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US Drought Monitor and Summary, 8-21-15

Short term dryness has caused expansion of drought across much of Texas and eastern Oklahoma. Warmer-than-normal temperatures have exasperated the situation. In Oklahoma, it was reported that soil moisture levels were approaching lows that we had not seen since August 2012. Drought was expanded in the southeast corner of Oklahoma and introduced in the northern part. Elsewhere, temperatures were 2-4 degrees above normal this past week in much of Texas. Drought conditions were expanded in much of east central Texas while a portion of southern Texas continued its drought free status. Read more at droughtmonitor.unl.edu…

Written by:
kristin
Published on:
August 21, 2015

Categories: General, The Cattleman Now, WeatherTags: drought

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