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.
Category: outlook+water
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.
outlook+water: Massive rains in the Hill Country, drought improvement, but the Edwards is still in drought
Drought conditions (D1–D4) decreased to 19% of the state from 30% of the state four weeks ago; statewide reservoir storage decreased to 79% full from 80% four weeks ago, about 4 percentage points below normal for this time of year. The El Niño Southern Oscillation remains in neutral conditions, which are favored through March. The rainfalls we saw in the Hill Country were at least one in 1,000-year events.
outlook+water: La Nada through March? drought shrinks, and rain bombs in the Hill Country
Drought conditions (D1–D4) decreased to 30% of the state from 39% of the state four weeks ago (and is surely lower after the early July rain bombs); statewide reservoir storage increased to 80% full up from 78% four weeks ago, about 4 percentage points below normal for this time of year. The El Niño Southern Oscillation remains in neutral conditions, which are favored through March. The recent rains in the Hill Country are not as rare as you might think.