Percent of West in Summer Drought

Percent of West in Summer Drought

The area of the western U.S. in moderately to extremely dry conditions during summer (June-July-August) varies greatly from year to year but shows a long-term increasing trend from 1900 to 2012. (Data from NOAA NCDC State of the Climate Drought analysis).

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Physical Climate, Observations, Extreme Events