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Drought in John Taolo Gaetsewe

October 2026: no drought in John Taolo Gaetsewe. The last three months had 244% of the usual rain, and the land is much greener than usual.

A drought score for each month from rain, evaporation and how green the land is: 0 is normal, and below −1 is drought. Our estimate from a weather model and from space, not an official drought declaration.

October 2026

Scores are in steps from normal (the 1991 to 2020 usual for the time of year): 0 is normal, −1 is dry (drier than about five years in six), −2 is very dry (drier than about 49 years in 50). What the scores mean.

The last two years

November 2024: −1.13, moderate droughtDecember 2024: −1.01, moderate droughtJanuary 2025: −0.98, dryFebruary 2025: −0.72, dryMarch 2025: −0.32, no droughtApril 2025: +0.50, no droughtMay 2025: +0.48, no droughtJune 2025: +0.63, no droughtJuly 2025: −0.19, no droughtAugust 2025: +0.21, no droughtSeptember 2025: +0.67, no droughtOctober 2025: +0.99, no droughtNovember 2025: +1.42, no droughtDecember 2025: +1.20, no droughtJanuary 2026: +0.70, no droughtFebruary 2026: +0.51, no droughtMarch 2026: +0.70, no droughtApril 2026: +1.24, no droughtMay 2026: +1.33, no droughtJune 2026: +1.46, no droughtJuly 2026: +1.00, no droughtAugust 2026: +1.00, no droughtSeptember 2026: +2.17, no droughtOctober 2026: +2.28, no drought20252026
The drought index each month, November 2024 to October 2026. Down: drier than normal, coloured by class (the faint lines are moderate, severe and extreme). Up: wetter.
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The drought index each month, November 2024 to October 2026.: every figure
When or whatFigure
November 2024−1.13, moderate drought
December 2024−1.01, moderate drought
January 2025−0.98, dry
February 2025−0.72, dry
March 2025−0.32, no drought
April 2025+0.50, no drought
May 2025+0.48, no drought
June 2025+0.63, no drought
July 2025−0.19, no drought
August 2025+0.21, no drought
September 2025+0.67, no drought
October 2025+0.99, no drought
November 2025+1.42, no drought
December 2025+1.20, no drought
January 2026+0.70, no drought
February 2026+0.51, no drought
March 2026+0.70, no drought
April 2026+1.24, no drought
May 2026+1.33, no drought
June 2026+1.46, no drought
July 2026+1.00, no drought
August 2026+1.00, no drought
September 2026+2.17, no drought
October 2026+2.28, no drought

No drought Dry Moderate drought Severe drought Extreme drought

MonthIndexClassRain, 3 monthsRain, 12 monthsRain less evaporation, 12 monthsGreennessRain, 3 months, % of usualSecond reading
October 2026+2.28No drought+1.49+1.06+1.04+5.54244%+1.02
September 2026+2.17No drought+2.38+1.22+1.11+3.99441%+1.15
August 2026+1.00No drought−0.21+0.84+0.78+2.6151%+0.83
July 2026+1.00No drought+0.15+0.91+0.82+2.1384%+0.89
June 2026+1.46No drought+2.10+0.92+0.82+2.03267%+0.89
May 2026+1.33No drought+1.88+0.93+0.83+1.69210%+0.90
April 2026+1.24No drought+1.65+0.83+0.70+1.76184%+0.82
March 2026+0.70No drought−0.16+0.86+0.74+1.3683%+0.85
February 2026+0.51No drought−0.45+0.70+0.62+1.1773%+0.67
January 2026+0.70No drought−0.21+0.54+0.54+1.9282%+0.52
December 2025+1.20No drought+0.77+0.63+0.64+2.76136%+0.61
November 2025+1.42No drought+1.17+0.62+0.50+3.39181%+0.61

Scores are in steps from normal: 0 is normal, −1 is dry, −2 is very dry. The second reading is the same 12-month rain score from a coarser version of the weather model (about 27 km against 9 km), so the two differ a little.

Every month since 1951

January 1951: +0.03, no droughtFebruary 1951: −1.21, moderate droughtMarch 1951: −2.47, extreme droughtApril 1951: −2.78, extreme droughtMay 1951: −2.66, extreme droughtJune 1951: −2.16, extreme droughtJuly 1951: −1.65, severe droughtAugust 1951: −1.68, severe droughtSeptember 1951: −2.06, extreme droughtOctober 1951: −2.21, extreme droughtNovember 1951: −2.47, extreme droughtDecember 1951: −2.94, extreme droughtJanuary 1952: −2.98, extreme droughtFebruary 1952: −2.72, extreme droughtMarch 1952: −2.76, extreme droughtApril 1952: −2.40, extreme droughtMay 1952: −2.21, extreme droughtJune 1952: −1.91, severe droughtJuly 1952: −1.83, severe droughtAugust 1952: −1.86, severe droughtSeptember 1952: −1.96, severe droughtOctober 1952: −2.16, extreme droughtNovember 1952: −2.03, extreme droughtDecember 1952: −1.72, severe droughtJanuary 1953: −2.27, extreme droughtFebruary 1953: −2.73, extreme droughtMarch 1953: −3.21, extreme droughtApril 1953: −3.46, extreme droughtMay 1953: −3.11, extreme droughtJune 1953: −2.74, extreme droughtJuly 1953: −2.31, extreme droughtAugust 1953: −2.21, extreme droughtSeptember 1953: −2.20, extreme droughtOctober 1953: −2.03, extreme droughtNovember 1953: −2.05, extreme droughtDecember 1953: −1.43, moderate droughtJanuary 1954: −1.91, severe droughtFebruary 1954: −2.26, extreme droughtMarch 1954: −3.49, extreme droughtApril 1954: −3.60, extreme droughtMay 1954: −3.71, extreme droughtJune 1954: −3.23, extreme droughtJuly 1954: −2.40, extreme droughtAugust 1954: −2.28, extreme droughtSeptember 1954: −2.39, extreme droughtOctober 1954: −2.38, extreme droughtNovember 1954: −2.16, extreme droughtDecember 1954: −2.27, extreme droughtJanuary 1955: −0.72, dryFebruary 1955: +0.45, no droughtMarch 1955: +1.01, no droughtApril 1955: +1.53, no droughtMay 1955: +1.59, no droughtJune 1955: +1.63, no droughtJuly 1955: +1.31, no droughtAugust 1955: +0.82, no droughtSeptember 1955: −0.04, no droughtOctober 1955: +0.60, no droughtNovember 1955: +0.78, no droughtDecember 1955: +0.87, no droughtJanuary 1956: +0.39, no droughtFebruary 1956: −0.44, no droughtMarch 1956: −0.85, dryApril 1956: −1.27, moderate droughtMay 1956: −1.55, severe droughtJune 1956: −1.48, moderate droughtJuly 1956: −1.63, severe droughtAugust 1956: −1.70, severe droughtSeptember 1956: −0.97, dryOctober 1956: −1.05, moderate droughtNovember 1956: −1.00, moderate droughtDecember 1956: −1.27, moderate droughtJanuary 1957: −1.26, moderate droughtFebruary 1957: −0.80, dryMarch 1957: +0.22, no droughtApril 1957: +0.41, no droughtMay 1957: +0.54, no droughtJune 1957: −0.07, no droughtJuly 1957: +0.17, no droughtAugust 1957: +0.27, no droughtSeptember 1957: +0.70, no droughtOctober 1957: +0.92, no droughtNovember 1957: +0.91, no droughtDecember 1957: +0.82, no droughtJanuary 1958: +1.24, no droughtFebruary 1958: +0.99, no droughtMarch 1958: +0.49, no droughtApril 1958: +0.30, no droughtMay 1958: +0.52, no droughtJune 1958: +0.61, no droughtJuly 1958: +0.74, no droughtAugust 1958: −0.25, no droughtSeptember 1958: +0.19, no droughtOctober 1958: +0.22, no droughtNovember 1958: +0.15, no droughtDecember 1958: +0.53, no droughtJanuary 1959: −0.26, no droughtFebruary 1959: −0.44, no droughtMarch 1959: −0.98, dryApril 1959: −1.09, moderate droughtMay 1959: −1.30, moderate droughtJune 1959: −0.86, dryJuly 1959: −0.63, dryAugust 1959: −0.71, drySeptember 1959: −1.21, moderate droughtOctober 1959: −0.97, dryNovember 1959: −1.20, moderate droughtDecember 1959: −1.60, severe droughtJanuary 1960: −1.32, moderate droughtFebruary 1960: −0.86, dryMarch 1960: −0.72, dryApril 1960: −0.77, dryMay 1960: −1.14, moderate droughtJune 1960: −0.48, no droughtJuly 1960: −0.27, no droughtAugust 1960: −0.15, no droughtSeptember 1960: −0.51, dryOctober 1960: −0.22, no droughtNovember 1960: +0.15, no droughtDecember 1960: −0.05, no droughtJanuary 1961: −0.30, no droughtFebruary 1961: −0.84, dryMarch 1961: −0.11, no droughtApril 1961: +0.88, no droughtMay 1961: +1.23, no droughtJune 1961: +1.30, no droughtJuly 1961: +1.22, no droughtAugust 1961: +1.14, no droughtSeptember 1961: +1.08, no droughtOctober 1961: +0.04, no droughtNovember 1961: +0.79, no droughtDecember 1961: +0.99, no droughtJanuary 1962: +1.24, no droughtFebruary 1962: +2.04, no droughtMarch 1962: +1.67, no droughtApril 1962: +1.50, no droughtMay 1962: +0.80, no droughtJune 1962: +0.54, no droughtJuly 1962: +0.02, no droughtAugust 1962: +0.33, no droughtSeptember 1962: +0.46, no droughtOctober 1962: +0.44, no droughtNovember 1962: +1.10, no droughtDecember 1962: +0.94, no droughtJanuary 1963: +1.84, no droughtFebruary 1963: +1.11, no droughtMarch 1963: +1.15, no droughtApril 1963: +1.03, no droughtMay 1963: +1.11, no droughtJune 1963: +1.06, no droughtJuly 1963: +0.92, no droughtAugust 1963: +0.71, no droughtSeptember 1963: +0.99, no droughtOctober 1963: +1.33, no droughtNovember 1963: +1.64, no droughtDecember 1963: +1.23, no droughtJanuary 1964: +0.35, no droughtFebruary 1964: −0.44, no droughtMarch 1964: −0.42, no droughtApril 1964: −0.29, no droughtMay 1964: −0.21, no droughtJune 1964: −0.08, no droughtJuly 1964: −0.50, dryAugust 1964: −0.19, no droughtSeptember 1964: −0.37, no droughtOctober 1964: −0.09, no droughtNovember 1964: −0.54, dryDecember 1964: −0.06, no droughtJanuary 1965: 0.00, no droughtFebruary 1965: −0.15, no droughtMarch 1965: −0.53, dryApril 1965: −0.99, dryMay 1965: −0.99, dryJune 1965: −0.68, dryJuly 1965: −0.73, dryAugust 1965: −0.57, drySeptember 1965: −0.62, dryOctober 1965: −0.78, dryNovember 1965: −0.56, dryDecember 1965: −1.28, moderate droughtJanuary 1966: −0.63, dryFebruary 1966: +0.23, no droughtMarch 1966: +0.45, no droughtApril 1966: +0.41, no droughtMay 1966: −0.19, no droughtJune 1966: +0.07, no droughtJuly 1966: 0.00, no droughtAugust 1966: +0.11, no droughtSeptember 1966: +0.13, no droughtOctober 1966: +0.23, no droughtNovember 1966: −0.22, no droughtDecember 1966: −0.12, no droughtJanuary 1967: +0.18, no droughtFebruary 1967: +0.34, no droughtMarch 1967: +0.17, no droughtApril 1967: +0.40, no droughtMay 1967: +0.45, no droughtJune 1967: +0.69, no droughtJuly 1967: +0.57, no droughtAugust 1967: +0.11, no droughtSeptember 1967: +0.02, no droughtOctober 1967: +0.07, no droughtNovember 1967: +0.63, no droughtDecember 1967: +0.45, no droughtJanuary 1968: −0.35, no droughtFebruary 1968: −1.67, severe droughtMarch 1968: −1.28, moderate droughtApril 1968: −1.37, moderate droughtMay 1968: −0.80, dryJune 1968: −0.55, dryJuly 1968: −0.43, no droughtAugust 1968: −0.67, drySeptember 1968: −1.06, moderate droughtOctober 1968: −0.51, dryNovember 1968: −1.09, moderate droughtDecember 1968: −0.95, dryJanuary 1969: −1.29, moderate droughtFebruary 1969: −0.54, dryMarch 1969: −0.45, no droughtApril 1969: +0.07, no droughtMay 1969: −0.19, no droughtJune 1969: −0.19, no droughtJuly 1969: −0.58, dryAugust 1969: −0.76, drySeptember 1969: −0.85, dryOctober 1969: 0.00, no droughtNovember 1969: −0.16, no droughtDecember 1969: −0.52, dryJanuary 1970: −0.50, dryFebruary 1970: −0.05, no droughtMarch 1970: −0.12, no droughtApril 1970: −0.27, no droughtMay 1970: −0.59, dryJune 1970: −0.20, no droughtJuly 1970: 0.00, no droughtAugust 1970: +0.05, no droughtSeptember 1970: −0.13, no droughtOctober 1970: −0.35, no droughtNovember 1970: −0.52, dryDecember 1970: −0.10, no droughtJanuary 1971: 0.00, no droughtFebruary 1971: +0.16, no droughtMarch 1971: +0.33, no droughtApril 1971: +0.49, no droughtMay 1971: +0.46, no droughtJune 1971: +0.43, no droughtJuly 1971: +0.41, no droughtAugust 1971: +0.23, no droughtSeptember 1971: −0.14, no droughtOctober 1971: +0.31, no droughtNovember 1971: +0.29, no droughtDecember 1971: +0.35, no droughtJanuary 1972: +1.09, no droughtFebruary 1972: +0.47, no droughtMarch 1972: +1.00, no droughtApril 1972: +0.84, no droughtMay 1972: +1.04, no droughtJune 1972: +0.53, no droughtJuly 1972: −0.05, no droughtAugust 1972: +0.03, no droughtSeptember 1972: +0.02, no droughtOctober 1972: +0.16, no droughtNovember 1972: +0.21, no droughtDecember 1972: −0.37, no droughtJanuary 1973: −1.20, moderate droughtFebruary 1973: −0.24, no droughtMarch 1973: −0.33, no droughtApril 1973: −0.10, no droughtMay 1973: −0.38, no droughtJune 1973: −0.47, no droughtJuly 1973: −0.38, no droughtAugust 1973: −0.16, no droughtSeptember 1973: −0.10, no droughtOctober 1973: +0.13, no droughtNovember 1973: +0.18, no droughtDecember 1973: +0.78, no droughtJanuary 1974: +1.70, no droughtFebruary 1974: +1.92, no droughtMarch 1974: +2.21, no droughtApril 1974: +2.40, no droughtMay 1974: +2.41, no droughtJune 1974: +1.90, no droughtJuly 1974: +1.51, no droughtAugust 1974: +1.55, no droughtSeptember 1974: +1.59, no droughtOctober 1974: +1.91, no droughtNovember 1974: +1.86, no droughtDecember 1974: +1.44, no droughtJanuary 1975: +1.10, no droughtFebruary 1975: +0.71, no droughtMarch 1975: +1.01, no droughtApril 1975: +1.07, no droughtMay 1975: +1.18, no droughtJune 1975: +0.65, no droughtJuly 1975: +0.58, no droughtAugust 1975: +0.67, no droughtSeptember 1975: +0.62, no droughtOctober 1975: +0.18, no droughtNovember 1975: +0.49, no droughtDecember 1975: +1.12, no droughtJanuary 1976: +2.09, no droughtFebruary 1976: +2.33, no droughtMarch 1976: +1.93, no droughtApril 1976: +1.82, no droughtMay 1976: +1.77, no droughtJune 1976: +1.56, no droughtJuly 1976: +1.39, no droughtAugust 1976: +1.19, no droughtSeptember 1976: +1.93, no droughtOctober 1976: +1.90, no droughtNovember 1976: +1.63, no droughtDecember 1976: +0.78, no droughtJanuary 1977: +0.53, no droughtFebruary 1977: +0.64, no droughtMarch 1977: +0.75, no droughtApril 1977: +0.73, no droughtMay 1977: +0.60, no droughtJune 1977: +0.28, no droughtJuly 1977: +0.02, no droughtAugust 1977: +0.06, no droughtSeptember 1977: +0.75, no droughtOctober 1977: +0.50, no droughtNovember 1977: +0.26, no droughtDecember 1977: −0.06, no droughtJanuary 1978: +0.10, no droughtFebruary 1978: +0.01, no droughtMarch 1978: −0.16, no droughtApril 1978: +0.19, no droughtMay 1978: +0.20, no droughtJune 1978: +0.31, no droughtJuly 1978: −0.42, no droughtAugust 1978: −0.01, no droughtSeptember 1978: 0.00, no droughtOctober 1978: −0.14, no droughtNovember 1978: −0.37, no droughtDecember 1978: −0.53, dryJanuary 1979: −0.62, dryFebruary 1979: −0.22, no droughtMarch 1979: −0.44, no droughtApril 1979: −0.94, dryMay 1979: −1.20, moderate droughtJune 1979: −0.61, dryJuly 1979: −0.22, no droughtAugust 1979: −0.09, no droughtSeptember 1979: −0.21, no droughtOctober 1979: −0.15, no droughtNovember 1979: −0.13, no droughtDecember 1979: −0.34, no droughtJanuary 1980: −0.69, dryFebruary 1980: −0.63, dryMarch 1980: −0.23, no droughtApril 1980: −0.19, no droughtMay 1980: −0.60, dryJune 1980: −0.91, dryJuly 1980: −0.84, dryAugust 1980: −0.24, no droughtSeptember 1980: 0.00, no droughtOctober 1980: −0.36, no droughtNovember 1980: +0.24, no droughtDecember 1980: +0.14, no droughtJanuary 1981: +0.35, no droughtFebruary 1981: −0.07, no droughtMarch 1981: +0.37, no droughtApril 1981: +0.27, no droughtMay 1981: +0.29, no droughtJune 1981: −0.15, no droughtJuly 1981: +0.17, no droughtAugust 1981: +0.88, no droughtSeptember 1981: +0.75, no droughtOctober 1981: +0.75, no droughtNovember 1981: +0.62, no droughtDecember 1981: +0.73, no droughtJanuary 1982: +0.30, no droughtFebruary 1982: −0.22, no droughtMarch 1982: −0.48, no droughtApril 1982: +0.54, no droughtMay 1982: +0.74, no droughtJune 1982: +0.91, no droughtJuly 1982: +0.65, no droughtAugust 1982: +0.54, no droughtSeptember 1982: +0.55, no droughtOctober 1982: +1.00, no droughtNovember 1982: +0.70, no droughtDecember 1982: +0.46, no droughtJanuary 1983: +0.15, no droughtFebruary 1983: −0.26, no droughtMarch 1983: −0.37, no droughtApril 1983: −0.94, dryMay 1983: −0.34, no droughtJune 1983: +0.01, no droughtJuly 1983: +0.12, no droughtAugust 1983: −0.08, no droughtSeptember 1983: −0.34, no droughtOctober 1983: −0.80, dryNovember 1983: −0.29, no droughtDecember 1983: −0.21, no droughtJanuary 1984: −0.61, dryFebruary 1984: −0.98, dryMarch 1984: −0.68, dryApril 1984: −0.39, no droughtMay 1984: −0.09, no droughtJune 1984: −0.13, no droughtJuly 1984: −0.19, no droughtAugust 1984: −0.06, no droughtSeptember 1984: −0.16, no droughtOctober 1984: +0.33, no droughtNovember 1984: +0.04, no droughtDecember 1984: −0.50, dryJanuary 1985: −0.75, dryFebruary 1985: −0.47, no droughtMarch 1985: −0.05, no droughtApril 1985: −0.28, no droughtMay 1985: −0.44, no droughtJune 1985: −1.08, moderate droughtJuly 1985: −0.65, dryAugust 1985: −0.86, drySeptember 1985: −0.41, no droughtOctober 1985: −0.14, no droughtNovember 1985: −0.19, no droughtDecember 1985: +0.49, no droughtJanuary 1986: +0.23, no droughtFebruary 1986: +0.21, no droughtMarch 1986: −0.13, no droughtApril 1986: −0.02, no droughtMay 1986: −0.23, no droughtJune 1986: −0.22, no droughtJuly 1986: +0.04, no droughtAugust 1986: +0.29, no droughtSeptember 1986: +0.42, no droughtOctober 1986: +0.76, no droughtNovember 1986: +1.09, no droughtDecember 1986: +0.60, no droughtJanuary 1987: +0.06, no droughtFebruary 1987: −0.11, no droughtMarch 1987: +0.23, no droughtApril 1987: +0.43, no droughtMay 1987: +0.35, no droughtJune 1987: +0.02, no droughtJuly 1987: +0.36, no droughtAugust 1987: +0.56, no droughtSeptember 1987: +1.43, no droughtOctober 1987: +0.89, no droughtNovember 1987: +0.72, no droughtDecember 1987: +0.63, no droughtJanuary 1988: +0.72, no droughtFebruary 1988: +2.08, no droughtMarch 1988: +1.93, no droughtApril 1988: +2.51, no droughtMay 1988: +1.87, no droughtJune 1988: +1.78, no droughtJuly 1988: +1.30, no droughtAugust 1988: +1.27, no droughtSeptember 1988: +1.57, no droughtOctober 1988: +1.85, no droughtNovember 1988: +1.74, no droughtDecember 1988: +1.72, no droughtJanuary 1989: +2.06, no droughtFebruary 1989: +2.00, no droughtMarch 1989: +1.46, no droughtApril 1989: +1.64, no droughtMay 1989: +1.32, no droughtJune 1989: +1.55, no droughtJuly 1989: +1.21, no droughtAugust 1989: +0.98, no droughtSeptember 1989: +0.73, no droughtOctober 1989: +0.50, no droughtNovember 1989: +0.51, no droughtDecember 1989: +0.19, no droughtJanuary 1990: −0.02, no droughtFebruary 1990: −0.18, no droughtMarch 1990: +0.16, no droughtApril 1990: +0.24, no droughtMay 1990: +0.01, no droughtJune 1990: +0.06, no droughtJuly 1990: −0.13, no droughtAugust 1990: −0.07, no droughtSeptember 1990: +0.17, no droughtOctober 1990: +0.06, no droughtNovember 1990: −0.25, no droughtDecember 1990: −0.08, no droughtJanuary 1991: +0.96, no droughtFebruary 1991: +0.97, no droughtMarch 1991: +1.35, no droughtApril 1991: +0.89, no droughtMay 1991: +0.81, no droughtJune 1991: +0.94, no droughtJuly 1991: +1.31, no droughtAugust 1991: +1.42, no droughtSeptember 1991: +1.27, no droughtOctober 1991: +1.45, no droughtNovember 1991: +1.23, no droughtDecember 1991: +1.01, no droughtJanuary 1992: −0.06, no droughtFebruary 1992: −0.54, dryMarch 1992: −1.19, moderate droughtApril 1992: −1.15, moderate droughtMay 1992: −1.07, moderate droughtJune 1992: −1.52, severe droughtJuly 1992: −1.13, moderate droughtAugust 1992: −0.25, no droughtSeptember 1992: −0.43, no droughtOctober 1992: −0.83, dryNovember 1992: −0.96, dryDecember 1992: −1.47, moderate droughtJanuary 1993: −1.66, severe droughtFebruary 1993: −1.00, moderate droughtMarch 1993: −0.81, dryApril 1993: −0.60, dryMay 1993: −0.92, dryJune 1993: −0.85, dryJuly 1993: −0.93, dryAugust 1993: −0.92, drySeptember 1993: −1.05, moderate droughtOctober 1993: +0.03, no droughtNovember 1993: +0.07, no droughtDecember 1993: +0.17, no droughtJanuary 1994: +0.25, no droughtFebruary 1994: +0.33, no droughtMarch 1994: +0.18, no droughtApril 1994: −0.07, no droughtMay 1994: −0.70, dryJune 1994: −0.49, no droughtJuly 1994: −0.10, no droughtAugust 1994: 0.00, no droughtSeptember 1994: −0.26, no droughtOctober 1994: −0.74, dryNovember 1994: −0.69, dryDecember 1994: −1.15, moderate droughtJanuary 1995: −1.35, moderate droughtFebruary 1995: −2.06, extreme droughtMarch 1995: −1.20, moderate droughtApril 1995: −1.30, moderate droughtMay 1995: −0.65, dryJune 1995: −0.94, dryJuly 1995: −0.60, dryAugust 1995: −1.15, moderate droughtSeptember 1995: −0.82, dryOctober 1995: −0.52, dryNovember 1995: −0.14, no droughtDecember 1995: +0.42, no droughtJanuary 1996: +0.40, no droughtFebruary 1996: +0.31, no droughtMarch 1996: −0.29, no droughtApril 1996: −0.09, no droughtMay 1996: −0.04, no droughtJune 1996: +0.21, no droughtJuly 1996: +0.37, no droughtAugust 1996: +0.31, no droughtSeptember 1996: +0.39, no droughtOctober 1996: 0.00, no droughtNovember 1996: +0.71, no droughtDecember 1996: +0.60, no droughtJanuary 1997: +0.84, no droughtFebruary 1997: +0.48, no droughtMarch 1997: +0.94, no droughtApril 1997: +0.85, no droughtMay 1997: +1.22, no droughtJune 1997: +0.96, no droughtJuly 1997: +1.07, no droughtAugust 1997: +0.74, no droughtSeptember 1997: +0.99, no droughtOctober 1997: +1.02, no droughtNovember 1997: +0.42, no droughtDecember 1997: +0.05, no droughtJanuary 1998: −0.02, no droughtFebruary 1998: +0.23, no droughtMarch 1998: +0.24, no droughtApril 1998: +0.02, no droughtMay 1998: −0.24, no droughtJune 1998: −0.84, dryJuly 1998: −0.48, no droughtAugust 1998: −0.30, no droughtSeptember 1998: +0.27, no droughtOctober 1998: +0.24, no droughtNovember 1998: +0.47, no droughtDecember 1998: +0.27, no droughtJanuary 1999: −0.10, no droughtFebruary 1999: −0.66, dryMarch 1999: −0.69, dryApril 1999: −0.86, dryMay 1999: −0.02, no droughtJune 1999: +0.07, no droughtJuly 1999: +0.36, no droughtAugust 1999: −0.26, no droughtSeptember 1999: −0.47, no droughtOctober 1999: −0.21, no droughtNovember 1999: −0.59, dryDecember 1999: +0.80, no droughtJanuary 2000: +1.18, no droughtFebruary 2000: +1.38, no droughtMarch 2000: +1.38, no droughtApril 2000: +1.58, no droughtMay 2000: +1.55, no droughtJune 2000: +1.18, no droughtJuly 2000: +0.95, no droughtAugust 2000: +0.82, no droughtSeptember 2000: +1.48, no droughtOctober 2000: +1.25, no droughtNovember 2000: +1.41, no droughtDecember 2000: +0.61, no droughtJanuary 2001: +0.09, no droughtFebruary 2001: −0.11, no droughtMarch 2001: +0.07, no droughtApril 2001: +0.84, no droughtMay 2001: +1.03, no droughtJune 2001: +0.95, no droughtJuly 2001: +0.28, no droughtAugust 2001: +0.38, no droughtSeptember 2001: +1.16, no droughtOctober 2001: +1.37, no droughtNovember 2001: +1.64, no droughtDecember 2001: +1.73, no droughtJanuary 2002: +2.07, no droughtFebruary 2002: +1.75, no droughtMarch 2002: +1.31, no droughtApril 2002: +0.59, no droughtMay 2002: +0.97, no droughtJune 2002: +1.07, no droughtJuly 2002: +1.33, no droughtAugust 2002: +1.57, no droughtSeptember 2002: +1.23, no droughtOctober 2002: +0.98, no droughtNovember 2002: +0.30, no droughtDecember 2002: +0.26, no droughtJanuary 2003: −0.37, no droughtFebruary 2003: −0.01, no droughtMarch 2003: −0.36, no droughtApril 2003: −0.14, no droughtMay 2003: −0.55, dryJune 2003: −0.45, no droughtJuly 2003: −0.64, dryAugust 2003: −0.69, drySeptember 2003: −0.26, no droughtOctober 2003: −0.30, no droughtNovember 2003: +0.15, no droughtDecember 2003: −0.33, no droughtJanuary 2004: +0.02, no droughtFebruary 2004: −0.49, no droughtMarch 2004: −0.05, no droughtApril 2004: +0.12, no droughtMay 2004: +0.20, no droughtJune 2004: +0.14, no droughtJuly 2004: −0.21, no droughtAugust 2004: −0.12, no droughtSeptember 2004: +0.47, no droughtOctober 2004: +0.38, no droughtNovember 2004: −0.16, no droughtDecember 2004: −0.08, no droughtJanuary 2005: −0.12, no droughtFebruary 2005: +0.04, no droughtMarch 2005: +0.14, no droughtApril 2005: +0.10, no droughtMay 2005: +0.18, no droughtJune 2005: +0.12, no droughtJuly 2005: −0.07, no droughtAugust 2005: −0.10, no droughtSeptember 2005: −0.44, no droughtOctober 2005: −0.24, no droughtNovember 2005: 0.00, no droughtDecember 2005: −0.37, no droughtJanuary 2006: −0.03, no droughtFebruary 2006: +0.93, no droughtMarch 2006: +1.13, no droughtApril 2006: +1.34, no droughtMay 2006: +1.13, no droughtJune 2006: +1.08, no droughtJuly 2006: +1.04, no droughtAugust 2006: +1.04, no droughtSeptember 2006: +0.85, no droughtOctober 2006: +0.95, no droughtNovember 2006: +0.87, no droughtDecember 2006: +1.17, no droughtJanuary 2007: +0.67, no droughtFebruary 2007: −0.48, no droughtMarch 2007: −0.86, dryApril 2007: −1.02, moderate droughtMay 2007: −0.98, dryJune 2007: −0.96, dryJuly 2007: −0.84, dryAugust 2007: −0.82, drySeptember 2007: −0.48, no droughtOctober 2007: −0.28, no droughtNovember 2007: −0.33, no droughtDecember 2007: −0.06, no droughtJanuary 2008: +0.37, no droughtFebruary 2008: +0.29, no droughtMarch 2008: +0.35, no droughtApril 2008: −0.02, no droughtMay 2008: +0.63, no droughtJune 2008: +0.77, no droughtJuly 2008: +1.02, no droughtAugust 2008: +0.69, no droughtSeptember 2008: −0.18, no droughtOctober 2008: +0.11, no droughtNovember 2008: +0.19, no droughtDecember 2008: −0.40, no droughtJanuary 2009: −0.33, no droughtFebruary 2009: +0.11, no droughtMarch 2009: +0.06, no droughtApril 2009: −0.16, no droughtMay 2009: −0.67, dryJune 2009: +0.03, no droughtJuly 2009: +0.43, no droughtAugust 2009: +0.51, no droughtSeptember 2009: −0.03, no droughtOctober 2009: +0.64, no droughtNovember 2009: +0.76, no droughtDecember 2009: +0.52, no droughtJanuary 2010: +1.47, no droughtFebruary 2010: +1.11, no droughtMarch 2010: +1.28, no droughtApril 2010: +1.17, no droughtMay 2010: +1.37, no droughtJune 2010: +1.15, no droughtJuly 2010: +0.78, no droughtAugust 2010: +0.34, no droughtSeptember 2010: +0.44, no droughtOctober 2010: +0.05, no droughtNovember 2010: +0.32, no droughtDecember 2010: +0.67, no droughtJanuary 2011: +1.16, no droughtFebruary 2011: +1.45, no droughtMarch 2011: +1.34, no droughtApril 2011: +1.46, no droughtMay 2011: +1.49, no droughtJune 2011: +1.82, no droughtJuly 2011: +1.48, no droughtAugust 2011: +1.47, no droughtSeptember 2011: +0.77, no droughtOctober 2011: +0.54, no droughtNovember 2011: +0.53, no droughtDecember 2011: +1.01, no droughtJanuary 2012: +0.34, no droughtFebruary 2012: +0.49, no droughtMarch 2012: +0.28, no droughtApril 2012: −0.07, no droughtMay 2012: −0.49, no droughtJune 2012: −0.51, dryJuly 2012: −0.20, no droughtAugust 2012: −0.09, no droughtSeptember 2012: −0.40, no droughtOctober 2012: −0.36, no droughtNovember 2012: −0.54, dryDecember 2012: −0.07, no droughtJanuary 2013: −0.34, no droughtFebruary 2013: −0.93, dryMarch 2013: −1.42, moderate droughtApril 2013: −1.53, severe droughtMay 2013: −1.34, moderate droughtJune 2013: −1.41, moderate droughtJuly 2013: −1.13, moderate droughtAugust 2013: −1.04, moderate droughtSeptember 2013: −1.04, moderate droughtOctober 2013: −1.37, moderate droughtNovember 2013: −1.54, severe droughtDecember 2013: −1.06, moderate droughtJanuary 2014: −0.97, dryFebruary 2014: +0.73, no droughtMarch 2014: +0.82, no droughtApril 2014: +0.94, no droughtMay 2014: +0.20, no droughtJune 2014: +0.02, no droughtJuly 2014: +0.36, no droughtAugust 2014: +0.76, no droughtSeptember 2014: +0.73, no droughtOctober 2014: +0.48, no droughtNovember 2014: +0.89, no droughtDecember 2014: +0.88, no droughtJanuary 2015: +0.67, no droughtFebruary 2015: −0.83, dryMarch 2015: −0.94, dryApril 2015: −0.65, dryMay 2015: −0.55, dryJune 2015: −0.19, no droughtJuly 2015: −0.06, no droughtAugust 2015: −0.03, no droughtSeptember 2015: −0.20, no droughtOctober 2015: −0.54, dryNovember 2015: −1.03, moderate droughtDecember 2015: −1.80, severe droughtJanuary 2016: −1.32, moderate droughtFebruary 2016: −1.32, moderate droughtMarch 2016: −0.99, dryApril 2016: −0.87, dryMay 2016: −0.48, no droughtJune 2016: −0.56, dryJuly 2016: −0.71, dryAugust 2016: −0.88, drySeptember 2016: −1.28, moderate droughtOctober 2016: −1.18, moderate droughtNovember 2016: −1.14, moderate droughtDecember 2016: −1.07, moderate droughtJanuary 2017: +0.10, no droughtFebruary 2017: +1.13, no droughtMarch 2017: +0.94, no droughtApril 2017: +0.73, no droughtMay 2017: +0.36, no droughtJune 2017: +0.44, no droughtJuly 2017: +0.05, no droughtAugust 2017: +0.08, no droughtSeptember 2017: +0.25, no droughtOctober 2017: +0.45, no droughtNovember 2017: +0.04, no droughtDecember 2017: −0.10, no droughtJanuary 2018: −0.75, dryFebruary 2018: −0.93, dryMarch 2018: −0.75, dryApril 2018: −0.23, no droughtMay 2018: −0.06, no droughtJune 2018: −0.04, no droughtJuly 2018: −0.18, no droughtAugust 2018: −0.15, no droughtSeptember 2018: −0.20, no droughtOctober 2018: −0.51, dryNovember 2018: −0.83, dryDecember 2018: −1.14, moderate droughtJanuary 2019: −1.48, moderate droughtFebruary 2019: −1.31, moderate droughtMarch 2019: −1.53, severe droughtApril 2019: −1.38, moderate droughtMay 2019: −1.29, moderate droughtJune 2019: −0.94, dryJuly 2019: −1.48, moderate droughtAugust 2019: −1.57, severe droughtSeptember 2019: −1.67, severe droughtOctober 2019: −1.73, severe droughtNovember 2019: −1.67, severe droughtDecember 2019: −1.18, moderate droughtJanuary 2020: −0.89, dryFebruary 2020: −0.54, dryMarch 2020: −0.06, no droughtApril 2020: −0.11, no droughtMay 2020: −0.32, no droughtJune 2020: −0.46, no droughtJuly 2020: −0.89, dryAugust 2020: −0.70, drySeptember 2020: −0.38, no droughtOctober 2020: −0.44, no droughtNovember 2020: +0.33, no droughtDecember 2020: +0.84, no droughtJanuary 2021: +1.85, no droughtFebruary 2021: +1.86, no droughtMarch 2021: +1.40, no droughtApril 2021: +1.01, no droughtMay 2021: +0.59, no droughtJune 2021: +0.61, no droughtJuly 2021: +0.76, no droughtAugust 2021: +0.97, no droughtSeptember 2021: +0.78, no droughtOctober 2021: +1.18, no droughtNovember 2021: +0.95, no droughtDecember 2021: +1.29, no droughtJanuary 2022: +1.18, no droughtFebruary 2022: +0.82, no droughtMarch 2022: +0.98, no droughtApril 2022: +1.31, no droughtMay 2022: +1.53, no droughtJune 2022: +1.40, no droughtJuly 2022: +1.25, no droughtAugust 2022: +1.27, no droughtSeptember 2022: +1.20, no droughtOctober 2022: +1.31, no droughtNovember 2022: +1.45, no droughtDecember 2022: +0.89, no droughtJanuary 2023: +0.40, no droughtFebruary 2023: +0.16, no droughtMarch 2023: −0.41, no droughtApril 2023: −0.87, dryMay 2023: −0.93, dryJune 2023: −0.83, dryJuly 2023: −0.64, dryAugust 2023: −0.93, drySeptember 2023: −0.85, dryOctober 2023: −0.98, dryNovember 2023: −1.28, moderate droughtDecember 2023: −1.14, moderate droughtJanuary 2024: −0.84, dryFebruary 2024: −1.03, moderate droughtMarch 2024: −1.45, moderate droughtApril 2024: −0.82, dryMay 2024: −0.60, dryJune 2024: −0.36, no droughtJuly 2024: −0.85, dryAugust 2024: −0.81, drySeptember 2024: −0.72, dryOctober 2024: −0.99, dryNovember 2024: −1.13, moderate droughtDecember 2024: −1.01, moderate droughtJanuary 2025: −0.98, dryFebruary 2025: −0.72, dryMarch 2025: −0.32, no droughtApril 2025: +0.50, no droughtMay 2025: +0.48, no droughtJune 2025: +0.63, no droughtJuly 2025: −0.19, no droughtAugust 2025: +0.21, no droughtSeptember 2025: +0.67, no droughtOctober 2025: +0.99, no droughtNovember 2025: +1.42, no droughtDecember 2025: +1.20, no droughtJanuary 2026: +0.70, no droughtFebruary 2026: +0.51, no droughtMarch 2026: +0.70, no droughtApril 2026: +1.24, no droughtMay 2026: +1.33, no droughtJune 2026: +1.46, no droughtJuly 2026: +1.00, no droughtAugust 2026: +1.00, no droughtSeptember 2026: +2.17, no droughtOctober 2026: +2.28, no drought

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The drought index each month, January 1951 to October 2026. Down: drier than normal, coloured by class (the faint lines are moderate, severe and extreme). Up: wetter.
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The drought index each month, January 1951 to October 2026.: every figure
When or whatFigure
January 1951+0.03, no drought
February 1951−1.21, moderate drought
March 1951−2.47, extreme drought
April 1951−2.78, extreme drought
May 1951−2.66, extreme drought
June 1951−2.16, extreme drought
July 1951−1.65, severe drought
August 1951−1.68, severe drought
September 1951−2.06, extreme drought
October 1951−2.21, extreme drought
November 1951−2.47, extreme drought
December 1951−2.94, extreme drought
January 1952−2.98, extreme drought
February 1952−2.72, extreme drought
March 1952−2.76, extreme drought
April 1952−2.40, extreme drought
May 1952−2.21, extreme drought
June 1952−1.91, severe drought
July 1952−1.83, severe drought
August 1952−1.86, severe drought
September 1952−1.96, severe drought
October 1952−2.16, extreme drought
November 1952−2.03, extreme drought
December 1952−1.72, severe drought
January 1953−2.27, extreme drought
February 1953−2.73, extreme drought
March 1953−3.21, extreme drought
April 1953−3.46, extreme drought
May 1953−3.11, extreme drought
June 1953−2.74, extreme drought
July 1953−2.31, extreme drought
August 1953−2.21, extreme drought
September 1953−2.20, extreme drought
October 1953−2.03, extreme drought
November 1953−2.05, extreme drought
December 1953−1.43, moderate drought
January 1954−1.91, severe drought
February 1954−2.26, extreme drought
March 1954−3.49, extreme drought
April 1954−3.60, extreme drought
May 1954−3.71, extreme drought
June 1954−3.23, extreme drought
July 1954−2.40, extreme drought
August 1954−2.28, extreme drought
September 1954−2.39, extreme drought
October 1954−2.38, extreme drought
November 1954−2.16, extreme drought
December 1954−2.27, extreme drought
January 1955−0.72, dry
February 1955+0.45, no drought
March 1955+1.01, no drought
April 1955+1.53, no drought
May 1955+1.59, no drought
June 1955+1.63, no drought
July 1955+1.31, no drought
August 1955+0.82, no drought
September 1955−0.04, no drought
October 1955+0.60, no drought
November 1955+0.78, no drought
December 1955+0.87, no drought
January 1956+0.39, no drought
February 1956−0.44, no drought
March 1956−0.85, dry
April 1956−1.27, moderate drought
May 1956−1.55, severe drought
June 1956−1.48, moderate drought
July 1956−1.63, severe drought
August 1956−1.70, severe drought
September 1956−0.97, dry
October 1956−1.05, moderate drought
November 1956−1.00, moderate drought
December 1956−1.27, moderate drought
January 1957−1.26, moderate drought
February 1957−0.80, dry
March 1957+0.22, no drought
April 1957+0.41, no drought
May 1957+0.54, no drought
June 1957−0.07, no drought
July 1957+0.17, no drought
August 1957+0.27, no drought
September 1957+0.70, no drought
October 1957+0.92, no drought
November 1957+0.91, no drought
December 1957+0.82, no drought
January 1958+1.24, no drought
February 1958+0.99, no drought
March 1958+0.49, no drought
April 1958+0.30, no drought
May 1958+0.52, no drought
June 1958+0.61, no drought
July 1958+0.74, no drought
August 1958−0.25, no drought
September 1958+0.19, no drought
October 1958+0.22, no drought
November 1958+0.15, no drought
December 1958+0.53, no drought
January 1959−0.26, no drought
February 1959−0.44, no drought
March 1959−0.98, dry
April 1959−1.09, moderate drought
May 1959−1.30, moderate drought
June 1959−0.86, dry
July 1959−0.63, dry
August 1959−0.71, dry
September 1959−1.21, moderate drought
October 1959−0.97, dry
November 1959−1.20, moderate drought
December 1959−1.60, severe drought
January 1960−1.32, moderate drought
February 1960−0.86, dry
March 1960−0.72, dry
April 1960−0.77, dry
May 1960−1.14, moderate drought
June 1960−0.48, no drought
July 1960−0.27, no drought
August 1960−0.15, no drought
September 1960−0.51, dry
October 1960−0.22, no drought
November 1960+0.15, no drought
December 1960−0.05, no drought
January 1961−0.30, no drought
February 1961−0.84, dry
March 1961−0.11, no drought
April 1961+0.88, no drought
May 1961+1.23, no drought
June 1961+1.30, no drought
July 1961+1.22, no drought
August 1961+1.14, no drought
September 1961+1.08, no drought
October 1961+0.04, no drought
November 1961+0.79, no drought
December 1961+0.99, no drought
January 1962+1.24, no drought
February 1962+2.04, no drought
March 1962+1.67, no drought
April 1962+1.50, no drought
May 1962+0.80, no drought
June 1962+0.54, no drought
July 1962+0.02, no drought
August 1962+0.33, no drought
September 1962+0.46, no drought
October 1962+0.44, no drought
November 1962+1.10, no drought
December 1962+0.94, no drought
January 1963+1.84, no drought
February 1963+1.11, no drought
March 1963+1.15, no drought
April 1963+1.03, no drought
May 1963+1.11, no drought
June 1963+1.06, no drought
July 1963+0.92, no drought
August 1963+0.71, no drought
September 1963+0.99, no drought
October 1963+1.33, no drought
November 1963+1.64, no drought
December 1963+1.23, no drought
January 1964+0.35, no drought
February 1964−0.44, no drought
March 1964−0.42, no drought
April 1964−0.29, no drought
May 1964−0.21, no drought
June 1964−0.08, no drought
July 1964−0.50, dry
August 1964−0.19, no drought
September 1964−0.37, no drought
October 1964−0.09, no drought
November 1964−0.54, dry
December 1964−0.06, no drought
January 19650.00, no drought
February 1965−0.15, no drought
March 1965−0.53, dry
April 1965−0.99, dry
May 1965−0.99, dry
June 1965−0.68, dry
July 1965−0.73, dry
August 1965−0.57, dry
September 1965−0.62, dry
October 1965−0.78, dry
November 1965−0.56, dry
December 1965−1.28, moderate drought
January 1966−0.63, dry
February 1966+0.23, no drought
March 1966+0.45, no drought
April 1966+0.41, no drought
May 1966−0.19, no drought
June 1966+0.07, no drought
July 19660.00, no drought
August 1966+0.11, no drought
September 1966+0.13, no drought
October 1966+0.23, no drought
November 1966−0.22, no drought
December 1966−0.12, no drought
January 1967+0.18, no drought
February 1967+0.34, no drought
March 1967+0.17, no drought
April 1967+0.40, no drought
May 1967+0.45, no drought
June 1967+0.69, no drought
July 1967+0.57, no drought
August 1967+0.11, no drought
September 1967+0.02, no drought
October 1967+0.07, no drought
November 1967+0.63, no drought
December 1967+0.45, no drought
January 1968−0.35, no drought
February 1968−1.67, severe drought
March 1968−1.28, moderate drought
April 1968−1.37, moderate drought
May 1968−0.80, dry
June 1968−0.55, dry
July 1968−0.43, no drought
August 1968−0.67, dry
September 1968−1.06, moderate drought
October 1968−0.51, dry
November 1968−1.09, moderate drought
December 1968−0.95, dry
January 1969−1.29, moderate drought
February 1969−0.54, dry
March 1969−0.45, no drought
April 1969+0.07, no drought
May 1969−0.19, no drought
June 1969−0.19, no drought
July 1969−0.58, dry
August 1969−0.76, dry
September 1969−0.85, dry
October 19690.00, no drought
November 1969−0.16, no drought
December 1969−0.52, dry
January 1970−0.50, dry
February 1970−0.05, no drought
March 1970−0.12, no drought
April 1970−0.27, no drought
May 1970−0.59, dry
June 1970−0.20, no drought
July 19700.00, no drought
August 1970+0.05, no drought
September 1970−0.13, no drought
October 1970−0.35, no drought
November 1970−0.52, dry
December 1970−0.10, no drought
January 19710.00, no drought
February 1971+0.16, no drought
March 1971+0.33, no drought
April 1971+0.49, no drought
May 1971+0.46, no drought
June 1971+0.43, no drought
July 1971+0.41, no drought
August 1971+0.23, no drought
September 1971−0.14, no drought
October 1971+0.31, no drought
November 1971+0.29, no drought
December 1971+0.35, no drought
January 1972+1.09, no drought
February 1972+0.47, no drought
March 1972+1.00, no drought
April 1972+0.84, no drought
May 1972+1.04, no drought
June 1972+0.53, no drought
July 1972−0.05, no drought
August 1972+0.03, no drought
September 1972+0.02, no drought
October 1972+0.16, no drought
November 1972+0.21, no drought
December 1972−0.37, no drought
January 1973−1.20, moderate drought
February 1973−0.24, no drought
March 1973−0.33, no drought
April 1973−0.10, no drought
May 1973−0.38, no drought
June 1973−0.47, no drought
July 1973−0.38, no drought
August 1973−0.16, no drought
September 1973−0.10, no drought
October 1973+0.13, no drought
November 1973+0.18, no drought
December 1973+0.78, no drought
January 1974+1.70, no drought
February 1974+1.92, no drought
March 1974+2.21, no drought
April 1974+2.40, no drought
May 1974+2.41, no drought
June 1974+1.90, no drought
July 1974+1.51, no drought
August 1974+1.55, no drought
September 1974+1.59, no drought
October 1974+1.91, no drought
November 1974+1.86, no drought
December 1974+1.44, no drought
January 1975+1.10, no drought
February 1975+0.71, no drought
March 1975+1.01, no drought
April 1975+1.07, no drought
May 1975+1.18, no drought
June 1975+0.65, no drought
July 1975+0.58, no drought
August 1975+0.67, no drought
September 1975+0.62, no drought
October 1975+0.18, no drought
November 1975+0.49, no drought
December 1975+1.12, no drought
January 1976+2.09, no drought
February 1976+2.33, no drought
March 1976+1.93, no drought
April 1976+1.82, no drought
May 1976+1.77, no drought
June 1976+1.56, no drought
July 1976+1.39, no drought
August 1976+1.19, no drought
September 1976+1.93, no drought
October 1976+1.90, no drought
November 1976+1.63, no drought
December 1976+0.78, no drought
January 1977+0.53, no drought
February 1977+0.64, no drought
March 1977+0.75, no drought
April 1977+0.73, no drought
May 1977+0.60, no drought
June 1977+0.28, no drought
July 1977+0.02, no drought
August 1977+0.06, no drought
September 1977+0.75, no drought
October 1977+0.50, no drought
November 1977+0.26, no drought
December 1977−0.06, no drought
January 1978+0.10, no drought
February 1978+0.01, no drought
March 1978−0.16, no drought
April 1978+0.19, no drought
May 1978+0.20, no drought
June 1978+0.31, no drought
July 1978−0.42, no drought
August 1978−0.01, no drought
September 19780.00, no drought
October 1978−0.14, no drought
November 1978−0.37, no drought
December 1978−0.53, dry
January 1979−0.62, dry
February 1979−0.22, no drought
March 1979−0.44, no drought
April 1979−0.94, dry
May 1979−1.20, moderate drought
June 1979−0.61, dry
July 1979−0.22, no drought
August 1979−0.09, no drought
September 1979−0.21, no drought
October 1979−0.15, no drought
November 1979−0.13, no drought
December 1979−0.34, no drought
January 1980−0.69, dry
February 1980−0.63, dry
March 1980−0.23, no drought
April 1980−0.19, no drought
May 1980−0.60, dry
June 1980−0.91, dry
July 1980−0.84, dry
August 1980−0.24, no drought
September 19800.00, no drought
October 1980−0.36, no drought
November 1980+0.24, no drought
December 1980+0.14, no drought
January 1981+0.35, no drought
February 1981−0.07, no drought
March 1981+0.37, no drought
April 1981+0.27, no drought
May 1981+0.29, no drought
June 1981−0.15, no drought
July 1981+0.17, no drought
August 1981+0.88, no drought
September 1981+0.75, no drought
October 1981+0.75, no drought
November 1981+0.62, no drought
December 1981+0.73, no drought
January 1982+0.30, no drought
February 1982−0.22, no drought
March 1982−0.48, no drought
April 1982+0.54, no drought
May 1982+0.74, no drought
June 1982+0.91, no drought
July 1982+0.65, no drought
August 1982+0.54, no drought
September 1982+0.55, no drought
October 1982+1.00, no drought
November 1982+0.70, no drought
December 1982+0.46, no drought
January 1983+0.15, no drought
February 1983−0.26, no drought
March 1983−0.37, no drought
April 1983−0.94, dry
May 1983−0.34, no drought
June 1983+0.01, no drought
July 1983+0.12, no drought
August 1983−0.08, no drought
September 1983−0.34, no drought
October 1983−0.80, dry
November 1983−0.29, no drought
December 1983−0.21, no drought
January 1984−0.61, dry
February 1984−0.98, dry
March 1984−0.68, dry
April 1984−0.39, no drought
May 1984−0.09, no drought
June 1984−0.13, no drought
July 1984−0.19, no drought
August 1984−0.06, no drought
September 1984−0.16, no drought
October 1984+0.33, no drought
November 1984+0.04, no drought
December 1984−0.50, dry
January 1985−0.75, dry
February 1985−0.47, no drought
March 1985−0.05, no drought
April 1985−0.28, no drought
May 1985−0.44, no drought
June 1985−1.08, moderate drought
July 1985−0.65, dry
August 1985−0.86, dry
September 1985−0.41, no drought
October 1985−0.14, no drought
November 1985−0.19, no drought
December 1985+0.49, no drought
January 1986+0.23, no drought
February 1986+0.21, no drought
March 1986−0.13, no drought
April 1986−0.02, no drought
May 1986−0.23, no drought
June 1986−0.22, no drought
July 1986+0.04, no drought
August 1986+0.29, no drought
September 1986+0.42, no drought
October 1986+0.76, no drought
November 1986+1.09, no drought
December 1986+0.60, no drought
January 1987+0.06, no drought
February 1987−0.11, no drought
March 1987+0.23, no drought
April 1987+0.43, no drought
May 1987+0.35, no drought
June 1987+0.02, no drought
July 1987+0.36, no drought
August 1987+0.56, no drought
September 1987+1.43, no drought
October 1987+0.89, no drought
November 1987+0.72, no drought
December 1987+0.63, no drought
January 1988+0.72, no drought
February 1988+2.08, no drought
March 1988+1.93, no drought
April 1988+2.51, no drought
May 1988+1.87, no drought
June 1988+1.78, no drought
July 1988+1.30, no drought
August 1988+1.27, no drought
September 1988+1.57, no drought
October 1988+1.85, no drought
November 1988+1.74, no drought
December 1988+1.72, no drought
January 1989+2.06, no drought
February 1989+2.00, no drought
March 1989+1.46, no drought
April 1989+1.64, no drought
May 1989+1.32, no drought
June 1989+1.55, no drought
July 1989+1.21, no drought
August 1989+0.98, no drought
September 1989+0.73, no drought
October 1989+0.50, no drought
November 1989+0.51, no drought
December 1989+0.19, no drought
January 1990−0.02, no drought
February 1990−0.18, no drought
March 1990+0.16, no drought
April 1990+0.24, no drought
May 1990+0.01, no drought
June 1990+0.06, no drought
July 1990−0.13, no drought
August 1990−0.07, no drought
September 1990+0.17, no drought
October 1990+0.06, no drought
November 1990−0.25, no drought
December 1990−0.08, no drought
January 1991+0.96, no drought
February 1991+0.97, no drought
March 1991+1.35, no drought
April 1991+0.89, no drought
May 1991+0.81, no drought
June 1991+0.94, no drought
July 1991+1.31, no drought
August 1991+1.42, no drought
September 1991+1.27, no drought
October 1991+1.45, no drought
November 1991+1.23, no drought
December 1991+1.01, no drought
January 1992−0.06, no drought
February 1992−0.54, dry
March 1992−1.19, moderate drought
April 1992−1.15, moderate drought
May 1992−1.07, moderate drought
June 1992−1.52, severe drought
July 1992−1.13, moderate drought
August 1992−0.25, no drought
September 1992−0.43, no drought
October 1992−0.83, dry
November 1992−0.96, dry
December 1992−1.47, moderate drought
January 1993−1.66, severe drought
February 1993−1.00, moderate drought
March 1993−0.81, dry
April 1993−0.60, dry
May 1993−0.92, dry
June 1993−0.85, dry
July 1993−0.93, dry
August 1993−0.92, dry
September 1993−1.05, moderate drought
October 1993+0.03, no drought
November 1993+0.07, no drought
December 1993+0.17, no drought
January 1994+0.25, no drought
February 1994+0.33, no drought
March 1994+0.18, no drought
April 1994−0.07, no drought
May 1994−0.70, dry
June 1994−0.49, no drought
July 1994−0.10, no drought
August 19940.00, no drought
September 1994−0.26, no drought
October 1994−0.74, dry
November 1994−0.69, dry
December 1994−1.15, moderate drought
January 1995−1.35, moderate drought
February 1995−2.06, extreme drought
March 1995−1.20, moderate drought
April 1995−1.30, moderate drought
May 1995−0.65, dry
June 1995−0.94, dry
July 1995−0.60, dry
August 1995−1.15, moderate drought
September 1995−0.82, dry
October 1995−0.52, dry
November 1995−0.14, no drought
December 1995+0.42, no drought
January 1996+0.40, no drought
February 1996+0.31, no drought
March 1996−0.29, no drought
April 1996−0.09, no drought
May 1996−0.04, no drought
June 1996+0.21, no drought
July 1996+0.37, no drought
August 1996+0.31, no drought
September 1996+0.39, no drought
October 19960.00, no drought
November 1996+0.71, no drought
December 1996+0.60, no drought
January 1997+0.84, no drought
February 1997+0.48, no drought
March 1997+0.94, no drought
April 1997+0.85, no drought
May 1997+1.22, no drought
June 1997+0.96, no drought
July 1997+1.07, no drought
August 1997+0.74, no drought
September 1997+0.99, no drought
October 1997+1.02, no drought
November 1997+0.42, no drought
December 1997+0.05, no drought
January 1998−0.02, no drought
February 1998+0.23, no drought
March 1998+0.24, no drought
April 1998+0.02, no drought
May 1998−0.24, no drought
June 1998−0.84, dry
July 1998−0.48, no drought
August 1998−0.30, no drought
September 1998+0.27, no drought
October 1998+0.24, no drought
November 1998+0.47, no drought
December 1998+0.27, no drought
January 1999−0.10, no drought
February 1999−0.66, dry
March 1999−0.69, dry
April 1999−0.86, dry
May 1999−0.02, no drought
June 1999+0.07, no drought
July 1999+0.36, no drought
August 1999−0.26, no drought
September 1999−0.47, no drought
October 1999−0.21, no drought
November 1999−0.59, dry
December 1999+0.80, no drought
January 2000+1.18, no drought
February 2000+1.38, no drought
March 2000+1.38, no drought
April 2000+1.58, no drought
May 2000+1.55, no drought
June 2000+1.18, no drought
July 2000+0.95, no drought
August 2000+0.82, no drought
September 2000+1.48, no drought
October 2000+1.25, no drought
November 2000+1.41, no drought
December 2000+0.61, no drought
January 2001+0.09, no drought
February 2001−0.11, no drought
March 2001+0.07, no drought
April 2001+0.84, no drought
May 2001+1.03, no drought
June 2001+0.95, no drought
July 2001+0.28, no drought
August 2001+0.38, no drought
September 2001+1.16, no drought
October 2001+1.37, no drought
November 2001+1.64, no drought
December 2001+1.73, no drought
January 2002+2.07, no drought
February 2002+1.75, no drought
March 2002+1.31, no drought
April 2002+0.59, no drought
May 2002+0.97, no drought
June 2002+1.07, no drought
July 2002+1.33, no drought
August 2002+1.57, no drought
September 2002+1.23, no drought
October 2002+0.98, no drought
November 2002+0.30, no drought
December 2002+0.26, no drought
January 2003−0.37, no drought
February 2003−0.01, no drought
March 2003−0.36, no drought
April 2003−0.14, no drought
May 2003−0.55, dry
June 2003−0.45, no drought
July 2003−0.64, dry
August 2003−0.69, dry
September 2003−0.26, no drought
October 2003−0.30, no drought
November 2003+0.15, no drought
December 2003−0.33, no drought
January 2004+0.02, no drought
February 2004−0.49, no drought
March 2004−0.05, no drought
April 2004+0.12, no drought
May 2004+0.20, no drought
June 2004+0.14, no drought
July 2004−0.21, no drought
August 2004−0.12, no drought
September 2004+0.47, no drought
October 2004+0.38, no drought
November 2004−0.16, no drought
December 2004−0.08, no drought
January 2005−0.12, no drought
February 2005+0.04, no drought
March 2005+0.14, no drought
April 2005+0.10, no drought
May 2005+0.18, no drought
June 2005+0.12, no drought
July 2005−0.07, no drought
August 2005−0.10, no drought
September 2005−0.44, no drought
October 2005−0.24, no drought
November 20050.00, no drought
December 2005−0.37, no drought
January 2006−0.03, no drought
February 2006+0.93, no drought
March 2006+1.13, no drought
April 2006+1.34, no drought
May 2006+1.13, no drought
June 2006+1.08, no drought
July 2006+1.04, no drought
August 2006+1.04, no drought
September 2006+0.85, no drought
October 2006+0.95, no drought
November 2006+0.87, no drought
December 2006+1.17, no drought
January 2007+0.67, no drought
February 2007−0.48, no drought
March 2007−0.86, dry
April 2007−1.02, moderate drought
May 2007−0.98, dry
June 2007−0.96, dry
July 2007−0.84, dry
August 2007−0.82, dry
September 2007−0.48, no drought
October 2007−0.28, no drought
November 2007−0.33, no drought
December 2007−0.06, no drought
January 2008+0.37, no drought
February 2008+0.29, no drought
March 2008+0.35, no drought
April 2008−0.02, no drought
May 2008+0.63, no drought
June 2008+0.77, no drought
July 2008+1.02, no drought
August 2008+0.69, no drought
September 2008−0.18, no drought
October 2008+0.11, no drought
November 2008+0.19, no drought
December 2008−0.40, no drought
January 2009−0.33, no drought
February 2009+0.11, no drought
March 2009+0.06, no drought
April 2009−0.16, no drought
May 2009−0.67, dry
June 2009+0.03, no drought
July 2009+0.43, no drought
August 2009+0.51, no drought
September 2009−0.03, no drought
October 2009+0.64, no drought
November 2009+0.76, no drought
December 2009+0.52, no drought
January 2010+1.47, no drought
February 2010+1.11, no drought
March 2010+1.28, no drought
April 2010+1.17, no drought
May 2010+1.37, no drought
June 2010+1.15, no drought
July 2010+0.78, no drought
August 2010+0.34, no drought
September 2010+0.44, no drought
October 2010+0.05, no drought
November 2010+0.32, no drought
December 2010+0.67, no drought
January 2011+1.16, no drought
February 2011+1.45, no drought
March 2011+1.34, no drought
April 2011+1.46, no drought
May 2011+1.49, no drought
June 2011+1.82, no drought
July 2011+1.48, no drought
August 2011+1.47, no drought
September 2011+0.77, no drought
October 2011+0.54, no drought
November 2011+0.53, no drought
December 2011+1.01, no drought
January 2012+0.34, no drought
February 2012+0.49, no drought
March 2012+0.28, no drought
April 2012−0.07, no drought
May 2012−0.49, no drought
June 2012−0.51, dry
July 2012−0.20, no drought
August 2012−0.09, no drought
September 2012−0.40, no drought
October 2012−0.36, no drought
November 2012−0.54, dry
December 2012−0.07, no drought
January 2013−0.34, no drought
February 2013−0.93, dry
March 2013−1.42, moderate drought
April 2013−1.53, severe drought
May 2013−1.34, moderate drought
June 2013−1.41, moderate drought
July 2013−1.13, moderate drought
August 2013−1.04, moderate drought
September 2013−1.04, moderate drought
October 2013−1.37, moderate drought
November 2013−1.54, severe drought
December 2013−1.06, moderate drought
January 2014−0.97, dry
February 2014+0.73, no drought
March 2014+0.82, no drought
April 2014+0.94, no drought
May 2014+0.20, no drought
June 2014+0.02, no drought
July 2014+0.36, no drought
August 2014+0.76, no drought
September 2014+0.73, no drought
October 2014+0.48, no drought
November 2014+0.89, no drought
December 2014+0.88, no drought
January 2015+0.67, no drought
February 2015−0.83, dry
March 2015−0.94, dry
April 2015−0.65, dry
May 2015−0.55, dry
June 2015−0.19, no drought
July 2015−0.06, no drought
August 2015−0.03, no drought
September 2015−0.20, no drought
October 2015−0.54, dry
November 2015−1.03, moderate drought
December 2015−1.80, severe drought
January 2016−1.32, moderate drought
February 2016−1.32, moderate drought
March 2016−0.99, dry
April 2016−0.87, dry
May 2016−0.48, no drought
June 2016−0.56, dry
July 2016−0.71, dry
August 2016−0.88, dry
September 2016−1.28, moderate drought
October 2016−1.18, moderate drought
November 2016−1.14, moderate drought
December 2016−1.07, moderate drought
January 2017+0.10, no drought
February 2017+1.13, no drought
March 2017+0.94, no drought
April 2017+0.73, no drought
May 2017+0.36, no drought
June 2017+0.44, no drought
July 2017+0.05, no drought
August 2017+0.08, no drought
September 2017+0.25, no drought
October 2017+0.45, no drought
November 2017+0.04, no drought
December 2017−0.10, no drought
January 2018−0.75, dry
February 2018−0.93, dry
March 2018−0.75, dry
April 2018−0.23, no drought
May 2018−0.06, no drought
June 2018−0.04, no drought
July 2018−0.18, no drought
August 2018−0.15, no drought
September 2018−0.20, no drought
October 2018−0.51, dry
November 2018−0.83, dry
December 2018−1.14, moderate drought
January 2019−1.48, moderate drought
February 2019−1.31, moderate drought
March 2019−1.53, severe drought
April 2019−1.38, moderate drought
May 2019−1.29, moderate drought
June 2019−0.94, dry
July 2019−1.48, moderate drought
August 2019−1.57, severe drought
September 2019−1.67, severe drought
October 2019−1.73, severe drought
November 2019−1.67, severe drought
December 2019−1.18, moderate drought
January 2020−0.89, dry
February 2020−0.54, dry
March 2020−0.06, no drought
April 2020−0.11, no drought
May 2020−0.32, no drought
June 2020−0.46, no drought
July 2020−0.89, dry
August 2020−0.70, dry
September 2020−0.38, no drought
October 2020−0.44, no drought
November 2020+0.33, no drought
December 2020+0.84, no drought
January 2021+1.85, no drought
February 2021+1.86, no drought
March 2021+1.40, no drought
April 2021+1.01, no drought
May 2021+0.59, no drought
June 2021+0.61, no drought
July 2021+0.76, no drought
August 2021+0.97, no drought
September 2021+0.78, no drought
October 2021+1.18, no drought
November 2021+0.95, no drought
December 2021+1.29, no drought
January 2022+1.18, no drought
February 2022+0.82, no drought
March 2022+0.98, no drought
April 2022+1.31, no drought
May 2022+1.53, no drought
June 2022+1.40, no drought
July 2022+1.25, no drought
August 2022+1.27, no drought
September 2022+1.20, no drought
October 2022+1.31, no drought
November 2022+1.45, no drought
December 2022+0.89, no drought
January 2023+0.40, no drought
February 2023+0.16, no drought
March 2023−0.41, no drought
April 2023−0.87, dry
May 2023−0.93, dry
June 2023−0.83, dry
July 2023−0.64, dry
August 2023−0.93, dry
September 2023−0.85, dry
October 2023−0.98, dry
November 2023−1.28, moderate drought
December 2023−1.14, moderate drought
January 2024−0.84, dry
February 2024−1.03, moderate drought
March 2024−1.45, moderate drought
April 2024−0.82, dry
May 2024−0.60, dry
June 2024−0.36, no drought
July 2024−0.85, dry
August 2024−0.81, dry
September 2024−0.72, dry
October 2024−0.99, dry
November 2024−1.13, moderate drought
December 2024−1.01, moderate drought
January 2025−0.98, dry
February 2025−0.72, dry
March 2025−0.32, no drought
April 2025+0.50, no drought
May 2025+0.48, no drought
June 2025+0.63, no drought
July 2025−0.19, no drought
August 2025+0.21, no drought
September 2025+0.67, no drought
October 2025+0.99, no drought
November 2025+1.42, no drought
December 2025+1.20, no drought
January 2026+0.70, no drought
February 2026+0.51, no drought
March 2026+0.70, no drought
April 2026+1.24, no drought
May 2026+1.33, no drought
June 2026+1.46, no drought
July 2026+1.00, no drought
August 2026+1.00, no drought
September 2026+2.17, no drought
October 2026+2.28, no drought

The longest dry spells here (moderate or worse, month after month):

The dams in Northern Cape

The province as a whole, not necessarily the dams that supply this place: we hold no link yet between a dam and the towns it supplies. Source: Department of Water and Sanitation, weekly State of Dams. Every dam, with its water surface from space since 2017.

Rain here

MonthRainNormal
October 20268.0 mm22 mm
September 202683 mm11 mm
August 20261.0 mm5.0 mm
July 20261.7 mm3.4 mm
June 20266.4 mm9.5 mm
May 202613 mm12 mm

2.3 mm so far in November; a normal November has 40 mm. The weather here, day by day · How green it is

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Source

Rain and evaporation are modelled estimates from a weather reanalysis, averaged over the whole place, not station readings; greenness is measured from space. This is not an official drought declaration: those come from the National Disaster Management Centre.

How we worked this out

The drought index puts four measures on one scale, each in standard deviations from its 1991 to 2020 normal for the time of year (minus is drier): rain over the last 3 months and the last 12 (from ERA5-Land), rain less evaporation over 12 months (ERA5-Drought’s SPEI, so a hot, dry year counts for more), and how green the land is (from space, since 2017). The index is their mean.

What we changed: we summed ERA5-Land’s monthly rain over 3 and 12 months for each place and fitted it to a gamma distribution per calendar month (1991 to 2020) to get the SPI; averaged ERA5-Drought’s 0.25 degree SPEI and SPI over each place by its area in each cell; and took the mean of the parts.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 1950 to 2026 (ERA5-Land, for rain; ERA5-Drought, for SPEI). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains. Greenness: NDVI Anomaly, Digital Earth Africa (CC BY 4.0), modified; Landsat imagery courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey; contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2017 to 2026. Copernicus Climate Change Service: Monthly drought indices from 1940 to present derived from ERA5 reanalysis (ERA5-Drought). Climate Data Store (CDS), DOI 10.24381/9bea5e16.Muñoz Sabater, J. (2019): ERA5-Land monthly averaged data from 1950 to present, C3S CDS, DOI 10.24381/cds.68d2bb30. Under CC BY 4.0.

Dataset: drought monitor, release of 12 November 2026.

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