Drought conditions prevailed across north Texas during the month of February, with most locations experiencing one to two inch below normal rainfall deficits for the month. The hardest hit areas continued to be over the west and southwest counties, while the least impacted areas remained over the east.

Drought in COOKE, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, extreme drought conditions were in place across Cooke County at the beginning of February. Conditions improved some during the second half of the month due to modest rainfall amounts. However, conditions were still severe across most of the county with a few areas remaining in the extreme category at the month's end.

Drought in FANNIN, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, Severe drought conditions were in place across Fannin County at the beginning of February and persisted through the end of the month.

Drought in GRAYSON, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, drought conditions were predominately in the severe category across Grayson County, with areas over the far western portions of the county experiencing extreme drought throughout the month.

Drought in LAMAR, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, Severe drought conditions were in place across Lamar County at the beginning of February and persisted through the end of the month.

Drought in YOUNG, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 5.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Young County experienced the most severe drought conditions of all 46 north Texas counties, reaching the exceptional drought category across the western half of the county for the entire month. Otherwise, extreme drought conditions were in place across the rest of the county.

Drought in JACK, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Jack County was generally split between extreme drought conditions across the northwest half of the county, and severe drought conditions across the southeast half, for the month of February.

Drought in WISE, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme drought conditions affected only the far northern reaches of Wise county during the month of February. Otherwise, drought conditions remained in the severe category.

Drought in PALO PINTO, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, severe drought conditions were in place the entire month over all but the far southeastern portions of the county.

Drought in DENTON, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Denton County spent all of the month of February in the grip of a severe drought. The exception was over the northern and northwestern-most portions of the county, where drought conditions were extreme for a good part of the month.

Drought in COLLIN, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

The severe drought that was in place across Collin County at the beginning of the month improved to moderate drought across the southern half of the county by February 12. The severe drought remained in place across the northern third of the county for the rest of the month, with moderate drought conditions remaining elsewhere.

Drought in STEPHENS, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 5.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, Stephens County was in an extreme drought at the beginning of February, and remained as such through the entire month.

Drought in EASTLAND, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

For all of February, Eastland County experienced extreme/D3 drought conditions over the northwestern quarter of the county with severe/D2 drought conditions elsewhere.

Drought in ERATH, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions plagued most of Erath County during the entire month of February. The far southern portions of the county were even classified in the extreme/D3 category for the whole month.

Drought in SOMERVELL, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme/D3 conditions were in place over all of Somervell County at the beginning of February, and remained in place through the end of the month.

Drought in HOOD, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought/D2 conditions in place county-wide at the beginning of February had retreated and improved to moderate across the northern half of the county by the second week. The county remained split between severe drought to the south and moderate drought to the north for the rest of the month.

Drought in JOHNSON, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Johnson County began the month of February with extreme/D3 conditions over the western two-thirds of the county, and severe/D2 conditions over the eastern third of the county. These conditions remained in place through the end of the month.

Drought in ELLIS, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions were felt over only the far western reaches of the county, with moderate/D1 conditions elsewhere, during the entire month of February 2013.

Drought in BOSQUE, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 5.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, extreme/D3 drought conditions were in place across all of Bosque County for the entire month of February.

Drought in HAMILTON, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions plagued Hamilton County for the entire month of February, with a few areas on the extreme east and southeast portions of the county reaching extreme/D3 levels.

Drought in HILL, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Hill County began the month of February 2013 with extreme/D3 conditions over the western third of the county, and D2/severe drought conditions across the rest of the county. By the second week in February, the eastern third of the county improved to moderate/D1 drought. That left the central third of the county in severe/D2 drought, and the western third in D3/extreme drought; and these conditions continued through the end of the month.

Drought in MILLS, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Mills County began February with severe/D2 drought conditions county-wide. Around the middle of the month, the southern half of the county had deteriorated to extreme/D3 drought status, with severe drought remaining across the northern half. These conditions persisted through the end of the month.

Drought in MCLENNAN, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 conditions in place at the beginning of the month improved to D1/moderate drought over all but the western third of the county by week 2. Conditions then remained as such thorugh the end of the month.

Drought in CORYELL, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 3.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme/D3 drought plagued the northwestern two-thirds of Coryell County, while D2 conditions were prominent over the southeastern third of the county. These conditions were in place for the entire month.

Drought in BELL, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, Bell County experienced severe/D2 drought conditions for the entire month of February 2013.

Drought in MILAM, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, severe/D2 drought conditions covered the western half of the county for all of February, while moderate/D1 conditions affected the eastern half.

Drought in LAMPASAS, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, all but the southern-most portions of Lampasas County were described as being in extreme/D3 drought for the entire month of February 2013.

Drought in FALLS, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 11-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions were in place over the western two-thirds on Falls County at the beginning of February. By week 2, conditions had improved to moderate/D1 severity over all of the county, and remained as such through the end of the month.

Drought in DELTA, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 15-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions during the first half of February improved to moderate drought midway through the month. Drought conditions remained in the moderate category through the end of February.

Drought in MONTAGUE, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Montague County began the month of February with extreme drought conditions in place county-wide. Beneficial rain during the second half of the month allowed conditions to improve some, however, the drought was still classified as extreme by the U.S. Drought Monitor over the southern half of the county  at the end of the month.

Drought in HUNT, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 15-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, Hunt County began the month of February with ongoing severe drought conditions in place. Conditions improved to moderate drought by the middle of February and remained as such through the end of the month.

Drought in HOPKINS, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 11-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought over the western third of Hopkins County at the beginning of February improved to moderate drought by the end of week two, and remained as such through the end of the month. The rest of Hopkins County was classified as moderate drought for the whole month.

Drought in PARKER, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 11-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions in place at the beginning of February improved during week 2, becoming categorized as moderate by February 12 and remaining as such through the end of the month.

Drought in TARRANT, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe drought conditions in place at the beginning of February improved to moderate over all but the far southern portions of the county by February 12. Severe and extreme drought remained in place just north of the Tarrant/Johnson County line through the end of the month.

Drought in ROCKWALL, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 11-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions at the beginning of the month improved to moderate by February 12, and remained as such through the end of the month.

Drought in RAINS, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 15-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions in place across most of Rains County at the beginning of February improved to D1/ moderate by the middle of the month.

Drought in COMANCHE, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 28-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions were in place county-wide at the beginning of February, and remained in place through the end of the month.

Drought in NAVARRO, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 11-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought plagued only the southwestern quarter of the county during the first week of the month. By week 2, all of the couty had improved to D1 status or better, with the improved conditions persisting through the end of the month.

Drought in LIMESTONE, TEXAS
From 01-FEB-13 00:00:00 to 11-FEB-13 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought over the northern third of Limestone County at the beginning of February improved to moderate/D1 during the second week of the month. These improved conditions lasted for the rest of the month.