Drought — Western El Paso County, Texas

2021-01-01 to 2021-01-31 · Western El Paso County, Texas

Event narrative

The month started with the zone in Extreme(D3) drought, but on January 19th, the entire zone was placed in Exceptional(D4) drought.

Wider weather episode

Another very dry month across far west Texas in January. This lead to all areas being placed in at least Extreme(D3) drought around mid-January.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 935824. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.