summer drought
Hot, rainless stretch
A summer drought is a prolonged period of abnormally dry weather during the summer months, when lack of rainfall causes water shortages, crop damage, and stress on ecosystems.
The term may describe meteorological conditions or their agricultural consequences: The summer drought devastated corn yields across the Midwest.
Unlike winter drought, summer drought compounds heat stress on plants and increases wildfire risk.
- heatwaveProlonged abnormally high temperatures
- heat domeStationary high-pressure extreme warmth
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- bone dryTotally devoid of moisture
- aridDevoid of water
scorched · wilting · cracked · dusty · dust bowl · dead grass · brown · withered · blistering · irrigation · reservoir · crops · crop failure · harvest · thirst · sweltering · rainless · brittle
- seasonsautumn, winter, spring, fall, summertime
- MediterraneanMediterranean Sea, olive grove, olive tree, olive, Aegean Sea
- water resourcesfreshwater, aquifers, water supply, water storage, aquifer
summer droughtmonsoon
Seasonal tropical wind pattern
rainy season · inundation · waterlogging · flooding · wet season
summer, drought, summers, summery, summered, summering, droughts, droughty