Wet start to one of the driest months of the year

July 1st, 2012 at 9:48 pm by under Weather

 

With the end of June, or as I should call it, ‘April 2.0′ our hopes weren’t great for rainfall.  Typically June is one of the wettest months of the year her in Austin.  At Mabry June averages 4.33″ of rainfall ranking #2 only behind May.  At ABIA the 4.38″ average makes June the wettest month on average.  By contrast in July the averages are only 1.88″ at Mabry and 2.45″ at ABIA, which rank #12 and #6 as far as the wettest months.

Below are some crazy stats to chew on from today’s rainfall when you compare it to our two driest months so far this year.

Mabry ABIA
Rainfall today 0.38″ 0.41″
Rainfall April 0.22″ 0.09″
Rainfall June 0.06″ 0.21″
Today vs Apr/Jun 0.10″ 0.11″
Today vs Apr % 173% 456%
Today vs Jun % 633% 195%
Today vs Apr/Jun 136% 137%

Today’s rainfall totals at Mabry and ABIA rank as the 13th and 14th heaviest daily rainfall total for 2012.

Mabry ABIA
Rank Date Rainfall Rank Date Rainfall
1 9-Jan 0.87 1 9-Jan 0.62
2 24-Jan 0.4 2 25-Jan 5.66
3 25-Jan 3.14 3 31-Jan 0.48
4 17-Feb 0.53 4 4-Feb 1.7
5 18-Feb 1.72 5 17-Feb 0.59
6 9-Mar 1.27 6 18-Feb 1.1
7 10-Mar 0.77 7 9-Mar 1.08
8 20-Mar 2.77 8 10-Mar 0.65
9 6-May 0.69 9 20-Mar 2.69
10 7-May 0.42 10 6-May 0.73
11 10-May 2.7 11 10-May 2.85
12 15-May 0.88 12 14-May 0.6
13 1-Jul 0.38 13 15-May 0.6
14 1-Jul 0.41

 

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One Response to “Wet start to one of the driest months of the year”

  1. John Nunley says:
    July 2, 2012 at 8:36 am

    So amazing to me how June turned out to be the driest June in 45 years for the Austin area. Out in Bastrop where I live June was not that bad- I don’t know the exact amount of rain we had but compared to last year it pretty decent. I went fishing on the Colorado river on Saturday just east of Bastrop and all of us noticed how green everything was. I guess we were a little luckier in June
    than we have been in recent years.