Drought conditions (D1–D4) increased to 57% of the state, up from 54% four weeks ago; statewide reservoir storage decreased to 73.5% full, down from 74.2% four weeks ago, about 7 percentage points below normal for this time of year. We remain under a La Niña Advisory with a 75% chance of La Nada (neutral) conditions arriving during the January-through-March season. December had brutally low rainfall; most of the state is projected to be in drought over the next three months.
Category: outlook+water
outlook+water: Most of the state in drought, La Niña remains, and an interesting hurricane season
Drought conditions (D1–D4) increased to 54% of the state from 33% four weeks ago; statewide reservoir storage increased to 74.2% full from 73.9% four weeks ago, about 6 percentage points below normal for this time of year. We remain under a La Niña Advisory with a 61% chance of La Niña conditions continuing into the January-through-March season. Most of the state is projected to be in drought over the next three months.
outlook+water: La Niña is here, the second month the rain stopped, and drought and The Blob are coming for us all
Drought conditions (D1–D4) increased to 33% of the state, up from 24% four weeks ago; statewide reservoir storage decreased to 73.9% full, down from 75.6% four weeks ago, about 6 percentage points below normal for this time of year. We are now a La Niña Advisory with a 55% chance of La Niña conditions continuing into the January-March season. Most of the state is projected to be in drought over the next three months.
outlook+water: La Niña watch, the month the rain stopped, and drought is coming for us all
Drought conditions (D1–D4) increased to 24% of the state from 20% four weeks ago; statewide reservoir storage decreased to 75.6% full from 77.3% four weeks ago, about 4 percentage points below normal for this time of year. We are under a La Niña Watch for the fall and winter. Last month, there was no drought projected in Texas over the next three months; this month, the whole dang state is projected to be in drought.
outlook+water: La Niña watch, drought improvements expected, the 20th warmest year (so far)
Drought conditions (D1–D4) increased to 20% of the state from 19% of the state four weeks ago; statewide reservoir storage decreased to 77.3% full from 78.7% four weeks ago, about 4 percentage points below normal for this time of year. We are under a La Niña Watch for the fall and winter. This is the 20th warmest year on record in Texas through July.