Drought Monitor helps you explore trends in air moisture in California since 1895. Select a point to view values for that month and year. Use the region list to hide or show values for each area. The chart below is based on the Palmer Hydrological Drought Index, a soil-moisture algorithm ...
Experiment) terrestrial water storage estimates, Evapotranspiration (ET) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) from MODIS (Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) together with reanalysis global climate model output to monitor drought impact on vegetation growth in California during 2003-2014...
FERNLEY, the United States, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The latest data released by the U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) showed that California remained mired in extreme drought conditions when the most populous state in the United States entered its tenth month of the 2022 water year. In total, 97.5...
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California's worst drought in years continues to worsen, with the end of their rainy season in sight. According to the April 15, 2014 U.S. Drought Monitor 69 percent of California is locked in a state of "extreme drought," a slight improvement from earlier this month. Nearly 24 percent ...
United States Drought Monitor. (2023). “Current Map – California: Map released: Thurs. March 14, 2024.” Accessed March 16, 2024. https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA. United States Drought Monitor. (2024). “Drought Severity and Coverage Index.” Accessed ...
A new map from the federal U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday shows the drastic effects of the past few days' storms on the severity of drought across California. Almost the entire state is out of “exceptional drought” levels, though much of the central part of the state remains in ...
California rancher on drought's impact on herd, meat prices California'songoing drought is expected to impact the prices of key crops, driving food inflation even higher for consumers. TheU.S. Drought Monitor— a collaboration between the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, U.S. Department of Agricu...
The U.S. Drought Monitor has reported extreme drought conditions in central and northern California, and there has been little snowfall so far this winter. Precipitation in most of the state is less than 20 percent of normal, and reservoirs are dwindling. Forecasts suggest the dry spell could ...
"Extreme" drought has been completely eliminated in California for the first time in nearly three years, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.