||||||||
Indiana | 33.8% | ||||||||||||
Minnesota | 5.50% | 16.9% | |||||||||||
Iowa | 0.441% | ||||||||||||
Illinois | 16.2% | ||||||||||||
Alaska | 12.1% | 0.230% | |||||||||||
Florida | 7.50% | 42.1% | 0.528% | ||||||||||
Rhode Island | 4.64% | ||||||||||||
Washington | 14.5% | 7.55% | 0.523% | ||||||||||
Nunavut | 3.79% | 0.349% | |||||||||||
Maine | 1.04% | 0.133% | |||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 45.5% | 0.869% | |||||||||||
Virginia | 17.5% | 0.126% | |||||||||||
Delaware | 0.762% | ||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.45% | ||||||||||||
Texas | 23.1% | 0.625% | 0.183% | ||||||||||
Louisiana | 38.7% | 0.120% | |||||||||||
Hawaii | 42.1% | 42.2% | 5.85% | 2.11% | 0.444% | 1.11% | 0.206% | 0.177% | 1.57% | ||||
North Carolina | 13.2% | 0.319% | |||||||||||
New Brunswick | 7.07% | 0.522% | |||||||||||
British Columbia | 0.181% | ||||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 9.36% | 0.356% | |||||||||||
New Jersey | 0.329% | ||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 20.6% | 1.78% | |||||||||||
New York | 1.63% | 0.105% | |||||||||||
Maryland | 8.47% | 0.239% | 0.874% | ||||||||||
Québec | 2.89% | 0.107% | |||||||||||
California | 4.47% | 12.5% | 21.9% | 22.2% | 38.2% | 0.105% | |||||||
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