Crops · dekad 2026-07-21
Oman
1 of 7 crop regions in Oman are at their worst on record for this point in the season. Its highest in any previous year was 0, on a recent average of 0.
How bad is it, against this country’s own record
Five instruments read together our combination, not an observation
worst on record (joint) of 26 years at this point in the season
The joint most stressed of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026, across 5 instruments read together, level with 2017
- Every input is measured against its own record, but no source publishes this average. It is our combination, not an observation.
- This value places the country against itself, so it does not rank countries against each other. Its year-to-year spread here is 0.216, and that spread differs by place, so a higher value elsewhere can be a less unusual year than this one. The rank is the comparable figure.
- A reading of conditions to date. It carries no statement about the rest of the season.
What the instruments say
The canopy is at its lowest on record here, while water satisfaction and rainfall are also in their worst third without being records.
Each track is that instrument’s own 26 years, worst on the left.
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 Oman, 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.
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.
Dhofar
-1.10 lowest 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.