The second quarter ended on a dry note with below normal rainfall for each of the three months with June being the driest at 0.78 inch. Normal rainfall for June is 4.03 inches.
Second quarter rainfall fell 6.10 inches short of normal at 5.82 inches. Normal for the second quarter is 11.92 inches. We had four days with measureable rainfall with a greatest one-day total of 0.57 inch on June 20. Rainfall for the year stands at 16.97 inches. Normal through June is 23.23 inches
RAINFALL BY MONTH IN INCHES
Month Rainfall Normal Departure
January 0.74 3.62 -2.88
February 4.58 3.36 +1.22
March 5.83 4.33 +1.50
April 1.18 3.30 -2.12
May 3.86 4.59 -0.73
Total 16.97 23.23 -6.26
Looking ahead to July: July is normally our driest and hottest month of the year. Normal rainfall for July is 1.95 inch.
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.
