Drought in Medina, Texas

Nearly all of South-Central Texas had less than 10% of normal rainfall in October, and the drought worsened. Hays County saw the worst change from Abnormally Dry (D0) category to Extreme (D3) drought category. Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Medina, and Travis Counties went from Moderate (D1) drought category to D3. Bandera went from Severe (D2) drought category to D3. Atascosa, Caldwell, Frio, Guadalupe, Real, and Wilson Counties went from D0 to D2. Kerr, Uvalde, and Williamson Counties went from D1 to D2. Area rivers and reservoirs declined during the month. The 7-day average streamflow at the end of the month was much below (<10%) normal on the lower Guadalupe River and the upper Colorado River; below (10%-24%) normal on the Nueces River, the Frio River, the Medina River, the upper Guadalupe River, and the lower Colorado River; and normal (25%-75%) to below normal on the San Antonio River. The Edwards Aquifer dropped 1.8 feet and was 36.5 feet below normal. Medina Lake dropped 0.4 feet and was 90.9 feet below normal. Lake Travis dropped 1.3 feet and was 42.1 feet below normal. Canyon Lake dropped 1.5 feet and was 26.7 feet below normal. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought, Atascosa, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Frio, Guadalupe, Hays, Kendall, Medina, Real, Travis, Williamson, and Wilson had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month.