North Coast Local Land Services

Positive production outlooks continue across the region.

• January rainfall was average across the region, with the highest totals west of Coffs Harbour and the Kempsey region. This is continuing to drive the positive production conditions.
• Small areas in the region (northwest of Kempsey) remain in the Drought Affected category. Variable rainfall totals are contributing to the slower improvement in conditions at these locations.
• The drought forecast suggests that the region will likely be in the Non-Drought category by the end of April 2025 (with moderate to high model agreement).

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Normalised Difference Vegetation Index

Plant greenness levels remain above average across most of the region for the November to January 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

The drought indicators continue to remain high across all locations in response to timely and effective rainfall and warmer conditions.

• Positive production outlooks remain across the region.

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