Crops · dekad 2026-07-21

Chile

1 of 13 crop regions in Chile are at their worst on record for this point in the season. Its highest in any previous year was 3, on a recent average of 0.33.

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

Five instruments read together our combination, not an observation

3rd worst of 26 years at this point in the season

The 3rd 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 its worst third, while water satisfaction is in their worst third and rainfall is in their best third.

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

Vegetation, cumulative-0.307th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-0.55lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction71%9th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month+0.1019th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature10.8 °Chighest 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 Chile, 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 normalworsebetterValparaisoMetropolitanaBernardo HigginsCoquimboAtacamaMauleTarapacaBiobioAraucaniaLos LagosLos RiosAricaCarlos Ibañez

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.

Valparaiso

-1.39 lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current-1.81lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction90%2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month+0.2317th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature12.2 °Chighest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Metropolitana

-1.18 2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current-1.43lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction98%2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month+0.1119th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature11.6 °Chighest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Bernardo Higgins

-1.13 2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current-1.45lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction100%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.1116th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature11.4 °Chighest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Coquimbo

-0.90 2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-1.29lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction30%7th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month+1.1422nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature13.1 °Chighest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Atacama

-0.74 5th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-0.80lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction8%25th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month+2.1026th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature14.0 °Chighest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Maule

-0.57 6th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-0.842nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction100%23rd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.2015th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature11.3 °Chighest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Tarapaca

+0.07 16th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current+0.5719th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction12%14th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month+0.4421st lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature18.6 °C4th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Biobio

+0.11 14th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-0.1510th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction99%25th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.0914th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature10.5 °Chighest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Araucania

+0.14 16th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-0.1611th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction100%26th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.4711th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature9.1 °C2nd highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Los Lagos

+0.16 20th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current-0.385th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction100%18th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.4211th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature6.8 °C12th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Los Rios

+0.31 21st lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current-0.275th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction100%13th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.2313th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature7.4 °C6th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Arica

+0.36 20th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current+0.0810th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction11%20th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.3012th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature17.6 °Chighest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Carlos Ibañez

+0.82 24th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current+0.8526th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction80%10th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.924th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature-2.6 °C26th 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