Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 2018

Most of the Hill Country and Rio Grande Plains region received less than 25% of normal precipitation during the month of June. Drought conditions worsened across South Central Texas with Kinney and Maverick Counties entering exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Dimmit, Uvalde, Real, Val Verde, and Zavala moving into extreme category (D3), and Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Llano in severe category (D2). Of these counties Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Val Verde, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. The main effects of the drought conditions were hydrological. The seven day stream flow averages for the Rio Grande, Pecos, Nueces, Guadalupe, and Colorado Rivers were below normal (10-24%) at the end of the month. Lake Amistad was 32.9 feet below Conservation Pool level, Medina Lake was 24.9 feet below, Canyon Lake was 5.1 feet below, and Lake Buchanan was 6.2 below. The Edwards Aquifer was 5.1 feet below average and 3.0 feet below the 2017 level. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions, New Braunfels was in Stage 2, and Uvalde was in Stage 1.

Most of the Hill Country and Rio Grande Plains region received less than 25% of normal precipitation during the month of June. Drought conditions worsened across South Central Texas with Kinney and Maverick Counties entering exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Dimmit, Uvalde, Real, Val Verde, and Zavala moving into extreme category (D3), and Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Llano in severe category (D2). Of these counties Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Val Verde, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. The main effects of the drought conditions were hydrological. The seven day stream flow averages for the Rio Grande, Pecos, Nueces, Guadalupe, and Colorado Rivers were below normal (10-24%) at the end of the month. Lake Amistad was 32.9 feet below Conservation Pool level, Medina Lake was 24.9 feet below, Canyon Lake was 5.1 feet below, and Lake Buchanan was 6.2 below. The Edwards Aquifer was 5.1 feet below average and 3.0 feet below the 2017 level. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions, New Braunfels was in Stage 2, and Uvalde was in Stage 1.

Most of the Hill Country and Rio Grande Plains region received less than 25% of normal precipitation during the month of June. Drought conditions worsened across South Central Texas with Kinney and Maverick Counties entering exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Dimmit, Uvalde, Real, Val Verde, and Zavala moving into extreme category (D3), and Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Llano in severe category (D2). Of these counties Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Val Verde, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. The main effects of the drought conditions were hydrological. The seven day stream flow averages for the Rio Grande, Pecos, Nueces, Guadalupe, and Colorado Rivers were below normal (10-24%) at the end of the month. Lake Amistad was 32.9 feet below Conservation Pool level, Medina Lake was 24.9 feet below, Canyon Lake was 5.1 feet below, and Lake Buchanan was 6.2 below. The Edwards Aquifer was 5.1 feet below average and 3.0 feet below the 2017 level. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions, New Braunfels was in Stage 2, and Uvalde was in Stage 1.

Most of the Hill Country and Rio Grande Plains region received less than 25% of normal precipitation during the month of June. Drought conditions worsened across South Central Texas with Kinney and Maverick Counties entering exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Dimmit, Uvalde, Real, Val Verde, and Zavala moving into extreme category (D3), and Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Llano in severe category (D2). Of these counties Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Val Verde, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. The main effects of the drought conditions were hydrological. The seven day stream flow averages for the Rio Grande, Pecos, Nueces, Guadalupe, and Colorado Rivers were below normal (10-24%) at the end of the month. Lake Amistad was 32.9 feet below Conservation Pool level, Medina Lake was 24.9 feet below, Canyon Lake was 5.1 feet below, and Lake Buchanan was 6.2 below. The Edwards Aquifer was 5.1 feet below average and 3.0 feet below the 2017 level. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions, New Braunfels was in Stage 2, and Uvalde was in Stage 1.

Most of the Hill Country and Rio Grande Plains region received less than 25% of normal precipitation during the month of June. Drought conditions worsened across South Central Texas with Kinney and Maverick Counties entering exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Dimmit, Uvalde, Real, Val Verde, and Zavala moving into extreme category (D3), and Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Llano in severe category (D2). Of these counties Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Val Verde, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. The main effects of the drought conditions were hydrological. The seven day stream flow averages for the Rio Grande, Pecos, Nueces, Guadalupe, and Colorado Rivers were below normal (10-24%) at the end of the month. Lake Amistad was 32.9 feet below Conservation Pool level, Medina Lake was 24.9 feet below, Canyon Lake was 5.1 feet below, and Lake Buchanan was 6.2 below. The Edwards Aquifer was 5.1 feet below average and 3.0 feet below the 2017 level. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions, New Braunfels was in Stage 2, and Uvalde was in Stage 1.

Most of the Hill Country and Rio Grande Plains region received less than 25% of normal precipitation during the month of June. Drought conditions worsened across South Central Texas with Kinney and Maverick Counties entering exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Dimmit, Uvalde, Real, Val Verde, and Zavala moving into extreme category (D3), and Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Llano in severe category (D2). Of these counties Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Val Verde, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. The main effects of the drought conditions were hydrological. The seven day stream flow averages for the Rio Grande, Pecos, Nueces, Guadalupe, and Colorado Rivers were below normal (10-24%) at the end of the month. Lake Amistad was 32.9 feet below Conservation Pool level, Medina Lake was 24.9 feet below, Canyon Lake was 5.1 feet below, and Lake Buchanan was 6.2 below. The Edwards Aquifer was 5.1 feet below average and 3.0 feet below the 2017 level. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions, New Braunfels was in Stage 2, and Uvalde was in Stage 1.

Most of the Hill Country and Rio Grande Plains region received less than 25% of normal precipitation during the month of June. Drought conditions worsened across South Central Texas with Kinney and Maverick Counties entering exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Dimmit, Uvalde, Real, Val Verde, and Zavala moving into extreme category (D3), and Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Llano in severe category (D2). Of these counties Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Val Verde, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. The main effects of the drought conditions were hydrological. The seven day stream flow averages for the Rio Grande, Pecos, Nueces, Guadalupe, and Colorado Rivers were below normal (10-24%) at the end of the month. Lake Amistad was 32.9 feet below Conservation Pool level, Medina Lake was 24.9 feet below, Canyon Lake was 5.1 feet below, and Lake Buchanan was 6.2 below. The Edwards Aquifer was 5.1 feet below average and 3.0 feet below the 2017 level. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions, New Braunfels was in Stage 2, and Uvalde was in Stage 1.

Most of the Hill Country and Rio Grande Plains region received less than 25% of normal precipitation during the month of June. Drought conditions worsened across South Central Texas with Kinney and Maverick Counties entering exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Dimmit, Uvalde, Real, Val Verde, and Zavala moving into extreme category (D3), and Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Llano in severe category (D2). Of these counties Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Val Verde, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. The main effects of the drought conditions were hydrological. The seven day stream flow averages for the Rio Grande, Pecos, Nueces, Guadalupe, and Colorado Rivers were below normal (10-24%) at the end of the month. Lake Amistad was 32.9 feet below Conservation Pool level, Medina Lake was 24.9 feet below, Canyon Lake was 5.1 feet below, and Lake Buchanan was 6.2 below. The Edwards Aquifer was 5.1 feet below average and 3.0 feet below the 2017 level. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions, New Braunfels was in Stage 2, and Uvalde was in Stage 1.

Most of the Hill Country and Rio Grande Plains region received less than 25% of normal precipitation during the month of June. Drought conditions worsened across South Central Texas with Kinney and Maverick Counties entering exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Dimmit, Uvalde, Real, Val Verde, and Zavala moving into extreme category (D3), and Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Llano in severe category (D2). Of these counties Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Val Verde, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. The main effects of the drought conditions were hydrological. The seven day stream flow averages for the Rio Grande, Pecos, Nueces, Guadalupe, and Colorado Rivers were below normal (10-24%) at the end of the month. Lake Amistad was 32.9 feet below Conservation Pool level, Medina Lake was 24.9 feet below, Canyon Lake was 5.1 feet below, and Lake Buchanan was 6.2 below. The Edwards Aquifer was 5.1 feet below average and 3.0 feet below the 2017 level. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions, New Braunfels was in Stage 2, and Uvalde was in Stage 1.

Most of the Hill Country and Rio Grande Plains region received less than 25% of normal precipitation during the month of June. Drought conditions worsened across South Central Texas with Kinney and Maverick Counties entering exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Dimmit, Uvalde, Real, Val Verde, and Zavala moving into extreme category (D3), and Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Llano in severe category (D2). Of these counties Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Val Verde, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. The main effects of the drought conditions were hydrological. The seven day stream flow averages for the Rio Grande, Pecos, Nueces, Guadalupe, and Colorado Rivers were below normal (10-24%) at the end of the month. Lake Amistad was 32.9 feet below Conservation Pool level, Medina Lake was 24.9 feet below, Canyon Lake was 5.1 feet below, and Lake Buchanan was 6.2 below. The Edwards Aquifer was 5.1 feet below average and 3.0 feet below the 2017 level. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions, New Braunfels was in Stage 2, and Uvalde was in Stage 1.

Most of the Hill Country and Rio Grande Plains region received less than 25% of normal precipitation during the month of June. Drought conditions worsened across South Central Texas with Kinney and Maverick Counties entering exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Dimmit, Uvalde, Real, Val Verde, and Zavala moving into extreme category (D3), and Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Llano in severe category (D2). Of these counties Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Val Verde, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. The main effects of the drought conditions were hydrological. The seven day stream flow averages for the Rio Grande, Pecos, Nueces, Guadalupe, and Colorado Rivers were below normal (10-24%) at the end of the month. Lake Amistad was 32.9 feet below Conservation Pool level, Medina Lake was 24.9 feet below, Canyon Lake was 5.1 feet below, and Lake Buchanan was 6.2 below. The Edwards Aquifer was 5.1 feet below average and 3.0 feet below the 2017 level. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions, New Braunfels was in Stage 2, and Uvalde was in Stage 1.

Most of the Hill Country and Rio Grande Plains region received less than 25% of normal precipitation during the month of June. Drought conditions worsened across South Central Texas with Kinney and Maverick Counties entering exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Dimmit, Uvalde, Real, Val Verde, and Zavala moving into extreme category (D3), and Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Llano in severe category (D2). Of these counties Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Val Verde, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. The main effects of the drought conditions were hydrological. The seven day stream flow averages for the Rio Grande, Pecos, Nueces, Guadalupe, and Colorado Rivers were below normal (10-24%) at the end of the month. Lake Amistad was 32.9 feet below Conservation Pool level, Medina Lake was 24.9 feet below, Canyon Lake was 5.1 feet below, and Lake Buchanan was 6.2 below. The Edwards Aquifer was 5.1 feet below average and 3.0 feet below the 2017 level. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions, New Braunfels was in Stage 2, and Uvalde was in Stage 1.

Most of the Hill Country and Rio Grande Plains region received less than 25% of normal precipitation during the month of June. Drought conditions worsened across South Central Texas with Kinney and Maverick Counties entering exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Dimmit, Uvalde, Real, Val Verde, and Zavala moving into extreme category (D3), and Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Llano in severe category (D2). Of these counties Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Val Verde, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. The main effects of the drought conditions were hydrological. The seven day stream flow averages for the Rio Grande, Pecos, Nueces, Guadalupe, and Colorado Rivers were below normal (10-24%) at the end of the month. Lake Amistad was 32.9 feet below Conservation Pool level, Medina Lake was 24.9 feet below, Canyon Lake was 5.1 feet below, and Lake Buchanan was 6.2 below. The Edwards Aquifer was 5.1 feet below average and 3.0 feet below the 2017 level. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions, New Braunfels was in Stage 2, and Uvalde was in Stage 1.

Most of the Hill Country and Rio Grande Plains region received less than 25% of normal precipitation during the month of June. Drought conditions worsened across South Central Texas with Kinney and Maverick Counties entering exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Dimmit, Uvalde, Real, Val Verde, and Zavala moving into extreme category (D3), and Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Llano in severe category (D2). Of these counties Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Val Verde, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. The main effects of the drought conditions were hydrological. The seven day stream flow averages for the Rio Grande, Pecos, Nueces, Guadalupe, and Colorado Rivers were below normal (10-24%) at the end of the month. Lake Amistad was 32.9 feet below Conservation Pool level, Medina Lake was 24.9 feet below, Canyon Lake was 5.1 feet below, and Lake Buchanan was 6.2 below. The Edwards Aquifer was 5.1 feet below average and 3.0 feet below the 2017 level. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions, New Braunfels was in Stage 2, and Uvalde was in Stage 1.

Most of the Hill Country and Rio Grande Plains region received less than 25% of normal precipitation during the month of June. Drought conditions worsened across South Central Texas with Kinney and Maverick Counties entering exceptional drought category (Stage D4), Dimmit, Uvalde, Real, Val Verde, and Zavala moving into extreme category (D3), and Bandera, Comal, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, and Llano in severe category (D2). Of these counties Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Llano, Maverick, Val Verde, and Zavala had outdoor burn bans in effect at the end of the month. The main effects of the drought conditions were hydrological. The seven day stream flow averages for the Rio Grande, Pecos, Nueces, Guadalupe, and Colorado Rivers were below normal (10-24%) at the end of the month. Lake Amistad was 32.9 feet below Conservation Pool level, Medina Lake was 24.9 feet below, Canyon Lake was 5.1 feet below, and Lake Buchanan was 6.2 below. The Edwards Aquifer was 5.1 feet below average and 3.0 feet below the 2017 level. Fredericksburg was in Stage 3 water restrictions, New Braunfels was in Stage 2, and Uvalde was in Stage 1.