Table 4.

Drought events reported in the EDR-EDII database and in our database (according to different indicators and timescales). In bold, the events that are not present in our new global database.

Drought event (EDR-EDII)		Drought event in our database
Region or country	Period/indicator	SPI-3	SPEI-3	SPI-12	SPEI-12
Denmark	1954		√
Scandinavia	1955	√	√	√
Scandinavia	1959	√	√	√	√
Norway	1972	√	√
Scandinavia	1975	√	√	√	√
Europe	Summer 1976	√	√	√	√
Norway	1985	√	√	√	√
Norway	1989
Greece	1989	√	√	√	√
Greece	1990	√	√	√	√
Iberian Peninsula	1991–1995	√	√	√	√
Norway	1991				√
Scandinavia	1992	√	√	√	√
Norway	Winter 1993			√	√
Norway	1994			√	√
Netherlands	1995–1997	√	√	√	√
Scandinavia	1996	√	√	√	√
Northern Europe	1997	√	√	√	√
Greece	1999–2002	√	√	√	√
Germany	2000
Scandinavia	2002–2003	√	√	√	√
Europe	Summer 2003	√	√	√	√
Iberian Peninsula	2004–2007	√	√	√	√
Germany	2005
Northern Europe	Summer 2006		√		√
Greece	2006	√	√
Po Plain, Italy	2006–2007	√	√	√	√
Europe	2007	√	√	√	√
Northern Europe	2008		√
Northern Europe	2009
Central Europe	2010
Netherlands	2011	√	√
Europe	2011	√	√		√
Europe	Spring 2012		√	√	√
Northern Europe	Spring 2012
Netherlands	Summer 2012		√
England	Winter 2012