Drought — Salt Basin, Texas

2024-08-01 to 2024-08-31 · Salt Basin, Texas

Event narrative

The month started in Severe(D2) drought across the entire zone, then by the end of the month, the eastern half was placed in Extreme(D3) drought.

Wider weather episode

Another month of below normal precipitation for much of far west Texas kept drought conditions persistent through August.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1210798. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.