Drought in Dimmit, Texas

Most of the western half of South Central Texas received less than 25% of normal precipitation during January and the north central part of the area had less than 75% of normal. The lack of rainfall led to Severe (D2) Drought conditions developing in Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Medina, Real, Uvalde, and Zavala Counties. Dimmit County worsened from Severe to Extreme (D3) and Edwards, Maverick, and Val Verde remained in D2. At the end of the month, the seven day streamflow for rivers in the region were below to much below normal. The Edwards Aquifer was 4.6 feet below normal. Area reservoirs were below normal. Lake Amistad was 48 feet below normal and Medina Lake was 47.3 feet below normal. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought Atascosa, Blanco, Burnet, Dimmit, Frio, Kendall, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Val Verde, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect.