Category: outlook+water

Summary: 29% of the state is in exceptional drought, the worst drought category. La Niña conditions are getting stronger with the fall and early winter favoring a continued La Niña advisory. The Climate Prediction Center projects 14 to 21 named storms, of which 6 to 10 might become hurricanes.

88% of the state is in drought with 14% of the state under exceptional drought conditions. La Niña is expected to continue through summer and, possibly, into the fall. Colorado State University predicts 19 named tropical storms (1991-2020 average = 14.4) with nine hurricanes (average = 7.2) and four major hurricanes (average = 3.2).

90 percent of the state is in drought with the return of exceptional drought conditions in the High Plains. Exceptional drought—the worst drought category—has appeared in the High Plains. Dry conditions expected to continue.

78% of the state is in drought with 88% at least abnormally dry. Some improvements over the last month, but drought is expected to re-expand to the entire state over the next three months. Bois D’Arc Lake in northeast Texas has come online with a conservation capacity of 367,609 acre-feet.

85% of the state is in drought with 96% at least abnormally dry. Drought expected to expand to the entire state over the next three months. December 2021 was the warmest on record beating 1933, the previous record holder, by 5.7 degrees Fahrenheit