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Highest drought now by state

Current drought severity.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

A weekly U.S. Drought Monitor observation, not a permanent county trait. The map shows the category covering the largest share of each county; the county profile retains the source’s cumulative D0–D4 area shares, so a small severe pocket is not hidden. The legend gives the observation date.

  1. 1ColoradoD3
  2. 2WyomingD3
  3. 3ArizonaD2
  4. 4FloridaD2
  5. 5IdahoD2
  6. 6New MexicoD2
  7. 7OklahomaD2
  8. 8UtahD2
  9. 9ArkansasD1
  10. 10DelawareD1
  11. 11MaineD1
  12. 12MinnesotaD1
  13. 13North CarolinaD1
  14. 14North DakotaD1
  15. 15NevadaD1
  16. 16OregonD1
  17. 17South CarolinaD1
  18. 18South DakotaD1
  19. 19District of ColumbiaD0
  20. 20GeorgiaD0
  21. 21KansasD0
  22. 22LouisianaD0
  23. 23MassachusettsD0
  24. 24MarylandD0
  25. 25MississippiD0
  26. 26MontanaD0
  27. 27NebraskaD0
  28. 28New HampshireD0
  29. 29New JerseyD0
  30. 30New YorkD0
  31. 31PennsylvaniaD0
  32. 32TexasD0
  33. 33VirginiaD0
  34. 34WashingtonD0
  35. 35WisconsinD0
  36. 36West VirginiaD0
  37. 37AlaskaNone
  38. 38AlabamaNone
  39. 39CaliforniaNone
  40. 40ConnecticutNone
  41. 41HawaiiNone
  42. 42IowaNone
  43. 43IllinoisNone
  44. 44IndianaNone
  45. 45KentuckyNone
  46. 46MichiganNone
  47. 47MissouriNone
  48. 48OhioNone
  49. 49Rhode IslandNone
  50. 50TennesseeNone
  51. 51VermontNone
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Source: U.S. Drought Monitor. · How this is built