The forecast through September indicates widespread water deficits, and though exceptional deficits will shrink - persisting in Estonia, central Sweden, Slovakia, central Ukraine, the Rhône River, and the Valdecañas Reservoir in Spain - anomalies will be severe to extreme in many regions.
Global Precipitation & Temperature Outlook July 2022
Europe: Widespread water deficits forecast in Europe
Europe: Water deficits will remain intense in Northern Europe
The forecast through August 2019 indicates that water deficits will remain intense in Northern Europe, especially in Finland, Estonia, and Latvia. Other areas of intense deficit include Luxembourg, northern Germany, central France and the Loire River, and along the Drava River through Austria. Areas of surplus include Scotland, central Italy and around the Adriatic Sea, Serbia, and northern Romania.
Europe: Widespread water deficits ahead
The forecast through June indicates widespread water deficits of varying intensity throughout much of Europe, including exceptional deficits in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus north of Minsk, southern Sweden, and eastern Croatia. Deficits will moderate in Spain but intensify in central France, especially along the Loire and Dordogne Rivers. Surpluses are forecast for pockets of Switzerland and Austria, southern Umbria in central Italy, northwestern Sweden, and Murmansk, Russia.