November 2024 Global Drought Narrative

NCEI Monthly Report · last updated December 30, 2024 – 11:08 PM

Overview: GDIS global indicators revealed beneficial precipitation fell across parts of North and South America, contracting drought areas, as well as much of Asia and Australia, during November 2024, while other parts of South America, parts of Asia, and large parts of Africa and Europe, were dry. South America had the 39th wettest November, continent-wide (based on the 1940-2024 ECMWF ERA5 Reanalysis dataset), which helped relieve drought stress in some areas.

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