by Barney Leach
Year 2021 set a snowfall record with 3 ½ inches on January 10 and 5 ½ inches on February 14 for a total of 9 inches for the year.
Rainfall/precipitation for the year came in slightly below normal at 43.96 inches. Our normal annual rainfall is 44.63 inches. We were below normal on rainfall eight month out of the year but a wet May of 12.92 inches helped put us near normal.
Temperature-wise, 2021 set a record low temperature of 7 degrees on February 16 however we had only 11 days with freezing or below temperatures. August was our hottest month with 27 days with temperatures in the 90’s. Our hottest day of the year was 99 degrees on September 1.
A monthly summary of rainfall and temperatures for the year is listed below.
RAINFALL_(INCHES) TEMPERATURE_(DEGREES)
MONTH Actual Normal High Low
January 3.70 3.26 75 33
February 2.37 3.31 76 7
March 2.27 4.96 83 41
April 2.69 3.72 86 39
May 12.92 5.46 88 55
June 4.34 4.02 96 63
July 4.92 2.62 97 64
August 2.16 2.37 97 72
September 0.48 2.89 99 52
October 4.73 5.15 90 47
November 1.86 2.83 82 35
December 1.52 4.04 82 33
TOTAL 43.96 44.63
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.
