Northern Tablelands Local Land Services

Drought conditions are continuing to improve across the region.  

• The Combined Drought Indicator (CDI) shows approximately 2% of the region being in the Drought Affected category at the end of October.
• The area in the Non-Drought (77%) or Recovery (20%) categories has continued to increase over the last several months, with a transition into the Recovery category of the CDI for areas north of Glen Innes and Inverell since the end of September.
• Warm temperatures and soil moisture will be a management consideration entering summer.
• Rainfall in October was generally average across the region and continued to aid in the improvement in conditions.

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Normalised Difference Vegetation Index

Plant greenness levels remain above average for many parts of the region for the August to October period.

Note that some of the extremely negative NDVI areas (brown patches) are water bodies.

The NDVI anomaly is a useful measure of vegetation density and plant health. It estimates the amount of green vegetation there is in the landscape compared to what is expected at the given time of year, against the baseline period 1987 - 2020.

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Individual Drought Indicators

Drought indicators continue to improve across the region.  

• There has been a continued steady improvement of the drought indicators across the region.
• Further rainfall will continue the improvement in conditions and maintain production outlooks for many locations entering summer.

To access a Drought History chart for your Parish, visit the Seasonal Conditions Information Portal.