Overall Orange alert Drought for Central America, Mexico, South USA-2022
in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, United States

Event summary

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

Name: Central America, Mexico, South USA-2022
Countries: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, United States
Start Date: Middle of Nov 2022
Duration: 389 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 990126 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateDescription impactSource
1 0.25 10 Apr 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 63777 km2 GDO
2 0.25 20 Apr 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 63777 km2 GDO
3 0.25 30 Apr 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 30298 km2 GDO
4 0.5 10 May 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 30298 km2 GDO
5 0.5 20 May 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 44696 km2 GDO
6 0.5 30 May 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 44696 km2 GDO
7 0.75 10 Jun 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 148104 km2 GDO
8 1 30 Jun 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 212684 km2 GDO
9 1.25 10 Jul 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 597323 km2 GDO
10 1.25 20 Jul 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 710860 km2 GDO
11 1.25 30 Jul 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 559573 km2 GDO
12 1.5 10 Aug 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 960163 km2 GDO
13 1.5 20 Aug 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1119710 km2 GDO
14 1.5 30 Aug 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1007920 km2 GDO
15 1.5 10 Sep 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1294146 km2 GDO
16 1.5 20 Sep 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1315417 km2 GDO
17 1.5 30 Sep 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1298536 km2 GDO
18 1.5 10 Oct 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1725480 km2 GDO
19 1.25 20 Oct 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1809976 km2 GDO
20 1.25 05 Dec 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 990126 km2 GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Belize
Colombia
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
United States


Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri Name Country
- Low Belize Belize
- Medium Costa Rica Costa Rica
- Low El Salvador El Salvador
- Low Guatemala Guatemala
- Low Honduras Honduras
- Low Nicaragua Nicaragua
- Low Campeche Mexico
- Low Chiapas Mexico
- Medium Guerrero Mexico
- Medium Oaxaca Mexico
- Low Puebla Mexico
- Low Tabasco Mexico
- Low Yucatan Mexico
- High Aguascalientes Mexico
- Medium Chihuahua Mexico
- High Coahuila Mexico
- Low Distrito Federal Mexico
- Medium Durango Mexico
- Medium Guanajuato Mexico
- Medium Hidalgo Mexico
- High Jalisco Mexico
- Medium Mexico Mexico
- Low Michoacan Mexico
- Low Morelos Mexico
- Medium Nayarit Mexico
- High Nuevo Leon Mexico
- Medium Queretaro Mexico
- High San Luis Potosi Mexico
- Medium Sinaloa Mexico
- Medium Sonora Mexico
- High Tamaulipas Mexico
- Low Tlaxcala Mexico
- Medium Veracruz Mexico
- High Zacatecas Mexico
- Low Arizona United States
- Medium New Mexico United States
- Medium Texas United States
- Medium Louisiana United States
- Medium New Mexico United States
- Medium Oklahoma United States
- Medium Texas United States
- Medium New Mexico United States
- Medium Panama Panama
- Medium Antioquia Colombia
- Medium Choco Colombia
- Medium Cordoba Colombia

More information

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