A persistent upper level ridge across much of the nation���s midsection and ���La Canicula��� sitting over Northern Mexico allowed for many hot and dry days, with temperatures reaching and surpassing the century mark.  Rainfall at the end of July and spotty sea breeze related rainfall during the first half of the month, kept drought conditions from widespread intensification across the Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas.  A rainfall event in Brownsville on August 7th, caused by sea breeze convergence and out flow boundary interaction, was one of the few wet moments of early August, as almost 3.5 inches of rain fell at the Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport.

Drought in HIDALGO, TEXAS
From 01-AUG-12 00:00:00 to 13-AUG-12 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Dry conditions combined with high temperatures resulted in drought conditions worsening across much of the county. Severe drought (D2) conditions across Hidalgo County continued through the first week of the month, with only trace amounts of rainfall recorded at McAllen Miller International Airport on the 6th.  August 13th was a day of more widespread rainfall across Hidalgo county with several CoCoRaHS sites reporting rainfall ranging from 0.19 inches in La Joya to 0.87 inches in Edinburg.  By the middle of the month, the eastern three-fourths of the county entered into Extreme (D3) drought conditions, leaving only the far western quarter of the county in Severe (D2) drought.

Drought in BROOKS, TEXAS
From 01-AUG-12 00:00:00 to 13-AUG-12 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all but the northern sliver of the county through the first week of August, with locations along State Highway 285 holding in Extreme (D3) drought. By the middle of the month, all of Brooks County slid into Extreme (D3) drought conditions, despite spotty rainfall during the first of the month, with a CoCoRaHS site reporting 0.72 inches of rain on the 4th of the month.

Drought in JIM HOGG, TEXAS
From 01-AUG-12 00:00:00 to 13-AUG-12 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Little change occurred during the first week of the month across Jim Hogg County. The county remained split into thirds, with the southern third of the county in Moderate (D1) drought, the middle third in Severe (D2) drought, and the northern third of the county in Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) drought, including the city of Hebbronville.

Drought in COASTAL CAMERON, TEXAS
From 01-AUG-12 00:00:00 to 31-AUG-12 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Hot and dry conditions continued through August across Coastal Cameron County. Little to no rain fell during the first half of the month continuing Severe (D2) drought conditions. Pockets of rain fell along the sea breeze just inland from the coast, maintaining severe levels.  Bayview received a total of 0.15 inches of rainfall for the month of August, 1.91 inches below normal, with all of the precipitation falling during the last two weeks of the month and Port Isabel reported 0.66 inches of rain for the month of August. The little rainfall received was not enough to prevent Coastal Cameron County for sliding into Extreme (D3) drought conditions by early September.

Drought in COASTAL WILLACY, TEXAS
From 01-AUG-12 00:00:00 to 13-AUG-12 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Little to no rain fell across Coastal Willacy County the first half of the month (August 1st ��� 13th) allowing Severe (D2) drought conditions to continue.  The CoCoRaHS site at Port Mansfield recorded no precipitation for August.

Drought in WILLACY, TEXAS
From 01-AUG-12 00:00:00 to 13-AUG-12 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Little to no rain fell across Willacy County the first half of the month (August 1st ��� 13th) allowing drought conditions to worsen across the western half of the County. Areas west of Highway 77 slide into Extreme (D3) drought conditions, while areas east of Highway 77 remained in Severe (D2) drought conditions.

Drought in CAMERON, TEXAS
From 01-AUG-12 00:00:00 to 20-AUG-12 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe (D2) drought conditions continued across the county during the first half of the month.  Close to 3.5 inches of rain fell at Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport August 6th and 7th.  However, north of Brownsville, in Harlingen, significantly less rain fell during this period, less than 0.2 inches of precipitation was recoded at Valley International Airport. This beneficial rainfall was not enough to put a dent in the drought conditions across Cameron County, but it was enough to keep the county from slipping into the Extreme (D3) drought conditions that the surrounding counties were experiencing.

Drought in KENEDY, TEXAS
From 01-AUG-12 00:00:00 to 13-AUG-12 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe (D2) drought conditions remained across nearly all of Kenedy County the first week of the month.  Continued little rainfall allowed drought conditions to worsen across Kenedy County, with all of Kenedy County sliding into Extreme (D3) drought conditions by the middle of the month.