Is North Texas still in a drought?
The drought has been erased in North Texas. Near Hillsboro and Gainesville, the soil is still dry but not to the point of drought status. Our redesigned local news and weather app is live!
Is there a drought in Texas right now?
Currently 42 percent of South-Central Texas has Abnormally Dry (D0) conditions to Moderate drought (D1) conditions. Figure 2 – Departure from Normal Rainfall January 1, 2021 to May 27, 2021 The U.S. Drought Monitor is a comprehensive drought monitoring effort between government and academic partners.
When was last drought in Texas?
As of December 2020, the portions of Texas experiencing some level of drought conditions has increased dramatically over the past year. There have been several droughts of note in Texas’ history; notably, the seven-year drought of the 1950s, and the major drought beginning in 2010 and lasting through 2015.
Where is the drought in Texas?
The areas hit the hardest are south and far west Texas, with a majority of those regions in extreme to exceptional drought. This includes some of Texas’ most productive agricultural areas like the Winter Gardens along the Rio Grande Plains.
How much of Texas is drought?
That doesn’t mean that the drought is over. As of June, 2014, 70 percent of Texas is still in drought conditions, while 21 percent is in the worst two stages of drought, either extreme or exceptional drought. The state’s reservoirs are 67 percent full.
What are considered the most intense droughts in Texas history?
1925 High temperatures and low rainfall set records for the worst one-year drought that stand for the next 86 years. 1930-1936 Dust Bowl drought leads to staggering economic losses and displaces thousands from the land. Amarillo experiences an average of nine dust storms per month every spring.
Is Texas getting drier?
Texas’s climate is changing. Most of the state has warmed between one-half and one degree (F) in the past century. In the eastern two-thirds of the state, average annual rainfall is increasing, yet the soil is becoming drier.
Is this the worst drought in history?
From 1950 to 1957, Texas experienced the most severe drought in recorded history.
Where does Texas get its water?
More than half of all municipal water in Texas comes from underground water. The largest single use of underground water in Texas is for irrigation. In 1990, 6 million acres in Texas was irrigated, and about 70 percent of all irrigation water came from underground sources.
