Southeast Texas still in a drought

The heavy rain from Hurricane Dolly last week eased the drought in far south Texas, but we didn't get enough rain around here.

A survey of soil moisture and drought conditions across the state still shows most of southeast Texas is moderately or extremely dry.

As of July 31, rainfall for the year is about seven inches below normal in Houston and almost ten inches below normal in Galveston. Every month since March has ended drier than normal at Bush Intercontinental Airport.