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The North American Drought Monitor [7] has been established as a cooperative effort among drought experts in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. to monitor drought on a weekly basis. The site provides North American maps based on a synthesis of multiple indices and local impacts that best represents current drought conditions.
However, the drought broke in mid-June, with close to normal rainfall and only moderate heat thereafter. [30] Because crops were planted in April's moisture, the drought during May did not affect crop yields in regions south of Muskoka. [31] [32] The exception was a yield drag on winter wheat, which begins to ripen in early summer. [33]
As of spring 2021, extreme drought threatened the southern corners of Manitoba and Saskatchewan after an abnormally dry fall and winter. In June of 2023, some parts of the Great Plains saw a drought that according to the Canadian Drought Monitor was a one in fifty year occurrence. [55] [56]
Map shows where air quality conditions are unhealthy ... according to the Canadian Drought Monitor. ... Stocks slip but cap off 2024 with a 2nd straight year of 20% gains.
Red flag warnings for fire risk have been issued across much of the Northeast, as seen in this map for Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. / Credit: CBS News. The weekly drought monitor came in on Thursday, ...
Known for its glowing swaths of yellow, orange and red, the U.S. Drought Monitor has warned farmers, residents and officials throughout the nation of impending water scarcity every week since 1999
The global average surface temperature in August 2024 was 1.51 °C (2.72 °F) above the pre-industrial level—the 13th month in a 14-month period for which it exceeded the 1.50 °C (2.70 °F) threshold. [15] As reported in September, Brazil was experiencing its worst drought on record, affecting at least 59% of the country. [16]
That was far less area than the Dust Bowl, which covered 70% of the United States, but the drought of 1988–1990 not only ranks as the costliest drought in United States history, it was one of the costliest natural disasters in United States history. In Canada, drought-related losses added to $1.8 billion (1988 Canadian dollars).