Weekly Climate Summary: 03/08/2022

The first week of March 2022 was incredibly dry across the state. The majority of counties across all regions recorded less than 0.5” of precipitation. The Panhandle, Big Bend Country, and Edwards Plateau were the driest regions in the state with most counties recording less than 0.01” of precipitation. While many counties in the South Texas Plains, along the Gulf Coast, and in Central Texas also experienced less than 0.01” of precipitation, many counties in these regions observed up to 0.3”. North Texas and the Piney Woods region were the wettest in the state observing between 0.02-0.5” of precipitation across most counties. The wettest counties included Gonzales and Eastland each observing 0.5-0.7” and Jasper observing over 1.5”.

This week in Texas weather saw near normal temperatures in the Southern Panhandle and South Texas Plains and warmer than normal temperatures elsewhere. While the northern panhandle observed temperatures 2-6 °F warmer than normal, the counties in the Southern Panhandle directly above the Edwards Plateau observed temperatures within 2 °F of normal. The same was seen in the South Texas Plains where temperatures were 0-2 °F warmer or cooler than normal. The Big Bend Country had less extreme positive departures compared to East Texas with temperatures 2-6 °F warmer than normal. North Texas, Central Texas, and the Northern Gulf Coast experienced some of the most extreme departures across this period, observing temperatures 4-8 °F warmer than normal. The warmest departures were seen in Brown, Fannin, Bexar, Refugio, and Aransas counties where temperatures were 8-10 °F warmer than normal.