...SUMMARY OF HOLIDAY WEATHER EXTREMES...

THE HOLIDAY SEASON OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
HAS BROUGHT MANY EXTREMES IN WEATHER...THAT VARIED FROM
WINTER LIKE CONDITIONS THAT MATCHES THE SEASON TO SUMMER LIKE
CONDITIONS.

THE COLDEST WEATHER DURING THE HOLIDAYS CAME IN DECEMBER OF 1983
AND DECEMBER OF 1989.

THE COLDEST CHRISTMAS DAY WAS DURING THE ARCTIC OUTBREAK
OF DECEMBER 1983...WHEN ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS WAS IMPACTED BY A HARD FREEZE...
THAT CAUSED EXTENSIVE CROP AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE HIGH FOR THE
AUSTIN CITY STATION...AUSTIN MUELLER AIRPORT IN 1983...AUSTIN MABRY TODAY...
ON CHRISTMAS OF 1983 WAS 25...AND THE LOW WAS 10. AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM THE
HIGH DECEMBER 25...1983 WAS 26 AND THE LOW WAS 11. FOR DEL RIO...THE HIGH
WAS 31...AND THE LOW WAS 13. FOR SAN ANTONIO THE HIGH WAS 30...AND THE
LOW WAS 11. THE COLDEST CONDITIONS IN THE DECEMBER 1983 ARCTIC OUTBREAK
FOR AUSTIN MUELLER AIRPORT WAS 10...FOR AUSTIN BERGSTROM 11...AND FOR
DEL RIO 13...ALL ON CHRISTMAS DAY. FOR SAN ANTONIO THE COLDEST IN
DECEMBER 1983 WAS 9 ON DECEMBER 30TH.

THE COLDEST IT HAS EVER BEEN CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS CAME DURING
THE DECEMBER 1989 ARCTIC OUTBREAK.  ON DECEMBER 23...1989
THE LOW FELL TO 4 AT AUSTIN MUELLER AIRPORT...6 AT AUSTIN
BERGSTROM...6 IN SAN ANTONIO...AND TO 10 IN DEL RIO.  THE LOW OF 10
IN DEL RIO WAS AN ALL TIME LOW FROM 1905 TO PRESENT.  THE LOW OF 4
AT AUSTIN MUELLER AIRPORT...6 AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM AND
6 IN SAN ANTONIO WAS THE COLDEST FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER OF
RECORD.

SOME OTHER COLDEST LOWS AROUND THE AREA IN DECEMBER 1989 WERE
AS FOLLOWS...BLANCO 0 DECEMBER 23 AND 24...
BOERNE 2 DECEMBER 23...BURNET -4 DECEMBER 23...
CARRIZO SPRINGS 10 DECEMBER 23...CRYSTAL CITY 11 DECEMBER 23...
FREDRICKSBURG 1 DECEMBER 23...EAGLE PASS 12 DECEMBER 23...
2 MILES NORTH OF GONZALES 4 ON DECEMBER 23...
JOHNSON CITY 1 DECEMBER 23...3 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
KERRVILLE 0 DECEMBER 23...LA GRANDE 3 DECEMBER 23...
LLANO -1 ON DECEMBER 23 AND 24...3 MILES WEST OF
LYTLE 6 DECEMBER 23...NEW BRAUNFELS 2 DECEMBER 23...
SAN MARCOS 2 DECEMBER 23...AND UVALDE RESEARCH CENTER
6 DECEMBER 23.

ALTHOUGH SNOW HAS NOT FALLEN SO FAR ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE
CAPITOL CITY...DEL RIO OR SAN ANTONIO TO THIS DATE...
IT HAS COME CLOSE AND HAS BEEN OBSERVED DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
THE TABLE BELOW LISTS THE TIMES CLOSEST TO CHRISTMAS AND
NEW YEARS DAY THAT SNOW WAS OBSERVED FOR AUSTIN...
SAN ANTONIO...AND DEL RIO.

FOR AUSTIN  1906 TO PRESENT

DEC 18...1906                 0.4 INCHES

DEC 18...1909                 LIGHT SNOW...NO DEPTHS AVAILABLE

JAN 3...1911                    0.1 INCHES

DEC 28...1925                 1.0 INCH

DEC 21...1927                 0.6 INCHES

DEC 21 AND 22...1929   5.5 INCHES

DEC 21 AND 22...1963   TRACE

DEC 22 AND 23...1980   TRACE

JAN 2...1985                   3.9 INCHES

DEC 26...1997                 TRACE

DEC 23 AND 24...1998   TRACE
 

FOR SAN ANTONIO 1885 TO PRESENT

DEC 18...1906                3 INCHES

DEC 28...1925                1 INCH

DEC 21...1927                0.2 INCHES

DEC 21...1929                2.9 INCHES

JAN 1...1951                   0.5 INCHES

DEC 21 AND 22 1963    TRACE

JAN 2...1985                   2.4 INCHES

DEC 22...1989                 TRACE

DEC 23...1990                 TRACE
 

FOR DEL RIO  1906 TO PRESENT

DEC 18...1906                 TRACE

JAN 2...1911                    TRACE

DEC 19 AND 20...1927   0.9 INCHES

DEC 21...1929                 2.2 INCHES

DEC 31...1946                  TRACE

JAN 1...1947                    1.5 INCHES

DEC 17 AND 18...1964    TRACE

JAN 2...1985           1.2 INCHES

DEC 22...1989          TRACE
 

WITH THE DECEMBER 28...1925 SNOW EVENT...NEW BRAUNFELS HAD
1/2 INCH OF SNOW AND BLANCO HAD 2 INCHES.

WITH THE DECEMBER 21 AND 22...1929 SNOW EVENT...
NEW BRAUNFELS HAD 4.6 INCHES...BLANCO HAD 7 INCHES...
BURNET HAD 8 INCHES...AND LLANO HAD 9 INCHES.

THE COLDEST NEW YEARS DAY FOR DEL RIO CAME JANUARY 1...1928
WHEN THE LOW WAS 20 AND HIGH 31...AND ALSO JANUARY 1...1947
WHEN THE LOW WAS 24 AND HIGH 28.

FOR AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO...THE COLDEST NEW YEARS DAY WAS
JANUARY 1...1928...WHEN THE LOW WAS 17 AND HIGH WAS 25 AT
AUSTIN MUELLER AIRPORT.  FOR SAN ANTONIO THE LOW WAS 19 AND HIGH WAS
28 ON JANUARY 1...1928.

AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM THE COLDEST NEW YEARS DAY OF RECORD...
1943 TO PRESENT...WAS JANUARY 1...1943...WHEN THE HIGH
WAS 33 AND LOW 25...AND ALSO JANUARY 1...1979 WHEN THE HIGH
WAS 34 AND LOW WAS 25.

AT DEL RIO THE COLDEST NEW YEARS DAY OF RECORD...
1906 TO PRESENT...WAS JANUARY 1...1928...WHEN THE HIGH
WAS 31 AND LOW 20...AND ALSO JANUARY 1...1947 WHEN THE HIGH
WAS 28 AND LOW WAS 24.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF EXTREMES...THE WARMEST CHRISTMAS
OF RECORD FOR AUSTIN MUELLER AIRPORT AND SAN ANTONIO WAS
DECEMBER 25...1955...WHEN THE HIGH ROSE TO 90.  AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM
THE HIGH WAS 91 DECEMBER 25...1955.   AT DEL RIO THE WARMEST
CHRISTMAS OF RECORD WAS A HIGH OF 87...IN 1955.

THE WARMEST NEW YEARS DAY OF RECORD FOR AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO
WAS JANUARY 1...1955 WHEN THE HIGH WAS 82 AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM...
81 AT AUSTIN MUELLER AIRPORT AND 79 IN SAN ANTONIO.  AT DEL RIO
THE WARMEST NEW YEARS DAY WAS 80 ON JANUARY 1...1952.

RAINFALL IN THE PAST HAS VARIED FROM BONE DRY TO FLOODS
DURING THE HOLIDAYS. SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS HAVE ALSO AFFECTED
THE AREA DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON...WHILE AT OTHER TIMES
CALM WEATHER PREVAILED. ONE OF THE WETTEST PERIODS DURING
THE HOLIDAYS SINCE 1970 CAME IN DECEMBER 1991...WHEN FLOODS
AFFECTED THE AREA JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE
1991/1992 EL NINO. IN 1997 SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS BEGAN IN THE AREA
AROUND DECEMBER 20TH AND CONTINUED THROUGH MARCH OF 1998...
WHEN THE AREA WAS AFFECTED BY THE 1997 AND FIRST HALF OF 1998 EL NINO.
LAST YEAR 2 SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS AFFECTED THE AREA ON MONDAY...
DECEMBER 23RD AND AGAIN ON MONDAY...DECEMBER 30TH.
 

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