September Rains End Drought in Lower RGV Frequent Events Drop More than 10 inches in Spots |
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 802 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2009 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... ...SEPTEMBER CLIMATE ROUNDUP FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... RECORD DATES FOR EACH LOCATION ARE AS FOLLOWS: BROWNSVILLE RECORDS BEGAN 1878... HARLINGEN RECORDS BEGAN 1911... MCALLEN RECORDS BEGAN 1941... .BROWNSVILLE... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN BROWNSVILLE FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 82.02 DEGREES...1.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS THE 45TH WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD FOR BROWNSVILLE. BROWNSVILLE RECORDED ONE RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ON THE 24TH...WHEN THE HIGH WAS ONLY 71 DEGREES. BROWNSVILLE AIRPORT RECEIVED 9.43 INCHES OF RAIN IN SEPTEMBER...4.12 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS THE 17TH WETTEST SEPTEMBER IN BROWNSVILLE HISTORY. .HARLINGEN... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN HARLINGEN FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 81.13 DEGREES...0.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS THE 35TH COOLEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD. TWO RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET ON THE 23RD AND 24TH...WHEN THE HIGH REACHED ONLY 72 AND 69 DEGREES. THE HIGH OF 69 DEGREES ON THE 24TH WAS THE THIRD EARLIEST 60 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN STATION HISTORY. THE EARLIEST EVER WAS SEPTEMBER 21ST BACK IN 1991. HARLINGEN AIRPORT RECEIVED 5.03 INCHES OF RAIN IN SEPTEMBER...0.04 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS THE 38TH WETTEST SEPTEMBER IN HARLINGEN. .MCALLEN... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN MCALLEN FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 85.17 DEGREES...2.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS THE 16TH WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD FOR MCALLEN. MCALLEN SET OR TIED 4 RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN SEPTEMBER...TIED 3 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES...AND ONE RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ON THE 24TH...WHEN THE HIGH ONLY REACHED 70 DEGREES. MCALLEN AIRPORT RECEIVED 3.87 INCHES OF RAIN IN SEPTEMBER...0.21 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS THE 31ST WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD. |