Texas, 2025Drought in Texas, October 1 to 31, 2025
October 1 to 31, 2025 · NWS CRP · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
Prolonged drought continues across the region. Corpus Christi and Laredo both had Top-10 driest Octobers on record, 5th and 7th respectively.
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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- 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.
Prolonged drought continues across the region. Corpus Christi and Laredo both had Top-10 driest Octobers on record, 5th and 7th respectively. Victoria had a Top-25 driest October.
Drought, La Salle
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- La Salle forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 28.345, -99.100 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Continued D2 drought over eastern La Salle.
Drought, McMullen
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- McMullen forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 28.353, -98.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Continued D3 and D2. D3 removed from N McMullen on the 10/28 outlook.
Drought, Live Oak
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Live Oak forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 28.351, -98.125 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- 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.
- Wildfire in Washington, October 1 to 19, 2025$78 million · 1 event
- Wildfire in Washington, October 1 to 30, 2025$56 million · 1 event
- Wildfire in Washington, October 1 to 17, 2025$25 million · 1 event
- Wildfire in Idaho, October 1 to 21, 2025$3.4 million · 1 event
- Drought in Missouri, October 1 to 31, 2025$370,000 · 28 events
- Wildfire in Washington, October 1 to 14, 2025$540,000 · 1 event
- Wildfire in Washington, October 1 to 17, 2025$200,000 · 1 event
- Drought in West Virginia, October 1 to 31, 202531 events
- Drought in Illinois, October 1 to 31, 202527 events
- Drought in Colorado, October 1 to 31, 202521 events
- Drought in Georgia, October 1 to 31, 202516 events
- Drought in New Mexico, October 1 to 31, 202516 events
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1297520, 1297521, 1297523.