Overall Green Drought alert for South USA-2022 in United States from 11 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 30 Aug 2023 00:00 UTC

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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

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

More information

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