Drought in Cameron Island, Texas

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Severe (D2) Drought Continued across the Cameron County barrier island to include all of the City of South Padre Island through Boca Chica Beach, through the middle of September as the typically welcome rainfall failed to arrive in a significant way.

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 1142726. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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