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

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 8 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1018093
Name: Central-East USA, North-East Mexico-2025
Countries: Mexico, United States
Start Date: End of Aug 2025
Duration: 233 days (at 20 Apr 2026)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 664495 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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),