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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
230 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2009

...DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE SO FAR IN JANUARY OF 2009...

THE CURRENT DROUGHT OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BEGAN IN
SEPTEMBER 2007...FOLLOWING A BRIEF WET PERIOD FROM JANUARY TO
AUGUST OF 2007...THAT WAS PRECEDED BY A DROUGHT FROM THE SPRING
OF 2005 THROUGH 2006. THE DRYNESS SINCE SEPTEMBER 2007 HAS LEFT
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS VERY DRY...MATCHING SOME OF THE
DRY PERIODS DECADES AGO IN THE 1900S.

SINCE THE ORIGIN OF THE CURRENT DROUGHT IN SEPTEMBER 2007...A REVIEW
OF RECORDS SHOWS THAT SEPTEMBER 2007 TO JANUARY 2009...WAS THE
DRIEST SUCH 17 MONTH PERIOD AT SAN ANTONIO...THE 3RD DRIEST AT
AUSTIN...AND WAS ONE OF THE DRIER SUCH PERIODS AT DEL RIO.

THE DRIEST 17 MONTH PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER...PLUS THE
NEXT YEARS JANUARY TO DECEMBER...AND THE FOLLOWING YEARS JANUARY
RAINFALL...ARE LISTED BELOW.  ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND MORE
SUNNY DAYS THAN USUAL SINCE SEPTEMBER 2007 HAS ADDED TO THE
MAGNITUDE OF THE CURRENT DROUGHT...BY MORE EVAPORATION THAN USUAL.

FOR SAN ANTONIO FROM 1885 TO 2009...THE DRIEST SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER...
PLUS THE NEXT JANUARY TO DECEMBER...AND THE FOLLOWING JANUARY
RAINFALL IS LISTED BELOW.

 1.  16.67  SEP. 2007 TO JAN. 2009
 2.  18.22  SEP. 1955 TO JAN. 1957
 3.  19.03  SEP. 1916 TO JAN. 1918
 4.  20.26  SEP. 1909 TO JAN. 1911
 5.  22.47  SEP. 1953 TO JAN. 1955

FOR AUSTIN MABRY FROM 1856 TO 2009...THE DRIEST SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER...
PLUS THE NEXT JANUARY TO DECEMBER...AND THE FOLLOWING JANUARY
RAINFALL IS LISTED BELOW.

 1.  19.79  SEP. 1955 TO JAN. 1957
 2.  21.75  SEP. 1916 TO JAN. 1918
 3.  23.74  SEP. 2007 TO JAN. 2009
 4.  25.38  SEP. 1878 TO JAN. 1880
 5.  26.86  SEP. 1954 TO JAN. 1956

FOR DEL RIO FROM 1906 TO 2009...THE DRIEST SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER...
PLUS THE NEXT JANUARY TO DECEMBER...AND THE FOLLOWING JANUARY
RAINFALL IS LISTED BELOW.

 1.   7.28  SEP. 1955 TO JAN. 1957
 2.  10.50  SEP. 1916 TO JAN. 1918
 3.  12.52  SEP. 1950 TO JAN. 1952
 4.  12.53  SEP. 1951 TO JAN. 1953
 5.  13.95  SEP. 1952 TO JAN. 1954
...
41.  23.00  SEP. 2007 TO JAN. 2009

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