Drought in Coastal Cameron, Texas

Drought September 1, 2023 – September 18, 2023 · Coastal Cameron, Texas

What the National Weather Service wrote

Severe (D2) Drought Continued across the southern half of Coastal Cameron County, south of a line from Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, through the middle of September as the typically welcome rainfall failed to arrive in a significant way, while record heat continued from August into September.

The wider storm

Near record to record hot and generally rain-free weather to begin the normally wettest month of the calendar year maintained a large swath of Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) Drought across all but the eastern portions of the Brush Country/Coastal Plains and Rio Grande Valley.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1142723. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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