Drought in Coastal Cameron, Texas

Rainfall estimated and measured at 0.5 to 1.5 inches along and just west of Laguna Madre on the afternoon of October 5th drought levels from Extreme (D3) to Severe (D2) along and south of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge south to the Rio Grande, including Bayview and Port Isabel.

Two areas of heavy rainfall associated with the season's first notable cold front dropped between 3 and 5 inches in portions of Cameron and Willacy County, and 1 to 2 or more inches in portions of Starr, Jim Hogg, and most of Zapata County during the afternoon and evening of October 5th. These rains, followed by a break in the searing heat, improved drought conditions in these areas - but Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) Drought conditions continued, especially where the rains did not fall (Hidalgo and Brooks County).