Southern Regional Climate Center

The Call for Presentations for SCCR 2026 San Antonio (April 15-17) is now open! Interested in presenting your work, organizing a symposium, or holding an interactive workshop? Visit sccrf.org to read the Call for Presentations and submit your ideas by October 31st!

Southern Region Weekly Drought Update

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- Last week, most of the Southern Region felt cooler than normal for this time of year.
- Widespread rainfall occurred across the western margins of the Region.
- Overall coverage of D0-D4 Drought takes up almost 50% of the land area.

YouTube video by National Drought Mitigation Center US Drought Monitor September 11, 2025

Abnormal dryness and short-term drought continued to expand across the Lower to Middle Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley, Central Appalachians, Northeast and Southeast this week.

Watch video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTRI...

#USDroughtMonitor #drought #drought2025

Drought Status Update for the Southern Plains | August 27, 2025 | Drought.gov NIDIS and partners will issue future Drought Status Updates as conditions evolve.

Drought Status Update for the Southern Plains (Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas):
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"Late-Summer Rain Could Improve Conditions in Kansas and Oklahoma, while Drought-Stricken Southern Texas Falls Short"

Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report

Great article in the NYTimes about our comment to the DOE about their climate report.

Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/c...

U.S. ranchers cautiously rebuild | The Western Producer Some ranchers have begun taking the first steps to boost cattle production after inventory shrank due to a years-long drought.

In major U.S. livestock regions, some ranchers have slowly begun taking the first steps to boost cattle production after the nation’s inventory shrank due to a years-long drought that dried up pastures used for grazing and hiked feeding costs.
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Some of the hottest temperatures of the year occurred last week, particularly in Arkansas.
Read more at srcc.tamu.edu/blog/weekly-...

Weekly Drought Update for the South

YouTube video by Johnny Cash - Topic What Is Truth

What is Truth?

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The five DoE authors do not appear to be a random sample of climate scientists but a biased selection. They seem to have been chosen based on a shared disagreement with the larger community of subject matter experts

Range conditions in Arkansas degraded again this week

I evacuated to College Station for this storm and never left.

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Future Trends of Extreme Weather in Texas (2024 update): texas2036.org/wp-content/u...

Assessment of Historic and Future Trends of Extreme Weather in TX, 1900-2036:
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Drought Early Warning for the Lower Mississippi River Basin Email from Drought and Its Impacts Are Developing Across the Region Lower Mississippi River Basin Drought Early Warning     August 19, 2025 Drought Early Warning for the Lower Mississippi River Basi

Conditions are quickly drying out and heating up through much of the Lower Mississippi River Basin (Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi) and surrounding area. Follow the link below to the full report:
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Hurricane #Erin and the #RipCurrent risk along the Atlantic coastline this week. Heavy Rainfall and flood potential for the upper Midwest through Monday. #HeatRisk continues and expands from the Mississippi Valley through Monday then into the Southwest and Intermountain West later this week.

Aug 12, 2025 was the second-wettest day on record for Chattanooga, with 6.42 inches of rainfall.

Area Records:
1st - 9.49 inches on September 5, 2011
2nd - 6.42 inches on August 12, 2025
3rd - 6.37 inches on September 7, 1977
4th - 6.19 inches on March 27, 1994

The most dramatic changes occurred in Texas, which experienced widespread recovery across nearly all drought categories. Central Texas saw the largest improvements due to the historic July 4–7 flooding

The agency’s new hiring authority...will allow it to bypass some of the usual delays in bringing people on board. Some new hires may be the same trained employees who were let go earlier this year.

How William N. Jennings captured the first photograph of lightning in 1882 A Philadelphia photographer made history by capturing the first clear photo of lightning, revealing that artists had been drawing it wrong for centuries. William N. Jennings used silver gelatin prints...

How William N. Jennings captured the first photograph of lightning in 1882 boingboing.net/2025/08/07/h...

Check out the Climate Impacts & Outlooks for the Southern Region & the Gulf Coast Region:
srcc.tamu.edu/blog/monthly...

The page will be updated quarterly!

Last week, the Southern Region experienced another round of its characteristic summertime weather pattern affectionately termed the “Ring of Fire.” Read how this impacted temperatures and rainfall below:
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Smart nonprofits are using this time to pick up some incredible talent:

#95 - John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas State Climatologist on extreme weather and the July 4th flood on the Guadalupe River. Podcast Episode · Talk+Water · 07/28/2025 · 49m

Check out this podcast on the July 4th flood, featuring our own Dr. N-G!
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A Severe Weather Outlook map for Sunday, August 03, 2025, shows a widespread area of "Slight Risk" (level 2) for severe weather across the Southern U.S., from Texas to the Carolinas and Florida. A more significant "Enhanced Risk" (level 3) is focused on the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, with a small "Moderate Risk" (level 4) zone within that area in the northern Texas Panhandle.

Large to very large hail and damaging winds will be possible this afternoon and evening over parts of the central/southern High Plains. Additional strong to severe storms are probable in the Northwest during the afternoon. Visit weather.gov for the latest in your area.

So true.