Overall Orange Drought alert for Western USA - Mexico-2020 in Mexico, United States from 21 May 2020 00:00 UTC to 30 Dec 2020 00:00 UTC

Event summary

Mild to severe impacts to people and to one or more sectors of the economy.

Name:	Western USA - Mexico-2020
Countries:	Mexico, United States
Start Date:	End of May 2020
Duration:	254 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 170725 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	0.25	22 Jun 2020 10:57	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 68433 km2	GDO
2	0.25	01 Jul 2020 16:07	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 98124 km2	GDO
3	0.5	15 Jul 2020 13:57	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 176177 km2	GDO
4	0.5	26 Jul 2020 17:17	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 195002 km2	GDO
5	0.5	02 Aug 2020 08:37	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 48635 km2	GDO
6	0.5	10 Aug 2020 15:27	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 77280 km2	GDO
7	0.5	26 Aug 2020 14:57	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 77280 km2	GDO
8	0.5	06 Sep 2020 16:47	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 87586 km2	GDO
9	0.75	24 Sep 2020 16:47	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 115116 km2	GDO
10	0.75	05 Oct 2020 09:27	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 124389 km2	GDO
11	0.75	11 Oct 2020 12:47	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 124389 km2	GDO
12	1	15 Oct 2020 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 541313 km2	GDO
13	1	20 Oct 2020 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 584297 km2	GDO
14	1	30 Oct 2020 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 790617 km2	GDO
15	1	10 Nov 2020 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1144889 km2	GDO
16	1	20 Nov 2020 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1142820 km2	GDO
17	1.25	30 Nov 2020 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 954901 km2	GDO
18	1.25	10 Dec 2020 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 952631 km2	GDO
19	1.25	20 Dec 2020 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 986307 km2	GDO
20	1.25	30 Dec 2020 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 573884 km2	GDO
21	1.25	10 Jan 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 682922 km2	GDO
22	1.25	20 Jan 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 714660 km2	GDO
23	1.25	30 Jan 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 170725 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Mexico
United States

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Chihuahua	Mexico
- Low	Coahuila	Mexico
- Low	Durango	Mexico
- Medium	Sinaloa	Mexico
- Medium	Sonora	Mexico
- Medium	New Mexico	United States
- Low	Texas	United States
- High	Guerrero	Mexico
- Low	Oaxaca	Mexico
- Low	Puebla	Mexico
- Medium	California	United States
- Medium	Nevada	United States
- Medium	Utah	United States
- Medium	Aguascalientes	Mexico
- Low	Distrito Federal	Mexico
- Medium	Guanajuato	Mexico
- Medium	Hidalgo	Mexico
- Medium	Jalisco	Mexico
- Medium	Mexico	Mexico
- Medium	Michoacan	Mexico
- Low	Morelos	Mexico
- Low	Nayarit	Mexico
- Medium	Nuevo Leon	Mexico
- Low	Puebla	Mexico
- Medium	Queretaro	Mexico
- Medium	San Luis Potosi	Mexico
- Medium	Tamaulipas	Mexico
- Low	Tlaxcala	Mexico
- Medium	Veracruz	Mexico
- Medium	Zacatecas	Mexico
- Low	Baja California	Mexico
- Medium	Baja California Sur	Mexico

More information

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