RECORD REPORT
AUGUST 1998 DEL RIO RAINFALL



AUGUST 1998 SIGNIFICANTLY BROKE THE FOLLOWING RAINFALL
RECORDS FOR DEL RIO, TEXAS

AUG 23, 1998 = GREATEST CALENDAR DAY RAINFALL ... 17.03 INCHES
...OLD RECORD WAS 8.79 INCHES ON JUNE 13, 1935...

RECORD AUGUST 23RD RAINFALL ...... 17.03 INCHES (OLD RECORD 0.92 INCHES
                                                 ON AUGUST 23, 1944)

WETTEST AUGUST EVER .............. 20.93 INCHES (OLD RECORD 6.10 INCHES
                                                 IN AUGUST 1971)
                                                 
WETTEST MONTH EVER ............... 20.93 INCHES (OLD RECORD 15.79 INCHES,
                                                 SEPTEMBER 1964)

WEATHER RECORDS FOR DEL RIO DATE BACK TO 1905.

ON SUNDAY...AUGUST 23...1998 LAUGHLIN AFB EAST OF DEL RIO RECEIVED
7.42 INCHES.

THE LATEST 30 YEAR NORMAL AUGUST RAIN FOR DEL RIO IS 1.47 INCHES
AND FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, ANNUAL RAINFALL, IS 18.24 INCHES.