Drought — Randall County, Texas

2022-10-01 to 2022-10-31 · Randall County, Texas

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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_id 1060145. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.