Land surface
Snow Cover & Drought
The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA's daily national snow analysis, side by side. Numbers and maps load live from the source and refresh automatically.
U.S. Drought Monitor
Drought
Contiguous U.S. area in drought
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Categories: D0 abnormally dry, D1 moderate, D2 severe, D3 extreme, D4 exceptional drought. Percentages are cumulative (D1 includes D2–D4). Maps are released Thursdays, valid the prior Tuesday. The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the USDA, and NOAA.
NOAA / NWS NOHRSC
Snow Cover
Lower 48 snow cover
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Modeled snow depth
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Snow water equivalent
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From the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center's National Snow Analysis (SNODAS model assimilating ground, airborne and satellite observations). Updated daily.