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The Office of the Texas State Climatologist strives to provide accurate climate information and education to the public. Our aim is to provide a better understanding of what impacts the climate of Texas has on day to day life.

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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 15h
If you're in the Weslaco area on Oct. 8-9, check out the South Texas Grazing Lands workshop and hear John Nielsen-Gammon, Ph.D. talk on Climate Trends for South Texas! agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/event-advanc...
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South Texas grazing workshop scheduled for Oct. 8-9 in Weslaco - AgriLife Today
AgriLife Extension and others will host the South Texas Grazing Lands Coalition Working Lands Workshop Oct. 8-9 in Weslaco.
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Southern Regional Climate Center @srcctamu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Parts of North-Central and the Lower Valley of TX degraded to Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions this week as 84% of the State faces drought (D1-D4). Click the link below to explore county-level conditions: droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/S...
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This week, all divisions across the state saw degradation, with 81% of the state in drought conditions and 18% in Extreme Drought or worse (D3–D4). Click the link below to explore county-level conditions: droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/S...
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Despite some improving conditions, drought continued to expand across Texas this week, with 74% of the state experiencing drought conditions. Click the link below to explore county-level conditions: droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/S...
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The only area in Texas with a large portion not experiencing drought or abnormally dry conditions is the Edwards Plateau, which makes up 8% of the state. Click the link below to explore county-level conditions: droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/S...
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This August, Abilene, Texas, had 30 consecutive days with temperatures over 100°F. This ties the record for consecutive days over 100°F, which was set in 1952. To view set records for individual counties, click the link below! www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit...
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Climate at a Glance | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Historical and spatial comparisons of local, county, state, regional, national, and global meteorological data to determine trends and patterns
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Texas may get plenty of the wet stuff this winter. www.yahoo.com/news/weather...
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Will a 'super' El Niño bring snow to Texas this winter? Here's the forecast
The summer's strange weather pattern could create havoc this winter.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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The Hill Country, the Science, and the Next Flood
New science sheds light on the 2025 Texas floods, and how to help people be more prepared in the future.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Corpus Christi’s projected water emergency is delayed until fall 2028 — a year later than previously anticipated — as floodwater from recent intense storms continues flowing into some of the region’s reservoirs www.texastribune.org/2026/07/27/c...
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Floods delay Corpus Christi’s water emergency until 2028
A prolonged drought had put the Coastal Bend city months away from running short of water, but upstream storms have improved the outlook.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This week, 31% of Texas is experiencing drought, with conditions worsening in some counties across the Central and Low Rolling Plains regions. Click the link below to explore county-level conditions: droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/S...
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This year, the Gulf Resilience Community of Practice (CoP) Annual Meeting will be hosted by Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, from November 16–18. Click this link or scan the QR Code below to register! masgc.org/resilience-c...
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Currently, 47% of Texas is experiencing drought conditions, with 2% of the state having Extreme drought (D3) in the High Plains region. Click the link below to explore county-level conditions: droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/S...
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This week, drought conditions improved in the Edwards Plateau, East Texas, and High Plains regions, increasing the drought-free portion of the state to over 50%. Click the link below to explore county-level conditions: droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/S...
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Improvement in drought conditions in South Central and East areas brings Texas areas in drought conditions to 53.3%, with extreme drought (D3) persisting in the High Plains. Click the link below to explore county-level conditions: droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/S...
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
"We fought trying to put seed in dry ground trying to reach moisture to get a crop up," Ring said. "Then trying to get the water off before the crop dies." www.kiiitv.com/article/news...
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South Texas farmers face new concerns after heavy rains follow prolonged drought
Recent heavy rains have eased drought conditions across South Texas but created new concerns for farmers dealing with flooded fields and nutrient loss.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
For Texas, 57% of the state is impacted by drought. The driest conditions (D3 or higher) impact the High Plains, Low Rolling Plains, East, South-Central, and Southern regions. Click the link below to explore county-level conditions: droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/S...
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| U.S. Drought Monitor
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Texas residents: public comments on the Draft 2027 State Water Plan are available to submit through May 29th 5pm! Submit comments online at forms.office.com/pages/respon... Learn more and view the draft at www.twdb.texas.gov/waterplannin...
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Southern Regional Climate Center @srcctamu.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Concerned about drought in Texas, Oklahoma, and/or Kansas? Register for the June Drought webinar: myemail.constantcontact.com/Register-for... #txwx #okwx #kswx
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Register for the June Southern Plains Drought Webinar
Email from NOAA/NIDIS Register now for the webinar on June 9! Southern Plains Drought Early Warning System News   Southern Plains Drought Webinar Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 3 p.m. CT Drought conditions c
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Cities don’t just change the landscape, they change the weather! A new study from our office, published by @nature.com, analyzes tens of thousands of rain events in Texas to see if urban areas make rain worse, lighter or simply different. stories.tamu.edu/news/2026/05...
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Cities change storms, but the impacts depend on the storm itself – Texas A&M Stories
New findings could help reduce urban flood risks and improve planning for extreme weather.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
In Texas, 70% of winter wheat abandonment occurred due to drought, exceptional drought (D4) appeared in the Texas Panhandle for the first time since July 2023, and Edwards Aquifer levels remain significantly below average and have been since 2022. 7th warmest April on record ✅
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Southern Regional Climate Center @srcctamu.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Drought Status Update for the Southern Plains | May 19, 2026: May storms bring relief, but not removal, of Southern Plains drought. Exceptional Drought (D4) appeared in Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle for the first time since July 2023. More impacts & outlooks: www.drought.gov/drought-stat...
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Drought Status Update for the Southern Plains | May 19, 2026 | Drought.gov
NIDIS and partners will issue future Drought Status Updates as conditions evolve.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"water levels in rural wells have already dropped since the city began drilling nearby" Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...
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A Texas City Bet Big on Industry. Now It’s Running Out of Water.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Big news! New Texas Hailstone Record (7.1") Confirmed by NOAA and Partners www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/new-tex...
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New Texas Hailstone Record Confirmed by NOAA and Partners
New hail record for Texas of 7.1 inches discovered by storm chasers on June 2, 2024.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The city (Corpus Christi) is expecting to declare a water emergency by the end of the summer. Corpus relies heavily on rainfall to refill its reservoirs, but in recent years, that rain hasn't come, John Nielsen-Gammon-Texas state climatologist www.npr.org/transcripts/...
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Texas coastal city faces worsening water shortage due to prolonged drought
After years of drought and rising demand, Corpus Christi's water supply is nearing critical levels, raising concerns for residents and one of the nation's largest energy hubs.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The drought did not create the industrial water demand, it exposed its limits. www.texasobserver.org/corpus-chris...
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The Corpus Christi Water Crisis Isn't Exceptional. It's Early.
When drought cycles outpace infrastructure planning, a water emergency is not a surprise—it’s a forecast.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
U.S. Drought Monitor showed 59.91% of the area in moderate drought or worse, compared with 56.21% last week. For all 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Drought Monitor showed 50.07% of the area in moderate drought or worse, compared with 46.97% last week. droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.a...
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Save the date for the Gulf Resilience Community of Practice Annual Meeting in Beaumont, TX 📍on Nov. 16th-18th 📅! More details are to come soon on registration, abstracts, and more! Click here to get the information➡️ masgc.org/resilience-c... #txwx
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Annual Meeting 2026
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Southern Regional Climate Center @srcctamu.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Southern Region Drought Update, valid March 17th to 25th, 2026

What Changed? East TX, eastern AR, central LA, northwestern MS & eastern TN improved from small pockets of high rainfall. Deep south TX, the TX & OK panhandles, south-central OK, and northwest TN saw drought degradations. 

Most Impacted: Southern half of TX and northeast AR are impacted by exceptional drought (D4). Portions of every state experiences (D3) extreme drought, including 16% of TX, 30% of AR, 14% of OK, & 10% of LA.  

Least Impacted:  51% of MS & 59% of TN are affected by drought.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The city earlier this week said it could enter a water emergency in as soon as two months; at that point the city would have roughly six months before supply could no longer meet demand.
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Shel Winkley @shelwinkleywx.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
HISTORIC HEAT♨️ As of 2pm CDT Thursday, 110+ locations across the Central/Western U.S. and Canada had already broken their March 19th record highs. 20 of those also set all-time March records. Another 90 locations have a few hours left to tie or break their daily records before sunset.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The Southern Plains has faced a long and shifting multi-year drought and impacts are still being felt today! Join Dr. B.J. Baule of the Southern Regional Climate Center tomorrow at 12pm CT for the Southern Plains Drought Assessment Webinar for insights on drought impacts! (1/2)
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Industrial users alone account for over 50% of demand, according to city officials. Since 2015, city leaders have aggressively recruited petrochemical plants, steel mills, and LNG export facilities with assurances that enough water would be available. www.texastribune.org/2026/03/17/t...
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Corpus Christi City Council to address water woes at meeting
As reservoirs fall below 10% of capacity, council members are expected to provide an update on the city’s dwindling water supply and when customers might have to cut back on water use.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The imminent depletion of water supplies in Corpus Christi threatens to cut off the flow of jet fuel to Texas airports and other oil exports from one of the nation’s largest petroleum ports, triggering potential shockwaves through energy markets in TX and beyond. www.texastribune.org/2026/03/08/t...
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Corpus Christi careens toward water catastrophe
City officials expect to reach a “water emergency” within months and run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel deliveries to Texas airports, hike gas prices and trigger a local economic dis...
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
🚨Only 4 days remain for Early-Bird registration for the 2026 South Central Climate Resilience Forum! Join leaders across AR, LA, KS, OK, & TX April 15th-17th in San Antonio for sessions, speakers, and collaboration on climate resilience! Click here to register➡️: www.sccrf.org/registration #txwx
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Zapata, another border town, was at 103 as of 4 p.m., as was Cotulla, which is north of Laredo. www.fox4news.com/weather/texa...
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Texas hits 100 degrees for first time in 2026 – and it’s only February
A sprawling area of high pressure has been baking parts of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico this week. In Texas on Thursday, that translated to the first 100-degree temperatures of the year for t...
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Southern Regional Climate Center @srcctamu.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Southern Region Drought Update
Valid February 17th to 25th, 2026


What Changed? Lacking rainfall worsened drought conditions across the lower MS Valley, ArkLaTex, and Far South TX. Exceptional drought (D4) developed in Jim Hogg and Brooks Counties in TX. Extreme drought (D3) expanded in Far South TX, east-central LA, MS, and OK. Widespread improvements across western TN ameliorated drought for almost 20% of the state. D3 improved slightly in AR.

Most Impacted: Since the start of February, 1/4th of AR has been affected by Extreme Drought or worse (D3-D4). Over 99% of AR is impacted by Moderate to Exceptional (D1-D4) drought.

Least Impacted: Over 75% of MS remains free of drought.
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NPR @npr.org · 10/02/2026
An invasive insect called the rice delphacid was a major problem for some farmers in 2025. With low prices for their crop and a high cost of doing business, many are wondering how they’ll make a profit in 2026.
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Tiny pests are destroying American rice fields. It's another hit for farmers
An invasive insect called the rice delphacid was a major problem for some farmers in 2025. With low prices for their crop and a high cost of doing business, many are wondering how they’ll make a profit in 2026.
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Southern Regional Climate Center @srcctamu.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
What’s Changed? Lacking rainfall worsened drought conditions across parts of TX, OK, AR, LA, and MS. Exceptional drought (D3) developed in central MS & southwest LA. Over 93% of OK & 97% of TX is affected by abnormal dryness or worse (D0-D4). A few localized improvements occurred in northeast LA & southeast MS. 

Most Impacted: For the past three weeks, 20% of AR is affected by Extreme Drought or worse (D3-D4), while over 99% of the state is affected by drought (D1-D4). Exceptional drought or worse (D3-D4) conditions continue to affect 15% of TX & 9% of OK. 

Least Impacted: Only 24% of MS is affected by drought (D1-D2), and another 30% affected by Abnormally Dry conditions (D0). TN is the only state without D3 or worse conditions.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A multi-year drought has continued to grip TX & OK, as ranchers brace for another harsh summer. Dr. Baule of the SRCC with support from NIDIS explain how heat, La Niña, & water shortages have kept the Southern Plains Dry. #txwx #drought Click here to read more➡️ theconversation.com/sixth-year-o...
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Sixth year of drought in Texas and Oklahoma leaves ranchers bracing for another harsh summer
The Southern Plains states get a severe drought about once a decade, but long-lasting droughts lately have been leaving farms, rangeland and water sources with too little time to recover.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Texas is currently facing significant drought challenges across multiple regions, affecting rangelands and water supplies and increasing wildfire risks. Despite the winter storm, hot and dry weather in February-April could worsen drought.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
New Texas A&M research co-authored by Dr. William J. Baule and Texas State Climatologist Dr. Nielsen-Gammon outlines ways counties can improve storm damage reporting and strengthen eligibility for disaster assistance! #txwx Click here to read more ➡️ stories.tamu.edu/news/2026/01...
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Texas A&M research identifies steps to strengthen extreme weather damage reporting and improve counties’ disaster reimbursement
The findings will be presented at the 106th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting in Houston.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Persistent warmth and lack of rainfall are accelerating drought conditions across Texas. One of the driest six-month periods on record has drained soil moisture and stressed crops, rangelands, and water supplies says Texas State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon Ph.D. Read more → #txwx #drought
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Drought conditions intensify across Texas - AgriLife Today
Texas agriculture producers experienced a reversal of fortune in recent months when it comes to rainfall, soil moisture and intensifying drought.
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Nighttime update🌙: The second wave of wintry precipitation is currently moving through North & Central TX & advancing south. Widespread sleet, Freezing rain, and snow are expected overnight into Sunday. Preliminary 24hr snow totals show widespread 2", with local higher amounts!
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Mid-day update as the Arctic cold front surges through Texas🥶. The freezing line (black line) is racing south. The Panhandle is in the single digits with snow falling🌨️. NE TX is in the teens with sleet, while central TX is at freezing or nearing freezing! (1/2) #txwx
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Extreme Cold Watches and Warnings are in effect across parts of Texas as a cold front passes through and ushers Arctic air into the state tomorrow and through the weekend. Many areas may remain below freezing for 48+ hours. This map highlights affected counties across Texas. (1/2)
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Southern Regional Climate Center @srcctamu.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Southern Region's Drought Monitor: Texas had quite the D3 (Extreme Drought) expansion!
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Southern Regional Climate Center @srcctamu.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
This assessment examines the 2020-2025 Southern Plains Drought's Development, Progression, and Impacts to multiple sectors www.drought.gov/documents/so...
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Southern Plains Drought Assessment 2020-2025
In March 2020, Moderate to Severe Drought (D1-D2) intensified rapidly to Exceptional Drought (D4) along the lower Rio Grande in Texas, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Over the next five years, ...
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Southern Regional Climate Center @srcctamu.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
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Texas Climate Office @climatexas.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
“I’m sweating looking at Christmas decorations, lowkey getting concerned for our planet.” www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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Is climate change driving Houston's unseasonably warm fall weather?
Climate change research has shown how trapped emissions increase Texas’ fall temperatures, but they’re not the only trigger for Houston's unseasonable warmth.
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