The U.S. Drought Monitor is the gold standard for measuring drought by county, state, and region across America.

With the summer kicking off and temperatures rising, will Iowa's drought conditions remain steady or will a drop in rainfall lead to worsening conditions? The U.S. Drought Monitor's weekly map tracks ...

Seeing widespread drought in January is historically rare in the U.S., and yet, the latest data shows that nearly every state ...

It’s not quite that simple. To be exact, the last time the report had California at 100% drought-free was the week of Dec. 26, 2000, when Tom Hanks’ “Castaway” was packing movie theaters, Bill Clinton ...

For the first time in a quarter-century, no part of California was considered dry or in drought, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor assessment released Thursday. The historic shift was first ...

Yes, parts of Vermont are expecting to see their first freeze and the "coldest night of the season of fall" tonight, Sept. 19. But the cold snap isn't going to ease the state's worsening drought ...

Current drought maps are showing California is drought-free for the first time in 25 years. The U.S. Drought Monitor climatologists put out a weekly map assessing drought conditions across the country ...

Despite last weekend's winter storm, Texas is seeing only modest drought relief. We look at February's outlook and the looming shift to ENSO-neutral conditions.

For the first time in 25 years, no part of California was experiencing dry or drought conditions. That's according to the US Drought Monitor. It's *** tool that tracks the emergence, persistence, or ...

CLEVELAND — It’s Thursday and that means it's Drought Monitor Day! The new map came out this morning. We’ve been watching these updates closely since August because dry conditions have been causing ...