Overall Green Drought for Central-East USA, North-East Mexico-2025
in Canada, Mexico, United States

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 7 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1018093
Name: Central-East USA, North-East Mexico-2025
Countries: Canada, Mexico, United States
Start Date: End of Aug 2025
Duration: 192 days (at 10 Mar 2026)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 807931 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),