{"id":6613,"date":"2012-02-27T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T18:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=6613"},"modified":"2012-03-01T14:02:30","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T20:02:30","slug":"the-texas-drought-how-we-got-here-and-where-were-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/02\/27\/the-texas-drought-how-we-got-here-and-where-were-going\/","title":{"rendered":"The Texas Drought: How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paul Buck\/AFP<\/p>

A stock pond south of Dallas, TX, dries up due to drought.<\/p><\/div>\n

The drought <\/a>has meant different things for different people in Texas. For many, it meant a brown lawn and fewer trips to the car wash. For others, it meant the loss of a crop, the sale of a ranch, or the disappearance of a lake. A new report gives us the opportunity to look at some of the science behind the drought that affected every Texan, and what may lie ahead in the future.<\/p>\n

At a meeting of the board of the\u00a0Lower Colorado River Authority\u00a0<\/a>(LCRA) last week, Bob Rose, LCRA’s meteorologist, presented a report on the drought and his forecasts for the months ahead.<\/p>\n

Texas had its driest year on record in 2011, he said, with an average of 14.88 inches of rain. It was also the driest the state has been in nearly a hundred years: the previous record was set in 1917 with 14.99 inches. It was also the second hottest year on record, with an average temperature of 67.2 degrees. The hottest year ever in Texas also came nearly a century ago, in 1921.<\/p>\n

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