Clouds and mild conditions the first changed to sunny and warm on the
2nd. Record daily highs For Decmeber 2nd were reached at Austin
and San Antonio, with highs of 86 at San Antonio; 85 at Austin Bergstrom;
and 84 at Austin Mabry.
It was around 20 degrees cooler the 3rd in wake of a cold front,
followed by a freeze over parts of the area on
Tuesday morning the 4th. A warming trend from the 5th to the 8th
and 9th brought warm afternoon highs around and over 80 again
the 8th and 9th. A cold front moved across the area from the
north the afternoon and evening of the 9th, bringing much colder
conditions the night of the 9th and the day of the 10th.
After much colder conditions the 10th, it warmed up
20 to 30 degrees for daytime highs the 11th, and then fell
back 20 to 30 degrees colder again on the 12th.
As skies turned cloudy the 14th, widespread dense fog developed
over the area during the late part of the day, and continued into the evening hours
of December 14th.
The mid to late part of December 2007 was very dry, as the speed
of cold frontal passes from the northwest increased, extending
the period of dryness that had started in the fall.
The fog and low clouds quickly moved away in the morning
hours of 15th, as a fast moving cold front swept across
the area, bringing windy and much drier conditions.
Northwest winds gusted to 35 to 50 mph. A freeze
came the night of the 15th to early morning of the 16th,
where lows fell into the 20s to near 30, and again
the night of the 16th to early morning of the 17th.
Del Rio had its coldest low for 2007 on December 16th,
when the low was 26. Most of the area, including Austin and
San Antonio, had the coldest low for 2007 in February,
although at Austin Bergstrom it was close on Decmeber 27th, when the low was
21, just one degree above the 20 observed on February 16th.
On Decmeber 22nd windy and much drier conditions
came again on a Saturday, with winds gusting to 35 mph to near 50 mph.
Southerly winds brought back areas of
low clouds and fog after midnight the 24th through the
morning of the 25th. Sunny
conditions the afternoon of the 25th were replaced
by a brief period of clouds over South Central Texas,
the night of the 25th.
As a fast moving Pacific cold front swept across the area the
night of the 25th to morning of the 26th, windy and dry
conditions returned once again the 26th. Winds gusted to 51 mph at
Del Rio the morning of the 26th, and wind gusts between 35 and 50
mph was observed elsewhere.
On the night of the 27th a short period of drizzle, rain and showers
formed in the late evening, between 9 pm and midnight, and moved
quickly east. Dry and cooler air spilled across the area
from the predawn hours through the daytime on the 28th.
The dry late December weather continued the rest of the
month. Afternoon highs warmed up the 30th and again the
31st, ahead of a cold front that swept across the area in
the afternoon and evening on New Years Eve.
Even though December 2007 and the fall was drier than
normal at Austin, Del Rio,
and San Antonio, 2007 rainfall was
the 4th wettest year at San Antonio, with 47.25 inches of rain;
the 5th wettest year at Del Rio, with 30.82 inches;
the 7th wettest at Austin Bergstrom, with 45.91 inches;
and the 12th wettest at Austin Mabry, with 46.95 inches of
rain from January 1st to December 31st.
The list below shows the wettest years for
Austin, Del Rio and San Antonio.
Austin Mabry Wettest Years 1856 to 2007
1. 64.68 1919
2. 53.99 1900
3. 52.27 2004
4. 52.21 1991
5. 51.79 1888
6. 51.73 1921
7. 51.30 1957
8. 51.24 1923
9. 49.00 1913
10. 47.28 1946
11. 47.03 1997
12. 46.95 2007
Austin Bergstrom Wettest Years 1943 to 2007
1. 55.74 1957
2. 55.24 1991
3. 51.89 2004
4. 50.11 1965
5. 47.11 1992
6. 46.47 1974
7. 45.91 2007
Del Rio Wettest Years 1906 to 2007
1. 37.75 1914
2. 34.62 1935
3. 33.22 1969
4. 30.98 2004
5. 30.82 2007
San Antonio Wettest Years 1871 to 2007
1. 52.28 1973
2. 50.30 1919
3. 48.83 1957
4. 47.25 2007
The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for
January 2008 calls for the average monthly temperature to
be warmer than normal and the monthly rainfall to be
drier than normal.
Click Here to See the Latest One Month Outlook from the Climate Prediction
Center.
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