Overall Orange Drought alert for Central Mexico-2020 in Mexico from 21 May 2020 00:00 UTC to 02 Mar 2021 00:00 UTC

Event summary

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

Name:	Central Mexico-2020
Countries:	Mexico
Start Date:	End of May 2020
Duration:	364 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 22868 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	1	20 Feb 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 91901 km2	GDO
2	1	02 Mar 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 34396 km2	GDO
3	1	10 Mar 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 34396 km2	GDO
4	1	20 Mar 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 34396 km2	GDO
5	1	30 Mar 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 34416 km2	GDO
6	1.25	10 Apr 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 102026 km2	GDO
7	1.25	20 Apr 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 90553 km2	GDO
8	1.25	30 Apr 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 11394 km2	GDO
9	1.25	10 May 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 22868 km2	GDO
10	1.25	20 May 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 22868 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Mexico

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Coahuila	Mexico
- Low	Distrito Federal	Mexico
- Medium	Durango	Mexico
- Medium	Hidalgo	Mexico
- Medium	Mexico	Mexico
- Low	Morelos	Mexico
- Low	Puebla	Mexico
- Medium	Queretaro	Mexico
- Low	Tlaxcala	Mexico
- Medium	Zacatecas	Mexico

More information

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