On each Thursday,
the CPC, together with the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Drought
Mitigation Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, and NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, issues a weekly drought assessment called the
United States Drought Monitor. The Monitor provides a consolidated depiction of national drought
conditions based on a combination of drought indicators and field reports. The CPC issues
the Seasonal United States Drought Outlook each month in conjunction with the Thursday
release of the long-lead temperature and precipitation outlooks near the
middle of the month.
Behind The Assessment
www.nws.noaa.gov 
