November marked the third month in a row with below normal rainfall with 2.53 inches producing a deficit of 6.77 inches for the last three months. However, through November we stand at 7.36 inches above normal for the year with a total of 47.20 inches of rain. Normal for the entire year is 43.81 inches. There were eight days with measurable rainfall with a greatest one-day total of 1.22 inches.
Temperature-wise, November did produce one frosty morning with a low temperature of 33 degrees. High temperatures were mostly upper 70’s and low 80’s with lows in the upper 50’s and low 60’s.
2016 RAINFALL BY MONTH
Month Rainfall (inches) Normal Departure
January 0.82 3.62 -2.80
February 1.54 3.36 -1.82
March 8.58 4.33 +4.25
April 6.02 3.30 +2.72
May 5.83 4.59 +1.24
June 10.16 4.03 +6.13
July 2.19 1.95 +0.24
August 6.60 2.43 +4.17
September 2.57 3.06 -0.49
October 0.36 5.30 -4.94
November 2.53 3.87 -1.34
Totals 47.20 39.84 +7.36
LOOKING AHEAD TO DECEMBER: December is normally our second coldest month of the year. Normal rainfall for December is 3.97 inches.
According to NOAA, a La Nina has arrived and above normal winter temperatures and below normal precipitation is predicted for our part of Texas and across the southern U. S. La Nina is a weather phenomenon that is the opposite of El Nino meaning that instead
of warm conditions in the equatorial Pacific, the water is cooler than average giving us the opposite effect of an El Nino.
The above rainfall and temperature data was recorded by Barney Leach, former volunteer co-op weather observer for the National Weather Service and former weather volunteer for Channel 8 in Dallas and Channel 10 in Waco.
