Crops · dekad 2026-08-11

Slovakia

Slovakia is 2nd most stressed of 26 observations for this point in the season, and 1st steepest fall of 26. None of its 8 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.

Five of Slovakia's 8 crop regions have never looked worse than they do today.

Three instruments, 8 regions, one day. Each region against its own 26 years, never against another region.

Vegetation, current

5 of 8 regions at their own record

Slovakia: 1.17 standard deviations below normal

Nitra. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Bratislava. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Kosice. 3rd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Trnava. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Banska Bystrica. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Trencin. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Zilna. 5th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Presov. 5th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Water satisfaction

6 of 8 regions at their own record

Slovakia: 40% of crop water need met, normally 69%

Nitra. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Bratislava. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Kosice. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Trnava. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Banska Bystrica. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Trencin. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Zilna. 2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Presov. 2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Rainfall, 3-month

6 of 8 regions at their own record

Slovakia: 2.42 standard deviations below normal

Nitra. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Bratislava. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Kosice. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Trnava. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Banska Bystrica. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Trencin. lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Zilna. 3rd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026Presov. 2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Colour
at this region's normalfar below
Outline
A heavy outline is that region's worst in 26 years. Different facts: a region can be dark without an outline, meaning far from normal but it has been worse, or outlined without being darkest, a record but a narrow one.
One scale, three instruments
Every panel saturates at 2.5 standard deviations below that region's own normal, so a colour means the same distance-from-normal on all three. It does not mean the same consequence: these measure different things and move at different speeds. The figures under each heading stay in the instrument's own units.

A fourth instrument is not shown here and it disagrees with these three. Cumulative vegetation, the crop-outcome measure closest to yield, reads 5th of 26 for this country with no region at a record. It integrates from the start of the season, so it is structurally the last to move and reads calmest exactly when a fast deterioration is under way. It is left off the panels because it is close to normal, so it renders almost blank, and an empty map looks like a missing one. Stated here rather than dropped silently, since without it these panels look worse than the full picture.

Vegetation, cumulativethe harvest measure0of 8
Vegetation, current5of 8
Water satisfaction6of 8
Rainfall, 3-month6of 8
Temperature0of 8

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 dekadalready elevated when this window opens, so nothing here shows when it began
Temperaturethis dekad
Rainfall, 3-monththe past 3 months
Vegetation, cumulativethe season so far, from sowing
Water satisfactionthe season so far, as a water balancealready elevated when this window opens, so nothing here shows when it began
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
none at a recordone regionfewer than a thirda third to three quartersmost or alltoo few regions reporting to saynot reported
What connects these rows

Nothing we can show. The driver is not identified here. This section says what moved and when. It never says because.

These 23 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

2nd worst of 26 years at this point in the season

The 2nd 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, as are water satisfaction and rainfall.

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

Vegetation, cumulative-0.305th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-1.17lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction40%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-2.28lowest 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.
Temperature22.4 °C5th 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 can disagree: a region can sit at a record low on vegetation while water or rainfall sits in its best third. 38 of the 196 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 five. This page reports where each one sits and does not say what caused what.

Every region of Slovakia, 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 normalworsebetterBratislavaNitraTrnavaKosiceBanska BystricaTrencinPresovZilna

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.

Bratislava

-0.53 5th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, cumulative-0.535th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-1.39lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction31%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-2.49lowest 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.
Temperature24.0 °C2nd highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Nitra

-0.52 4th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, cumulative-0.524th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-1.32lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction28%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-2.46lowest 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.
Temperature24.3 °C3rd highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Trnava

-0.46 5th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, cumulative-0.465th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-1.11lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction29%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-2.49lowest 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.
Temperature24.0 °C3rd highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Kosice

-0.44 5th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.

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Vegetation, cumulative-0.445th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-0.963rd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction40%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-2.39lowest 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.
Temperature21.7 °C8th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Banska Bystrica

-0.11 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-0.1111th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-1.80lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction44%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-2.37lowest 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 °C4th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Trencin

-0.02 12th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, cumulative-0.0212th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-1.28lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction45%lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-2.18lowest 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.
Temperature21.3 °C7th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Presov

+0.12 14th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

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Vegetation, cumulative+0.1214th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-0.645th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction60%2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-1.732nd 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 °C9th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026

same dekad, 2001-2025

Zilna

+0.18 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+0.1813th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-0.475th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction79%2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-1.183rd 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.
Temperature18.1 °C6th 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