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State Seasonal Update
Interactive Drought Map
Farm Resources
State Seasonal Update Archive
Subscribe to the State Seasonal Update
Back to DPI Climate
NSW Summary
Monthly indicators
Seasonal conditions and drought assessment
Combined Drought Indicator (CDI)
Soil Water Index (SWI)
Plant Growth Index (PGI)
Rainfall Index (RI)
Drought Direction Index (DDI)
Short term dryness indicator
About the individual indicators
Climate analysis
Rainfall Analysis
Temperature Analysis
Extreme event analysis
Crop and pasture condition
Farm water availability
On ground reporting
Drought forecast
Climate outlook and drivers
Climate outlook
NSW outlook
National outlook
Global climate drivers
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
Southern Oscillation Index
Sea surface temperatures (SST)
Sub-surface sea temperatures
Indian Ocean (IOD)
Southern Annular Mode (SAM)
Regional breakdown
Overview
Central Tablelands LLS region
Central West LLS region
Greater Sydney LLS region
Hunter LLS region
Murray LLS region
North Coast LLS region
Northern Tablelands LLS region
North West LLS region
Riverina LLS region
South-East LLS region
Western LLS region
About the program
The Combined Drought Indicator
Acknowledgements
NSW Summary
Monthly indicators
Seasonal conditions and drought assessment
Combined Drought Indicator (CDI)
Soil Water Index (SWI)
Plant Growth Index (PGI)
Rainfall Index (RI)
Drought Direction Index (DDI)
Short term dryness indicator
About the individual indicators
Climate analysis
Rainfall Analysis
Temperature Analysis
Extreme event analysis
Crop and pasture condition
Farm water availability
On ground reporting
Drought forecast
Climate outlook and drivers
Climate outlook
NSW outlook
National outlook
Global climate drivers
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
Southern Oscillation Index
Sea surface temperatures (SST)
Sub-surface sea temperatures
Indian Ocean (IOD)
Southern Annular Mode (SAM)
Regional breakdown
Overview
Central Tablelands LLS region
Central West LLS region
Greater Sydney LLS region
Hunter LLS region
Murray LLS region
North Coast LLS region
Northern Tablelands LLS region
North West LLS region
Riverina LLS region
South-East LLS region
Western LLS region
About the program
The Combined Drought Indicator
Acknowledgements
State Seasonal Update
Climate outlook and drivers
Global climate drivers
Global climate drivers
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
Southern Oscillation Index
Sea surface temperatures (SST)
Sub-surface sea temperatures
Indian Ocean (IOD)
Southern Annular Mode (SAM)
The Bureau of Meteorology has recently made changes to how climate drivers are reported. DPIRD will be reviewing how climate driver information is reported in the State Seasonal Update over the coming months.