Drought — Salt Basin, Texas

2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 · Salt Basin, Texas

Event narrative

The month started out with Extreme(D3) drought east and Severe(D2) drought west. By the end of the month, the east was in Severe(D2) drought and Moderate(D1) drought over the far west.

Wider weather episode

An above normal month of rainfall helped to continue improving drought conditions for Far West Texas in October.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1296402. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.