Drought in Randall County, Texas

Drought October 1, 2022 – October 31, 2022 · Randall County, Texas

What the National Weather Service wrote

Randall County started the month of October with the southwest corner in Severe Drought (D2) and the rest of the county in Moderate Drought (D1). Within the first few days a small portion of the far southwest corner degraded into Extreme Drought (D3) conditions while the rest of the western half of the county degraded into D2 drought. The county ended the month with the western half in at least D2 conditions an a rainfall deficit of 4 to 8 year to date.

The wider storm

Long term drought conditions continued to keep rangelands grassless putting a strain on ranchers, which have been forced to supplement feed or sell off cattle. Soil moisture continued to be short to very short for portions of the combined Panhandles through October. These soil conditions slowed the planting of winter wheat for some areas in the more extreme to exceptional drought conditions.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1060145. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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