Indicators inAustralia show generally below average condition during the period betweenJanuary 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 themaximum VCI reaches only 0.46 throughout the region, with a 7% decrease of CALFcompared with the recent 5 years.

澳大利亚在2016年1月至4月时间段内作物长势总体上低于平均水平，此阶段非澳大利亚主要作物小麦和大麦的生长季，因此，整个地区的最佳植被状态指数仅达到0.46也不足为奇。与近5年平均水平相比，其作物种植比例偏低7%。

Compared to the five-year average, thespatial NDVI patterns and the corresponding time profiles show poor conditionsin southeastern New South Wales and southern Victoria, resulting from theagroclimatic indicators of southeastern wheat zone (RAIN: -14%, TEMP:+0.7°C;RADPAR, -2%). New South Wales and Victoria recorded "poor" rains(-33% and -32%).

与过去5年平均水平相比，NDVI空间模式和相应的时间过程线显示新南威尔士州东南部和维多利亚州南部的作物长势较差，这主要与澳大利亚东南部小麦区的农业气候指标有关，降水偏少14%，气温偏高0.7°C，光合有效辐射偏少2%，其中，新南威尔士州和维多利亚州的降水缺乏，分别偏少33%和32%。

Nationwide, agroclimatic indicators displayaverage conditions (RAIN:-13%, TEMP:+0.1°C; RADPAR, -1%), resulting in below average potential accumulated biomass (-13%, comparedwith the recent years). Positive departures of rain in South Australia and WestAustralia (34% and 72%) will lead to favourable  soil moisture  forthe planting of wheat and barley in the coming month.

就全国而言，农情气候指标呈现平均水平，其中降水偏少13%，气温偏高0.1°C，光合有效辐射偏少1%，结果导致潜在累积生物量与近些年相比偏少13%，低于平均水平。南澳大利亚州和西澳大利亚州的降水偏多（分别为34%和72%）使得该地区土壤墒情有利于未来小麦和大麦的播种。