National Climatic Data Center, 16 November 2001

U.S. Drought Highlights:

• On the national scale, severe drought affected about 18 percent of the contiguous United States as of the end of October 2001
• Beneficial rain and snow fell over parts of the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies near the end of the month, but much of the western U.S. continued to be plagued by drought
• Moisture deficits continued across much of the eastern seaboard and parts of the southern Plains

Contents Of This Report:

• National Overview
• Regional Drought Watch
• Palmer Drought Indices*
• Standardized Precipitation Index*
• Regional Precipitation Ranks*
• Statewide Precipitation Ranks*
• Weekly Drought Monitoring Tools*

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