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Historic winter weather☃️ impacted much of the Southern Region with widespread snow, ice, and prolonged cold. Multiple areas set record low temperatures 🌡️ and remained below freezing for multiple days as Arctic air settled in. 🥶
Click here to read more➡️
www.srcc.tamu.edu/climate_repo...

27.01.2026 23:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Drought conditions intensify across Texas - AgriLife Today Texas agriculture producers experienced a reversal of fortune in recent months when it comes to rainfall, soil moisture and intensifying drought.

Persistent warmth and lack of rainfall are accelerating drought conditions across Texas. One of the driest six-month periods on record has drained soil moisture says Texas State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon Ph.D.
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agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2026/01/21/d...

27.01.2026 16:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nighttime update🌙❄️: Radar is active across the Southern Region as the freezing line (red) pushes SE. A second wave of wintry precip and rain continues overnight into Sunday morning. Preliminary 24-hr snow totals greater than 4" stretch from the TX Panhandle to eastern TN.

25.01.2026 05:14 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

WPC shows the highest chances of freezing rain accumulations ≥0.10" from central TX through central TN 🧊over the next 24hrs. Snow probabilities ≥1" are greatest in the TX Panhandle, across Oklahoma, and into northern Arkansas. Stay weather aware & warm! (2/2)

24.01.2026 21:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Midday update: The freezing line (black) is pushing through across the region. Snow is ongoing from West TX into Oklahoma🌨️. T-Storms continue across LA & MS. A wintry mix of freezing rain & sleet is falling across Northern MS & TN as the Arctic front races south.🥶 (1/2)

24.01.2026 21:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The graphics attached showcase what these alerts mean and the temperature thresholds behind them 🌡️. If you’re in an affected area, try to limit time outdoors, layer up, check on pets and pipes, and keep an eye on the forecast through the weekend! ❄️ (2/2)

22.01.2026 22:16 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Extreme Cold Watches and Warnings are in effect across parts of the Southern Region as a cold front passes through and ushers Arctic air into the region tomorrow and through the weekend. Many areas may remain below freezing for 48+ hours. This map shows affected counties. (1/2)

22.01.2026 22:16 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 5 📌 0

Warmer than normal temperatures continued across the Southern Region last week. Abnormal dryness continued across much of the region, with D0-D4 drought conditions affecting 91% of the total land area.
Click here to read the full weekly summary → www.srcc.tamu.edu/climate_repo...

20.01.2026 22:42 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Southern Region's Drought Monitor:
Texas had quite the D3 (Extreme Drought) expansion!

18.12.2025 22:10 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1

US Drought Monitor. Find maps, data, impacts and more to track #drought and #drought2025. Droughtmonitor.unl.edu.

The November Dry Horizons roundup of drought research and news is now available: drought.unl.edu/Publications....

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18.12.2025 13:42 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

US Drought Monitor showing conditions for 12-18-25.

US Drought Monitor 12-18-25

For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the US Drought Monitor shows 33.99% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 33.81% last week.

#droughtmonitor #drought #drought2025

18.12.2025 13:40 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1

Southern Plains Drought Assessment 2020-2025 In March 2020, Moderate to Severe Drought (D1-D2) intensified rapidly to Exceptional Drought (D4) along the lower Rio Grande in Texas, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Over the next five years, ...

This assessment examines the 2020-2025 Southern Plains Drought's Development, Progression, and Impacts to multiple sectors

www.drought.gov/documents/so...

15.12.2025 17:37 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

08.12.2025 20:28 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Want to hear Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon talk in-depth about the 4th of July Texas flood and other extreme weather events? Follow the link below:
wrp.beg.utexas.edu/episode/floo...

21.11.2025 19:40 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Yesterday (11/18/25) was one for the history books! Measurements looked like July, not November as record highs spanned multiple states across the Southern Region.

19.11.2025 21:38 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

US Drought Monitor. Find maps, data, impacts and more to track #drought and #drought2025. Droughtmonitor.unl.edu.

Learn more about the U.S. Drought Monitor: drought.unl.edu/Education/Tu...

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13.11.2025 13:38 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Help us see more drought. go.unl.edu/cmor_drought

How dry or wet are conditions in your area? Share reports to CMOR: go.unl.edu/cmor_drought

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13.11.2025 13:37 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

US Drought Monitor showing conditions for 11-13-25.

US Drought Monitor 11-13-25

For the 50 states and Puerto Rico, the US Drought Monitor shows 37.24% in moderate drought or worse, compared to 36.64% last week.

#droughtmonitor #drought #drought2025

13.11.2025 13:36 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

And here's a short explainer on aurora colors! 🎨

12.11.2025 04:08 — 👍 11 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

It never gets easier to see. 😢

10.11.2025 14:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"The data visualization above shows how air temperatures between 1964 and 2024 departed from the average for 1951-1980. (The anomalies have been plotted in degrees Celsius"

08.11.2025 14:03 — 👍 17 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

06.11.2025 20:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

'Blood rain' and diseases in the wind: Is the US prepared for deadly dust storms? Dust storms are sweeping across the world, harming the health of millions of people. Now, scientists are racing to keep the dirt on the ground.

"I couldn't see more than 50ft ahead," says Dave Dubois, New Mexico State's climatologist. "It was a once-in-a-decade type of storm."
www.bbc.com/future/artic...

05.11.2025 18:08 — 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

The U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought severity and spatial extent across the country.

The one week change map shows where drought has improved in shades of green and where drought has worsened in yellow.

Drought improvement and degradation were mixed in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and South with sizable areas of improvement in TX, OK and the Pacific Northwest.
Drought (D1-D4) coverage shrank in the contiguous US to 43.6%, down 2.48 points.

#drought 🧪

droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.a...

30.10.2025 16:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0