Drought, Angelina
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Angelina forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 31.255, -94.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1998
21 drought, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 21 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
- $150 million
- Events
- 21
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
21 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Bowie
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Bowie forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.446, -94.423 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Camp
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Camp forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.973, -94.978 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Cass
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cass forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.078, -94.344 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Cherokee
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 31.837, -95.165 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Franklin
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.176, -95.218 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Gregg
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Gregg forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.481, -94.817 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Harrison
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Harrison forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.548, -94.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Marion
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marion forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.798, -94.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Morris
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Morris forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.114, -94.733 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Nacogdoches
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Nacogdoches forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 31.616, -94.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Panola
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Panola forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.162, -94.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Red River
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Red River forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.621, -95.050 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Rusk
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rusk forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.108, -94.762 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Sabine
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sabine forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 31.343, -93.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, San Augustine
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- San Augustine forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 31.394, -94.168 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Shelby
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 31.792, -94.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Smith
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Smith forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.375, -95.269 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Titus
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Titus forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.217, -94.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Upshur
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Upshur forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.736, -94.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Wood
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wood forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $150 million
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.786, -95.382 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Normal rainfall for June in east Texas is around 4 inches. Many stations experienced 1/4 percent of normal rain while many stations saw no rain the entire month. The dry weather hit farmers the hardest with lost crops including cotton, soybean, rice and grain.
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 Louisiana, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Texas, June 1 to 19, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 1, 1998
- Flood in California, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Drought in Louisiana, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Heat in South Carolina, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Florida, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 1 to 2, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, June 1, 1998
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, June 1, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 1, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 1998
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: 5653666, 5653667, 5653668, 5653669, 5653759, 5653760, 5653761, 5653762, 5653763, 5653764, 5653765, 5653766, 5653767, 5653768, 5653769, 5653770, 5653771, 5653772, 5653773, 5653774, 5653775.