Drought in Northern Hidalgo County, Texas

Drought April 7, 2026 – April 13, 2026 · Northern Hidalgo County, Texas

What the National Weather Service wrote

D3 (Extreme Drought) conditions were present across much of Northern Hidalgo County from April 7-13 thanks to recent beneficial rains. Finally, D2 (Severe Drought) conditions were present over western Northern Hidalgo County from April 7-13 thanks to recent beneficial rains.

The wider storm

Beneficial rains on April 4-5 finally brought some drought improvements across the Lower Rio Grande Valley/Deep South Texas ranchlands. While D2 (Severe) and D3 (Exceptional) Drought conditions remained in place for nearly the entire region, the coverage of Extreme (D3) and Exceptional (D4) was reduced, with D4 down from 54.8% to 0.3%, and D3/D4 combined down from 94.6% to 73.3%.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1333203. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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