We got almost an inch of rain today!
Just had to share this because we've been having severe drought conditions (
Drought deepens, with little relief on tap | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle), quote from Houston Chronicle:
"Texas hasn't quite been as dry as the Sahara during the last seven months. But it's been close.
For the entire state, data released Monday by the National Climatic Data Center will show that last October through April was the driest such period on record. On average, Texas received less than 6 inches of rainfall.
The latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor reflects this deepening drought, with 74 percent of the state now in at least an "extreme" drought, and 24 percent reaching "exceptional," the worst category.
"Both of these values are the highest amounts ever since the U.S. Drought Monitor started in 2000," said Victor Murphy, the climate service program manager for the southern region of the National Weather Service, based in Fort Worth.
An exceptional drought is considered an event so rare and extreme that it occurs, on average, only once every 50 or 100 years.
The drought has begun to have a dramatic effect on stream flows across the state, with many individual river gauges across Texas showing water flows in the lowest 10 percent of historical conditions, Murphy noted.
All of Harris County is in at least a severe drought, with the city of Houston receiving only about 1.5 inches of rain over the last three months — about 15 percent of its normal amount.
That's less than some parts of the Sahara receive in the same time period.
The lack of rain has created agricultural problems across the state, including in the greater Houston region."
Afternoon highs are only in the mid 70s*F, though tomorrow is going to return to the 90s*F again.
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