Texas, 2024Drought in Texas, October 22 to 31, 2024
October 22 to 31, 2024 · NWS FWD · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
Drought conditions worsened across portions of Central and Southeast Texas during the second half of the month.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Drought conditions worsened across portions of Central and Southeast Texas during the second half of the month.
Drought, Anderson
- When
- October 22, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 31.813, -95.653 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe drought conditions impacted the county through the end of the month.
Drought, Bell
- When
- October 22, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Bell forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 31.038, -97.478 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe drought conditions impacted the county through the end of the month.
Drought, Milam
- When
- October 22, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Milam forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 30.786, -96.977 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Severe drought conditions impacted the county through the end of the month.
- 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.
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- Drought in Minnesota, October 22 to 31, 20247 events
- Drought in North Dakota, October 22 to 31, 20243 events
- Drought in South Dakota, October 22 to 31, 20243 events
- Drought in Louisiana, October 22 to 31, 20243 events
- Drought in Texas, October 22 to 31, 20243 events
- Drought in Mississippi, October 22 to 31, 20242 events
- Drought in Minnesota, October 22 to 31, 20242 events
- Drought in Nebraska, October 22 to 31, 20241 event
- Drought in Iowa, October 22 to 31, 20241 event
- Drought in Indiana, October 22 to 31, 20241 event
- Drought in Iowa, October 22 to 31, 20241 event
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1219336, 1219337, 1219338.