OK, gonna try to get back into this blogging thing. So let's talk about the weather.
Today is June 5th, the 156th day of 2011. In those 156 days, only 4 times has the official rain gauge at Bush Intercontinental Airport been filled with over .50 inches of rain. And all 4 of those days occurred in January. On January 24th, we were inundated with almost 2 inches of rain (1.94"). In the 4 months and change since January 24th, there has been a combined 1.97 inches TOTAL!!
Needless to say, 2011 is going down in the records books for dryness. February was the 8th driest February on record, we just had the 6th driest May ever, and April 2011 goes down as the driest April on record with barely over a tenth of an inch accumulation for the month. I sweat more than that. I mean, uh, I know people who do. June is only 5 days old but it's getting off to a dust spitting start as well with a big fat nothing in the rain collector. Less than half an inch this month would easily put June '11 in the top 10 driest Junes of all-time, and less than .08" (2005) would make it #1.
Oh, and don't forget, it gets hot in this freaking town too. June is 5 days old and we've already broken 3 record high temperatures, with a 4th expected to be broken today, including the earliest we've ever hit the century mark (June 2 - 100°).
Unlike your typical desert where you always hear "yeah, but it's a dry heat", our newly forming Gulf Coast desert comes with humidity. Oh the joy!
Back to my tumbleweed garden.
I guess I need to write about how we never get any rain more often. As soon as I do....RAIN!!!
ReplyDeleteOf course it still got up to 105 yesterday, so there's still that.