Overall Green Drought for Central-East USA-2025
in United States

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 11 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1018093
Name: Central-East USA-2025
Countries: United States
Start Date: End of Aug 2025
Duration: 314 days (at 10 Jul 2026)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 149400 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),