...2005 Year in Review...
2005 was one of the drier years of record for most of
South Central Texas. One of the more unusual weather events
of the year ended up being the late September heat wave,
that brought the hottest days of the year and All Time High for the Fall Season for many locations
from September 24 to 28. A similar event occurred
in early September 2000, when not only the hottest
days of the year came; also the hottest All Time Days
of record at Austin and San Antonio.
Other uncommon events in 2005 included
the heavy rain event October 13th at Del Rio in a dry
year, when 7.59 inches fell in one day, the 4th wettest
day of record for Del Rio. This made Del Rio's 2005 rainfall slightly
above normal; however, most of the year was dry also. Then came the early
freeze to parts of the area in late October,
after it had warmed up in October. Austin
Bergstrom observed the earliest freeze of
record October 25th., with the low of 32.
November and December brought more extremes between
warm and cold and cold to warm. On Sunday, November 27th a very warm
day came, where the high was near
90 at some places over the west and southwest part
of South Central Texas. It was also a day that the
barometric pressure dropped to some of the lowest
levels of record at some locations. This was
the warmest day of November for many places, followed
by one of the coldest low temperatures for the
month on November 29th, after the passage of a strong cold
front the night of the 28th.
The dry weather trends from December 2004 continued the first
26 days of 2005. January 1st to 26th had warm and cold
periods. Strong cold fronts came the night of the 5th,
the 13th, the 22nd and at the end of the month on the
28th and 29th. The cold on the 28th and 29th came in
several waves leading up to a precipitation event on
February 1st. Mixed winter like precipitation fell
over the north parts of Val Verde and over Edwards
County on the 1st. Snow was observed from northern
Val Verde County to Rocksprings on February 1st. The
rest of South Central Texas had a cold rainy day.
February was a month with many cloudy days, and very
few sunny days. This continued into early March, then
the transition to more sunny days and dry weather began to return in the afternoon
of March 7th and on March 8th, in wake of a line of
thunderstorms that brought severe weather in the morning
hours of March 7th.
The mid part of March 2005 to early April 2005, brought a
few severe weather events, as thunderstorms came from the
northwest. Hail with thunderstorms occurred March 19th, March 25h,
March 31st and again April 5th, from the eastern part of
the hill country to parts of Central Texas, including the
Austin area. The March 25th event produced a tornado near Littig
in Travis County and also 2 miles east of Littig in Bastrop
County.
April brought dry weather, many sunny days and contrasts between
warm and cold
that was more unusual for most Aprils.
A strong cold front on April 1st, caused a late freeze
for parts of the hill country on April 2nd. A few 90
degree days showed up late in the month .
When May came rain activity picked up again on the 8th
and the 15th. A severe weather event came on May 9th,
when thunderstorms developed quickly over parts of the
hill country.
May 15th thunderstorms moved out of West Texas and
over parts of South Central Texas. The shower acitivty
linger on May 16th. may ended
dry, and was followed by
a line of thunderstorms in the early morning hours of
June 1st. In the night of June 3rd to the early morning
hours of Sunday the 4th, an area of thunderstorms
moved across the southern part
of South Central Texas.
From early June to early July, a long stretch of dry
weather emerged. A few isolated
showers affected the west part of the area on the June 10th and
11th. The summer of 2005 was the warmest since the
Summer of 2001, as more moderated summers for the area
came in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
June 2005 began with many mostly cloudy days, limiting daytime
highs considerably; however this changed by the middle and
late part of the month, when it got much hotter. Del Rio picked up its first 100
degree day June 16th. Austin had its first 100 Degree day June 30th, and San
Antonio had the first 100 degree day for 2005 on July 3. Very warm weather came in late June and continued through
the July 4th weekend. In this
period San Antonio went without measurable rain from
June 2nd to July 14, a 43 day period and 10th longest dry period of
record from 1948 to 2005. Austin went for a 35 day
stretch of no rain from June 2nd to July 6th, the 18th
longest period from 1930 to 2005. Del Rio had 33 days
of no measurable rain form June 11th to July 14th.
The dry weather began to
temporarily go away from July 7th to 14th. From Mid July to Mid August a period of summer showers came,
that then faded away again in late August, as temperatures heated up
once again.
September brought warm weather also, and some of the hottest
temperatures of the year came in late September, from
the 24th to the 28th. The hottest day of the year for
many places came September 25th, when the high was 107
at Austin Mabry, 108 at Austin Bergstrom, 105 at
San Antonio and 107 at Del Rio. Austin Mabry had a 2nd 107 degree day on September
26th. These were all records
not just for the day, they were also the hottest for the fall season
at Austin, Del Rio, and San Antonio.
October brought back the trend of warm to cool that continued
throughout the fall. A thunderstorm event came the 10th,
that produced severe weather from parts of the hill country
to Central Texas. A localized heavy rain event October 13th
at Del Rio, left 7.59 inches. This was the 4th wettest
day at Del Rio, in the middle of a dry year. If it had not
been for this heavy rain event, Del Rio would have ended
up with a dry year in terms of total rainfall in 2005.
A strong cold front came the 23rd and 24th,
leaving very dry conditions and cold lows
for October 25th.
Early November brought some very warm days
followed by much colder weather the 13th and 14th.
Very warm weather came in late November on the 27th,
followed quickly by much colder weather the 28th and
29th.
December brought more extremes from warm to cold
and cold to warm. A winter precipitation event
came on the 7th to the early morning of the 8th.
After warming up the 10th to the 13th, a longer
period of cold weather came the 15th to the 21st.
A warming trend followed the 22nd, and continued
through the 31st.
After a wet year in 2004,
2005 was the 20th driest of record at Austin Mabry;
the 10th driest at Austin Bergstrom and the 9th driest
at San Antonio.
The high and low for 2005 and yearly rainfall is listed below
for Austin, Del Rio and San Antonio.
2005 High 2005 Low 2005 Rainfall
Austin Mabry 107 on Sep. 25 and 26 23 on Dec. 8 22.33 inches
Austin Bergstrom 108 on sep. 25 20 on Dec. 6 21.45 inches
Del Rio 107 on Sep. 25 23 on Dec. 8 and 9 20.93 inches
San Antonio 105 on Sep. 25 27 on Dec. 7 and 8 16.56 inches
Year 2005 has been the opposite type of year rainfall wise than 2004. Year 2004
was the 3rd wettest year for Austin Mabry and Austin Bergstrom; the 4th wettest
for Del Rio and the 6th wettest for San Antonio. In 2005
conditions continued to get drier. The warm days in the
fall and abundant sunshine added to the dryness. The 16.54 inches at San Antonio
was the driest it has been since 1956, when only 14.31 inches fell, and
drier than the 16.63 inches in 1999. At Austin Bergstrom the 21.45 inches so far
in 2005 is the driest year since 1989, when 21.00 inches of rain fell. For
Austin Mabry the 22.33 inches so far in 2005 is the driest since 2003, when
21.43 inches of rain fell. Rainfall deficits for Austin and San Antonio for year
are as follows...
2005 RAINFALL
AUSTIN BERGSTROM 21.45 INCHES...13.27 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
AUSTIN MABRY 22.33 INCHES...11.32 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
SAN ANTONIO 16.54 INCHES...16.38 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
DEL RIO 20.92 INCHES...2.12 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
THE LIST BELOW SHOWS THE DRIEST YEARS OF RECORD AT
AUSTIN...DEL RIO AND SAN ANTONIO.
AUSTIN BERGSTROM 2005 RAINFALL WAS 21.45 INCHES
21 DRIEST YEARS AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM 1942 TO 2005
1. 1954 9.80 INCHES
2. 1947 11.87 INCHES
3. 1948 13.92 INCHES
4. 1956 15.65 INCHES
5. 1963 15.99 INCHES
6. 1943 18.64 INCHES
7. 1955 18.91 INCHES
8. 1989 21.00 INCHES
9. 1977 21.42 INCHES
10. 2005 21.45 INCHES
11. 2003 23.38 INCHES
12. 1988 25.24 INCHES
13. 1950 25.32 INCHES
14. 1972 25.43 INCHES
15. 1999 25.59 INCHES
16. 1951 26.37 INCHES
17. 1993 27.18 INCHES
18. 1980 27.26 INCHES
19. 1970 27.55 INCHES
20 1971 28.41 INCHES
21. 1962 28.73 INCHES
AUSTIN MABRY 2005 RAINFALL WAS 22.33 INCHES
21 DRIEST YEARS AT AUSTIN MABRY 1856 TO 2005
1. 1954 11.42 INCHES
2. 1956 15.41 INCHES
3. 1917 15.58 INCHES
4. 1963 17.30 INCHES
5. 1879 18.34 INCHES
6. 1893 19.04 INCHES
7. 1988 19.21 INCHES
8. 1901 19.50 INCHES
9. 1856 19.63 INCHES
10. 1912 20.37 INCHES
11. 1909 20.57 INCHES
12. 1948 20.98 INCHES
13. 2003 21.43 INCHES
14. 1906 21.49 INCHES
15. 1878 21.56 INCHES
16. 1947 21.58 INCHES
17. 1977 22.14 INCHES
18. 1939 22.13 INCHES
19. 1862 22.18 INCHES
20. 2005 22.33 INCHES
21. 1955 22.54 INCHES
SAN ANTONIO 2005 RAINFALL WAS 16.54 INCHES.
21 DRIEST YEARS AT SAN ANTONIO 1871 TO 2005
1. 1917 10.11 INCHES
2. 1954 13.70 INCHES
3. 1956 14.31 INCHES
4. 1909 14.92 INCHES
5. 1925 14.99 INCHES
6. 1897 15.92 INCHES
7. 1910 16.22 INCHES
8. 1901 16.44 INCHES
9. 2005 16.54 INCHES
10 1999 16.63 INCHES
11. 1947 17.32 INCHES
12. 1953 17.56 INCHES
13. 1933 17.64 INCHES
14. 1996 17.80 INCHES
15. 1955 18.17 INCHES
16. 1893 18.24 INCHES
17. 1963 18.65 INCHES
18. 1911 18.68 INCHES
19. 1939 18.83 INCHES
20. 1988 19.01 INCHES
21. 1920 19.56 INCHES1.
DEL RIO 2005 RAINFALL WAS 20.93 INCHES.
21 DRIEST YEARS AT DEL RIO 1906 TO 2005
1. 1956 4.34 INCHES
2. 1933 6.79 INCHES
3. 1917 7.65 INCHES
4. 1952 7.67 INCHES
5. 1951 8.84 INCHES
6. 1938 8.91 INCHES
7. 1910 9.06 INCHES
8. 1989 9.24 INCHES
9. 2001 9.69 INCHES
10. 1962 9.91 INCHES
11. 1955 10.66 INCHES
12. 1950 10.70 INCHES
13. 1937 10.77 INCHES
14. 1924 10.82 INCHES
15. 1916 11.13 INCHES
16. 1996 11.29 INCHES
17. 1963 11.53 INCHES
18. 1982 11.94 INCHES
19. 1953 12.28 INCHES
20. 1945 12.38 INCHES
21. 1927 12.45 INCHES
2005 HAD SOME OF THE DRIEST SUMMER TO FALL PERIODS
FOR AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO.
THE LISTING BELOW SHOWS THE DRIEST JUNE 1ST TO NOVEMBER 30TH
RAINFALL PERIODS OF RECORD.
DRIEST JUNE 1 TO NOVEMBER 30 AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM
2005 HAS BEEN THE 7TH DRIEST JUNE 1ST TO NOVEMBER 30TH PERIOD OF
RECORD AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM.
1. 1956 3.19 INCHES
2. 1948 4.70 INCHES
3. 1954 4.80 INCHES
4. 1947 5.47 INCHES
5. 1955 7.24 INCHES
6. 1963 7.89 INCHES
7. 2005 8.13 INCHES
DRIEST JUNE 1 TO NOVEMBER 30 AT AUSTIN MABRY
1. 1954 4.73 INCHES
2. 1947 5.32 INCHES
3. 1948 5.99 INCHES
4. 1956 6.57 INCHES
5. 1963 7.31 INCHES
6. 1943 7.41 INCHES
7. 1955 7.42 INCHES
DRIEST JUNE 1 TO NOVEMBER 30 AT SAN ANTONIO
2005 HAS BEEN THE 4TH DRIEST JUNE 1ST TO NOVEMBER 30TH
PERIOD OF RECORD AT SAN ANTONIO.
1. 1938 4.58 INCHES
2. 1917 4.93 INCHES
3. 1897 6.26 INCHES
4. 2005 6.87 INCHES
5. 1911 7.51 INCHES
6. 1910 7.58 INCHES
7. 1956 7.72 INCHES
DRIEST JUNE 1 TO NOVEMBER 30 AT DEL RIO
1. 1954 9.80 INCHES
2. 1947 11.87 INCHES
3. 1948 13.92 INCHES
4. 1956 15.65 INCHES
5. 1963 15.99 INCHES
6. 1943 18.64 INCHES
7. 1955 18.91 INCHES
8. 1989 21.00 INCHES
9. 1977 21.42 INCHES
10. 2003 23.38 INCHES.
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