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US Drought Monitor (USDM)
Weekly drought maps with 5-level classification (D0-D4)
droughtmonitor.unl.edu
At a glance
- Region
- United States
- Coverage
- Continental United States
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- Weekly
What's inside
- Drought Monitoring
- Precipitation Analysis
- Soil Moisture
- Temperature
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 Monitoring
- 02
Planning
Plan reservoir releases and cropping for a dry year.
- 03
Design storms
Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.
Because it has: Precipitation Analysis
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
Downscaling
Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.
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