Drought — Salt Basin, Texas

2021-06-01 to 2021-06-30 · Salt Basin, Texas

Event narrative

The far east portion of the zone started the month in Exceptional(D4) drought and improved to Severe(D2) drought over the southwest. By the end of the month, the far east was in Severe(D2) drought and Moderate(D1) drought elsewhere.

Wider weather episode

Above normal rainfall, especially in the later half of the month helped to improve drought conditions across Far West Texas in June.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 968925. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.