Drought in Medina, Texas

Nearly all of South-Central Texas received less than 50% of normal precipitation during the month, and most counties stayed in the same drought category. The one change was Dimmit County which went from Extreme (D3) Drought to Exceptional (D4) Drought. Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, De Witt, Fayette, Frio, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays, Karnes, Lavaca, Lee, Maverick, Medina, Travis, Wilson, and Zavala Counties stayed in D3. Blanco, Kendall, Kinney, and Williamson stayed in Severe (D2) Drought. The Edwards Aquifer level dropped 2.0 feet and was 41.0 feet below normal. Area reservoirs were below normal conservation levels. Lake Travis dropped 1.4 feet and was 15.2 feet below normal. Canyon Lake dropped 0.5 feet and was 21.5 feet below normal. The 7-day average streamflow was much below (<10%) normal on the Lavaca, Blanco, San Marcos, lower Guadalupe, Medina, and Atascosa Rivers, and below (10%-24%) normal on the San Gabriel, Colorado, San Antonio, lower Nueces, and Frio Rivers. Most water providers encouraged conservation while San Antonio and Universal City imposed stage 3 restrictions and New Braunfels and Austin had stage 2. Of the counties in D2 or worse drought, Atascosa, Bastrop, Blanco, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, De Witt, Dimmit, Fayette, Frio, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays, Karnes, Lee, Medina, Travis, Williamson, Wilson, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month.