4 of 15 crop regions in Sudan are at their worst on record for this point in the season. Its highest in any previous year was 3, on a recent average of 0.5.
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
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 0.259, 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.
Vegetation, cumulative-0.82lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-0.89lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction73%7th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.496th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature31.7 °C3rd 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 Sudan,
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.
Blue Nile
-1.30
lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.
Vegetation, current-1.41lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction100%7th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.3910th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature29.3 °C2nd highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
same dekad, 2001-2025
Sennar
-1.18
2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.
Vegetation, current-1.23lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction97%5th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.855th 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 °C5th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
same dekad, 2001-2025
Western Darfur
-1.18
2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.
Vegetation, current-1.32lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction90%6th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.954th 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 °Chighest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
same dekad, 2001-2025
White Nile
-1.17
lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.
Vegetation, current-1.22lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction85%4th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.925th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature31.3 °C3rd highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
same dekad, 2001-2025
Northern Darfur
-1.13
2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.
Vegetation, current-1.30lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction81%6th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.249th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature29.4 °C5th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
same dekad, 2001-2025
North Kordofa
-1.06
2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-1.172nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction78%6th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.666th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature30.7 °C3rd highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
same dekad, 2001-2025
Gadaref
-1.06
2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.
Vegetation, current-1.102nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction95%8th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.815th 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 °C5th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
same dekad, 2001-2025
Al Jazeera
-1.00
lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.
Vegetation, current-1.02lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction82%7th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.804th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature32.6 °C4th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
same dekad, 2001-2025
Khartoum
-1.00
lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-1.03lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction33%7th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.617th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature34.0 °C4th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
same dekad, 2001-2025
Kassala
-0.94
2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.
Vegetation, current-0.992nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction83%7th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.665th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature31.6 °C5th highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
same dekad, 2001-2025
Southern Darfur
-0.76
2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.
Vegetation, current-0.922nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction98%15th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month+0.1812th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature28.5 °C3rd highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
same dekad, 2001-2025
Red Sea
-0.53
15th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-0.5615th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction20%6th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.923rd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature37.4 °C2nd highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
same dekad, 2001-2025
South Kordofa
-0.43
5th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current-0.552nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction97%6th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.0016th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature29.2 °C2nd highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
same dekad, 2001-2025
Nile
-0.15
12th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation here usually tracks water availability.
Vegetation, current-0.1214th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction42%13th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month-0.1910th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature35.5 °C2nd highest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
same dekad, 2001-2025
Northern
+0.52
23rd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Vegetation, current+0.6224th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Water satisfaction12%2nd lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Rainfall, 3-month+0.4418th lowest of 26 observations for this point in the season, 2001-2026
Soil moisturenot reportedSoil moisture has not reported for this dekad yet.
Temperature37.7 °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.