The invention discloses a drought early-warning method. The drought early-warning method includes acquiring 
plant distribution information of crops in an early-warning area; acquiring information of 
weather forecasting and the like in the early-warning area; calculating actual 
evapotranspiration of the crops; calculating to acquire relative 
water content in a planned moist layer in soil according to information of the actual 
evapotranspiration of the crops and the like; and comparing the relative 
water content in the planned moist layer in soil and 
lower limit of a drought threshold value, and judging drought degree of the crops. Therefore, information from multiple types of sources, such as growth condition of the crops, water in soil, 
weather forecasting information, geographic information in the early-warning area, is considered comprehensively, the drought degree of the crops is judged, and accordingly early warning of drought of the crops is more accurate and reasonable, and unreasonable utilization and waste of 
water resources are unlikely to cause during 
irrigation. Finally, related information of the drought degree of the crops and the like is used to generate and display a space distribution map by a 
geographic information system, and accordingly optimized allocation of the 
water resources in 
agriculture and early warning of drought in an area range are achieved.