The warm weather from the summer of 2005, and record breaking warmth in late September 2005, continued to come back in October and November, in wake of strong cold fronts. 

November 2005 was both dry and overall warm, yet showed vast extremes from cold to warm and warm to cold. After a cool first start of the month on the 1st and 2nd, conditions warmed up greatly the 3rd, and it continued unseasonably warm through the 14th. A strong cold front the 15th brought considerably cooler weather, that lasted through the 22nd. Conditions warmed up again just before Thanksgiving Day. The best rain event of the month came with an area of showers and thunderstorms the night of the 25th and morning of the 26th. Dry conditions quickly followed. Very warm and dry conditions came Sunday the 27th, as warm west and southwest winds sent afternoon highs to some of the warmest for the month at places over the west part of South Central Texas. Highs over the west part of South Central Texas the 27th were near 90 to the low 90s. A strong cold front came through the area the night of the 27th, bringing much cooler conditions quickly the night of the 27th and day of the 28th.  The month ended the 29th and 30th dry, the same way it had began. In addition to the lack of significant rain, the number of mostly clear days and above normal temperatures in the month, contributed to the dryness, with more evaporation than usual.

After record breaking rains in 2004, especially in June 2004 and November 2004, much drier conditions have prevailed through most of 2005.

SO FAR IN 2005...AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO ARE RUNNING WELL BELOW
NORMAL FOR RAINFALL.  DEL RIO IS ABOVE NORMAL FOR 2005...ALTHOUGH
WITH LESS RAIN THAN IN 2004.  IF DEL RIO HAD NOT RECIEVED A RECORD
7.59 INCHES OF RAIN OCTOBER 13TH...THEN DEL RIO WOULD ALSO HAVE BELOW
NORMAL RAIN FOR 2005.

RAINFALL DEFICITS/SURPLUS THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH...2005 IS LISTED
BELOW.

AUSTIN MABRY..........22.24 INCHES   8.97 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
AUSTIN BERGSTROM......21.25 INCHES  10.94 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
DEL RIO...............20.87 INCHES   2.82 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL
SAN ANTONIO...........16.46 INCHES  14.50 INCHES BELOW NORMAL

IN LOOKING AT THE DRIEST JANUARY TO NOVEMBER PERIODS OF RECORD
FOR AUSTIN...DEL RIO...AND SAN ANTONIO...YEAR 2005 IS ONE OF
THE DRIEST.

AT SAN ANTONIO THE PERIOD OF RECORD IS 1871 TO 1875...1877 TO
1882...AND 1885 TO 2005. FOR YEAR 2005 AT SAN ANTONIO...
JANUARY TO NOVEMBER IS THE 14TH DRIEST OUT OF 132 YEARS OF DATA.
THIS IS IN THE LOWEST 11 PERCENT.

AT AUSTIN MABRY THE PERIOD OF RECORD IS 1856 TO 2005.  FOR
YEAR 2005 AT AUSTIN MABRY...JANUARY TO NOVEMBER IS THE
25TH DRIEST OUT OF 150 YEARS OF DATA.  THIS IS IN THE LOWEST
17 PERCENT.

AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM THE PERIOD OF RECORD IS FROM 1943 TO 1945...
1947 TO 1995...AND 1998 TO 2005.  FOR YEAR 2005 AT 
AUSTIN BERGSTROM...JANUARY TO NOVEMBER IS THE 10TH 
DRIEST OUT OF 60 YEARS OF DATA.  THIS IS IN THE LOWEST
17 PERCENT.

THE DEL RIO PERIOD OF RECORD IS DECEMBER 1905 TO 2005
FOR YEAR 2005 AT DEL RIO...JANUARY TO NOVEMBER IS THE 70TH DRIEST
OUT OF 100 YEARS AT DEL RIO...OR THE 30TH WETTEST JANUARY TO NOVEMBER
PERIOD OF RECORD FOR DEL RIO.

November 2005 was warm for Novembers

The average November temperature for November 2005 was the 7th warmest at Austin Mabry, 64.8 degrees; the 11th warmest at San Antonio, 64.9 degrees; the 15th warmest at Austin Bergstrom, 63.0 degrees; and the 27th warmest at Del Rio, 62.1 degrees.

A listing of the warmest Novembers, based on the average Monthly Temperature follows.

AUSTIN MABRY 1854 TO 2005

WARMEST NOVEMBERS

1.  68.2  1927
2.  65.9  1909
3.  65.6  1913
4.  65.3  1931
5.  65.1  1973
6.  64.9  1988
7.  64.8  2005
8.  64.5  1999
9.  64.4  1921
10. 64.2  1966

AUSTIN BERGSTROM 1942 TO 2005

WARMEST NOVEMBERS

1.  67.7  1973
2.  66.1  1989
3.  65.3  1965
4.  65.2  1983
5.  65.1  1945
6.  64.8  1966
6.  64.8  1994
8.  64.4  1942
9.  64.1  1949
9.  64.1  1989
11. 63.8  1981
12. 63.7  1990
13. 63.4  1985
14. 63.2  1960
15. 63.0  2005

SAN ANTONIO 1885 TO 2005

WARMEST NOVEMBERS

1.  69.8  1927
2.  68.2  1909
3.  66.6  1931
4.  66.5  1924
5.  66.2  1913
6.  65.8  1973
7.  65.6  1921
7.  65.6  1934
9.  65.3  1933
10. 65.1  1988
11. 64.9  2005

DEL RIO 1905 TO 2005

WARMEST NOVEMBERS

1.  68.4  1927     16. 63.2  1988
2.  65.4  1965     17. 63.0  1921
3.  65.3  1909     17. 63.0  1981
4.  64.6  1924     19. 62.8  1917
4.  64.6  1985     20. 62.6  1949
6.  64.4  1931     20. 62.6  1990
7.  64.2  1934     22. 62.5  1994
7.  64.2  1973     22. 62.4  1964
9.  63.9  1999     24. 62.4  1998
10. 63.7  1966     25. 62.3  1910
11. 63.5  1942     25. 62.3  1983
12. 63.4  1913     27. 62.1  2005
12. 63.4  1933
12. 63.4  1945
15. 63.3  2001

In looking at the average November daily high temperatures, they in the top 10 warmest for the month of November.

The average November Maximum Temperature for November 2005 was the 2nd warmest at Austin Bergstrom with November 1973, 77.9 degrees; 4th warmest at Austin Mabry, 76.9 degrees; the 4th warmest at San Antonio, 77.7 degrees; and the 10th warmest at Del Rio, 75.4 degrees.

THE WARMEST DAILY MAXIMUM NOVEMBER TEMPERATURES OF RECORD FOLLOW.

AUSTIN BERGSTROM 1942 TO 2005        AUSTIN MABRY 1898 TO 2005

1. 78.6  NOVEMBER 1949               1.  78.5  NOVEMBER 1927
2. 77.9  NOVEMBER 1973               2.  78.4  NOVEMBER 1924         
2. 77.9  NOVEMBER 2005               3.  77.2  NOVEMBER 1999
4. 77.7  NOVEMBER 1988               4.  76.9  NOVEMBER 2005

SAN ANTONIO 1885 TO 2005

1. 80.1  NOVEMBER 1927
2. 78.3  NOVEMBER 1988
3. 78.1  NOVEMBER 1909
4. 77.7  NOVEMBER 1949
4. 77.7  NOVEMBER 2005

DEL RIO 1905 TO 2005

1.  78.3  NOVEMBER 1927
2.  77.9  NOVEMBER 1999
3.  77.5  NOVEMBER 1949
4.  77.2  NOVEMBER 1909
5.  76.9  NOVEMBER 1981
6.  76.5  NOVEMBER 1988
7.  76.2  NOVEMBER 1965
8.  76.1  NOVEMBER 1966
9.  76.0  NOVEMBER 1910
10. 75.4  NOVEMBER 2005

November 2005 was one of the drier Novembers of record