Drought in Northern Hidalgo County, Texas

Severe Drought (D2) prevailed across all of Northern Hidalgo County through October 9th. Locally heavy rainfall across the eastern half of this area following locally heavy rainfall of 1 to 1.5 inches would improve conditions in these areas beginning on October 10th.

Searing heat that dominated September continued into the first four days of October across the entire region, maintaining Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) Drought. Localized clusters of thunderstorms from southern Kenedy through Brownsville (Cameron County), and across the Jim Hogg/Starr/Zapata Brush Country/Rio Grande Plains on October 5th, associated with a cooling front, would begin gradual improvements across the entire region - though Severe to Extreme conditions would persist a bit longer.