Global Drought Information System (GDIS) Hub
NOAA-hosted ArcGIS Hub aggregating global and continental drought monitoring layers using a bottom-up comparison of national/continental drought assessments, with maps, indicators and downloadable layers.
gdis-noaa.hub.arcgis.com
At a glance
- Region
- United States (Global)
- Coverage
- Global
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- Drought monitor
- Drought index
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 monitor
- 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.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
ArcGIS Hub / ArcGIS REST feature and image services
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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