Drought in Europe - August 2023
GDO analytical report
After a severe and prolonged drought impacting Europe for most of 2022 and the first months of 2023, drought conditions are still affecting large parts of north-eastern Europe, particularly in the Baltic Sea region and the Alpine region, especially on the north-western side of the Alps.
Recent precipitation in the Mediterranean region has almost fully counterbalanced the effects of a persistent lack of precipitation and heatwaves over the spring and summer of 2023.
Wildfire danger is moderate over most of the Mediterranean region, but ranges from high to extreme over central-southern Italy and southern Ukraine.
Seasonal forecasts point to a warmer than average autumn in 2023. Precipitation is expected to be close to or higher than average.
TORETI Andrea;
BAVERA Davide;
ACOSTA NAVARRO Juan;
ARIAS-MUÑOZ Carolina;
BARBOSA Paulo;
DE JAGER Alfred;
DI CIOLLO Chiara;
FIORAVANTI Guido;
GRIMALDI Stefania;
HRAST ESSENFELDER Arthur;
MAETENS Willem;
MAGNI Diego;
MASANTE Dario;
MAZZESCHI Marco;
MCCORMICK Niall;
SALAMON Peter;
2023-09-26
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC135032
978-92-68-07670-5 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31663 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-663-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC135032,
10.2760/928418 (online),
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