US Drought Outlook

Description: The United States Drought Outlook raster dataset is produced by the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center. It is released on the last day of each month and provides informant on drought outlook for the following month.

• NoData Value=-9999 = no data
• 0 = no data
• 1 = drought removal likely
• 2= drought remains but improves
• 3= drought development likely
• 4= drought persists

Organization: National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center

Spatial resolution: 0.5-km (1/100-deg)

Time Span: 2013-07-31 to Present (updated last day of each month)

Variables:

• Drought Outlook Class

Website: US Drought Outlook Website

Earth Engine Community Catalog:

• US Drought Outlook dataset provided through Earth Engine Community Catalog (projects/climate-engine-pro/assets/ce-cpc-usdo-monthly).
• Climate Engine accesses this data as a private GEE asset by scraping data from here.

Terms of Use: 

• NOAA data, information, and products, regardless of the method of delivery, are not subject to copyright and carry no restrictions on their subsequent use by the public. Once obtained, they may be put to any lawful use. The forgoing data is in the public domain and is being provided without restriction on use and distribution. For more information visit the NWS disclaimer site.