1958,1-August, a large area of drought, Hebei, Shanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and southwest Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and South China, Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces. Spring drought lasts for a long time and spreads widely, which seriously affects the sowing and growth of crops. There has been no rain and snow for more than 200 consecutive days in the central and eastern parts of Hebei Province.

In mid-May, drought continued in southwest, south China and eastern Hebei. In summer, more than 8 million hectares of farmland in East China and Northeast China suffer from drought. 266 small rivers and 1384 reservoirs in Jilin Province have dried up, which is the worst drought in recent 30 years. This year, the drought affected 22.36 million hectares of farmland in 24 provinces and autonomous regions.

Need to know:

According to "Flood and Drought Disaster Records of China", in the long period of 1949- 1990, "there are 23 years in which the drought area in China exceeds 20 million hm, and there are 12 years in which the disaster area exceeds100000 hm.

196 1 year, 1978, 1960, 1988 and 1989 ... 15 years drought rate exceeded/kloc-. Include 1972, 1976 and1959-196, 1978-1982 and1982.

The drought rate exceeded 20%, and the disaster rate exceeded 10% for six years, namely 1, 968+0, 1, 1, 978, 1, 986, 1, respectively.