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Drought Monitoring – October 2020

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Assessment of rainfall received over the last month and 3-month period

The rainfall received during October 2020 was near-normal to above-normal in most parts of the

country. Below-normal rainfall was received in isolated areas across the country except over the

Limpopo Province.



During the 3-month period from August to October 2020, large parts of the country recieved

near-normal with below-normal rainfall in isolated areas except over the Limpopo Province.

Above-normal rainfall was received in large parts of the Limpopo Province, Gauteng and the

Western Cape as well as in isolated areas across the country.



Indications of Drought - Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI)

During October 2020, somewhat dry conditions were experienced in large parts of the Northern

Cape as well as in isolated areas across the country.



During the three-month period from August to October 2020, large parts of the country

experienced somewhat dry conditions in isolated areas. Moderately dry to severely dry

conditions were experienced over the western parts of Mpumalanga as well as in small isolated

parts of the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.



During the six-month period from May to October 2020, moderately dry, with severely dry

conditions in isolated areas, were experienced in large parts of the Northern Cape extending to

the Eastern Cape and the Free State as well as in isolated areas of KwaZulu-Natal and

Mpumalanga. Extremely dry conditions were experienced in small isolated areas of the Northern

and Eastern Cape. The remainder of the country experienced somewhat dry conditions in

isolated areas.



The 12-month (November 2019 to October 2020) as well as 24-month (November 2018 to October 2020) SPI maps give an indication of areas where prolonged droughts exist, in other words, where below-normal rainfall occurred over a period of one year or longer. On the 12-month SPI map, severely dry conditions are most noticeable in isolated areas of the Northern and Eastern Cape. On the 24-month SPI map, extremely dry conditions are most noticeable in large parts of the Northern Cape and in parts of the Eastern Cape.



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