Drought — Randall County, Texas

2023-12-01 to 2023-12-28 · Randall County, Texas

Event narrative

The southeastern third to half of Potter County started the month of December in Severe Drought (D2) with the rest of the county in Moderate Drought . The northeastern corner of Randall County was in Severe Drought (D2) with the rest of the county in Moderate Drought with D2 improving to D1 just before the end of the month.

Wider weather episode

An unusual rain even during the month of December dropped 3 to almost 7 across the central to eastern TX Panhandle with the higher end of this being in the southeastern TX Panhandle. This was nearly 2 to 5 above normal for December, and help cut overall rainfall deficits down allowing for some areas in Severe Drought (D2) to improve to Moderated Drought (D1) by months end. The exception was the far southwestern TX Panhandle that was in D2 but missed out on the beneficial rain during the big rain event.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1153853. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.