Uploaded November 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Hundreds of scientists contribute expert data and analyses to produce the U.S. Drought Monitor, a weekly glimpse of drought conditions on a national scale, including Puerto Rico. Watch this video to get a quick orientation about how to use Drought Monitor maps and accompanying text descriptions.
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Hundreds of scientists contribute expert data and analyses to produce the U.S. Drought Monitor, a weekly glimpse of drought conditions on a national scale, including Puerto Rico. Watch this video to get a quick orientation about how to use Drought Monitor maps and accompanying text descriptions.
Video produced by the Climate.gov team in cooperation with climate and Earth scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other agencies and institutions. Any opinions voiced by people in these videos are their own; they are not official NOAA statements or opinions. Unless specifically stated otherwise, Climate.gov video productions can be freely republished or re-purposed by others.
