We fell further behind on rainfall for the year with a fairly dry November with only 1.42 inches of rain. We had only four days with measurable rainfall with a greatest one-day total of 0.64 inch on November 4. All but 0.16 inch fell within the first eight days of the month.
Our total rainfall for the year now stands at 36.81 inches. Normal rainfall through November is 39.84 inches.
Temperature-wise, November continued to cool down with some low temperatures in the mid to upper twenties. Actual low temperature for the month is unavailable. We had a high temperature of 83 degrees on November 6.
RAINFALL BY MONTH IN INCHES
Month Rainfall Normal Departure
Jan 0.74 3.62 -2.88
Feb 4.58 3.36 +1.22
Mar 5.83 4.33 +1.50
Apr 1.18 3.30 -2.12
May 3.86 4.59 -0.73
Jun 0.78 4.03 -3.25
Jul 1.99 1.95 +0.04
Aug 1.13 2.43 -1.30
Sep 3.97 3.06 +0.91
Oct 11.33 5.30 +6.03
Nov 1.42 3.87 -2.45
Dec
Total 36.81 39.84 -3.03
Looking ahead to December: December is normally our second coldest month of the year. Expect some freezes and frosty mornings during the month. Our normal rainfall for December is 3.97 inches. We will need a total of 7.00 inches of rain in December to wind up with normal rainfall for the year.
Normal rainfall values currently used were derived from averages over the twenty-year period from 1997 through 2016.
The above rainfall and temperature data was recorded by Barney Leach, former co-op weather volunteer for the National Weather Service and former weather volunteer for Channel 8 in Dallas, Channel 10 in Waco and radio station KNES in Fairfield.
