Crops · dekad 2026-07-21

Germany

Germany is 6th most stressed of 26 observations for this point in the season, and 4th steepest fall of 26, once its high starting level is accounted for. None of its 16 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

6th worst (joint) of 26 years at this point in the season

The joint 6th most stressed of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026, across 5 instruments read together, level with 2019

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What the instruments say

The canopy is in its best third, 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+0.2018th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-0.932nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction72%4th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.679th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature19.8 °C11th 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 Germany, 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 normalworsebetterBaden W.BayernSachsen-AnhaltThueringenSaarlandBrandenburgSchleswigHessenSachsenMecklenburg V.Rheinland-PfalzNiedersachsenBerlinBremenNordrhein W.Hamburg

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.

Baden W.

-0.31 6th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-2.08lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction57%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-2.11lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature21.5 °C6th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Bayern

-0.24 7th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-1.112nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction60%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-1.81lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature20.9 °C7th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Sachsen-Anhalt

-0.03 9th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-0.713rd lowest 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-0.289th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature20.1 °C13th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Thueringen

+0.04 11th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-0.763rd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction77%10th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.1114th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature19.6 °C12th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Saarland

+0.10 14th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-1.82lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction50%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-1.415th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature21.4 °C6th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Brandenburg

+0.14 13th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-0.356th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction71%10th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.2911th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature19.6 °C18th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Schleswig

+0.18 14th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current-0.258th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction85%5th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.494th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature18.0 °C14th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Hessen

+0.18 16th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current-1.64lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction66%2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-1.025th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature20.1 °C9th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Sachsen

+0.27 14th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-0.445th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction83%10th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.0513th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature19.5 °C15th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Mecklenburg V.

+0.28 17th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-0.238th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction82%11th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.1112th 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 °C17th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Rheinland-Pfalz

+0.32 19th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-1.91lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction53%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-1.523rd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature21.2 °C7th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Niedersachsen

+0.33 18th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

20012026
Vegetation, current-0.267th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction85%11th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.179th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature19.0 °C13th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Berlin

+0.43 20th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-0.744th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction65%9th 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.
Temperature19.7 °C17th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Bremen

+0.44 17th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

20012026
Vegetation, current-0.655th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction80%7th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.497th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature18.8 °C13th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Nordrhein W.

+0.47 24th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current-1.23lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction79%8th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.2411th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature19.8 °C11th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Hamburg

+0.67 23rd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, current-0.734th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction80%8th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.357th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature19.0 °C12th 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