...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 FROM THE LATE
1800'S TO 2005
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...
FREDERICKSBURG 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.
DURING THE 2004 HOLIDAY SEASON A SNOW EVENT CAME TO MAINLY THE
SOUTHEAST PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING OF DECEMBER 24TH...2004 TO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS OF DECEMBER 25TH...2004...MEASURABLE SNOW WAS OBSERVED OVER
THE SOUTHEAST PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE AREA WAS OVER PARTS OF
ATASCOSA...WILSON...KARNES...DEWITT...GONZALES...AND LAVACA COUNTIES.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS WERE FROM THE SOUTHERN PART OF ATASCOSA COUNTY
TO KARNES...DEWITT...AND LAVACA COUNTIES. SNOW ALSO FELL FURTHER
SOUTH OVER THE COASTAL BEND...AND LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND EAST
TO PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SNOW FLURRIES AND SLEET WERE OBSERVED
OVER PARTS OF BEXAR AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES IN THE LATE AFTERNOON TO
THE EARLY EVENING OF DECEMBER 24...2004. DURING THIS EVENT...SNOW WAS NOT
OBSERVED AT AUSTIN...DEL RIO OR SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
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.
WITH THE DECEMBER 24 AND EARLY MORNING OF DECEMBER 25...2004
SNOW EVENT KENEDY HAD 6 TO 8 INCHES...RUNGE 7 INCHES...CUERO 3 TO 6 INCHES...
YORKTOWN 6 INCHES...KARNES CITY 5 INCHES...BETWEEN KENEDY AND KARNES CITY
3 TO 4 INCHES...SPEAKS 2 INCHES...FALLS CITY 1 INCH...AND YOAKUM 1 INCH.
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...DEL
RIO...AND
SAN ANTONIO WAS JANUARY 1...2006. RECORD HIGHS ON JANUARY 1...2006
WERE AS FOLLOWS...AUSTIN BERGSTROM 84...AUSTIN MABRY 85...SAN ANTONIO 83...
AND DEL RIO 85.
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.
IN LATE DECEMBER OF 2002...2 SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS AFFECTED THE AREA ON
MONDAY...DECEMBER 23RD...2002 AND AGAIN ON MONDAY...DECEMBER 30TH...2002.
DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON IN 2003...THE WEATHER PATTERN CHANGED
FROM A DRY PATTERN TO A WET AND CLOUDIER WEATHER PATTERN IN
LATE DECEMBER 2003. THIS WET AND CLOUDIER WEATHER PATTERN EXTENDED
THROUGH THE WINTER AND SPRING OF 2004. IN LATE DECEMBER OF 2004 A SNOW
EVENT CAME TO THE SOUTHEAST PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ON THE EVENING
OF DECEMBER 24TH. SKIES CLEARED ON DECEMBER 25TH...AND DRY WEATHER
CONTINUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF DECEMBER. IN LATE DECEMBER OF 2005 DRY
AND WARM CONDITIONS CAME AND THIS TREND CONTINUED THROUGH EARLY JANUARY
OF 2006. AFTERNOON HIGHS WERE IN THE 70S TO NEAR 80 IN LATE DECEMBER
OF 2005...AND AROUND 80 TO THE MID 80S FOR THE FIRST 3 DAYS OF
JANUARY 2006. JANUARY 1ST...2006 WAS THE WARMEST NEW YEARS DAY OF
RECORD FOR AUSTIN...DEL RIO AND SAN ANTONIO. THE WARMEST DAYS IN
JANUARY OF 2006 CAME ON THE 1ST TO THE 3RD...WHEN HIGHS WERE IN THE
MIDDLE 80S. THE WARMEST DAY IN JANUARY 2006 AT SAN ANTONIO CAME ON
JANUARY 2...2006 WHEN THE HIGH WAS 86. ON JANUARY 3...2006 THE WARMEST
DAY IN JANUARY 2006 AT AUSTIN AND DEL RIO OCCURRED WHEN THE HIGH WAS 86.
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