Drought in Dimmit, Texas

Nearly all of South Central Texas had below normal precipitation during the month and the area west of a line from Burnet to San Antonio and Pleasanton had less than 25% of normal. This worsened the drought across the region. Dimmit County ended the month in Exceptional (D4) drought category. Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavala Counties moved into Extreme (D3) drought. Bexar, Comal, De Witt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, and Wilson entered Severe (D2) drought. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions and San Antonio and New Braunfels were in Stage 1. The Edwards Aquifer was 15.4 feet below normal at the end of the month. Area reservoirs were down with Lake Amistad 51.3 feet below conservation pool level and Medina Lake 51.6 feet below. The only counties in D2 or worse drought without a burn ban in effect at the end of the month were Bexar, Edwards, and Kerr.