Dimmit storm history

A non-U.S. resident, the victim was found outside.

A non-U.S. resident, the victim was found outside.

Most of South-Central Texas outside of the Hill Country received less than 50% of normal precipitation during the month. This led to worsening drought conditions in 13 counties and unchanged conditions in 11. De Witt and Lee Counties had the largest changes from Moderate (D1) Dro…

Nearly all of South-Central Texas received less than normal precipitation during November. Most of the area saw less than 25% of normal. This worsened the drought in some locations and maintained it most other places. However, Fayette and Gonzales Counties received enough rain to…

October rainfall was less than 50% of normal across most of South-Central Texas and drought conditions worsened in four counties. Fayette and Gonzales Counties changed from Severe (D2) Drought category to Extreme (D3) Drought while Dimmit and Lavaca went from Moderate (D1) Drough…

Nearly all of South-Central Texas received above normal rainfall in July. A large part of the area had four to six times normal. The drought improved in nearly every county. Kerr County improved from Exceptional (D4) drought category to no drought. Gillespie County improved from …

A large portion of the eastern half of South-Central Texas received above normal rainfall in June. This led to drought improvement in a number of counties and no change in all of the others. Atascosa, Bexar, and Kendall improved from Exceptional (D4) drought category to Extreme (…

A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that damaged the front porch of a house and bent a metal post in Carrizo Springs.

A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that snapped power poles and damaged a business sign on Hwy 277 in Carrizo Springs.

A thunderstorm produced hail up to quarter size at the intersection of US 83 and US 277 in Carrizo Springs.

A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that snapped 3-6 inch diameter tree limbs in Carrizo Springs near the intersection of US 83 and US 277.

Most of South-Central Texas received above normal precipitation during the month. Some places had two to three times their normal. As a result, drought conditions improved in most of our counties and remained the same everywhere else. Blanco, Frio, Gillespie, Kinney, Maverick, Re…

Most of South-Central Texas had near to below normal precipitation in April, and the drought mostly was unchanged or worsened. Only Burnet, Lavaca, and Williamson Counties improved from Extreme (D3) Drought category to Severe (D2) Drought. Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Val Verde, and…

Most of South-Central Texas had another month of near to below normal precipitation, and the drought worsened or remained the same. Wilson County saw the biggest change from Severe (D2) Drought category to Exceptional (D4) Drought. Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Frio, Gillespi…

Another dry month led to worsening drought conditions for South-Central Texas. Most of the region saw 50% or less of normal precipitation in February. Medina County went from Extreme (D3) Drought category to Exceptional (D4) Drought. Atascosa, Frio, Maverick, Real, and Zavala cou…

Most of South-Central Texas had below normal precipitation again in January and the drought remained unchanged or worsened. Blanco and Gillespie Counties worsened from Moderate (D1) Drought category to Extreme (D3) Drought. Kerr and Uvalde Counties went from Severe (D2) Drought c…

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing Hwy 83 south of Catarina.

High pressure built over the southern part of the country allowing temperatures to climb above normal. In combination with high relative humidity heat indices rose to 115 degrees and higher. The heat index in New Braunfels reached 120, LaGrange hit 119, and the Randolph AFB Auxil…

A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew down some large trees and damaged fences and outdoor structures in Asherton.

Excessive heat was observed nearly every day of August across parts of South Central Texas. The heat wave started on the 1st in Blanco, Caldwell, De Witt, Lavaca, Llano, Gonzales, Guadalupe, and Travis Counties when temperatures reached 105 to 107. The heat spread to most of the …

Strong high pressure settled over South Central Texas, and temperatures soared. The heat wave started on the 10th when temperatures in Blanco, Caldwell, De Witt, Hays, Llano and Travis Counties reached 105 degrees, and the heat index in Maverick County reached 114. The heat sprea…

Strong high pressure settled over South Central Texas, and temperatures and heat indices soared. The heat wave started on the 14th in Atascosa County where the heat index reached 113. The excessive heat expanded over the next several days until it reached its peak on the 21st whe…

May was a wet month across nearly all of South Central Texas. The area south of I-10/Hwy 90 received 150% to 400% of normal precipitation. This improved the drought category from Extreme (D3) to less than Severe (D2) in Bexar, Burnet, Dimmit, Llano, Uvalde, and Zavala Counties. E…

Drought conditions generally improved in April. Most of the eastern half of South Central Texas received normal or greater precipitation. Hays County improved from Exceptional (D4) drought to Severe (D2) drought. Bexar, Comal, and Gillespie Counties improved from D4 to Extreme (D…

Nearly all of South Central Texas saw below normal precipitation in March and the drought worsened in 17 counties. Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Hays, Kerr, and Medina Counties went from Extreme (D3) drought to Exceptional (D4). Dimmit and Guadalupe went from Severe (D2) drought to …

February was another dry month across South Central Texas. Most of the area received less than 50% of normal precipitation. This worsened the drought in several counties. Burnet and Uvalde Counties went from Severe (D2) drought to Extreme (D3) drought and Llano and Real went from…

Most of the area along and west of Hwy 281 had less than 50% of normal precipitation during January. This worsened the drought in Burnet, Dimmit, Uvalde, and Zavala Counties all of which went into Severe (D2) drought. All of the other counties remained unchanged. Guadalupe and Ki…

Temperatures dropped to 21 degrees with wind speeds 8-18 mph producing wind chill temperatures as low as 8 degrees. These are estimates based on nearby county observations.

Several heavy rain episodes during August led to above normal precipitation across South Central Texas. Much of the western half of the area received three to four times their normal. The result was improvement on the drought in all but two counties. Atascosa, Karnes, and Zavala …

July was another month with below normal precipitation across nearly all of South Central Texas and the drought continued to worsen. Bexar, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Wilson, and Zavala Counties moved from Extreme (D3) to Exceptional (D4) drought. Cald…

June was another month with below normal precipitation across South Central Texas and the drought continued to worsen. Atascosa and Edwards Counties moved from Extreme (D3) to Exceptional (D4) drought. Comal, De Witt, Gonzales, and Guadalupe moved from Severe (D2) to D3. Caldwell…

May was another dry month across most of South Central Texas which exacerbated the ongoing drought. In Blanco, Karnes, Kendall, and Kerr Counties the drought worsened to Exceptional (D4) drought. Hays and Williamson Counties moved into Severe (D2) drought for the first time. Band…

Most of South Central Texas had another dry month in April with all but a few spots receiving less than normal rainfall. This led to a worsening of drought conditions for Atascosa, Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano, Medina, Real, and Uvalde Counties all of which went from Extreme…

Nearly all of South Central Texas had below normal precipitation during the month and the area west of a line from Burnet to San Antonio and Pleasanton had less than 25% of normal. This worsened the drought across the region. Dimmit County ended the month in Exceptional (D4) drou…

Another month of below normal precipitation left much of South Central Texas in Severe (D2) or worse drought conditions. Dimmit County stayed in Extreme (D3) drought and Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Medina, R…

Most of the western half of South Central Texas received less than 25% of normal precipitation during January and the north central part of the area had less than 75% of normal. The lack of rainfall led to Severe (D2) Drought conditions developing in Atascosa, Bandera, Blanco, Bu…

After several months of below normal rainfall Val Verde, Edwards, Dimmit, and Maverick Counties moved into Severe (D2) Drought category. Val Verde, Maverick, and Dimmit Counties had outdoor burn bans in effect. Lake Amistad was 47.8 feet below normal.

Most of Dimmit County had near to above normal precipitation during November and the county improved to better than Severe Drought.

After a couple of months of below normal rainfall, Dimmit County went into Severe Drought (D2). There were voluntary water restrictions across the county.

Lightning started a fire at a oilfield tank battery near the intersection of Hwy 85 and FM 190 near Brundage. One of the damaged tanks released hydrogen sulfide. Hwy 85, FM 190, FM 1556, FM 65, and FM 1407 were closed and residents in the area were asked to shelter in place.

Heavy rain flooded a yard near Big Wells.

Heavy rain caused minor street flooding in Asherton.

Rainfall during May was 150% to 300% of normal across the southern part of South Central Texas. This excessive rain ended drought conditions in Dimmit (ended 5/25), Frio (5/11), Karnes (5/18), and Zavala (5/11) Counties.

Another dry month moved Karnes County into Severe (D2) Drought category and kept Dimmit in Extreme (D3) Drought and Frio and Zavala in D2. All four counties had outdoor burn bans in effect. The Texas A&M Agrilife Texas Crop and Weather Report stated there were dry conditions acro…

Precipitation was below normal across of all of South Central Texas during March. The lack of rain moved Dimmit County to Extreme (D3) Drought Category from Severe (D2) Drought and Bexar, Comal, Kendall, and Lavaca Counties to Severe (D2) from lower categories. Bandera, De Witt, …

Extreme cold temperatures and breezy winds combined to produce wind chill values of 0 to -5 degrees F.

Snowfall totals in Carrizo Springs were 1.3' to 1.5'.