Southern Regional Climate Center

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What Changed? Heavy rainfall brought widespread improvements to Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, & eastern half of Texas. Texas Panhandle saw some drought relief, but Extreme Drought (D3) expansion occurred where rainfall lacked. Most Impacted: Exceptional (D4) drought affects Arkansas, western Oklahoma, Texas High Plains & Mississippi Lower Delta. Arkansas is entirely affected by drought (D1-D4), with highest impacts in the western half. Least Impacted: Central Texas & South-Central Louisiana remain largely wetter-than-normal for this time of the year.
Southern Region Drought Update, valid March 17th to 25th, 2026 What Changed? East TX, eastern AR, central LA, northwestern MS & eastern TN improved from small pockets of high rainfall. Deep south TX, the TX & OK panhandles, south-central OK, and northwest TN saw drought degradations. Most Impacted: Southern half of TX and northeast AR are impacted by exceptional drought (D4). Portions of every state experiences (D3) extreme drought, including 16% of TX, 30% of AR, 14% of OK, & 10% of LA. Least Impacted:  51% of MS & 59% of TN are affected by drought.
Southern Region Drought Update Valid February 17th to 25th, 2026 What Changed? Lacking rainfall worsened drought conditions across the lower MS Valley, ArkLaTex, and Far South TX. Exceptional drought (D4) developed in Jim Hogg and Brooks Counties in TX. Extreme drought (D3) expanded in Far South TX, east-central LA, MS, and OK. Widespread improvements across western TN ameliorated drought for almost 20% of the state. D3 improved slightly in AR. Most Impacted: Since the start of February, 1/4th of AR has been affected by Extreme Drought or worse (D3-D4). Over 99% of AR is impacted by Moderate to Exceptional (D1-D4) drought. Least Impacted: Over 75% of MS remains free of drought.
What’s Changed? Lacking rainfall worsened drought conditions across parts of TX, OK, AR, LA, and MS. Exceptional drought (D3) developed in central MS & southwest LA. Over 93% of OK & 97% of TX is affected by abnormal dryness or worse (D0-D4). A few localized improvements occurred in northeast LA & southeast MS. Most Impacted: For the past three weeks, 20% of AR is affected by Extreme Drought or worse (D3-D4), while over 99% of the state is affected by drought (D1-D4). Exceptional drought or worse (D3-D4) conditions continue to affect 15% of TX & 9% of OK. Least Impacted: Only 24% of MS is affected by drought (D1-D2), and another 30% affected by Abnormally Dry conditions (D0). TN is the only state without D3 or worse conditions.
Drought is predicted to persist south of the Brazos River in Texas. Fortunately, it is predicted to end near the Oklahoma & Texas panhandles.