Overall Green alert Drought for Nigeria-2023
in Nigeria

Event summary

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

Name: Nigeria-2023
Countries: Nigeria
Start Date: End of May 2023
Duration: 241 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 24290 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateDescription impactSource
1 0.5 10 Oct 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 194117 km2 GDO
2 0.5 20 Oct 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 218294 km2 GDO
3 0.5 30 Oct 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 145582 km2 GDO
4 0.5 10 Nov 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 182143 km2 GDO
5 0.5 20 Nov 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 206557 km2 GDO
6 0.25 30 Nov 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 72967 km2 GDO
7 0.25 10 Dec 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 97290 km2 GDO
8 0.25 20 Dec 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 24290 km2 GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Nigeria


Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri Name Country
- Low Adamawa Nigeria
- Medium Benue Nigeria
- Low Borno Nigeria
- Medium Abuja Nigeria
- High Jigawa Nigeria
- High Kaduna Nigeria
- High Kano Nigeria
- Medium Kogi Nigeria
- Medium Niger Nigeria
- Medium Taraba Nigeria
- Low Yobe Nigeria
- High Bauchi Nigeria
- Medium Enugu Nigeria
- High Gombe Nigeria
- Medium Nassarawa Nigeria
- High Plateau Nigeria

More information

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