After Record-Crushing Drought, Houston Gets 20% Of Annual Rain In One Day - Still 22" Short

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Heavy rains for drought-stricken Texas
A slow-moving low pressure system brought the heaviest rains of the year to large portions of rain-starved Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas over the weekend. Radar-estimated rainfall amounts reached eight inches over portions of Texas between Dallas and Abilene. Houston got 20% of their rain for the entire year--3.02"--on Sunday, breaking a string of 256 consecutive days the city had gone without a one-inch rainstorm. The longest previous such streak was 192 days, set in 1917 - 1918. The last one inch rainstorm in the city was January 24, 2011. The last time Houston had a two inch rainstorm was 383 days ago. Yesterday's rains brought the year-to-date precipitation to 15.25", which is 22" below normal.


Figure 3. Radar-estimated rainfall from the Dallas, Texas radar as of Monday morning.


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http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1955

[EC]

1. Maybe Perry should stay away from the State

a bit longer...It didn't seem to rain when he was there praying for it.

[Uben]

2. If prayers really worked, Perry wouldn't be governor

...so says millions of democrats!

[Kennah]

3. This is part of a leftist attack trying to prove ACC is occurring

:sarcasm: