Overall Green Drought alert for South-West Australia-2023 in Australia from 21 Jul 2023 00:00 UTC to 20 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for South-West Australia-2023

in Australia

Event summary

No evidence of relevant impacts or not enough information available to date.

Name:	South-West Australia-2023
Countries:	Australia
Start Date:	End of Jul 2023
Duration:	296 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 10306 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.25	20 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 80888 km2	GDO
2	0.5	30 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 499284 km2	GDO
3	0.5	10 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 380267 km2	GDO
4	0.5	20 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 314696 km2	GDO
5	0.5	30 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 282913 km2	GDO
6	0.5	10 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 115482 km2	GDO
7	0.5	20 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 83344 km2	GDO
8	0.5	30 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 93877 km2	GDO
9	0.5	10 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 166518 km2	GDO
10	0.5	20 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 166518 km2	GDO
11	0.5	30 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 83344 km2	GDO
12	0.5	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 83344 km2	GDO
13	0.5	20 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 83344 km2	GDO
14	0.5	01 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 51027 km2	GDO
15	0.5	10 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 51027 km2	GDO
16	0.5	20 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 51027 km2	GDO
17	0.25	30 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 10306 km2	GDO
18	0.25	10 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 10306 km2	GDO
19	0.25	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 10306 km2	GDO
20	0.5	12 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 10306 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Australia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Low	Western Australia	Australia

More information

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