Indicators in Australia show generally below average condition during the period between January and April in 2016, which is out of season for wheat and barley,  the main crops for Australia. As a result, it is not surprising that the maximum VCI reaches only 0.46 throughout the region, with a 7% decrease of CALF compared with the recent 5 years.

Compared to the five-year average, the spatial NDVI patterns and the corresponding time profiles show poor conditions in southeastern New South Wales and southern Victoria, resulting from the agroclimatic indicators of southeastern wheat zone (RAIN: -14%, TEMP:+0.7°C; RADPAR, -2%). New South Wales and Victoria recorded "poor" rains (-33% and -32%). Nationwide, agroclimatic indicators display average conditions (RAIN:-13%, TEMP:+0.1°C; RADPAR, - 1%), resulting in below average potential accumulated biomass (-13%, compared with the recent years). Positive departures of rain in South Australia and West Australia (34% and 72%) will lead to favourable  soil moisture  for the planting of wheat and barley in the coming month.