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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, representing the Southern Plains.
Southern Plains Drought Status Update
September 22, 2023

Conditions are expected to improve after a summer of intense drought.

Chicos mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas, representing the Southern Plains.
Southern Plains Drought Status Update
August 18, 2023

Extreme Heat Intensifies Drought Across Texas

Chicos mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas, representing the Southern Plains.
Southern Plains Drought Status Update
June 8, 2023

Drought Relief Arrives to Western Kansas and the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandles

Chicos mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas, representing the Southern Plains.
Southern Plains Drought Status Update
April 6, 2023

Multi-Year Drought Impacting Western Kansas, Western Oklahoma, and Much of Texas

Chicos mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas, representing the Southern Plains.
Southern Plains Drought Status Update
December 9, 2022

Record-setting drought in Kansas and Oklahoma to persist through winter. 

Chicos mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas, representing the Southern Plains.
Southern Plains Drought Status Update
October 28, 2022

October Rainfall Came Eventually, But the Drought Continues