Drought Risk Atlas (droughtatlas.unl.edu)
National Drought Mitigation Center Drought Risk Atlas providing long-term station-based drought indices (SPI, PDSI, SPEI) and risk statistics with interactive maps and station data downloads.
droughtatlas.unl.edu
At a glance
- Region
- United States (North America)
- Coverage
- United States
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Academic
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- drought index
- SPI
- PDSI
- station data
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Drought indices
Track SPI and SPEI style indices for declarations and relief.
Because it has: drought index
- 02
Planning
Plan reservoir releases and cropping for a dry year.
- 03
History
Compare this year with the worst droughts on record.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Onset forecasts
Predict drought onset months ahead from climate signals.
- 02
One risk score
Combine many indices into a single, explainable risk score.
- 03
Impact links
Connect drought to yields, prices and migration with ML.
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