• The United States Drought Monitor is a collection of measures that allows experts to assess droughts in the United States. The monitor is not an agency...
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    The United States' contiguous western and especially southwestern region has experienced widespread drought since about year 2000. Below normal precipitation...
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  • The 2010–2013 Southern United States and Mexico drought was a severe to extreme drought that plagued the Southern United States, including parts of Texas...
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    The 2012–2013 North American drought, an expansion of the 2010–2013 Southern United States drought, originated in the midst of a record-breaking heat...
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    Jerry Brown declared the drought over. However, according to the United States Drought Monitor the state was not entirely drought-free until March 12, 2019...
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    Today. Retrieved November 16, 2016. "US Drought Monitor". DroughtMonitor.unl.edu. United States Drought Monitor. Retrieved December 2, 2016. Margulis,...
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    of the state by area that was in a D-2 (Severe Drought) according to the United States Drought Monitor was 23.01%, the greatest amount since the weekly...
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    2017. State of California: drought United States drought monitor for California USGS: California Water Science Center, Drought Department of Water Resources:...
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    Palmer drought index, sometimes called the Palmer drought severity index (PDSI), is a regional drought index commonly used for monitoring drought events...
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    A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions.: 1157  A drought can last for days, months or years. Drought often has large impacts on the ecosystems...
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