List of droughts

This is a list of significant droughts, organized by large geographical area and then year.

• Aoyate drought in the late 18th or early 19th century
• 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia
• 2008–2009 Kenya drought
• 2011 East Africa drought
• Sahel drought
  • 2010 Sahel famine
  • 2012 Sahel drought
• Eastern Cape drought
• 2017 Somali drought
• 2018–2021 Southern African drought
• 2020–2023 Horn of Africa drought
• 2021 Somali drought
• Food security in Malawi

• 2015 Caribbean drought

• Drought in Chile
  • 1924–1925 Chilean drought
  • Great Drought of 1968 (1967–1969)
  • Chilean water crisis (2010–present)
    • Petorca water crisis (2010–present)
• Drought in Uruguay (2020–present)
  • 2022-2023 Uruguay drought
• Drought in Brazil
  • Drought in Northeastern Brazil
  • Grande Seca (1877–78)
  • 2014–2017 Brazilian drought

• 1935 Black Sunday (storm)
• 1934–35 North American drought
• 1950s Texas drought
• 1983–1985 North American drought
• 1988–1990 North American drought
• 2002 North American drought
• 2006–2008 Southeastern United States drought
• 2010–2013 Southern United States and Mexico drought
  • 2012–2013 North American drought
• 2011–2017 California drought
• 2012–2013 North American drought
• 2020–2023 North American drought

• 1875 Drought and subsequent famine
• 2010 China drought and dust storms
• 2010–2011 China drought

• Deccan famine of 1630–1632
• Great Bengal famine of 1770
• Chalisa famine
• Doji bara famine
• Guntur famine of 1832
• Agra famine of 1837–1838
• Upper Doab famine of 1860–1861
• Orissa famine of 1866
• Rajputana famine of 1869
• Bihar famine of 1873–1874
• Great Famine of 1876–1878
• Tamil Nadu famine (1891)
• Indian famine of 1896–1897
• Indian famine of 1899–1900
• Bengal famine of 1943
• Bihar drought of 1966–1967
• 2013 drought in Maharashtra
• 2016–2017 Drought in Tamil Nadu

• 1473 heat and drought in Europe
• 1540 European drought
• Russian famine of 1891–1892
• Soviet famine of 1946–1947
• 2022 European drought

• 1906 UK Drought and Heatwave
• 1911 UK Drought and Heatwave
• 1935 UK Drought and Heatwave
• 1955 UK Drought and Heatwave
• 1976 UK Drought and Heatwave
• 1990 UK Drought and Heatwave
• 1995 UK Drought and Heatwave (The drought generally lasted until Summer 1997)
• 2003 UK Drought and Heatwave
• 2006 UK Drought and Heatwave
• 2011 UK Drought and March–April Heatwave (The drought continued from 2010 and lasted through until March 2012)

Part of the 2010-2012 UK Drought. 2011 UK September–October Heatwave Part of the 2010-2012 UK Drought. 2012 UK March Heatwave

• Drought in Australia
• Federation Drought (1901)
• 1911–1916 Australian drought
• 1979–1983 Eastern Australian drought
• 2000s Australian drought

• 2011 Tuvalu drought

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