Texas in July implies hot weather and nowadays implies the continuation of the current four-year drought.
Recent rains blessed much of the Southwest, but a sizable portion—just north of the Dallas Metroplex, over to Vernon and up into the Panhandle all the way to the Oklahoma state line—of the Lone Star State remains in extreme or exceptional drought status. Much of the rest of the Texas Panhandle is considered in severe drought status, according to Southwest Farm Press.
The latest Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) reported diverse conditions with about 7 percent of the state emerging out of the drought in the past week, but reservoirs storage decreased by 100,000 acre-feet.
The continuation of drought conditions is predicted for much of West and North Texas, but with some improvements along the coast and East Texas.