Overall Green Drought alert for Southern Canada and Northern USA-2021 in Canada, United States from 21 Feb 2020 00:00 UTC to 30 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC

Event summary

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

Name:	Southern Canada and Northern USA-2021
Countries:	Canada, United States
Start Date:	End of Feb 2020
Duration:	719 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 16594 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	10 Apr 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 201317 km2	GDO
2	0.5	20 Apr 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 242723 km2	GDO
3	0.5	30 Apr 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 216971 km2	GDO
4	0.5	10 May 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 233875 km2	GDO
5	0.5	30 May 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 174935 km2	GDO
6	0.5	10 Jun 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 200377 km2	GDO
7	0.5	20 Jun 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 200377 km2	GDO
8	0.5	30 Jun 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 212547 km2	GDO
9	0.75	10 Jul 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 643975 km2	GDO
10	0.75	20 Jul 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 659759 km2	GDO
11	0.75	30 Jul 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 498570 km2	GDO
12	0.75	10 Aug 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 672273 km2	GDO
13	0.75	20 Aug 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 772154 km2	GDO
14	0.75	30 Aug 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 579965 km2	GDO
15	0.75	10 Sep 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 684384 km2	GDO
16	0.75	20 Sep 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 577269 km2	GDO
17	0.75	30 Sep 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 227794 km2	GDO
18	0.75	10 Oct 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 260823 km2	GDO
19	0.75	20 Oct 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 278314 km2	GDO
20	0.75	30 Oct 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 77203 km2	GDO
21	0.75	10 Nov 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 93798 km2	GDO
22	0.5	20 Nov 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 93798 km2	GDO
23	0.5	30 Nov 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 70308 km2	GDO
24	0.5	10 Dec 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 70308 km2	GDO
25	0.25	20 Dec 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 62751 km2	GDO
26	0.25	30 Dec 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 16594 km2	GDO
27	0.25	10 Jan 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 16594 km2	GDO
28	0.25	20 Jan 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 16594 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Canada
United States

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Alberta	Canada
- Medium	Saskatchewan	Canada
- Medium	Montana	United States

More information

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