Texas Drought

Huge amounts of rain in a short amount of time have left portions of Texas dealing with flooding situations over the past few days.   In recent months and even years drought is a word that is more often associated with Texas than flood.  Let’s check in to see where we are with the latest drought statistics coming out of Texas:

Palmer Drought Index

This images shows the amount of rain needed to end the drought.  Recent storms brought a huge amount of rain to the Dallas Area.  In those areas, not much additional rainfall is needed to end the drought conditions, while the Houston area and surrounding Gulf coast is still needing more rain.

Expect another mild and dry today across Texas with no rain for the upcoming weekend.  Temperatures will be significantly cooler tomorrow after a front moves through tonight.

The only other areas of the nation classified to be under exceptional drought conditions are a few pockets in the Southeast.

Back in November just over 9% over the country was classified “Exceptional” drought and now only 2.29% of the nation is in that category.

Forecast For Today

Looking at the bigger picture, all the active weather is much further northeast.  Maine could receive up to 10 inches today while the northern tier of the midwest also picks up a few quick inches as another system zooms through.