Overall Green Drought for Northern Africa-2023 in Algeria, Morocco from 21 Nov 2024 00:00 UTC to 20 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green Drought for Northern Africa-2023

in Algeria, Morocco

Event summary

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

Name:	Northern Africa-2023
Countries:	Algeria, Morocco
Start Date:	End of Nov 2024
Duration:	263 days (at 20 Aug 2025)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 10188 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	0.5	20 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 260568 km2	GDO
2	0.75	30 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 285486 km2	GDO
3	0.75	10 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 358143 km2	GDO
4	0.75	20 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 368330 km2	GDO
5	0.75	30 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 315298 km2	GDO
6	0.75	10 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 396207 km2	GDO
7	0.75	20 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 465498 km2	GDO
8	1	30 Dec 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 323232 km2	GDO
9	1.25	10 Jan 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 522887 km2	GDO
10	1.25	20 Jan 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 575664 km2	GDO
11	1.25	30 Jan 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 526984 km2	GDO
12	1.5	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 555270 km2	GDO
13	1.5	20 Feb 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 555270 km2	GDO
14	1.5	01 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 321057 km2	GDO
15	1.5	10 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 352091 km2	GDO
16	1.5	20 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 352091 km2	GDO
17	1.5	30 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 196784 km2	GDO
18	1.5	10 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 217851 km2	GDO
19	1.5	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 266203 km2	GDO
20	1.5	30 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 165712 km2	GDO
21	1.5	10 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 336180 km2	GDO
22	1.5	20 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 336180 km2	GDO
23	1.5	30 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 315232 km2	GDO
24	1.5	10 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 417688 km2	GDO
25	1.5	20 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 347878 km2	GDO
26	1.5	30 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 305121 km2	GDO
27	1.5	10 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 356020 km2	GDO
28	1.5	20 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 355843 km2	GDO
29	1.5	30 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 350432 km2	GDO
30	1.5	10 Aug 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 419455 km2	GDO
31	1.5	20 Aug 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 419455 km2	GDO
32	1.25	30 Aug 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 187648 km2	GDO
33	1.25	10 Sep 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 208024 km2	GDO
34	1.25	25 Oct 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 176462 km2	GDO
35	1	30 Sep 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 171740 km2	GDO
36	1	10 Oct 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 120734 km2	GDO
37	0.75	20 Oct 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 100125 km2	GDO
38	0.75	30 Oct 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 93661 km2	GDO
39	0.75	17 Dec 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 93661 km2	GDO
40	0.75	18 Dec 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 93661 km2	GDO
41	0.75	30 Nov 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 93661 km2	GDO
42	1	10 Dec 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 93661 km2	GDO
43	1.25	20 Dec 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 133270 km2	GDO
44	1.25	30 Dec 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 245680 km2	GDO
45	1.25	10 Jan 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 317847 km2	GDO
46	1.5	20 Jan 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 328346 km2	GDO
47	1.5	30 Jan 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 289182 km2	GDO
48	1.5	10 Feb 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 368263 km2	GDO
49	1.5	20 Feb 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 368263 km2	GDO
50	1.5	02 Mar 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 339304 km2	GDO
51	1.5	10 Mar 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 339304 km2	GDO
52	1.5	20 Mar 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 339304 km2	GDO
53	1.5	30 Mar 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 260903 km2	GDO
54	1.5	10 Apr 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 260903 km2	GDO
55	1.25	20 Apr 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 190539 km2	GDO
56	1.25	30 Apr 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 170179 km2	GDO
57	1.25	10 May 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 129384 km2	GDO
58	1.25	20 May 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 129384 km2	GDO
59	1.25	30 May 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 129384 km2	GDO
60	1.25	10 Jun 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 129384 km2	GDO
61	1.25	20 Jun 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 129384 km2	GDO
62	0.75	30 Jun 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 56493 km2	GDO
63	0.5	10 Jul 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 23560 km2	GDO
64	0.25	20 Jul 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 10188 km2	GDO
65	0.25	30 Jul 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 10188 km2	GDO
66	0.25	10 Aug 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 10188 km2	GDO
67	0.25	20 Aug 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 10188 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Algeria
Morocco

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Low	Ain-Defla	Algeria
- Low	Ain-Temouchent	Algeria
- Low	Alger	Algeria
- High	Batna	Algeria
- High	Biskra	Algeria
- Low	Blida	Algeria
- High	Bouira	Algeria
- Low	Boumerdes	Algeria
- Low	Chlef	Algeria
- Low	Djelfa	Algeria
- Low	El Bayadh	Algeria
- Medium	Khenchela	Algeria
- Low	Laghouat	Algeria
- Low	Mascara	Algeria
- Low	Medea	Algeria
- High	Mila	Algeria
- High	Mostaganem	Algeria
- High	M'Sila	Algeria
- Low	Naama	Algeria
- Low	Oran	Algeria
- Low	Oum El Bouaghi	Algeria
- Low	Relizane	Algeria
- Low	Saida	Algeria
- High	Setif	Algeria
- Low	Sidi Bel Abbes	Algeria
- Low	Tiaret	Algeria
- Low	Tipaza	Algeria
- Low	Tissemsilt	Algeria
- Low	Tizi Ouzou	Algeria
- High	Tlemcen	Algeria
- High	Oriental	Morocco
- Medium	Chaouia - Ouardigha	Morocco
- High	Doukkala - Abda	Morocco
- Medium	Fès - Boulemane	Morocco
- Medium	Grand Casablanca	Morocco
- Medium	Rabat - Salé - Zemmour - Zaer	Morocco
- High	Taza - Al Hoceima - Taounate	Morocco

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