Drought — Southern Hudspeth Highlands, Texas

2022-08-01 to 2022-08-23 · Southern Hudspeth Highlands, Texas

Event narrative

The month started with Extreme(D3) drought over the east and Moderate(D1) drought across the western half of the zone. By August 23rd, the entire zone was in Abnormally Dry(D0) drought.

Wider weather episode

Another month of above normal precipitation helped to improve all areas of Far West Texas to Moderate(D1) drought or better.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1052844. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.