Drought — Zapata, Texas

2025-12-01 to 2025-12-22 · Zapata, Texas

Event narrative

Severe (D2) Drought would prevail across all but the northern quarter of Zapata County through December 22nd.

Wider weather episode

Modest rainfall, seasonably dry even for the typical dry season across the southern tip of Texas, persisted through December and maintained areas of Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) Drought in Kenedy, Brooks, Jim Hogg, far northern Hidalgo, Starr, and Zapata County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1308475. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.