One Unprecedented 2015' title='One Unprecedented 2015' />Monthly Drought Statement. What is drought Drought is a prolonged, abnormally dry period when the amount of available water is insufficient to meet our normal use. Drought is not simply low rainfall if it was, much of inland Australia would be in almost perpetual drought. Because people use water in so many different ways, there is no universal definition of drought. Meteorologists monitor the extent and severity of drought in terms of rainfall deficiencies. Agriculturalists rate the impact on primary industries, hydrologists compare ground water levels, and sociologists define it by social expectations and perceptions. Though exhausted businessman hasnt changed all that much. It is generally difficult to compare one drought to another, since each drought differs in the seasonality, location, spatial extent and duration of the associated rainfall deficiencies. Additionally, each drought is accompanied by varying temperatures and soil moisture deficits. Rainfall averages, variability and trends An area experiences a rainfall deficit when the total rain received is less than the average rainfall for that period. Definitions. Definitions. Lowest on record lowest since at least 1. Severe deficiency rainfalls in the lowest 5 of historical totals. Serious deficiency rainfalls in the lowest 1. All the crown princes men Saudi Arabias unprecedented shakeup. Muhammad bin Salman has made himself the sole face of Saudi policy. The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015 Overview At the beginning of the new millennium, world leaders gathered at the United Nations to shape a broad vision to. The 35 of Millennials who do not identify with a religion is double the share of unaffiliated Baby Boomers 17 and more than three times the share of members. Very much below average rainfalls in the lowest 1. Below average rainfalls in the lowest 3. Manuale Di Psichiatria E Psicologia Clinica Mcgraw Hill here. Average rainfalls in the middle 4. Countdown Game Show Timer there. Above average rainfalls in the highest 3. Very much above average rainfalls in the highest 1. Australian Government drought assistance. Department of Agriculture and Water Resources information and contacts.