December 2024 Global Drought Narrative

NCEI Monthly Report · last updated January 25, 2025 – 6:35 AM

Overview: GDIS global indicators revealed beneficial precipitation fell across parts of North and South America and Africa, contracting drought areas, as well as much of Asia and Australia, during December 2024, while other parts of Africa and South America, and parts of Asia and Europe, were dry. Africa had its driest December on record, while Asia ninth driest, continent-wide (based on the 1940-2024 ECMWF ERA5 Reanalysis dataset).

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