[STORMREPORTS] Houston Rainfall record

From: Jesse Ferrell - WeatherMatrix (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Tue Jun 12 2001 - 07:36:29 EDT


NWS in Houston had this to say about the rainfall total

THE NORMAL MONTHLY RAINFALL FOR JUNE AT HOUSTON IS 4.96 INCHES. SO
FAR THIS JUNE...HOUSTON HAS RECEIVED 16.47 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS IS
ALMOST 4 TIMES THE MONTHLY AVERAGE. THE NORMAL YEARLY RAINFALL FOR
HOUSTON IS 46.07 INCHES. SO FAR THIS YEAR...HOUSTON HAS RECEIVED
35.06 INCHES OF RAIN. THE NORMAL MONTHLY RAINFALL THROUGH JUNE 9TH IS
1.61 INCHES SO HOUSTON HAS RECEIVED OVER TEN TIMES THE EXPECTED
NORMAL MONTH TO DATE RAINFALL. TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY...THE FIRST
NINE DAYS OF THE MONTH PRODUCED 35.7 PERCENT OF THE ANNUAL EXPECTED
RAINFALL. JUNE 2001 IS ALREADY THE WETTEST (16.47) JUNE IN HOUSTON
HISTORY. THE PREVIOUS WETTEST JUNE OCCURRED IN 1989 (16.28 INCHES).

=========================================================
STORMREPORTS Email List - For WeatherMatrix Members Only
Set Yourself to "DIGEST" For ONE EMAIL PER DAY!

TO UNSUBSCRIBE: stormreports-unsubscribe{at}casi-internal

TO UNSUBSCRIBE, SUSPEND, CHANGE EMAIL, OR DIGEST:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stormreports/join

RULES:
http://www.weathermatrix.net/members/casisr.html
===================================================

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sat Jul 07 2001 - 19:28:10 EDT