Table 1 Drought periods used for extreme drought scenarios and associated anomalies from the long-term mean (1910–2016) for climate and hydrologic variables
Difference from long-term mean (1910–2016) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drought period | Number of years | Maximum air temperature | Precipitation | Soil water deficit | Climatic water deficit | Recharge plus runoff |
(Water years) | °C | Percentage | ||||
1929–1936 | 8 | 0.60 | − 20 | − 7 | 2 | − 31 |
1976–1977 | 2 | 0.41 | − 51 | − 7 | 0 | − 85 |
1986–1992 | 7 | 0.07 | − 17 | − 1 | 4 | − 25 |
2012–2016 | 5 | 0.62 | − 21 | 0 | 10 | − 29 |