Crops · dekad 2026-07-21

Austria

Austria is 2nd most stressed of 26 observations for this point in the season, and 1st steepest fall of 26. None of its 9 crop regions is at a record low, which is the ordinary case and is what most of this map looks like in most weeks.

How bad is it, against this country’s own record

Five instruments read together our combination, not an observation

2nd worst of 26 years at this point in the season

The 2nd most stressed of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026, across 5 instruments read together

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What the instruments say

The canopy is in the middle of its range, while water satisfaction and rainfall are in their worst third.

Each track is that instrument’s own 26 years, worst on the left.

Vegetation, cumulative-0.1010th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-0.622nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction73%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-1.54lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature20.1 °C7th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Five instruments, each against its own 26 years for this point in the season. They are shown together because they disagree: across the regions on this site, roughly a quarter have vegetation at a record low while water or rainfall sits in its best third. This page reports where each one sits and does not say what caused what.

Every region of Austria, worst to least

Each bar is the full spread of that region’s previous 25 years at this point in the season. The dot is this year. A dot at the left of a wide bar and a dot at the left of a narrow bar are different findings, which is why the history is drawn rather than described.

its normalworsebetterNiederosterreichWienBurgenlandOberosterreichSalzburgSteiermarkKarntenTirolVorarlberg

Regions in colour are at their worst on record. The rest are placed on the same scale so a single deep region inside an otherwise ordinary country reads differently from a country where the whole distribution has moved.

Niederosterreich

-1.00 2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-1.37lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction48%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-1.98lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature22.0 °C8th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Wien

-0.84 4th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current-1.35lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction34%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-2.50lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature24.2 °C7th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Burgenland

-0.70 3rd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current-0.924th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction39%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-2.40lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature22.9 °C9th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Oberosterreich

+0.01 14th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-0.704th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction72%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-1.702nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature21.3 °C6th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Salzburg

+0.16 13th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-0.465th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction94%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-1.412nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature16.2 °C8th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Steiermark

+0.18 15th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current+0.0716th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction80%2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.955th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature20.7 °C12th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Karnten

+0.22 10th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current+0.3321st lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction98%5th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month+0.4518th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature18.7 °C9th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Tirol

+0.31 15th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current-0.602nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction99%5th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-1.383rd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature15.6 °C7th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Vorarlberg

+0.76 22nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-0.557th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction96%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-2.052nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature19.4 °C6th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

This measurement is of the crop canopy and not of what stressed it: heat, drought, disease and late planting are not separable here, which is why no claim on this page names a cause.

Kristjan Lepik (2026). The Long Swell, Crops. thelongswell.com