Droughts in Sri Lanka
5 droughts have been recorded in Sri Lanka by Global Incident Tracker, 5 of them in 2026. The most recent was on 8 October 2026. These are incidents our sources reported, not an official national total.
Continuous monitoring began 9 August 2026. These counters show what we have recorded since then, not everything that happened.
Thin record. We hold only 5 droughts for Sri Lanka, which is too few to describe a pattern. This page is not offered to search engines until it holds more.
Most recent droughts in Sri Lanka
When they happen
September carries the most droughts we hold for Sri Lanka — 3 of 5. This is when incidents were reported, so read a quiet month as either a quiet month or thin reporting.
| Month | Recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | |
| February | 0 | |
| March | 0 | |
| April | 0 | |
| May | 0 | |
| June | 0 | |
| July | 0 | |
| August | 0 | |
| September | 3 | |
| October | 2 | |
| November | 0 | |
| December | 0 |
Where this data comes from
Droughts have official real-time feeds, and ours come from GDACS · NASA EONET · ReliefWeb · news.