Drought in Dimmit, Texas

Another month of below normal precipitation left much of South Central Texas in Severe (D2) or worse drought conditions. Dimmit County stayed in Extreme (D3) drought and Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavala Counties remained in D2. The 7-day average streamflow at the end of the month was Much Below normal on the Frio, Medina, San Antonio, Upper Guadalupe, Pedernales, and Llano Rivers. It was Below normal on the Nueces River. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions. The Edwards Aquifer was 9.6 feet below normal. Area lakes and reservoirs were below normal with Lake Amistad 48.3 feet below and Medina Lake 48.1 feet below. Atascosa, Blanco, Dimmit, Frio, Kendall, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavala Counties had outdoor burn bans in effect.