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PDSI Index (Palmer Drought Severity Index)

PDSI Index - Current situation - April 2022

According to the PDSI index, at the end of April, the situation of meteorological drought continued throughout the territory, with a decrease in the area in severe drought, with a large part of the territory now in the moderate drought class. Some places in the districts of Bragança, Santarém and Beja are still in the severe drought class.

The percentage distribution by classes of the PDSI index in the territory is as follows:

  • normal: 0%
  • weak drought: 8.5%
  • moderate drought: 87.2%
  • severe drought: 4.3%
  • extreme drought: 0%

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PDSI Index (Palmer Drought Severity Index) was developed by Palmer (1965) and implemented and calibrated for mainland Portugal (Pires, 2003).

> This index is based on the concept of the water balance taking into account data on the amount of precipitation, air temperature and available water capacity in the soil and allows the detection of periods of drought by classifying them in terms of intensity (weak, moderate, severe and extreme).

Table - Classification of the PDSI index for dry and rainy periods
Color legend PDSI Classes Description
greater than or equal to 4,0 Extreme rain Extreme rain
3,00 to 3,99 Severe rain Severe rain
2,00 to 2,99 Moderate rain Moderate rain
1,00 to 1,99 Weak rain Weak rain
-0,99 to 0,99 Normal Normal
-1,99 to -1,0 Weak drought Weak drought
-2,99 to -2,0 Moderate drought Moderate drought
-3,99 to -3,0 Severe drought Severe drought
less than or equal to -4,00 Extreme drought Extreme drought

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