Canadian Drought Outlook
Agriculture is an important primary production sector in Canada. Agricultural production, profitability, sustainability and food security depend on many agrometeorological factors, including drought. The Canadian Drought Outlook predicts whether drought across Canada will emerge, stay the same or get better over the target month. The drought outlook is issued on the first Thursday of each calendar month and is valid for 32 days from that date.
This series of datasets has been created by AAFC’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS) of the Agro-Climate, Geomatics and Earth Observations (ACGEO) Division of the Science and Technology Branch. The Canadian Drought Outlook maps are generated using Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) Global Ensemble Prediction (GEPs) forecast data. Agroclimate indices, such as the Standard Precipitation Index (SPI), the Standard Precipitation Evaporation Index (SPEI), and the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) are calculated using the GEPs forecast data. These indices are then combined with the current Canadian drought assessment to predict future changes in drought.
- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada
Data and Resources
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Data Product Specification (English)PDFEnglish guide PDF
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Pre-packaged FGDB filesFGDB/GDBEnglish French dataset FGDB/GDB
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Pre-packaged geoJSON filesGEOJSONEnglish French dataset GEOJSON
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Pre-packaged SHP filesSHPEnglish French dataset SHP
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Pre-packaged Maps (English)PDFEnglish dataset PDF
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Pre-packaged Maps (French)PDFFrench dataset PDF
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Canadian Drought Outlook (English)ESRI RESTEnglish web_service ESRI REST
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Canadian Drought Outlook (French)ESRI RESTFrench web_service ESRI REST
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Data Product Specification (French)PDFFrench guide PDF