Drought in Inland Kenedy County, Texas

Drought February 1, 2026 – February 23, 2026 · Inland Kenedy County, Texas

What the National Weather Service wrote

Severe (D2) Drought covered inland Kenedy County from about 10 miles west of Baffin Bay southwest through just north/east of the Willacy/Hidalgo County line through February 9th.

The wider storm

The combination of top-ten hottest temperatures and virtually no rainfall in February allowed Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) Drought to persist across locations from Hidalgo and Kenedy County west to Zapata County through February. Coverage of D2 and D3 conditions would steadily expand as the month wore on. Cattle ranchers began to report culling of herds, dried out rangelands, and the need to haul water on more occasions. Farmers in the Valley were beginning to see crop stress on some winter crops. Damage/loss assessments will be provided for March Storm Data as available, when drought peaked at month's end.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1321016. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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