Precipitation was near-normal overall across north Texas in October. Certain areas experienced below normal precipitation for the month, which aggravated the prolonged drought conditions.

Drought in HOPKINS, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions covered the majority of Hopkins County for all of October 2014.

Drought in ROCKWALL, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.50K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions covered the majority of Rockwall County for all of October 2014.

Drought in STEPHENS, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 5.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Exceptional/D4 drought conditions were in place across Stephens County for all of October 2014.

Drought in PALO PINTO, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 5.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Exceptional/D4 drought conditions were in place across Palo Pinto County for all of October 2014.

Drought in PARKER, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 5.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Exceptional/D4 drought conditions were in place across Parker County for all of October 2014.

Drought in TARRANT, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 5.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Exceptional/D4 drought conditions were in place across Tarrant County for all of October 2014.

Drought in HOOD, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 5.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Exceptional/D4 drought conditions were in place across Hood County for all of October 2014.

Drought in DALLAS, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 5.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Dallas County was classified by the U.S. Drought Monitor as remaining predominantly under Severe/D3 drought conditions for all of October 2014.

Drought in JOHNSON, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 5.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Johnson County was classified by the U.S. Drought Monitor as remaining predominantly under Severe/D3 drought conditions for all of October 2014.

Drought in SOMERVELL, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 3.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Somervell County was classified by the U.S. Drought Monitor as remaining predominantly under Severe/D3 drought conditions for all of October 2014.

Drought in ERATH, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 5.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Erath County was classified by the U.S. Drought Monitor as remaining predominantly under Severe/D3 drought conditions for all of October 2014.

Drought in EASTLAND, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 3.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Eastland County spent October of 2014 essentially split between Extreme/D3 conditions across the eastern half of the county and Severe/D2 across the west.

Drought in COMANCHE, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 3.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Comanche County spent October of 2014 essentially split between Extreme/D3 conditions across the eastern half of the county and Severe/D2 across the west.

Drought in HAMILTON, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions across all of Hamilton County at the beginning of October  improved to Moderate/D1 conditions by the middle of the month across all but the far northern portions of the county where slightly drier conditions prevailed.

Drought in BOSQUE, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions across all of Bosque County at the beginning of October improved to Moderate/D1 around the middle of the month across the southern half of the county. D2/Severe conditions continued across the northern half of the county through the end of the month.

Drought in HILL, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions across all of Hill County at the beginning of October improved to Moderate/D1 around the middle of the month across the southern half of the county. D2/Severe conditions continued across the northern half of the county through the end of the month.

Drought in ELLIS, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions covered Ellis County for all of October, 2014.

Drought in COOKE, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions covered Cooke County for all of October 2014.

Drought in GRAYSON, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions covered Grayson County for all of October 2014.

Drought in YOUNG, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 3.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Young County spent October of 2014 split between D3/Extreme drought conditions over the northwest half of the county to D4/Exceptional over the southeast half.

Drought in JACK, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 3.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme/D3 drought conditions covered Jack County for all of October 2014.

Drought in WISE, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 3.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions in place across Wise County for most of October 2014 deteriorated to D3/Extreme drought by the final week of the month as rainfall remained below normal for the month.

Drought in COLLIN, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 3.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Collin County spent all of October 2014 split between Severe/D2 drought in the eastern half of the county to Extreme/D3 in the western half.

Drought in MONTAGUE, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.50K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions covered Montague County for all of October 2014.

Drought in DENTON, TEXAS
From 01-OCT-14 00:00:00 to 31-OCT-14 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 3.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

For weeks 1 through 3 of October 2014, Denton County was split between Severe/D2 drought over the western half to Extreme/D3 drought over the eastern half. Extreme/D3 conditions covered all of the county for the final week of the month as the rainfall deficit continued.