The forecast through October indicates a number of regions with water deficits but limited intense anomalies. Areas of deficit include California, Montana, Iowa, eastern Texas, pockets in the Great Lakes States, and many regions on the East Coast. Surpluses are forecast in the Dakotas.
United States: Water deficits in the West, SW, NW, & Plains
ISciences Worldwide Water Watch List May 2022
Regions forecast to have significant water deficits for the 12-month period February 2022 through January 2023 include: Estonia, France, North Africa, Iran, Mangystau (Kazakhstan), Chile, and Texas and the U.S. West. Areas of significant water surplus include: eastern Australia, Indonesia, China, India, and Tanzania. This Watch List is based on ISciences Water Security Indicator Model v2 (WSIMv2) 5 May 2022.
United States: Widespread water deficits in the West & Texas
Global Precipitation & Temperature Outlook April 2022
Exceptionally hotter than normal temperatures are indicated in the April 2022 Outlook for many regions in the Middle East, Central and South Asia, Siberia, and the Yellow (Huang He) and Yangtze River Basins in China. In Central Asia and parts of the Middle East conditions will also be drier than normal.