Driest April on Record in San Antonio

[cctxhurricanewatcher]

I think the same probably holds true for the Corpus area since we've had 0.09 inches of rain for the month and that is probably going back to early March. I wonder if we are heading back into a drought pattern like we had in th mid to late 90's and the mid 80's?


PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
200 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2005

...HISTORY OF DRY APRILS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

APRIL 1ST TO 1 PM APRIL 30TH 2005 WAS VERY DRY FOR CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SO FAR FROM APRIL 1ST TO 1 PM APRIL 30TH...
2005...IT WAS THE DRIEST OF RECORD AT SAN ANTONIO...WITH 0.01 INCHES
OF RAIN...AND A TIE FOR THE 5TH DRIEST AT DEL RIO...WITH APRIL
1907...WITH 0.09 INCHES OF RAIN.

AT AUSTIN...APRIL 1ST TO 1 PM APRIL 30TH...2005 WAS A TIE FOR
THE 12TH DRIEST OF RECORD...WITH APRIL 1987...AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM...
WITH 0.91 INCHES OF RAIN...AND THE 16TH DRIEST APRIL OF RECORD AT
AUSTIN MABRY...WITH 0.72 INCHES OF RAIN.

ALTHOUGH APRIL IS NOT OVER...A LISTING OF THE DRIEST APRILS OF
RECORD COMPARED TO APRIL 1ST TO 1 PM APRIL 30TH...2005 FOLLOWS.

FOR APRIL 1ST TO 1 PM APRIL 30TH...APRIL 2005 WAS SO FAR A TIE
WITH APRIL OF 1987 FOR THE 12TH DRIEST APRIL OF RECORD AT AUSTIN
BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...WITH 0.91 INCHES OF RAIN. THE
LATEST 30 YEAR 1971 TO 2000 NORMAL FOR APRIL AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM IS
2.63 INCHES.

THE DRIEST APRILS AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
OCTOBER 1942 TO PRESENT

1. 0.03 INCHES IN APRIL 1984
2. 0.06 INCHES IN APRIL 2003
3. 0.21 INCHES IN APRIL 1944
4. 0.23 INCHES IN APRIL 1983
5. 0.24 INCHES IN APRIL 1961
6. 0.34 INCHES IN APRIL 1943
7. 0.39 INCHES IN APRIL 2001
8. 0.59 INCHES IN APRIL 1955
9. 0.62 INCHES IN APRIL 1951
10. 0.77 INCHES IN APRIL 1956
11. 0.86 INCHES IN APRIL 2002
12. 0.91 INCHES IN APRIL 1987 AND APRIL 1 TO 1 PM APRIL 30...2005

FOR APRIL 1ST TO 1 PM APRIL 30TH...APRIL 2005 WAS SO FAR THE
16TH DRIEST APRIL OF RECORD AT AUSTIN MABRY...WITH 0.72 INCHES OF
RAIN. THE LATEST 30 YEAR 1971 TO 2000 NORMAL FOR APRIL AT AUSTIN
MABRY IS 2.51 INCHES.

THE DRIEST APRILS AT AUSTIN MABRY...1856 TO PRESENT

1. TRACE IN APRIL 1887
2. 0.06 INCHES IN APRIL 1984
3. 0.10 INCHES IN APRIL 1892...1961 AND 2003
4. 0.16 INCHES IN APRIL 1983
5. 0.20 INCHES IN APRIL 1893
6. 0.33 INCHES IN APRIL 1944
7. 0.38 INCHES IN APRIL 1920
8. 0.45 INCHES IN APRIL 1987
9. 0.49 INCHES IN APRIL 1858 AND 1859
10. 0.50 INCHES IN APRIL 2001
11. 0.53 INCHES IN APRIL 1882
12. 0.56 INCHES IN APRIL 1956
13. 0.58 INCHES IN APRIL 1876
14. 0.63 INCHES IN APRIL 1937
15. 0.66 INCHES IN APRIL 1936
16. 0.72 INCHES SO FAR FOR APRIL 1 TO 1 PM APRIL 30...2005

FOR APRIL 1ST TO 1 PM APRIL 30TH...APRIL 2005 WAS SO FAR THE DRIEST
APRIL OF RECORD AT SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...WITH 0.01
INCHES OF RAIN. THE LATEST 30 YEAR 1971 TO 2000 NORMAL FOR APRIL AT
SAN ANTONIO IS 2.60 INCHES.

THE DRIEST APRILS AT SAN ANTONIO...1871 TO PRESENT

1. 0.01 INCHES APRIL 1 TO 1 PM APRIL 30...2005
2. 0.05 INCHES IN APRIL 1998
3. 0.11 INCHES IN APRIL 1984
4. 0.14 INCHES IN APRIL 1955
5. 0.16 INCHES IN APRIL 1892
6. 0.17 INCHES IN APRIL 2003
7. 0.18 INCHES IN APRIL 1925 AND 1983
8. 0.28 INCHES IN APRIL 1917
9. 0.29 INCHES IN APRIL 1895
10. 0.30 INCHES IN APRIL 1947
11. 0.32 INCHES IN APRIL 1961

FOR APRIL 1ST TO 1 PM APRIL 30TH...APRIL 2005 WAS SO FAR A TIE
WITH APRIL 1907 FOR THE 5TH DRIEST APRIL OF RECORD AT DEL RIO...WITH
0.09 INCHES OF RAIN. THE 30 YEAR 1971 TO 2000 NORMAL AT DEL RIO FOR
APRIL IS 1.71 INCHES.

THE DRIEST APRILS AT DEL RIO...DECEMBER 1905 TO PRESENT.

1. TRACE IN APRIL 1953
2. 0.01 INCHES IN APRIL 1955 AND 1998
3. 0.02 INCHES IN APRIL 1920
4. 0.05 INCHES IN APRIL 1956
5. 0.09 INCHES IN APRIL 1907 AND APRIL 1 TO 1 PM APRIL 30...2005
6. 0.11 INCHES IN APRIL 2003
7. 0.12 INCHES IN APRIL 1988
8. 0.13 INCHES IN APRIL 1983
9. 0.14 INCHES IN APRIL 1970
10. 0.17 INCHES IN APRIL 1932