A dry stretch is forming
medium5 dry days in a row could start 2026-10-22. A dry day here means 1mm of rain or less; the important number is the length of the run. Crops in flowering or fruit-set windows are most exposed.
Reading evidence
Reading calculated Oct 22, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC.
Valid until Oct 27, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC.
Source: Open-Meteo.
agriculture · grain farmers · sugarcane growers
Water conditions are improving
activeAround 77.4mm of rain has fallen over the past 14 days — above the 50.6mm typical for this period. A healthier water balance is restoring across this area.
Reading evidence
Reading calculated Oct 22, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC.
Valid until Oct 27, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC.
Source: Open-Meteo.
Recent data period: Oct 2, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026.
Years with usable data: 10 of 10.
Historical dataset: era5.
Samples: 150.
Method: rolling-sum-v2-anchor-lookback-2026-09-21.
hydro operators · agriculture · reservoir ops · grain farmers · sugarcane growers