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NEW - Graphical Drought Information Statement - Click HERE |
Current/Recent/Past Drought:
The U.S. Drought Monitor, established in 1999, is a weekly map of drought conditions that is produced jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The U.S. Drought Monitor website is hosted and maintained by the NDMC.
U.S. Drought Monitor maps are updated every Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m., based on data through 6 a.m. the preceding Tuesday. The map is based on measurements of climatic, hydrologic and soil conditions as well as reported impacts and observations from more than 350 contributors around the country.
| Current Drought Conditions | Drought Change from 4 weeks Ago |
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| Current Kansas drought conditions, updated every Thursday morning. Click HERE for an interactive webpage. | Drought change from one month ago. Yellow-Orange-Brown colors mean worsening drought, green colors mean improving drought. Click HERE for more drought trend maps. |
| Short-Term Drought Indicator | Precipitation Needed to End Drought |
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| The Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI) provides a snapshot of anomalously dry or wet conditions over the past 4 weeks, and serves as an indicator of emerging or rapidly changing drought conditions. Click HERE for more information, and HERE for the full webpage. | Precipitation needed to bring the Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) to -0.5. Click HERE for more information. |
| 12-Week Past Drought Animation |
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Drought Outlook:
| Monthly Drought Outlook | Seasonal Drought Outlook |
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Past Precipitation:
The below images (courtesy of the High Plains Regional Climate Center) represent precipitation totals, departures from normal and percent of normal the past 30, 60, 90 days, the past 6-months, and the past one, two and three years across Kansas. Precipitation includes rainfall, melted-down snow, sleet, freezing, hail, etc. Click each image to enlarge.
Month-to-Date
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Year-to-Date
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7-Day
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14-Day
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30-Day
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60-Day
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90-Day
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6-Month
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1-Year
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2-Year
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3-Year
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Agricultural Impacts:
Useful Agricultural Resources:
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Current Crop Moisture Index |
Current Soil Moisture Anomaly |
Current Soil Moisture Percentile Rank |
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| Depicts short-term (up to 4 weeks) dryness or wetness affecting warm season crops. Responds rapidly and can change considerably from week to week. | Click HERE for interactive webpage. | Click HERE for interactive webpage. |
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Surface Soil Moisture Percentiles (Top 2 Centimeters of Soil) |
Root-Zone Soil Moisture Percentiles (Top 1 Meter of Soil) |
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| Derived from satellite data integrated with other observations. Lower values (warm colors) indicate dryer than normal surface soil moisture, while higher values (cool colors) indicate wetter than normal surface soil moisture. Click HERE for full webpage. | Derived from satellite data integrated with other observations. Lower values (warm colors) indicate dryer than normal root-zone soil moisture, while higher values (cool colors) indicate wetter than normal root-zone soil moisture. Click HERE for full webpage. |
Hydrological Impacts:
| Current Palmer Hydrological Drought Index | Kansas Federal Reservoir Information |
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| Depicts hydrological conditions affected by long-term (months, years) wet or dry conditions. Responds slowly and changes little from week to week. Courtesy of National Center for Environmental Information (NCEI). |
| Kansas Real-Time Streamflow Compared to Normal | Kansas Past Week Streamflow Compared to Normal |
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| Kansas real-time streamflow compared to normal. Green is near normal, blue above normal, and orange/red are below normal. Click HERE for interactive webpage. | Kansas past week streamflow compared to normal. Green is near normal streamflow, blue is above normal streamflow, orange and red are below normal streamflow. Click HERE for interactive webpage. |
Other Useful Hydrological Resources:
Fire Weather Impacts:
Significant wildland fire potential outlooks courtesy of Predictive Services, National Interagency Fire Center. They represent the cumulative forecasts of the eleven Geographic Area Predictive Services Units and the National Predictive Services Unit. The entire text document for these outlooks can be found at the following link, National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook. The outlooks are updated on the first of each month.
| One-Month Outlook | Two-Month Outlook |
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| Three-Month Outlook | Four-Month Outlook |
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Temperature/Precipitation Outlooks:
7-Day Forecast Precipitation
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| Forecast precipitation for the next 7 days issued by the Weather Prediction Center. Forecasts are updated a few times each day. |
The below long-range outlooks are courtesy of the Climate Prediction Center (CPC). They indicate probabilities of above, near or below normal temperature/precipitation for the given time period. They do NOT represent the expected magnitude of warm/cool and/or wet/dry weather.
6-10 Day Outlook
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8-14 Day Outlook
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3-4 Week Outlook
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One-Month Outlook
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Three-Month Outlook
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Additional Information:
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Questions/Comments?
Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions or comments regarding this drought page, or about drought or climate in general.
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