Crops · dekad 2026-09-01

Montenegro

Montenegro is 4th most stressed of 26 observations for this point in the season, and 7th steepest fall of 26. None of its 5 crop regions is at a record low on the measure that adds up the whole season, marked below, which is also the slowest of them to move.

Vegetation, cumulativethe harvest measure0of 5
Vegetation, current1of 5
Water satisfaction1of 5
Rainfall, 3-month0of 5
Temperature5of 5

What moved, and when

Each square is one dekad, and its shade shows how many of this country’s crop regions stood at their own worst on record for that point in the season. Rows are ordered by how much time each instrument summarises, shortest first, because a shorter window can move sooner. That order is fixed and is the same on every country page.

Vegetation, currentthis dekad
Soil moisturethis dekad
Temperaturethis dekad
Rainfall, 3-monththe past 3 months
Vegetation, cumulativethe season so far, from sowing
Water satisfactionthe season so far, as a water balance
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
none at a recordone regionfewer than a thirda third to three quartersmost or alltoo few regions reporting to saynot reported
What connects these rows

The driver is water. This section says what moved and when. It never says because.

These 25 dekads were picked rather than derived. A shorter window changes which peak looks like the first, and a sequence visible inside a window may not exist outside it.

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

Five instruments read together our combination, not an observation

4th worst of 26 years at this point in the season

The 4th 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 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+0.6921st lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-0.229th 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-0.895th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad. Its newest observation is 1 dekad behind the crop-outcome instrument.
Temperature25.1 °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 can disagree: a region can sit at a record low on vegetation while water or rainfall sits in its best third. 66 of the 440 regions at a record low on current vegetation have water or rainfall sitting in its own best third at the same moment, about one in seven. This page reports where each one sits and does not say what caused what.

Every region of Montenegro, 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 normalworsebetterNiksicPljevljaBeraneBijelo PoljePodgorica

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.

Niksic

-0.33 10th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, cumulative-0.3310th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-1.50lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction39%3rd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.976th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad. Its newest observation is 1 dekad behind the crop-outcome instrument.
Temperature21.8 °Chighest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Pljevlja

-0.33 8th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, cumulative-0.338th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-0.678th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction50%2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.5310th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad. Its newest observation is 1 dekad behind the crop-outcome instrument.
Temperature19.4 °Chighest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Berane

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

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, cumulative-0.0411th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-0.567th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction49%2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.348th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad. Its newest observation is 1 dekad behind the crop-outcome instrument.
Temperature19.7 °Chighest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Bijelo Polje

+0.01 13th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, cumulative+0.0113th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-0.945th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction50%2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.1512th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad. Its newest observation is 1 dekad behind the crop-outcome instrument.
Temperature20.4 °Chighest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Podgorica

+1.04 24th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, cumulative+1.0424th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current+0.1112th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction38%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.985th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture is not defined for this region at this point in the season.
Temperature26.8 °Chighest 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