Northern Tablelands Local Land Services

Drought conditions are steadily improving across the region.  

• The Combined Drought Indicator (CDI) shows approximately 12% of the region being in the Drought Affected category at the end of September.
• The area in the Non-Drought or Recovery categories has continued to increase since the August Update.
• The individual drought indicator values in the Drought Affected status of the region are at or near the thresholds that would trigger the Recovery or Non-Drought category of the CDI. This trend should continue following the rainfall in September.
• September rainfall totals of between 25 – 50mm has seen conditions continue to improve, with near average to above rainfall at many locations.

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Normalised Difference Vegetation Index

Plant greenness levels remain above average for many parts of the region for the July to September 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 the positive spring production outlooks for many locations.

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