The Portuguese territory has suffered from a lack of rain in the various regions of the country.
This October the Portuguese Institute of sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) expects a significant improvement in hydrological indices after verifying that until September 30th, 85% of the territory was in dry weather situation: 24% in a low dry low situation in the North coast, 29% in moderate drought in some interior northern areas and 32% in severe drought in some areas of the center and south of the country.
According to the data provided by IPMA between October 2014 and January 2015 there was no occurrence of a continuing drought. At the end of February 2015 it was confirmed the emergence of weak dry weather situation in much of the country, a problem that has spread to the whole of the continent and intensified gradually until the end of July and remaining identical in August. In September there is a relief of the affected area and intensity of meteorological drought.
The 2015 drought had a major land area, with 79% of territory (in late July) in severe or extreme drought class, just below the drought of 2011/2012, 2004/2005 and 1944/46, however the duration (number of consecutive months in severe and extreme drought) this was dry by the end of September, lower than the majority of other droughts in Portugal.
https://www.ipma.pt/pt/oclima/observatorio.secas/pdsi/monitorizacao/situacaoatual/
