National Drought Mitigation Center

National Drought Mitigation Center The Drought Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln helps people everywhere reduce vulnerability to drought.

This Labor Day Weekend, add photos of your surroundings to the Visual Drought Atlas! Your contributions provide a record...
09/04/2026

This Labor Day Weekend, add photos of your surroundings to the Visual Drought Atlas! Your contributions provide a record of dry, wet and normal conditions across the U.S.

📸 Share your photos: go.unl.edu/visualdroughtatlas

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Dry weather continued this week across much of the central U.S. The Drought Download video series uses maps, climate ind...
09/03/2026

Dry weather continued this week across much of the central U.S.

The Drought Download video series uses maps, climate indicators and graphics to visualize the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Learn more:

Parts of Arkansas are seeing water restrictions amid worsening dryness and drought. According to the NWS Climate Predict...
09/03/2026

Parts of Arkansas are seeing water restrictions amid worsening dryness and drought. According to the NWS Climate Prediction Center’s Monthly Drought Outlook, drought conditions are expected to continue or worsen across the state through September.

Your CMOR updates help provide a record of local drought conditions that make up an important resource for the U.S. Drou...
09/03/2026

Your CMOR updates help provide a record of local drought conditions that make up an important resource for the U.S. Drought Monitor.

It’s easy to submit a report: https://go.unl.edu/cmor_drought

Drought and dryness worsened in parts of the Midwest and South this week. The rest of the Lower 48 plus Alaska saw a mix...
09/03/2026

Drought and dryness worsened in parts of the Midwest and South this week. The rest of the Lower 48 plus Alaska saw a mix of conditions. Drought improved on parts of eastern Puerto Rico.

See more change maps: https://go.unl.edu/change-maps

Monitor de SequĂ­a de los Estados Unidos Mapa publicado: Septiembre 3, 2026
09/03/2026

Monitor de SequĂ­a de los Estados Unidos

Mapa publicado: Septiembre 3, 2026

U.S. Drought Monitor September 3, 2026  For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Drought Monitor shows 49.51% in mode...
09/03/2026

U.S. Drought Monitor September 3, 2026

For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Drought Monitor shows 49.51% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 47.56% last week.

09/02/2026

Join us next Thursday at 1PM Central for our National Weather Association Webinar Series!

Mark Svoboda, Director of the National Drought Mitigation Center, will provide an overview of the Drought Monitor map and talk about all the components that go into producing the update each week!

Check the Member Portal to register!

After completing a master’s project on banana production and drought, Elli Winkler is moving to Hawaii, the U.S. state w...
09/02/2026

After completing a master’s project on banana production and drought, Elli Winkler is moving to Hawaii, the U.S. state with the highest banana yields, for a job opportunity in her field.

Read more: https://drought.unl.edu/Publications/News.aspx?id=452

This week’s CMOR photo is from Sebastian County, Arkansas. “This is our hay pasture. It is completely dead.” Submit your...
09/01/2026

This week’s CMOR photo is from Sebastian County, Arkansas.

“This is our hay pasture. It is completely dead.”

Submit your photos: go.unl.edu/cmor_drought

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