Utah drought

Share of state area in drought (D1-D4) or worse, week over week

Data through Sep 29, 2026 · source last checked Oct 1, 2026 · page revised Oct 1, 2026

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Utah: 100% of area in drought (D1-D4) or worse as of Sep 29, 2026 (US Drought Monitor). The Waterline. https://the-waterline.com/drought/utah

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<p style="font-size:11px;color:#6b6b6b;margin:2px 0 0">About this data: US Drought Monitor (National Drought Mitigation Center, USDA, NOAA) · Share of area in moderate drought (D1) or worse · Utah · % · Conditions as of the prior Tuesday · through Sep 29, 2026</p>

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About this data

Source: US Drought Monitor (National Drought Mitigation Center, USDA, NOAA)
Series: Share of area in moderate drought (D1) or worse
Geography: Utah
Unit: %
Calculation: Conditions as of the prior Tuesday
Last observation: Sep 29, 2026
Update frequency: Weekly, released Thursdays

Drought held steady week over week (now 100%).

Drought held steady at 100% of state area in drought (D1 or worse), unchanged week over week and versus the 5-year median.

The numbers
Period	Current	Prior	Change
Week over week	100%	100%	+0 pts
Month over month	100%	100%	+0 pts
Year over year	100%	100%	+0 pts
vs 5-yr median	100%	100%	+0 pts

Drought categories on the Sep 29, 2026 map
Category	Share of area in this category	At this level or worse
D0 abnormally dry	0%	100%
D1 moderate drought	14.3%	100%
D2 severe drought	60.2%	85.8%
D3 extreme drought	25.5%	25.5%
D4 exceptional drought	0%	0%

Previous weeks

Week of Sep 22, 2026

Utah's drought coverage held steady at 100% of the state's area.

Week of Sep 8, 2026

Drought held steady at 100% through 2026-09-08, with the entire state in moderate drought or worse across all comparisons.

Week of Sep 1, 2026

Utah's drought coverage held at 100% through 2026-09-01, with the entire state in moderate drought (D1) or worse.

Week of Aug 25, 2026

Drought coverage held at 100% through August 25, with no movement week, month or year over year.

Utah drought conditions

Utah has 100% of its area in drought (D1 or worse) on the US Drought Monitor map dated Sep 29, 2026, and 100% at least abnormally dry (D0 or worse). The most severe category present is D3, extreme drought, covering 25.5% of the state.

Over the last 52 weekly maps the share in drought ranged from 92.8% (Jan 13, 2026) to 100% (Oct 7, 2025), and every one of them showed at least some drought.

The Monitor sorts land into five categories, from D0, abnormally dry and not yet drought, to D4, exceptional drought, and this page counts D1 through D4 as drought. The guide to what D0 to D4 mean explains each class, who draws the weekly map and why it lags a fast-moving storm.