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The Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation - State Research Institute in accordance with an Act from the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development has developed the climatic water balance for all Polish municipalities (3,064 municipalities), and based on the soils categories have identified in those municipalities the current agricultural drought risk for the following crops: grain and silage maize, sugar beet, potatoes, hops, tobacco, field vegetables, shrubs and fruit trees and legumes.

In the tenth reporting period, i.e. from July 31 to August 31, 2015, does state a risk of agricultural drought in Poland. The values of climatic water balance (CWB), which are the basis to assess the risk of drought, are negative.

In the current sixty days period threat to agricultural drought occurs among crops:

• Legumes
• Potato
• Fruit shrubs
• Hops
• Silage maize
• Tobacco
• Ground vegetables
• Sugarbeet
• Fruit trees
• Maize for grain

In the current sixty days period, compared to the previous period definitely have increased range of agricultural drought throughout the country. For crops such as legumes, potatoes, fruit shrubs, hops, silage maize, tobacco, field vegetables, sugar beet, fruit trees threat of drought in many voivodeships occurred in 100% of local district.

The value of CWB on Polish territory compared to the previous reporting period had decreased significantly. On average for the country, these values compared to the previous period were lower by 22 mm. The largest decrease in the value of CWB were recorded in Wielkopolska, more than 40 mm, and the smallest a few millimetres in the eastern regions of the country.

Currently the biggest threat of drought in Poland still occurs for legumes crops. Drought for that crop occurs in soils:

I category (very light soil, granulometric group: sand

II category (light soil, granulometric group: loamy sand)

III - medium-heavy soil, (granulometric group: sandy loam, silt)

IV - heavy soil, (granulometric group: sandy clay loam, loam, clay loam, silt loam, clay)

Drought for these crops occurs in all voivodeships of the country, in 3037 local districts (99.1% of local districts) on 75.1% of arable land.

Relatively to the previous sixty days period threat in the country increased by 79 local district and by 22.7 percentage points on the surface of arable land. In eight voivodeships (dolnośląskie, Lubelskie, Lubuskie, Lodzkie, Mazowieckie, Opolskie, Podlaskie and Wielkopolskie) drought was observed in 100% of local districts. A little lower risk of drought occurred in Kujawsko-Pomorskie and Zachodniopomorskie voivodeships (respectively 99.4%). In remaining voivodeships have been reported large drought risk in over 90% of local districts. Detailed data on drought risk for that crop group are presented in Table 1.

Table 1. Risk of agricultural drought for leguminous crops

No.	Voivodeship	Number of local districts	Number of local districts at risk	The share of local districts under risk [%]	The share of arable land under risk[%]
1	dolnośląskie	224	224	100.0	86.2
2	lubelskie	234	234	100.0	94.7
3	lubuskie	116	116	100.0	85.4
4	łódzkie	202	202	100.0	99.3
5	mazowieckie	364	364	100.0	94.4
6	opolskie	103	103	100.0	99.9
7	podlaskie	141	141	100.0	83.3
8	wielkopolskie	316	316	100.0	93.8
9	kujawsko-pomorskie	179	178	99.4	63.3
10	zachodniopomorskie	165	164	99.4	45.8
11	świętokrzyskie	128	127	99.2	74.4
12	śląskie	189	187	98.9	71.5
13	warmińsko-mazurskie	149	147	98.7	44.9
14	podkarpackie	189	184	97.4	39.1
15	pomorskie	140	136	97.1	61.8
16	małopolskie	225	214	95.1	15.3
	Polska	3064	3037	99.1	75.1

Drought risk for potato occurs on soils category I, II, III and IV. It is present in 16 voivodeships 3019 local districts (98.5% of local districts in the country) on 79.0 % of the arable land.

Relatively to the previous sixty days period threat of drought in the country increased by 322 local districts (11.9%) and by 25.7 percentage points arable land. The greatest risk occurs in voivodeships : dolnośląskim, lubelskim, lubuskim, łódzkim, mazowieckim, opolskim, podlaskim, świętokrzyskim and wielkopolskim where 100% of local districts with this crop was under threat of drought. Detailed data on this crop are presented in Table 2.

Table 2. The threat of agricultural drought for potato cultivation.

No.	Voivodeship	Number of local districts	Number of local districts at risk	The share of local districts under risk [%]	The share of arable land under risk [%]
1	dolnośląskie	224	224	100.0	88.5
2	lubelskie	234	234	100.0	95.4
3	lubuskie	116	116	100.0	90.7
4	łódzkie	202	202	100.0	99.3
5	mazowieckie	364	364	100.0	96.1
6	opolskie	103	103	100.0	99.9
7	podlaskie	141	141	100.0	87.8
8	świętokrzyskie	128	128	100.0	81.8
9	wielkopolskie	316	316	100.0	98.1
10	podkarpackie	189	188	99.5	50.5
11	kujawsko-pomorskie	179	178	99.4	83.9
12	warmińsko-mazurskie	149	147	98.7	44.9
13	śląskie	189	185	97.9	73.3
14	pomorskie	140	136	97.1	63.7
15	zachodniopomorskie	165	154	93.3	41.9
16	małopolskie	225	203	90.2	25.4
	Polska	3064	3019	98.5	79.0

Drought risk for shrubs occurs on soils category I, II, III and IV. It is present in 16 voivodeships 3019 local districts (98.5% of local districts in the country) on 79.0 % of the arable land.

Relatively to the previous sixty days period threat of drought in the country increased by 322 local districts (11.9%) and by 25.7 percentage points arable land. The greatest risk occurs in voivodeships : dolnośląskim, lubelskim, lubuskim, łódzkim, mazowieckim, opolskim, podlaskim, świętokrzyskim and wielkopolskim where 100% of local districts with this crop was under threat of drought. In the Podkarpackie and Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodeship, also was reported very high risk of drought, respectively 99.5 and 99.4% of local districts. Detailed data on this crop are presented in Table 3 .

Table 3. The threat of agricultural drought for fruit shrubs cultivation

No.	Voivodeship	Number of local districts	Number of local districts at risk	The share of local districts under risk [%]	The share of arable land under risk [%]
1	dolnośląskie	224	224	100.0	88.5
2	lubelskie	234	234	100.0	95.4
3	lubuskie	116	116	100.0	90.7
4	łódzkie	202	202	100.0	99.3
5	mazowieckie	364	364	100.0	96.1
6	opolskie	103	103	100.0	99.9
7	podlaskie	141	141	100.0	87.8
8	świętokrzyskie	128	128	100.0	81.8
9	wielkopolskie	316	316	100.0	98.1
10	podkarpackie	189	188	99.5	50.5
11	kujawsko-pomorskie	179	178	99.4	83.9
12	warmińsko-mazurskie	149	147	98.7	44.9
13	śląskie	189	185	97.9	73.3
14	pomorskie	140	136	97.1	63.7
15	zachodniopomorskie	165	154	93.3	41.9
16	małopolskie	225	203	90.2	25.4
	Polska	3064	3019	98.5	79.0

Drought risk for hops occurs on soils category I, II and III. Drought (potential) for this cultivation occurs 16 voivodeships 2549 local districts (83.2% of local districts in the country) on 37.1 % of the arable land.

Relatively to the previous sixty days period threat of drought in the country increased by 971 local districts (61.5%) and by 17.9 percentage points arable land. The greatest risk occurs in voivodeships : lubuskim, łódzkim, oraz opolskim, where 100% of local districts with this crop was under threat of drought. Large threat of drought is present in the Mazowieckie and Wielkopolskie voivodeship (99.7%). There is a very high risk in Lubelskie , Dolnośląskie, Świętokrzyskie, and Kujawsko-Pomorskie (in more than 96% of local districts). Detailed data on this crop are presented in Table 4.

Table 4. The threat of agricultural drought for hops cultivation

No.	Voivodeship	Number of local districts	Number of local districts at risk	The share of local districts under risk [%]	The share of arable land under risk [%]
1	lubuskie	116	116	100.0	52.1
2	łódzkie	202	202	100.0	70.4
3	opolskie	103	103	100.0	33.9
4	mazowieckie	364	363	99.7	63.5
5	wielkopolskie	316	315	99.7	62.2
6	lubelskie	234	230	98.3	46.9
7	dolnośląskie	224	219	97.8	31.6
8	świętokrzyskie	128	124	96.9	39.0
9	kujawsko-pomorskie	179	173	96.6	19.4
10	podlaskie	141	129	91.5	42.6
11	śląskie	189	159	84.1	44.3
12	podkarpackie	189	146	77.2	19.3
13	małopolskie	225	133	59.1	5.6
14	pomorskie	140	74	52.9	5.6
15	warmińsko-mazurskie	149	33	22.1	2.0
16	zachodniopomorskie	165	30	18.2	1.4
	Polska	3064	2549	83.2	37.1

Drought risk for silage corn occurs on soils category II and III. Drought for this cultivation occurs 16 voivodeships 2323 local districts (75.8% of local districts in the country) on 22.5 % of the arable land.

Relatively to the previous sixty days period threat of drought in the country increased by 1236 local districts (46.8%) and by 14.2 percentage points arable land. The greatest risk occurs in voivodeships : łódzkim, where 100% of local districts with this crop was under threat of drought. There is a very high risk in Opolskie, Wielkopolskie, Lubelskie and Swiętokrzyskie (in more than 96% of local districts). Detailed data on this crop are presented in Table 7.

Table 7. The threat of agricultural drought for tobacco cultivation

No.	Voivodeship	Number of local districts	Number of local districts at risk	The share of local districts under risk [%]	The share of arable land under risk [%]
1	łódzkie	202	202	100.0	30.3
2	opolskie	103	102	99.0	22.9
3	wielkopolskie	316	311	98.4	46.1
4	lubelskie	234	229	97.9	33.5
5	świętokrzyskie	128	124	96.9	17.4
6	dolnośląskie	224	212	94.6	18.5
7	mazowieckie	364	342	94.0	35.9
8	lubuskie	116	107	92.2	22.5
9	kujawsko-pomorskie	179	156	87.2	30.3
10	podlaskie	141	122	86.5	19.1
11	śląskie	189	155	82.0	21.1
12	podkarpackie	189	135	71.4	9.6
13	małopolskie	225	99	44.0	3.5
14	pomorskie	140	24	17.1	1.0
15	zachodniopomorskie	165	2	1.2	0.1
16	warmińsko-mazurskie	149	1	0.7	0.003
	Polska	3064	2323	75.8	22.5

Drought risk for tobacco occurs on soils category I, II, III and IV. Drought (potential) for this cultivation occurs 16 voivodeships 2285 local districts (74.6% of local districts in the country) on 36.3 % of the arable land.

Relatively to the previous sixty days period threat of drought in the country increased by 1194 local districts (47.7%) and by 22 percentage points arable land. The greatest risk occurs in voivodeships : łódzkim, and opolskim where 100% of local districts with this crop was under threat of drought. There is a very high risk in Wielkopolskim, Lubelskim, and Świętokrzyskim (in more than 96% of local districts). Detailed data on this crop are presented in Table 6.

Table 6. The threat of agricultural drought for ground vegetables cultivation

No.	Voivodeship	Number of local districts	Number of local districts at risk	The share of local districts under risk [%]	The share of arable land under risk [%]
1	łódzkie	202	202	100.0	70.4
2	opolskie	103	103	100.0	34.9
3	wielkopolskie	316	311	98.4	61.0
4	lubelskie	234	230	98.3	54.9
5	świętokrzyskie	128	124	96.9	38.9
6	dolnośląskie	224	213	95.1	31.8
7	mazowieckie	364	343	94.2	64.5
8	lubuskie	116	107	92.2	41.2
9	podlaskie	141	123	87.2	38.9
10	kujawsko-pomorskie	179	150	83.8	14.2
11	śląskie	189	151	79.9	42.9
12	podkarpackie	189	117	61.9	19.0
13	małopolskie	225	86	38.2	3.9
14	pomorskie	140	22	15.7	0.6
15	zachodniopomorskie	165	2	1.2	0.04
16	warmińsko-mazurskie	149	1	0.7	0.01
	Polska	3064	2285	74.6	36.3

Drought risk for maize for silage occurs on soils category I and II. Drought for this cultivation occurs 16 voivodeships 2278 local districts (74.3% of local districts in the country) on 29.5 % of the arable land.

Relatively to the previous sixty days period threat of drought in the country increased by 1188 local districts (47.8%) and by 16.9 percentage points arable land. The greatest risk occurs in voivodeships : Łódzkim, and Opolskim, where 100% of local districts with this crop was under threat of drought. There is a very high risk in Wielkopolskie, Lubelskie, and Świętokrzyskie (in more than 96% of local districts). Detailed data on this crop are presented in Table 7.

Table 7. The threat of agricultural drought for ground vegetables cultivation

No.	Voivodeship	Number of local districts	Number of local districts at risk	The share of local districts under risk [%]	The share of arable land under risk [%]
1	łódzkie	202	202	100.0	64.3
2	opolskie	103	103	100.0	33.8
3	lubelskie	234	229	97.9	45.2
4	wielkopolskie	316	309	97.8	37.8
5	świętokrzyskie	128	124	96.9	29.0
6	dolnośląskie	224	212	94.6	28.2
7	mazowieckie	364	343	94.2	53.7
8	lubuskie	116	107	92.2	32.6
9	podlaskie	141	123	87.2	35.1
10	kujawsko-pomorskie	179	150	83.8	12.9
11	śląskie	189	151	79.9	36.7
12	podkarpackie	189	114	60.3	14.5
13	małopolskie	225	86	38.2	3.1
14	pomorskie	140	22	15.7	0.6
15	zachodniopomorskie	165	2	1.2	0.04
16	warmińsko-mazurskie	149	1	0.7	0.01
	Polska	3064	2278	74.3	29.5

Drought risk for sugar beet occurs on soils category II and III. Drought for this cultivation occurs 13 voivodeships 1849 local districts (30.3% of local districts in the country) on 16.7 % of the arable land.

Relatively to the previous sixty days period threat of drought in the country increased by 1190 local districts (280.5%) and by 11.1 percentage points arable land. The greatest risk occurs in voivodeship :łódzkie where 100% of local districts with this crop was under threat of drought. The large risk occurs also in voivodeships : Opolskie, Lubelskie and Świętokrzyskie (more than 96% of local districts). Detailed data on this crop are presented in Table 8.

Table 8. The threat of agricultural drought for sugar beet cultivation

No.	Voivodeship	Number of local districts	Number of local districts at risk	The share of local districts under risk [%]	The share of arable land under risk [%]
1	łódzkie	202	202	100.0	30.1
2	opolskie	103	102	99.0	22.9
3	lubelskie	234	227	97.0	33.0
4	świętokrzyskie	128	123	96.1	13.3
5	dolnośląskie	224	199	88.8	17.0
6	mazowieckie	364	314	86.3	32.4
7	wielkopolskie	316	272	86.1	30.9
8	śląskie	189	136	72.0	17.9
9	podlaskie	141	93	66.0	10.9
10	lubuskie	116	63	54.3	8.7
11	podkarpackie	189	75	39.7	4.6
12	kujawsko-pomorskie	179	23	12.8	1.4
13	małopolskie	225	20	8.9	0.9
	Polska	3064	1849	60.3	16.7

Drought risk for fruit trees occurs on soils category I and II. Drought for this cultivation occurs 13 voivodeships 1828 local districts (59.7% of local districts in the country) on 17.5 % of the arable land.

Relatively to the previous sixty days period threat of drought in the country increased by 1177 local districts (280.8%) and by 11.5 percentage points arable land. The greatest risk occurs in voivodeships : Łódzkie where 100% of local districts with this crop was under threat of drought. The large risk occurs in voivodeships : Lubelskie, Świętokrzyskie and Opolskie, (over 95% of local districts). Detailed data on this crop are presented in Table 9.

Table 9. The threat of agricultural drought for fruit trees cultivation

No.	Voivodeship	Number of local districts	Number of local districts at risk	The share of local districts under risk [%]	The share of arable land under risk [%]
1	łódzkie	202	202	100.0	40.2
2	lubelskie	234	225	96.2	34.6
3	świętokrzyskie	128	123	96.1	19.7
4	opolskie	103	98	95.1	13.3
5	mazowieckie	364	315	86.5	36.0
6	dolnośląskie	224	191	85.3	14.2
7	wielkopolskie	316	267	84.5	21.4
8	śląskie	189	133	70.4	18.4
9	podlaskie	141	92	65.2	18.4
10	lubuskie	116	63	54.3	13.6
11	podkarpackie	189	72	38.1	7.3
12	kujawsko-pomorskie	179	26	14.5	1.0
13	małopolskie	225	21	9.3	0.5
	Polska	3064	1828	59.7	17.5

Drought risk for grain maize occurs on soils category II. Drought for this cultivation occurs 9 voivodeships 763 local districts (24.9% of local districts in the country) on 5.5 % of the arable land.

Relatively to the previous sixty days period threat of drought in the country increased by 560 local districts (375.8%) and by 3.7 percentage points arable land. The greatest risk occurs in voivodeship : opolskim where 94.6% of local districts with this crop was under threat of drought.

Table 10. The threat of agricultural drought for fruit trees cultivation

No.	Voivodeship	Number of local districts	Number of local districts at risk	The share of local districts under risk [%]	The share of arable land under risk [%]
1	opolskie	103	97	94.2	16.3
2	lubelskie	234	159	67.9	17.7
3	mazowieckie	364	229	62.9	18.2
4	łódzkie	202	95	47.0	6.6
5	dolnośląskie	224	96	42.9	4.0
6	podlaskie	141	30	21.3	3.7
7	śląskie	189	34	18.0	2.5
8	świętokrzyskie	128	14	10.9	1.1
9	wielkopolskie	316	9	2.8	0.2
	Polska	3064	763	24.9	5.5

We inform, that the cultivation of grain maize on sandy soils is not indicated (soil category I, very light, very susceptible to drought). For this reason, for these soils are not CWB values are not presented for the crop and for this reason the cultivation of grain maize on soils category I is not considered by the Agricultural Drought Monitoring System.

As in the previous reporting period (in the seventh, eighth, ninth reporting period) as in the tenth , i.e. from 21 June to 20 August 2015, an area particularly vulnerable to water deficit is still Lublin region. In this area listed water shortage was ranging from -200 to -259 mm (in the northern parts of the region).

Still very low values of climatic water balance are also found in the southern areas of the Mazowsze region. CWB values in these areas ranged from -250 to -259 mm. Low values CWB occurred in the eastern part of the Łodzkie and in the central regions of Mazowieckie, ranged from -220 to -229 mm.

Still very low values of climatic water balance were also found in the northern areas of the Świętokrzyskie voivodeship, western parts of Łódzkie, northern parts of Mazowieckie and Podlaskie , southern parts of Lubelskie and Opolskie and in central part of Dolnośląskie voivodeship have ranged from -200 to -219 mm. Whereas lower value of CWB compared to the previous reporting period (approx. 20 mm) occurred in the Opolskie voivodeship and in the central part of the Dolnośląskie voivodeship, now in these areas water scarcity is from -220 to -239 mm.

Very low CWB values obtained in the current period are result of very low rainfall throughout the country, especially in August. In some areas, rainfall in August amounted to a few millimetres, while evapotranspiration was very large, the average for the country was 293 mm. Such a high evapotranspiration was due to a high average air temperature which was recorded from 18.5 to over 21 ° C in August.

We inform that on the basis of the existing in 2015 “Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on the value of climatic water balance (CWB)”, meaning the occurrence of drought for selected groups and crop species and soil categories during the growing season, and the designated critical values CWB, meaning the occurrence 20% yields reduction at local district scale in a given year as compared to yields obtained during multiannual averages of weather conditions, found so far the threat of drought during the growing season in 2015 on Polish territory among 14 groups and plant species:

• Spring cereals
• Winter cereals
• Shrubs
• Strawberries
• Legumes
• Rape and turnip rape
• Tobacco
• Ground vegetables
• Potato
• Hops
• Silage maize
• Grain maize
• Sugar beet
• Fruit trees

The total number of local districts threatened by drought this year in Poland and the participation of local district at risk (in%) Table presents. 11.

Table 11. Total number of local districts threatened by drought this year in Poland (%)

Lp.	Cultivar	Number of local districts at drought risk	The share of number of local districts at drought risk in Poland[w %]
1	Legumes	3037	99.1
2	Potato	3019	98.5
3	Fruit shrubs	3019	98.5
4	Hops	2549	83.2
5	Tobacco	2323	75.8
6	Ground vegetables	2285	74.6
7	Spring cereals	2278	74.3
8	Silage maize	1849	60.3
9	Fruit trees	1828	59.7
10	Sugar beet	1014	33.1
11	Strawberries	763	24.9
12	Winter cereals	546	17.8
13	Grain maize	521	17.0
14	Rape and turnip rape	111	3.6

A potential area under agricultural drought risk in 2015 in Poland are presented in Table 12.

Table 12. The potential area under agricultural drought risk in 2015

Lp.	Cultivar	The area of drought risk [%]	The area drought risk [ha)]*
1	Legumes	79.0	11 141 914
2	Potato	79.0	11 141 914
3	Fruit shrubs	75.1	10 591 870
4	Hops	37.1	5 232 469
5	Tobacco	36.3	5 119 639
6	Ground vegetables	29.5	4 168 553
7	Spring cereals	22.5	3 173 330
8	Silage maize	17.5	2 468 146
9	Fruit trees	16.7	2 355 316
10	Sugar beet	10.7	1 509 095
11	Strawberries	5.5	775 703
12	Winter cereals	5.2	733 392
13	Grain maize	4.2	592 355
14	Rape and turnip rape	0.8	112 830

* The area of arable land and orchards by the Statistical Yearbook of Agriculture, 2014 arable land: 13 818 287 hectares, 285 402 hectares of orchards, total 14 103 689 ha

We inform that each water deficit reduces the crops yield. The shortage of water is greater and the longer it takes, the yield reduction is higher. The occurrence of critical CWB value means the average yield reduction in the local district scale by 20% in a given year as compared to the yield obtained with the multi-annual average weather conditions. So, if IUNG-PIB announces the occurrence of agricultural drought, this means that the final yields in a given local district for the cultivation of which thresholds were exceeded, will be lower by 20% in a given year as compared to the yield obtained with the multi-annual average weather conditions. Very often it happens that the value of CWB are close to critical values, but they are not exceeded, it means that the average loss in yield in the local district does not exceed 20%. However, it should be noted that in this case in the individual households the yield losses can be as high as 30-40%. It should also be noted that in the case of reporting, that the drought has not occurred within the meaning of the Act, it should be stressed that any shortage of water for crops results in a reduction in crop yields and that drought occurred in the area, causing a loss in a farm depending on its severity. Estimated value in the amount of yield losses on a scale of local district, do not rule out that the losses on the farm could be even more than 25-30%. The local soil and climatic conditions of specific fields may in fact differ from the modeling results on a large scale (local district) and the amount of losses in a particular field may specify a specially appointed committee, whose purpose should be to verify the effects of drought in the area (local district).

In July, there have been very similar distribution of air temperature on Polish territory as in June. The lowest air temperature was recorded in the northern and north - eastern parts of the country. In contrast, the highest temperature was recorded in the south-western areas. In the northern regions of the country was recorded a temperature even below 17.0 degrees. In the southern areas of the Pomorskie Lakeland, Mazurskie Lakeland, Podlaska Lowland it was also chilly with temperatures ranging from 17 °C to 18 °C. At the Highlands and Lowlands of Poland recorded a high temperature of 18 °C to 20 °C. In contrast, the highest temperature (above 20 °C) was recorded in southern areas of the Śląska Lowland and the Karpaty Foothills, in some parts of the area were recorded even above 21 ° C.

The temperature distribution in the first ten days of August did not deviate from its distribution in June and July. Coldest, still was on the Embankment, in the northern part of the Pomorskie Lake District and Żuławy, below 21 ° C. In the southern parts of the Pomorskie Lake District, and in the area of the Mazurskie Lake District recorded a temperature of 21 to 23 ° C. The warmest it was the Śląska Lowland from 24.5 to over 25 ° C. In the rest of the country recorded from 23 to 24.5 ° C. The second ten days of August in Poland was also very warm. The hottest was in the western part of the country with air temperature of over 23 ° C. For many areas in Poland also it was very warm (20 to 23 ° C). Only slightly cooler was in the north-eastern part of the country with air temperature of below 20 ° C. The third ten days of August were also warm, in the southwest recorded the highest air temperature above 20 ° C. The coldest was in the northern parts of the country, from 18 to 19 ° C.

In July precipitation occurred in five main stripes, three of which were characterized by a relatively high rainfall from 70 to 100 mm, and two of them precipitation smaller - amounting to as low as less than 30 to 70 mm. Higher rainfall (above 70 mm) occurred on the Baltic coast, in northern regions of the Pomorskie Lake District, on Ziemia Lubuska, Wielkopolskie and Mazurskie Lakeland and south-eastern Poland. In contrast, areas with less rainfall (less than 70 mm) were in the southern regions of the Pomorskie Lake District, and Plains: Wielkopolska, Śląska, Mazowiecka, Podlaska and Wyżyny Polskie. The first ten days of August was characterised by a very different precipitation and on a large area was even an lack of them or too small instance. An area with very low rainfall (less than 2 mm) was Lowlands: Szczecińska, Śląska, Mazowiecka, Podlaska and Lubelska. Only slightly more rainfall occurred in the lake districts: Pomorskie, Wielkopolskie and also on the Polish Highlands and in the Beskidy Mountains from 2 to 20 mm in some places up to 40 mm. In the second ten days of August rainfalls were very small. Particularly low or even their absence was reported in the eastern part of the country. By contrast, slightly more was reported in the western part of the country from 5 to 40 mm, and in some places were locally higher rainfall origin of the storm. The third ten days of August a further period of very low rainfall. This time, particularly low rainfall occurred in the western part of the country (except the north-western region) from 2 to 5 mm. But not much more precipitation was recorded in the eastern part of the country from 5 to 10 mm. Only the northern parts of Poland had slightly greater rainfall than 10 to 20 mm.