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drought.dsci

mock data$0.001 / call

US Drought Severity and Coverage Index

Retrieve the Drought Severity and Coverage Index (DSCI) for the US from the USDA/NOAA US Drought Monitor. DSCI is a single composite score per week ranging from 0 (no drought anywhere) to 500 (100% of the area in D4 Exceptional Drought), calculated as the weighted sum D0%×1 + D1%×2 + D2%×3 + D3%×4 + D4%×5. Returns DSCI values for both CONUS and the total US (including Alaska/Hawaii/territories) with a descriptive severity classification (none/low/moderate/severe/extreme/exceptional). Useful for tracking drought trends over time, comparing drought years, and integrating a single drought severity metric into dashboards or alerts.

Weatherprovider: Drought#drought#weather

Input schema

end_daterequired

End date for the query range in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. "2024-01-08"). Maximum range is 1 year from start_date.

string
start_daterequired

Start date for the query range in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. "2024-01-01"). USDM publishes weekly on Tuesdays; dates snap to the nearest release.

string

Call via REST

curl -X POST https://unifyapi.pro/api/call/drought.dsci \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer uak_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"end_date":"<end_date>","start_date":"<start_date>"}'

Try it

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