Nearly a year and a half after its initial arrival to Texas, drought conditions persist across the High Plains and larger U.S. Great Plains into the new year as La Niña patterns linger.

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Relative humidities will drop to 8 to 15 percent across much of the southern and high Plains, leaving tinder-dry conditions. Oklahoma and Texas are also in the midst of drought.