With that, we've seen an improvement in our drought from this past week in Central Texas, with portions of the Coastal Plains dropping a level in the drought monitor, whether it be from "severe ...

It wasn't just the Coastal Plains that got some hefty totals, either. Northern sections of the Austin metro also are estimated to have received over 6 inches of rain during this period.

However, we've got a ways to go to get out of this drought, as many areas need between 18 to 24 inches of rain to eradicate the drought in our area, with the Austin metro area and Coastal Plains ...

In Texas, the nation’s No. 2 producer of sorghum, growers planted 1.45 million acres, which was a slight decrease from 2023, but still up from 2022 figures of 950,000 acres.

Texas harvested 1.86 million acres in 2024, the USDA noted. The yield for the Lone Star state was 112 bushels per acre, which was a decline of 10 bushels per acre in 2023.

Weather Central Texas sees drought conditions worsen in the Coastal Plains While we had quite a bit of rain earlier this week, that rainfall won't count for this week's drought monitor.