U.S. Drought Monitor (NDMC, USDA, NOAA)
Drought by county, every week
Share of each county's area in each drought level — abnormally dry (D0) through exceptional (D4) — every week since 2015. Produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USDA, and NOAA.
Published by U.S. Drought Monitor (NDMC, USDA, NOAA)
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“How long has this county been in drought?”
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- Matched to the same county codes as every other source, so it lines up cleanly with all of them
- Every week kept since 2015
- Refreshed every week
County × week
Sample of 25 rows out of about 1,926,764
· 10 columns
| county_fips | map_date | state | county | none_pct | d0 | d1 | d2 | d3 | d4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 2014-12-30 | AL | Autauga County | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-01-06 | AL | Autauga County | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-01-13 | AL | Autauga County | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-01-20 | AL | Autauga County | 0.21 | 99.79 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-01-27 | AL | Autauga County | 0.21 | 99.79 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-02-03 | AL | Autauga County | 0.21 | 99.79 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-02-10 | AL | Autauga County | 0.21 | 99.79 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-02-17 | AL | Autauga County | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-02-24 | AL | Autauga County | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-03-03 | AL | Autauga County | 0.42 | 99.58 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-03-10 | AL | Autauga County | 0.42 | 99.58 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-03-17 | AL | Autauga County | 0.42 | 99.58 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-03-24 | AL | Autauga County | 0.42 | 99.58 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-03-31 | AL | Autauga County | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-04-07 | AL | Autauga County | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-04-14 | AL | Autauga County | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-04-21 | AL | Autauga County | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-04-28 | AL | Autauga County | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-05-05 | AL | Autauga County | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-05-12 | AL | Autauga County | 13.08 | 86.92 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-05-19 | AL | Autauga County | 13.08 | 86.92 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-05-26 | AL | Autauga County | 0.83 | 99.17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-06-02 | AL | Autauga County | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-06-09 | AL | Autauga County | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 01001 | 2015-06-16 | AL | Autauga County | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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