Drought in Randall County, Texas

Randall County started and ended the month of November with the western half of the county in Severe Drought (D2) to Extreme Drought (D3). The eastern half of the county was in Moderate Drought (D1). The county received near normal to half an inch below normal rainfall for the month of November. The county remained with a 4 to 8 deficit year to date.

Soil moisture remained short to very short through the month of November. The continuation of extended drought left farmers and ranchers seeking ways to water crops and feed livestock. Drought continued to affect the quality of forage, forcing producers to bale failed crops as well as grasses that are not normally harvested as forage. The worst of the drought in the Great Plains was across the Oklahoma Panhandle and far northern Texas Panhandle into much of southern Kansas and into Oklahoma. A few counties in the Panhandles were free of Severe Drought (D2) for the month of November but were not completely free of drought and were classified in Moderate Drought (D1).