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About Drought Status Updates: NIDIS and partners issue drought status updates to communicate a potential area of concern for drought expansion and/or development, based on recent conditions and the upcoming forecast.
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Chicos mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas
Southern Plains Drought Status Update
January 10, 2022

Extreme drought continues to expand over Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.

Drought is likely to worsen in the coming weeks and months.

 

 

Chicos mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas
Southern Plains Drought Status Update
November 4, 2021

Drought conditions expand over parts of Texas and western Kansas and Oklahoma.

Eastern Oklahoma and Kansas see drought conditions improve.

 

Chicos mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas
Southern Plains Drought Early Warning Update
September 16, 2021

Severe drought conditions appear in Oklahoma and Kansas. Moderate drought conditions expand in parts of northern Texas, and Oklahoma and Kansas.

Chicos mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas
Southern Plains Drought Status Update
May 20, 2021

Drought conditions improve for southern Texas, persist for western Texas.

A field with a windmill during a storm
Drought Update for the Southern Plains DEWS
March 26, 2021

Drought Worsens for Southern Texas with Dry Conditions Forecasted to Persist Through Spring.

Windmill in a Texas field with a storm approaching
Drought Update for the Southern Plains DEWS
January 22, 2021

Drier than normal conditions forecasted to persist through spring: Potential expansion of drought into central and east Texas.