Table 1 Catalogue of drought events, with their main characteristics.
From: Catalogue of drought events in peninsular Spanish along 1916–2020 period
Event number | Start-End | Seasonality (start-end) | Duration (months) | Mean intensity (SPI-12) | Area affected (% grid cells) | Months with area >50% | Propagation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
−0.84 | −1.28 | −1.65 | |||||||
mild | moderate | severe | |||||||
1 | 12.1917-01.1919 | Win-Win | 14 | −1.28 | 39 | 5 | _ | _ | NW-SE |
2 | 03.1921-12.1921 | Spr-Win | 10 | −1.44 | 24 | _ | _ | _ | N-S |
3 | 11.1924-09.1925 | Aut-Aut | 11 | −1.32 | 37 | 3 | _ | _ | NE-SW |
4 | 03.1929-10.1929 | Spr-Aut | 8 | −1.37 | 32 | _ | _ | _ | NE-SW |
5 | 05.1931-06.1932 | Spr-Sum | 14 | −1.33 | 43 | 5 | _ | _ | E-W |
6 | 01.1934-03.1934 | Win-Spr | 3 | −1.36 | 30 | _ | _ | _ | W-E |
7 | 04.1938-08.1938 | Spr-Sum | 5 | −1.33 | 23 | _ | _ | _ | Undefined |
8 | 10.1938-05.1939 | Aut-Spr | 8 | −1.29 | 43 | 3 | 1 | _ | W-E |
9 | 04.1943-08.1943 | Spr-Sum | 5 | −1.32 | 24 | _ | _ | _ | E-W |
10 | 01.1944-03.1946 | Win-Spr | 27 | −1.38 | 52 | 12 | 6 | 2 | W-E |
11 | 11.1948-01.1951 | Aut-Win | 27 | −1.45 | 51 | 13 | 6 | 1 | NE-SW |
12 | 04.1953-01.1955 | Spr-Win | 22 | −1.34 | 43 | 7 | _ | _ | E-W |
13 | 03.1955-08.1955 | Spr-Sum | 6 | −1.53 | 27 | _ | _ | _ | E-W |
14 | 03.1957-02.1958 | Spr-Win | 12 | −1.25 | 39 | 2 | _ | _ | W-E |
15 | 06.1958-11.1958 | Sum-Aut | 6 | −1.3 | 32 | 1 | _ | _ | NE-SW |
16 | 02.1965-10.1965 | Win-Aut | 9 | −1.28 | 48 | 3 | _ | _ | W-E |
17 | 04.1967-01.1968 | Spr-Win | 10 | −1.23 | 27 | 1 | _ | _ | NE-SW |
18 | 10.1970-03.1971 | Aut-Spr | 6 | −1.47 | 54 | 3 | 2 | _ | E-W |
19 | 10.1973-02.1974 | Aut-Win | 5 | −1.24 | 36 | _ | _ | _ | NE-SW |
20 | 12.1974-08.1975 | Win-Sum | 9 | −1.17 | 27 | _ | _ | _ | SW-NE |
21 | 11.1975-09.1976 | Aut-Aut | 11 | −1.23 | 30 | _ | _ | _ | W-E |
22 | 10.1980-09.1982 | Aut-Aut | 24 | −1.33 | 49 | 12 | 2 | _ | W-E |
23 | 12.1982-02.1984 | Win-Win | 15 | −1.35 | 41 | 2 | _ | _ | W-E |
24 | 11.1985-09.1986 | Aut-Aut | 11 | −1.38 | 41 | 3 | _ | _ | E-W |
25 | 12.1986-09.1987 | Win-Aut | 19 | −1.26 | 23 | _ | _ | _ | N-S |
26 | 01.1989-11.1989 | Win-Aut | 11 | −1.4 | 39 | 4 | _ | _ | NW-SE |
27 | 12.1990-02.1991 | Win-Win | 3 | −1.18 | 46 | 2 | _ | _ | W-E |
28 | 08.1991-05.1993 | Sum-Spr | 22 | −1.33 | 38 | 4 | 2 | _ | W-E |
29 | 06.1993-12.1995 | Sum-Win | 31 | −1.46 | 48 | 14 | 3 | _ | S-N |
30 | 12.1998-03.2000 | Win-Spr | 16 | −1.32 | 51 | 10 | 2 | _ | E-W |
31 | 12.2001-10.2002 | Win-Aut | 11 | −1.45 | 43 | 3 | _ | _ | NE-SW |
32 | 11.2004-08.2006 | Aut-Sum | 22 | −1.52 | 61 | 13 | 9 | 6 | W-E |
33 | 01.2007-03.2007 | Win-Spr | 3 | −1.49 | 23 | _ | _ | _ | Undefined |
34 | 11.2007-09.2008 | Aut-Aut | 11 | −1.27 | 30 | _ | _ | _ | N-S |
35 | 05.2009-11.2009 | Spr-Aut | 7 | −1.36 | 41 | 2 | _ | _ | W-E |
36 | 10.2011-12.2012 | Aut-Win | 15 | −1.5 | 63 | 10 | 7 | 1 | N-S |
37 | 04.2014-09.2014 | Spr-Aut | 6 | −1.51 | 25 | _ | _ | _ | E-W |
38 | 09.2015-10.2016 | Aut-Aut | 14 | −1.33 | 34 | 3 | _ | _ | W-E |
39 | 02.2017-03.2018 | Win-Spr | 14 | −1.45 | 55 | 8 | 4 | _ | NW-SE |
40 | 03.2019-02.2020 | Spr-Win | 12 | −1.32 | 43 | 5 | _ | _ | W-E |
