Overall Green Drought for South-Eastern Europe-2024 in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia from 21 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC to 30 Dec 2025 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green Drought for South-Eastern Europe-2024

in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia

Event summary

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

Name:	South-Eastern Europe-2024
Countries:	Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia
Start Date:	End of Mar 2024
Duration:	640 days (at 30 Dec 2025)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 69028 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

As of 2025-08-21, this event integrated the drought event -.
As of 2025-08-21, this event integrated the drought event Caucasus-2025.
Upon 2025-03-01, this event encompassed a part located between Ukraine and Belarus, now belonging to the drought event Europe-2023

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.5	20 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 253352 km2	GDO
2	0.75	30 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 285733 km2	GDO
3	1	10 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 649228 km2	GDO
4	1	20 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 649228 km2	GDO
5	1.25	30 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 403250 km2	GDO
6	1.25	10 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 505897 km2	GDO
7	1.25	20 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 554896 km2	GDO
8	1.25	30 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 573759 km2	GDO
9	1.25	10 Aug 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 619775 km2	GDO
10	1.25	20 Aug 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 741366 km2	GDO
11	1.25	30 Aug 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 649035 km2	GDO
12	1.25	10 Sep 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 765746 km2	GDO
13	1.25	25 Oct 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 819482 km2	GDO
14	1.25	30 Sep 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 725990 km2	GDO
15	1.25	10 Oct 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1363212 km2	GDO
16	1.25	20 Oct 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1264118 km2	GDO
17	1.25	30 Oct 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1041251 km2	GDO
18	1.25	17 Dec 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 933635 km2	GDO
19	1.25	18 Dec 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 858880 km2	GDO
20	1.25	30 Nov 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 659865 km2	GDO
21	1.25	10 Dec 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 513876 km2	GDO
22	1.25	20 Dec 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 432247 km2	GDO
23	1	30 Dec 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 287037 km2	GDO
24	1	10 Jan 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 193703 km2	GDO
25	0.75	20 Jan 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 170695 km2	GDO
26	0.75	30 Jan 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 120762 km2	GDO
27	0.75	10 Feb 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 120762 km2	GDO
28	0.75	20 Feb 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 149935 km2	GDO
29	0.75	02 Mar 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 162911 km2	GDO
30	0.75	10 Mar 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 209124 km2	GDO
31	0.75	20 Mar 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 215310 km2	GDO
32	0.75	30 Mar 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 215310 km2	GDO
33	0.75	10 Apr 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 544841 km2	GDO
34	1.25	20 Apr 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 544841 km2	GDO
35	1.25	30 Apr 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 307465 km2	GDO
36	1.25	10 May 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 337572 km2	GDO
37	1.25	20 May 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 345789 km2	GDO
38	1.25	30 May 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 99862 km2	GDO
39	1.25	10 Jun 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 139276 km2	GDO
40	1.25	20 Jun 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 266643 km2	GDO
41	1.25	30 Jun 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 227340 km2	GDO
42	1.25	10 Jul 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 425270 km2	GDO
43	1.25	20 Jul 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 415346 km2	GDO
44	1.25	30 Jul 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 319190 km2	GDO
45	1.25	10 Aug 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 230163 km2	GDO
46	1.25	20 Aug 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 230163 km2	GDO
47	1.25	30 Aug 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 371489 km2	GDO
48	1.25	10 Sep 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 960574 km2	GDO
49	1.25	20 Sep 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1011546 km2	GDO
50	1.25	30 Sep 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 490594 km2	GDO
51	1	10 Oct 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 685607 km2	GDO
52	0.75	20 Oct 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 694877 km2	GDO
53	0.5	30 Oct 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 51657 km2	GDO
54	0.5	10 Nov 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 69028 km2	GDO
55	0.5	20 Nov 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 69028 km2	GDO
56	0.25	30 Nov 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 69028 km2	GDO
57	0.25	10 Dec 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 69028 km2	GDO
58	0.25	20 Dec 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 69028 km2	GDO
59	0.25	30 Dec 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 69028 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Hungary
Romania
Serbia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Croatia	Croatia
- Medium	Hungary	Hungary
- Medium	Romania	Romania
- Medium	Federacija Bosne I Hercegovine	Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Medium	Republika Srpska	Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Medium	Serbia	Serbia

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