Severe or greater drought conditions continued to plague central and western portions of north Texas during January of 2015.

Drought in BOSQUE, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions covered all of Bosque County at the beginning of January, with some of the far northern locations even being classified under Extreme/D3. By the end of the month, only the northern half of the county was listed under Severe/D2 drought, with the southern half having improved to D1/Moderate Drought.

Drought in HILL, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Hill County spent all of January, 2015 with Severe/D2 drought conditions in place, though the far southern reaches were classified as merely D1/Moderate, and the northern-most locations were listed as Extreme/D3.

Drought in NAVARRO, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.50K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Navarro County was affected by Severe/D2 Drought across the northwestern quarter of the county for all of January, 2015. The rest of the county was listed as Moderate drought or better.

Drought in CORYELL, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.50K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Coryell County experienced Severe/D2 drought conditions for the majority of the month, but began to see these conditions improve following some beneficial rainfall towards the end of the month.

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

Severe/D2 drought conditions covered Montague County for all of January, 2015.

Drought in GRAYSON, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 01-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.50K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions covered the southern half of Grayson County while Moderate/D1 conditions covered the northern half for all of January, 2015.

Drought in FANNIN, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.50K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 Drought covered all but the far northern portions of Fannin County during January, 2015.

Drought in DELTA, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.50K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions covered all of Delta County during January of 2015.

Drought in YOUNG, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 3.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Young County spent all of January 2015 split between Extreme/D3 drought across the northwestern half and Exceptional/D4 drought across the southeastern half of the county.

Drought in JACK, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Jack County spent all of January, 2015 covered in Extreme/D3 drought conditions.

Drought in WISE, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Wise County spent January of 2015 affected by Severe/D2 drought conditions across the northern half of the county and Extreme/D3 across the southern half.

Drought in DENTON, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Denton County Spent January of 2015 mainly in a state of Severe/D2 drought. The only exception was a strip of D3/Extreme drought, which covered the far southern portions of the county.

Drought in COLLIN, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions in place across all of Collin County at the beginning of January, 2015 deteriorated to Extreme/D3 around the middle of the month across central and southern portions of the county. Conditions remained as such through the end of the month.

Drought in HUNT, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.50K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Hunt County spent all of January, 2015 split between Severe/D2 conditions across the northern half of the county and Moderate/D1 across the southern half.

Drought in ROCKWALL, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.50K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Rockwall County spent all of January, 2015 split between Severe/D2 conditions across the northwest half of the county and Moderate/D1 across the southeastern half.

Drought in STEPHENS, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.50K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

A a drought gradient ranging from Exceptional/D4 in the east to Extreme/D3 in the middle to Severe/D2 in the west was in place across Stephens County for all of January, 2015.

Drought in PALO PINTO, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 4.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Palo Pinto County spent all of January, 2015 in the grasp of Exceptional/D4 drought conditions.

Drought in PARKER, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 3.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Parker County spent January, 2015 with Exceptional/D4 drought conditions across the majority of the county. The exception was the far northern reaches of the county, where Extreme/D3 conditions held on for the whole month.

Drought in TARRANT, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 01-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 4.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Tarrant County spent January, 2015 immersed in Extreme/D3 conditions over all but the southwest corner of the county, where Exceptional/D4 conditions resided.

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

Dallas County spent January, 2015 with Extreme/D3 conditions across the western three-quarters of the county and Severe/D2 across the eastern quarter of the county.

Drought in EASTLAND, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Eastland County endured a tight gradient between Extreme/D3 drought across the eastern reaches and simply D0/Abnormally Dry across the western sections for all of January 2015.

Drought in ERATH, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Most of Erath County was covered in Extreme/D3 drought conditions during January of 2015. The exceptions were the far northern reaches of the county where Exceptional/D4 conditions held on, and the southern-most reaches where Severe/D2 conditions were in place.

Drought in HOOD, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Exceptional/D4 drought conditions covered all of Hood County during January, 2015.

Drought in SOMERVELL, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Extreme/D3 Drought conditions covered Somervell County for all of January, 2015.

Drought in JOHNSON, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 2.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Johnson County spent all of January, 2015 with Exceptional/D4 conditions over the northwestern corner of the county, and Extreme/D3 across the rest of the county.

Drought in ELLIS, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Ellis County spent all of January, 2015 with Extreme/D3 conditions across the northwestern quadrant of the county and Severe/D2 conditions across the rest of the county.

Drought in COMANCHE, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions covered Comanche County for all of January, 2015.

Drought in HAMILTON, TEXAS
From 01-JAN-15 00:00:00 to 31-JAN-15 23:59:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.50K
Reported by: Drought Monitor

Severe/D2 drought conditions in place county-wide at the beginning of January receded to include only the northern portions of the county by the end of the month, due to beneficial rains received over the course of the month.