Overall Green alert Drought for South USA-2022
in United States

Event summary

Mild to severe impacts to people and to one or more sectors of the economy.

Name: South USA-2022
Countries: United States
Start Date: Middle of Nov 2022
Duration: 523 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40748 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Upon 2024-01-21, this event was previously including the drought event Colombia-2023.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateDescription impactSource
1 0.25 10 Apr 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 63777 km2 GDO
2 0.25 20 Apr 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 63777 km2 GDO
3 0.25 30 Apr 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 30298 km2 GDO
4 0.5 10 May 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 30298 km2 GDO
5 0.5 20 May 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 44696 km2 GDO
6 0.5 30 May 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 44696 km2 GDO
7 0.75 10 Jun 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 148104 km2 GDO
8 1 30 Jun 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 212684 km2 GDO
9 1.25 10 Jul 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 597323 km2 GDO
10 1.25 20 Jul 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 710860 km2 GDO
11 1.25 30 Jul 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 559573 km2 GDO
12 1.5 10 Aug 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 960163 km2 GDO
13 1.5 20 Aug 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1119710 km2 GDO
14 1.5 30 Aug 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1007920 km2 GDO
15 1.5 10 Sep 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1294146 km2 GDO
16 1.5 20 Sep 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1315417 km2 GDO
17 1.5 30 Sep 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1298536 km2 GDO
18 1.5 10 Oct 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1725480 km2 GDO
19 1.25 20 Oct 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1809976 km2 GDO
20 1.25 30 Oct 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 990126 km2 GDO
21 1.25 10 Nov 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1140077 km2 GDO
22 1.25 20 Nov 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1217935 km2 GDO
23 1.25 30 Nov 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 728444 km2 GDO
24 1.25 10 Dec 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 945863 km2 GDO
25 1.25 20 Dec 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 937454 km2 GDO
26 1 30 Dec 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 456552 km2 GDO
27 1 10 Jan 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 472982 km2 GDO
28 1 20 Jan 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 472982 km2 GDO
29 0.75 30 Jan 2024 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40748 km2 GDO
30 0.5 10 Feb 2024 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40748 km2 GDO
31 0.25 20 Feb 2024 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40748 km2 GDO
32 0.25 01 Mar 2024 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40748 km2 GDO
33 0.25 10 Mar 2024 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40748 km2 GDO
34 0.25 20 Mar 2024 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40748 km2 GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Belize
Colombia
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
United States


Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri Name Country
- Low Belize Belize
- Medium Costa Rica Costa Rica
- Low El Salvador El Salvador
- Medium Guatemala Guatemala
- Medium Honduras Honduras
- Medium Nicaragua Nicaragua
- Low Campeche Mexico
- Medium Chiapas Mexico
- Medium Guerrero Mexico
- Medium Oaxaca Mexico
- Medium Puebla Mexico
- Low Tabasco Mexico
- Low Yucatan Mexico
- Medium Louisiana United States
- Low New Mexico United States
- Medium Oklahoma United States
- Medium Texas United States
- High Aguascalientes Mexico
- Medium Chihuahua Mexico
- High Coahuila Mexico
- Medium Distrito Federal Mexico
- Medium Durango Mexico
- Medium Guanajuato Mexico
- Medium Hidalgo Mexico
- High Jalisco Mexico
- Medium Mexico Mexico
- Medium Michoacan Mexico
- Medium Morelos Mexico
- Low Nayarit Mexico
- High Nuevo Leon Mexico
- Medium Queretaro Mexico
- High San Luis Potosi Mexico
- Medium Sinaloa Mexico
- Medium Sonora Mexico
- High Tamaulipas Mexico
- Medium Tlaxcala Mexico
- High Veracruz Mexico
- High Zacatecas Mexico
- Medium Arizona United States
- Low New Mexico United States
- Medium Texas United States
- Low New Mexico United States
- Medium Panama Panama
- Medium Antioquia Colombia
- Medium Choco Colombia
- Medium Cordoba Colombia

More information

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