Southern Hudspeth Highlands storm history

The far eastern portion of the zone remained in Severe(D2) drought while the remainder of the zone continued in Moderate(D1) drought.

Severe(D2) drought over the eastern half of the month with Moderate(D1) drought over the west improved over the west with Severe(D2) drought only over the extreme eastern portion of the area by the end of November.

The entire zone started out the month in Severe(D2) drought with the western half improving to Moderate(D1) drought by the end of the month.

The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought throughout the month of September.

The entire zone went from Extreme(D3) drought to Severe(D2) drought.

The entire zone started July in Exceptional(D4) drought but improved to Extreme(D3) drought by the end of the month.

The entire zone remained in Exceptional(D4) drought through the month of June.

The entire zone remained in Exceptional(D4) drought in May.

Highway cameras from the Texas Department of Transportation showed visibilities near zero at mile marker 100 of Interstate 10.

Visibilities near zero noted around mile marker 100 on Interstate 10 due to blowing dust.

The Sierra Blanca West Texas Mesonet site reported a peak gust of 64 mph.

Traffic cameras showed thick dust along Interstate 10 slowing down traffic.

Exceptional(D4) drought continued across the zone in April.

The western half of the zone started March in Extreme(D3) drought with Exceptional(D4) drought east. By the end of the month, Exceptional(D4) drought covered the entire zone.

The western half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the east continued to be in Exceptional(D4) drought.

There was no change in drought conditions with the western half of the zone remaining in Extreme(D3) drought and Exceptional(D4) drought over the east.

The western half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the east remained in Exceptional(D4) drought.

The western half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the east remained in Exceptional(D4) drought.

The western half of the zone started out the month in Severe(D2) drought with Extreme(D3) drought over the east. By the end of October, the western half was placed in Extreme(D3) drought and the east in Exceptional(D4) drought.

The eastern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the west continued in Severe(D2) drought.

The eastern portion of the zone was in Extreme(D3) drought while the west was in Severe(D2) drought in August.

The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought throughout the month of July.

The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month of June.

The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month of May.

The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought throughout the entire month of April.

Severe(D2) drought continued throughout the month of March.

The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month of February.

A peak gust of 60 mph was recorded at the Sierra Blanca - Texas Tech Mesonet site.

The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month of January.

The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month of December.

The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through November.

The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month.

The entire zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month of September.

The entire zone went from Abnormally Dry(D0) drought to Severe(D2) drought.

The average temperature at the El Paso Airport was 91.6 degrees which was 2.7 degrees warmer than the previous record set in 2020. The high temperature topped 100 degrees 30 of 31 days during the month with only 0.30 inches of precipitation.

The Sierra Blanca Texas Tech Mesonet site recorded a peak gust of 58 mph.

A Texas Tech Mesonet site reported a peak gust of 75 mph.

The month started with Extreme(D3) drought over the east and Moderate(D1) drought across the western half of the zone. By August 23rd, the entire zone was in Abnormally Dry(D0) drought.

The eastern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought with Moderate(D1) drought over the west.

The eastern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the west remained in Moderate(D1) drought.

The eastern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the west remained in Moderate(D1) drought conditions.

The western portion of the zone remained in Moderate(D1) drought while the far east was in Extreme(D3) drought.

A West Texas Mesonet site at Sierra Blanca recorded a peak gust of 59 mph.

The month started with Abnormally Dry(D0) drought over the west and Moderate(D1) drought east, but by the end of the month, the west was in Moderate(D1) drought and Severe(D3) drought over the east.

The far eastern portion of the zone started out in Exceptional(D4) drought and improved to Severe(D2) drought over the west. By the end of June, the zone was either in no drought to Moderate(D1) drought.

The month started with eastern areas in Exceptional(D4) drought with Extreme(D3) drought over the west. Through the month some improvement was noted with just the far east remaining in Exceptional(D4) drought with Severe(D2) drought over the west at the end of May.

Exceptional(D4) drought remained across the eastern half of the zone while the west was kept in Extreme(D3) drought.

Exceptional(D4) drought remained across the eastern half of the zone while the west was kept in Extreme(D3) drought.

The eastern half of the zone remained in Exceptional(D4) drought while the west continued to be in Extreme(D3) drought.

Exceptional(D4) drought remained over the east with Extreme(D3) drought over the west.