Drought in Zavala, Texas

Nearly all of South-Central Texas had above normal rainfall during the month. More than half of the area had two to three times normal. This led to improvement in the ongoing drought. Dimmit County improved from Exceptional (D4) Drought to Extreme (D3) Drought. Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, De Witt, Fayette, Frio, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Lavaca, Lee, Maverick, Wilson, and Zavala Counties all improved from D3 to Severe (D2) Drought. Despite the rain Hays, Medina, and Travis Counties stayed in D3 and Blanco and Williamson stayed in D2.

The Edwards Aquifer level rose 12.6 feet but was still 26.2 feet below normal. Area reservoirs were below normal conservation levels. Lake Travis rose 0.2 feet but was 16.8 feet below normal. Canyon Lake remained the same as in March and was 22.3 feet below normal. Lake Amistad dropped 0.2 feet and was 69.1 feet below normal. Medina Lake dropped 0.2 feet and was 87.4 feet below normal. The 7-day average streamflow was below (10%-24%) to much below (<10%) normal on the Medina River; below normal on the Blanco River; and below normal to normal on the lower Guadalupe and San Marcos Rivers. All other rivers were normal. Most water providers encouraged conservation while San Antonio and Universal City imposed stage 3 restrictions and New Braunfels and Austin had stage 2.

Nearly all of South-Central Texas had above normal rainfall during the month. More than half of the area had two to three times normal. This led to improvement in the ongoing drought. Dimmit County improved from Exceptional (D4) Drought to Extreme (D3) Drought. Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, De Witt, Fayette, Frio, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Lavaca, Lee, Maverick, Wilson, and Zavala Counties all improved from D3 to Severe (D2) Drought. Despite the rain Hays, Medina, and Travis Counties stayed in D3 and Blanco and Williamson stayed in D2.