Overall Green Drought for Mexico, Western USA-2024 in Mexico, United States from 21 Feb 2025 00:00 UTC to 30 Jun 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green Drought for Mexico, Western USA-2024

in Mexico, United States

Event summary

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

Name:	Mexico, Western USA-2024
Countries:	Mexico, United States
Start Date:	End of Feb 2025
Duration:	-245 days (at 20 Jul 2024)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 80742 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	0.5	10 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 168389 km2	GDO
2	0.75	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 168389 km2	GDO
3	0.75	30 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 172829 km2	GDO
4	1.25	10 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 302011 km2	GDO
5	1.25	20 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 302011 km2	GDO
6	1.25	30 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 367592 km2	GDO
7	1.25	10 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 808724 km2	GDO
8	1.25	20 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 894337 km2	GDO
9	1.25	30 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 295170 km2	GDO
10	1	10 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 292382 km2	GDO
11	1	20 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 247093 km2	GDO
12	1	30 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 57950 km2	GDO
13	1	10 Aug 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 145547 km2	GDO
14	1	20 Aug 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 144436 km2	GDO
15	1	30 Aug 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 135405 km2	GDO
16	1	10 Sep 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 294400 km2	GDO
17	1	25 Oct 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 294400 km2	GDO
18	1	30 Sep 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 175705 km2	GDO
19	1	10 Oct 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 336103 km2	GDO
20	1	20 Oct 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 351716 km2	GDO
21	1	30 Oct 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 401215 km2	GDO
22	1.25	17 Dec 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 452033 km2	GDO
23	1.25	18 Dec 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 459226 km2	GDO
24	1.25	30 Nov 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 387865 km2	GDO
25	1.25	10 Dec 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 468109 km2	GDO
26	1.25	20 Dec 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 469401 km2	GDO
27	1.25	30 Dec 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 178712 km2	GDO
28	1.25	10 Jan 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 229274 km2	GDO
29	1.25	20 Jan 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 239808 km2	GDO
30	1	30 Jan 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 318204 km2	GDO
31	1	10 Feb 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 440244 km2	GDO
32	1	20 Feb 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 431353 km2	GDO
33	1	02 Mar 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 394169 km2	GDO
34	1	10 Mar 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 526274 km2	GDO
35	1	20 Mar 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 526274 km2	GDO
36	1	30 Mar 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 649762 km2	GDO
37	1	10 Apr 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 883609 km2	GDO
38	1.25	20 Apr 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 852895 km2	GDO
39	1.25	30 Apr 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 814858 km2	GDO
40	1.25	10 May 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 756990 km2	GDO
41	1.25	20 May 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 737442 km2	GDO
42	1.25	30 May 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 508867 km2	GDO
43	1.25	10 Jun 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 522528 km2	GDO
44	1.25	20 Jun 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 529701 km2	GDO
45	1	30 Jun 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 263369 km2	GDO
46	1	10 Jul 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 230428 km2	GDO
47	1	20 Jul 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 179361 km2	GDO
48	1	30 Jul 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 230331 km2	GDO
49	1	10 Aug 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 187388 km2	GDO
50	1	20 Aug 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 226147 km2	GDO
51	1	30 Aug 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 313423 km2	GDO
52	1	10 Sep 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 297309 km2	GDO
53	1	20 Sep 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 286264 km2	GDO
54	0.75	30 Sep 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 138101 km2	GDO
55	0.5	10 Oct 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 158251 km2	GDO
56	0.25	20 Oct 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 80742 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	El Salvador	El Salvador
- High	Guatemala	Guatemala
- High	Honduras	Honduras
- High	Nicaragua	Nicaragua
- High	Campeche	Mexico
- High	Chiapas	Mexico
- Medium	Distrito Federal	Mexico
- Medium	Guanajuato	Mexico
- High	Guerrero	Mexico
- High	Hidalgo	Mexico
- High	Mexico	Mexico
- Medium	Michoacan	Mexico
- High	Morelos	Mexico
- High	Oaxaca	Mexico
- High	Puebla	Mexico
- High	Tabasco	Mexico
- Medium	Tlaxcala	Mexico
- High	Veracruz	Mexico

More information

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