Drought, Zapata
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Zapata forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 27.001, -99.169 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Texas, July 1 to 31, 1996
Continued lack of rainfall over much of area resulted in driest first half of year on record.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BRO wrote it up.
Continued lack of rainfall over much of area resulted in driest first half of year on record.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Brooks
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Brooks forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 27.032, -98.219 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Kenedy
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Kenedy forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 26.928, -97.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Starr
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Starr forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 26.562, -98.738 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Hidalgo
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Hidalgo forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 26.397, -98.181 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Willacy
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Willacy forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 26.477, -97.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Cameron
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Cameron forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -97.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 1 to 7, 1996
- Heat in Texas, July 1 to 9, 1996
- Heat in Texas, July 1 to 9, 1996
- Drought in Texas, July 1 to 31, 1996
- Heat in Texas, July 1 to 9, 1996
- Heat in Louisiana, July 1, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 1, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 1, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 1, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 1, 1996
- Tornado in Nebraska, July 1, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, July 1, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5558164, 5558165, 5558166, 5558167, 5558168, 5558169, 5558170.