National Drought Mitigation Center

Pilot system monitors tweets for drought early warning

Changing rates of #drought tweets reflect concern, as well as differences in states’ experiences

Specialty crop decision calendars available

With input from Midwest farmers, NDMC releases calendars and fact sheets to aid growers of apples, wine grapes and more.

View the calendars

Building Resilience

2019 Annual Report

Read the report

Drought Risk Atlas gets major update

The DRA shows how a particular location has been affected by drought over time

Read about the update

What is the U.S. Drought Monitor?

Learn about the beginning and evolution of this valuable tool

Watch the tutorials

NDMC works
worldwide

The National Drought Mitigation Center helps decision makers monitor and plan for drought and its effects, both at home and abroad.

NDMC activities abroad

National Drought Mitigation Center

The Drought Center helps people, organizations and institutions build resilience to drought through monitoring and planning, and we are the academic partner and web host of the U.S. Drought Monitor. Our capabilities include climatology, social science and public engagement, and we work at all scales, from individual ranches to local, state and tribal government, and countries around the world.