U.S. Drought Monitor
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August 21, 2012
Valid 7 a.m. EDT
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Intensity:
D0 Abnormally Dry
D1 Drought - Moderate
D2 Drought - Severe
D3 Drought - Extreme
D4 Drought - Exceptional
Drought Impact Types:
L
Delineates dominant impacts
S = Short-Term, typically <6 months
(e.g. agriculture, grasslands)
L = Long-Term, typically >6 months
(e.g. hydrology, ecology)
The Drought Monitor focuses on broad-scale conditions.
Local conditions may vary. See accompanying text summary
for forecast statements.
http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
Released Thursday, August 23, 2012
Author: Michael Brewer/Liz Love-Brotak NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
Approximate Percentage of Corn Located in Drought *
August 21, 2012
100
100
90
100
100
80
6
66
68
72
59
60
57
19
66
32
17
22
43
84
50
40
22
23
30
31
52
46
42
46
49
38
72
3
69
29
4
83
8
47
70
86
85
84
2
77
20
72
100
11
14
53
49
23
9
20
17
1
1
Kentucky (1)
Texas (2)
North Dakota (2)
Michigan (2)
Missouri (3)
Wisconsin (4)
South Dakota (4)
Ohio (4)
Kansas (4)
Indiana (7)
Nebraska (12)
* Drought percentages were calculated from U.S.
Drought Monitor (USDM) data for the above date.
More information on the USDM is available at
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html.
11
4
Minnesota (10)
2
Illinois (17)
14
3
15
28
Percent in Moderate Drought (D1)
Percent in Severe Drought (D2)
Percent in Extreme Drought (D3)
Percent in Exceptional Drought (D4)
Agricultural Weather Assessments
World Agricultural Outlook Board
8
Tennessee (<1)
20
23
Pennsylvania (<1)
21
10
26
North Carolina (<1)
24
27
Colorado (1)
28
Iowa (18)
Crop production percentages and associated drought intensities
100
100
3
12
United States
100
State contributions to national production
(percentages in parentheses) are based upon National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) 5-y ear averages
from 2006-2010. More information on NASS data can
be found at http://www.nass.usda.gov/.
Approximate Percentage of Soybeans Located in Drought *
August 21, 2012
5
100
100
9
6
100
100
100
90
86
37
49
75
72
59
70
29
55
50
91
40
32
54
38
20
31
30
51
29
51
20
10
23
19
9
Michigan (3)
North Dakota (4)
Kansas (4)
Arkansas (4)
South Dakota (5)
Missouri (6)
Ohio (7)
Indiana (8)
22
16
4
3
Minnesota (9)
Illinois (14)
Iowa (15)
16
15
19
2
17
23
26
11
* Drought percentages were calculated from U.S.
Drought Monitor (USDM) data for the above date.
More information on the USDM is available at
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html.
29
8
Kentucky (2)
23
8
50
28
29
53
39
Mississippi (2)
41
38
21
51
10
16
4
14
Percent in Moderate Drought (D1)
Percent in Severe Drought (D2)
Percent in Extreme Drought (D3)
Percent in Exceptional Drought (D4)
Agricultural Weather Assessments
World Agricultural Outlook Board
9
North Carolina (1)
70
Louisiana (1)
60
4
64
Wisconsin (2)
71
83
24
66
63
81
Tennessee (1)
21
80
Nebraska (8)
Crop production percentages and associated drought intensities
100
100
13
United States
100
State contributions to national production
(percentages in parentheses) are based upon National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) 5-y ear averages
from 2006-2010. More information on NASS data can
be found at http://www.nass.usda.gov/.
Approximate Percentage of Hay Located in Drought *
August 21, 2012
100
100 100
100
100 100
100
10
90
88
21
51
14
18
39 15
78
3
30
7
* Drought percentages were calculated from U.S.
Drought Monitor (USDM) data for the above date.
More information on the USDM is available at
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html.
13
9
14
1
21 20
14
17 6
15
12
7
2
Percent in Moderate Drought (D1)
Percent in Severe Drought (D2)
Percent in Extreme Drought (D3)
Percent in Exceptional Drought (D4)
Agricultural Weather Assessments
World Agricultural Outlook Board
Washington (1)
Utah (1)
United States
20
17
North Carolina (1)
Mississippi (1)
Indiana (1)
Illinois (1)
Georgia (1)
7
Virginia (2)
Oregon (2)
Pennsylvania (3)
California (3)
Montana (4)
Kentucky (4)
Oklahoma (5)
Ohio (2)
8
Iowa (2)
8
11 12
1
23
4
34
30
Idaho (2)
17
1
North Dakota (5)
Kansas (5)
South Dakota (6)
4
Missouri (7)
5
5
25
14
18
45
24
21
48
Michigan (2)
34
Colorado (2)
9
25
10
25 24 44
18
14 44
47
27
34
58
23 40 4
20
36
69
6
Arkansas (2)
60
84
10
Wisconsin (3)
78
Tennessee (3)
40
12
73
60
46
44
40
Texas (8)
63
61
3
49
10
30
66
63 46
68
Alabama (1)
64
1
6
28
52
Wyoming (2)
16
New York (3)
50
12 11
10
40
Minnesota (3)
60
100
16
84
81
80
70
100 100
96
Nebraska (5)
Crop production percentages and associated drought intensities
100
State contributions to national production
(percentages in parentheses) are based upon National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) 2007 Census of
Agriculture data. More information on NASS data can
be found at http://www.nass.usda.gov/.
Approximate Percentage of Cattle Located in Drought *
August 21, 2012
100 100 100
100 100
100
100
100
23
100
94
91
96
5
12
6
21
81
39
45
19
3
56
54
15 79 50
51
25 23 25
6
6
* Drought percentages were calculated from U.S.
Drought Monitor (USDM) data for the above date.
More information on the USDM is available at
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html.
18
12
Percent in Moderate Drought (D1)
Percent in Severe Drought (D2)
Percent in Extreme Drought (D3)
Percent in Exceptional Drought (D4)
29
21
12
5
1
Virginia (2)
Idaho (2)
33 12
1
17 18 15
6
Agricultural Weather Assessments
World Agricultural Outlook Board
14
8
6
6
Florida (2)
Arkansas (2)
Alabama (2)
Montana (3)
Colorado (3)
Iowa (4)
6
4
Tennessee (2)
24
6
Missouri (5)
Nebraska (6)
34
31
12
16 17
13 11 12
1
California (5)
1
Oklahoma (6)
3
Kansas (7)
10
25
56
Pennsylvania (2)
31
20
29
58
North Dakota (2)
41
28
New York (2)
4
South Dakota (4)
20
21
31
New Mexico (2)
42
62
18
49
Minnesota (2)
61
30
24
40
37
3
7
76
Wisconsin (3)
40
94
20 13
36
85
United States
18
Kentucky (3)
50
14
61
Washington (1)
58
62
Oregon (1)
76
60
63
69
Ohio (1)
17
Mississippi (1)
70
72
Michigan (1)
52
Illinois (1)
77
1
Georgia (1)
80
Wyoming (1)
90
Texas (15)
Animal inventory percentages and associated drought intensities
100
State contributions to the total national inventory
(percentages in parentheses) are based upon National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) 2007 Census of
Agriculture data. More information on NASS data can
be found at http://www.nass.usda.gov/.