Weekly Climate Summary: 12/05/2021

This week in Texas weather saw extremely dry conditions across the entire state. Throughout this period, no county recorded more than 0.5” of precipitation. The Panhandle, Big Bend Region, Hill Country, and South Texas Plains recorded less than 0.01” of precipitation. Central Texas and East Texas experienced slightly higher accumulation with counties in the Lakes and Prairies Region, Piney Woods Region, and along the Gulf Coast experiencing 0.02”-0.2” of precipitation. The wettest counties across this period were Denton and Cooke Counties who experienced 0.35”-0.4” of precipitation, and Hood and Cass counties who experienced over 0.45” of precipitation.

This week in Texas weather saw extremely positive temperature departures across the state. The Gulf Coast and South Texas Plains saw the least departure at 3-9 °F warmer than the long-term average. The Piney Woods Region, Lakes and Prairies Region, Panhandle, and Big Bend Region saw even higher temperature departures at 9-12 °F warmer than the long-term average. Counties along the Rio Grande and Oklahoma Border saw some of the highest departures in the state at 12-15 °F warmer than normal, however, Erath County saw the highest temperature departure in the state at 15 °F warmer than the long term average.