Crops · dekad 2026-07-21

Pakistan

1 of 6 crop regions in Pakistan 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

14th worst (joint) of 26 years at this point in the season

The joint 14th most stressed of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026, across 5 instruments read together, level with 2018

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What the instruments say

The canopy is in the middle of its range, as are water satisfaction and rainfall.

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

Vegetation, cumulative+0.0914th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-0.1011th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction60%14th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month+0.2512th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature28.8 °C20th 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 Pakistan, 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 normalworsebetterBalochistanIslamabadSindhN.W. FrontierPunjabFA Tribal Areas

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.

Balochistan

-0.52 lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current-0.67lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction26%5th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.346th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature30.4 °C18th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Islamabad

-0.16 8th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current-0.466th 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+0.5313th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature26.7 °C23rd highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Sindh

-0.12 9th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current-0.417th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction18%7th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.595th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature33.3 °C7th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

N.W. Frontier

+0.17 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+0.0011th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction75%18th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month+0.5914th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature28.2 °C18th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Punjab

+0.42 18th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, current+0.2614th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction61%9th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month+0.5213th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature30.5 °C23rd highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

FA Tribal Areas

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

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

20012026
Vegetation, current+0.6720th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction82%19th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month+0.7721st lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature23.8 °C20th 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