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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
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

Chicos mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas, representing the Southern Plains.
Southern Plains Drought Status Update
September 30, 2022

On-Again, Off-Again Drought in the Southern Plains Is Back On Again and Worsening 

Chicos mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas
Southern Plains Drought Status Update
August 29, 2022

Will the August rain wash away the Southern Plains drought?