Palmer drought index

Palmer Drought Index - measurement of dryness. Article “Palmer drought index” in English Wikipedia has 24.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 11 references and 4 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Palmer drought index”, its content was written by 40 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 105 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 17 times in English Wikipedia and cited 51 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #20784 in April 2003
• Global: #27063 in April 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #188347 in May 2023
• Global: #303699 in May 2023

There are 10 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Palmer drought index		24.84
2	German (de) Palmer-Dürre-Index		24.4049
3	Portuguese (pt) Índice de Severidade de Seca de Palmer		21.178
4	Chinese (zh) 帕默尔干旱指数		19.165
5	Catalan (ca) Índex de sequera de Palmer		16.8596
6	French (fr) Indice de sècheresse de Palmer		16.424
7	Vietnamese (vi) Chỉ số hạn hán Palmer		15.1539
8	Arabic (ar) مؤشر بالمر للجفاف		14.7709
9	Polish (pl) Wskaźnik dotkliwości suszy Palmera		14.5314
10	Spanish (es) Índice de sequía de Palmer		12.9038

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Palmer drought index" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Palmer drought index		209 461
2	French (fr) Indice de sècheresse de Palmer		17 489
3	German (de) Palmer-Dürre-Index		14 418
4	Chinese (zh) 帕默尔干旱指数		13 105
5	Spanish (es) Índice de sequía de Palmer		11 556
6	Arabic (ar) مؤشر بالمر للجفاف		2 917
7	Catalan (ca) Índex de sequera de Palmer		932
8	Polish (pl) Wskaźnik dotkliwości suszy Palmera		757
9	Portuguese (pt) Índice de Severidade de Seca de Palmer		728
10	Vietnamese (vi) Chỉ số hạn hán Palmer		701

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Palmer drought index" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Palmer drought index		933
2	Chinese (zh) 帕默尔干旱指数		79
3	French (fr) Indice de sècheresse de Palmer		48
4	German (de) Palmer-Dürre-Index		43
5	Spanish (es) Índice de sequía de Palmer		27
6	Arabic (ar) مؤشر بالمر للجفاف		25
7	Portuguese (pt) Índice de Severidade de Seca de Palmer		10
8	Vietnamese (vi) Chỉ số hạn hán Palmer		9
9	Polish (pl) Wskaźnik dotkliwości suszy Palmera		8
10	Catalan (ca) Índex de sequera de Palmer		3

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Palmer drought index" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Palmer drought index		40
2	French (fr) Indice de sècheresse de Palmer		19
3	German (de) Palmer-Dürre-Index		16
4	Chinese (zh) 帕默尔干旱指数		8
5	Spanish (es) Índice de sequía de Palmer		6
6	Polish (pl) Wskaźnik dotkliwości suszy Palmera		5
7	Arabic (ar) مؤشر بالمر للجفاف		3
8	Catalan (ca) Índex de sequera de Palmer		3
9	Vietnamese (vi) Chỉ số hạn hán Palmer		3
10	Portuguese (pt) Índice de Severidade de Seca de Palmer		2

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Palmer drought index" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) مؤشر بالمر للجفاف		0
2	Catalan (ca) Índex de sequera de Palmer		0
3	German (de) Palmer-Dürre-Index		0
4	English (en) Palmer drought index		0
5	Spanish (es) Índice de sequía de Palmer		0
6	French (fr) Indice de sècheresse de Palmer		0
7	Polish (pl) Wskaźnik dotkliwości suszy Palmera		0
8	Portuguese (pt) Índice de Severidade de Seca de Palmer		0
9	Vietnamese (vi) Chỉ số hạn hán Palmer		0
10	Chinese (zh) 帕默尔干旱指数		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Palmer drought index" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Palmer drought index		17
2	French (fr) Indice de sècheresse de Palmer		8
3	Portuguese (pt) Índice de Severidade de Seca de Palmer		7
4	German (de) Palmer-Dürre-Index		6
5	Spanish (es) Índice de sequía de Palmer		5
6	Chinese (zh) 帕默尔干旱指数		3
7	Catalan (ca) Índex de sequera de Palmer		2
8	Arabic (ar) مؤشر بالمر للجفاف		1
9	Polish (pl) Wskaźnik dotkliwości suszy Palmera		1
10	Vietnamese (vi) Chỉ số hạn hán Palmer		1

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مؤشر بالمر للجفاف
ca	Catalan Índex de sequera de Palmer
de	German Palmer-Dürre-Index
en	English Palmer drought index
es	Spanish Índice de sequía de Palmer
fr	French Indice de sècheresse de Palmer
pl	Polish Wskaźnik dotkliwości suszy Palmera
pt	Portuguese Índice de Severidade de Seca de Palmer
vi	Vietnamese Chỉ số hạn hán Palmer
zh	Chinese 帕默尔干旱指数

Best Rank

English: #188347 05.2023

Global: #303699 05.2023

Best Rank

English: #20784 04.2003

Global: #27063 04.2003

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