US Drought Monitor · public

Drought monitor API — US severity, weekly.

US drought severity — the percent of area in each D0-D4 class, national or by state, updated weekly.

The call

Keyless over MCP, or one REST call with a free key. Every datapoint is provenance-stamped and citeable.

# REST (free key)
curl -H "X-API-Key: $KEY" "https://dynamicfeed.ai/drought?area=total&weeks=6"

# MCP (keyless) — point any client at https://dynamicfeed.ai/mcp, then call:
drought(area="total")

Sample response

{ "area": "total", "d0_pct": 31.2, "d2_pct": 8.4, "d4_pct": 0.6,
  "week_end": "2026-05-28" }

Why live data

Drought conditions shift weekly and move commodity markets and wildfire risk — a fresh signal too granular to memorise.

Use it for

Get a free API key See it live API docs

FAQ

Source?

U.S. Drought Monitor (USDA / NOAA / NDMC), public.

How fresh?

Released weekly, on Thursdays.

Keyless?

MCP is keyless; REST uses a free key.

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