Hi all,
Since it's been a roller coaster with the rain this year, and such a wide variety of totals across the area, I thought I would share the rainfall for my location here in South Montgomery County:
Jan: 4.52"
Feb: 2.71"
Mar: 6.11"
Apr: 1.61"
May: 0.64"
Jun: 2.84"
Jul: 9.95"
Aug: 2.66"
Sep: 2.83"
Oct: 2.07"
Nov: 0.66"
Dec: 1.02"
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2012 Total: 37.62"
2012 Rainfall Totals/Year In Review
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E-mail from Jeff reviews the year 2012:
January 9:
Heavy rainfall, flooding and tornadoes strike SE TX. 4-6 inches of rainfall in 1-2 hours over southern Harris County leads to flooding along Brays and Keegans Bayous. Over 100 homes flooded. Tornado strikes Fort Bend County (near The Meadows) with damage to roofs in the Mission Bend area. Tornado rated EF 1. Tornado strikes the Mall of the Mainland in Texas City damaging the mall and blowing out car windows.
January 24:
Small hail accumulates on the ground in College Station from thunderstorms along a northward moving warm front
January 25:
A powerful storm system brings gusty south winds of 40-45mph to the area: Sugar Land (45mph), Wharton (45mph), Katy (45mph). Line of severe thunderstorms brings wind damage to areas north of I-10.
Brenham: 70mph (EF0) tornado strikes the Brenham area)
5.66 inches of rain fall in 24 hours at Austin (the greatest single day rainfall since 9-7-2000)
9.35 inches recorded 2.4 miles WNW of Bastrop
February 3
Narrow band of heavy rainfall produces 4-6 inches of rain over extreme NW Liberty and southern San Jacinto Counties
February 4:
6-11 inches of rain fall over Brazos and Burleson Counties with widespread flooding. College Station records 4.11 inches.
March 2:
Tornado outbreak results in 79 tornadoes across the OH valley and Gulf coast. 39 persons killed and over 500 injured
March 19:
A strong storm system brings strong southerly winds to the area: Victoria (44mph), Palacios (42mph).
80mph Microburst strikes George West in Live Oak County producing widespread wind damage 1.5 miles long by 2.5 miles wide.
March 20-21:
8-10 inches of rainfall occurs along the Sabine River from east of Beaumont to central Louisiana producing significant flooding.
College Station shatters daily rainfall record for March 20th of 1.65 inches after recording 2.38 inches.
March 29
Hail of varying sizes fell over McAllen, TX for nearly an hour driven by 70-75mph winds. Hail drifts to 6” deep with nearly every home in the city suffering damage. An estimated 200 million dollars in damage.
April 2:
Large bow echo moves across Matagorda Bay area producing 80mph winds at Port Lavaca and 69mph at Port O Connor. Wind damage was .5 of a mile wide to 2 miles long.
Strong winds destroyed a mobile home in Hungerford in Wharton County.
April 3:
Cluster of destructive tornadoes move across the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area. Hundreds of homes damages with 20 persons injured. 110 planes at DFW airport damaged by golf ball size hail.
April 4:
Baseball size hail falls in Alvin, TX breaking home windows and shattering car windows
April 15:
Strong south winds push tide levels 1.5-3.0 feet above normal along the upper TX coast resulting in minor coastal flooding.
April 16:
Large high precipitation supercell produces 10-12 inches of rainfall in a few hours over Portland and Gregory in San Patricio County. Emergency Manager recorded 15.0 inches of rainfall. 496 homes flooded several with over 3 feet of water. 80% of the town of Gregory flooded.
April 20:
Numerous reports of hail and wind damages across the area from a line of thunderstorms along a cold front
May 9:
Tornado strikes Weimar in Colorado County. 8 injured. Damage to schools, 65% of the town without power. 40 railroad cars overturned
May 10:
Large bow echo moves across the coastal bend.
96mph wind gust recorded by a MS State Storm Chase team in Corpus Christi
66mph recorded by Oil Platform in Corpus Christi Bay
53mph at Galveston
61mph at Port Aransas
65mph at Holiday Beach
49mph at Seadrift
58mph at Port O Connor
70mph at Fulghum Point
16 tornadoes strike S TX in 24hrs in addition to the large scale bow echo. This was a record number of tornadoes for S TX not related to a tropical cyclone landfall.
May 12:
Excessive rainfall in a 12 hour period from central Fort Bend County to southern Harris and northern Galveston counties results in flooding along Clear Creek and Keegans Bayou.
CoCoRaHS observer in Pecan Grove: 10.70 inches
Sugar Land: 9.10
Richmond: 4.06
Westbury: 6.49
League City: 5.57
Friendswood: 6.1
Richmond (Pecan Grove): 8.93
June 10:
Lightening sparks a large march fire in Chambers County with smoke blanketing Galveston Island and Galveston Bay
June 12:
Severe thunderstorms produces very strong winds of 60-70mph along I-45 from Conroe to Aldine. 161,000 residents lost power. Numerous trees downed.
June 25:
Palacios records 102 degree high temperature. This was the hottest June temperature ever recorded and the 3rd warmest temperature ever recorded at the site.
Galveston recorded 100 degrees only for the 8th time ever. Galveston had never recorded a June 100 degree day prior.
Victoria: 106
Angleton: 101
Corpus Christi: 105
Hobby: 102
June 26
Record heat continued for 3rd day
Record Highs for Tuesday June 26:
College Station: 106 (broke record of 105 in 2009)
Galveston: 97 (broke record of 95 in 1875)
BUSH IAH: 105 (broke record of 104 in 2009)
Hobby: 102 (broke record of 99 in 2009)
Brownsville: 103 (broke record of 100 in 1900)
Waco: 107 (tied record of 107 in 1980)
Austin Mabry: 109 (broke record of 105 in 2009, set new all-time June record high, previous record was 108 on June 14, 1998)
Corpus Christi: 106 (broke record of 100 in 1980)
Victoria: 108 (broke record of 102 in 2009)
San Antonio: 106 (broke record of 103 in 2009)
July 9:
Microburst strikes San Angelo Airport. ASOS recorded wind gust to 68mph, several hangers damaged
July 10:
6-9 inches of rain falls over Bastrop County resulting in flash flooding and evacuations of trapped residents
July 11-13:
A slow moving trough axis and plume of tropical moisture produces 10-14 inches of rainfall over NW Harris, Waller, and SW Montgomery Counties. Widespread flooding along Cypress Creek, Little Cypress Creek, Willow Creek, and Spring Creek. Over 200 homes are flooded across those three counties. Little Cypress Creek records its highest recorded water level surpassing the historic flooding of 1994.
April-August 2012:
Widespread record drought impact much of the central US. On August 21, 62% of the US was considered to be in moderate drought. Portions of the MS River were too low to allow vessel traffic. 1692 counties in 36 states were declared natural disaster areas as of Aug 17 with extensive crop losses through much of the plains. The remains of Hurricane Isaac brought heavy rainfall to some of the eastern parts of the drought stricken middle MS valley in early September. This was the most extensive drought since the dust bowl drought of the 1930’s. the excessive heat also result in 123 direct deaths. Exceptional drought continues throughout much of the central plains at the end of 2012.
August 29-30:
Hurricane Isaac makes landfall in SE LA producing extensive storm surge and rainfall flooding. Storm surge of 9-11 feet recorded overtopped some levees. Rainfall of just over 20 inches recorded in New Orleans. 9 US fatalities including 5 in LA. 900,000 without power. 59,000 homes damaged in SE LA mostly from storm surge and rainfall flooding. 2 billion dollars in damages
September 28-30:
10.55 inches of rainfall recorded in Grapeland in Houston County
October 29
Post tropical cyclone Sandy “Superstorm Sandy” made landfall along the southern New Jersey coast bringing record storm surge values to New Jersey and New York. Damage estimated at over 65.6 billion dollars making Sandy the second costliest hurricane only behind Katrina. 131 fatalities in the US (253 along the path). 24 US states affected with over 8 million persons without power. New York subway system and tunnels flooded with seawater for the first time. On Long Island alone nearly 100,000 homes were damaged or destroyed with more than 2,000 either destroyed or washed away. Sandy set numerous storm surge and lowest barometric pressure records all across the NE and mid Atlantic states.
November 19:
Moderate to severe drought conditions re-develop across SE TX after being nearly drought free in July. Early and mid 2012 rainfall surpluses are reduced to zero due to a dry October and November period.
November 22:
Thick fog with visibilities less than 100 feet resulted in a 100+ vehicle pile-up on I-10 in Chambers County. Over 50 persons injured and 2 fatalities.
December 19:
Strong winds produce widespread blowing dust over W TX. It was the longest duration dust storm since 1977. Visibilities of less than .25 of a mile at times resulted in a significant chain reaction accident with over 100 vehicles involved
From an airplane of Lubbock
December 20:
Strong winds impact the area behind a powerful cold front
N Jetty: 61
Palacios: 48
Sugar Land: 46
Conroe: 47
College Station: 43
Eagle Point: 40
December 25
Severe weather including tornadoes impact SE TX (Houston and Trinity Counties)
EF3 rated tornado with winds near 150mph impacts Houston County destroying several buildings.
Strong winds impact the entire region
BUSH IAH: 51
College Station: 54
Tomball: 46
Wharton: 45
Conroe: 49
Hobby Airport: 56
Brenham: 46
Bay City: 44
Galveston: 47
Lake Jackson: 46
Pearland: 51
Palacios: 53
Huntsville: 52
Bay City: 39
Victoria: 48
Snow falls over N TX including the D/FW metro area.
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January 9:
Heavy rainfall, flooding and tornadoes strike SE TX. 4-6 inches of rainfall in 1-2 hours over southern Harris County leads to flooding along Brays and Keegans Bayous. Over 100 homes flooded. Tornado strikes Fort Bend County (near The Meadows) with damage to roofs in the Mission Bend area. Tornado rated EF 1. Tornado strikes the Mall of the Mainland in Texas City damaging the mall and blowing out car windows.
January 24:
Small hail accumulates on the ground in College Station from thunderstorms along a northward moving warm front
January 25:
A powerful storm system brings gusty south winds of 40-45mph to the area: Sugar Land (45mph), Wharton (45mph), Katy (45mph). Line of severe thunderstorms brings wind damage to areas north of I-10.
Brenham: 70mph (EF0) tornado strikes the Brenham area)
5.66 inches of rain fall in 24 hours at Austin (the greatest single day rainfall since 9-7-2000)
9.35 inches recorded 2.4 miles WNW of Bastrop
February 3
Narrow band of heavy rainfall produces 4-6 inches of rain over extreme NW Liberty and southern San Jacinto Counties
February 4:
6-11 inches of rain fall over Brazos and Burleson Counties with widespread flooding. College Station records 4.11 inches.
March 2:
Tornado outbreak results in 79 tornadoes across the OH valley and Gulf coast. 39 persons killed and over 500 injured
March 19:
A strong storm system brings strong southerly winds to the area: Victoria (44mph), Palacios (42mph).
80mph Microburst strikes George West in Live Oak County producing widespread wind damage 1.5 miles long by 2.5 miles wide.
March 20-21:
8-10 inches of rainfall occurs along the Sabine River from east of Beaumont to central Louisiana producing significant flooding.
College Station shatters daily rainfall record for March 20th of 1.65 inches after recording 2.38 inches.
March 29
Hail of varying sizes fell over McAllen, TX for nearly an hour driven by 70-75mph winds. Hail drifts to 6” deep with nearly every home in the city suffering damage. An estimated 200 million dollars in damage.
April 2:
Large bow echo moves across Matagorda Bay area producing 80mph winds at Port Lavaca and 69mph at Port O Connor. Wind damage was .5 of a mile wide to 2 miles long.
Strong winds destroyed a mobile home in Hungerford in Wharton County.
April 3:
Cluster of destructive tornadoes move across the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area. Hundreds of homes damages with 20 persons injured. 110 planes at DFW airport damaged by golf ball size hail.
April 4:
Baseball size hail falls in Alvin, TX breaking home windows and shattering car windows
April 15:
Strong south winds push tide levels 1.5-3.0 feet above normal along the upper TX coast resulting in minor coastal flooding.
April 16:
Large high precipitation supercell produces 10-12 inches of rainfall in a few hours over Portland and Gregory in San Patricio County. Emergency Manager recorded 15.0 inches of rainfall. 496 homes flooded several with over 3 feet of water. 80% of the town of Gregory flooded.
April 20:
Numerous reports of hail and wind damages across the area from a line of thunderstorms along a cold front
May 9:
Tornado strikes Weimar in Colorado County. 8 injured. Damage to schools, 65% of the town without power. 40 railroad cars overturned
May 10:
Large bow echo moves across the coastal bend.
96mph wind gust recorded by a MS State Storm Chase team in Corpus Christi
66mph recorded by Oil Platform in Corpus Christi Bay
53mph at Galveston
61mph at Port Aransas
65mph at Holiday Beach
49mph at Seadrift
58mph at Port O Connor
70mph at Fulghum Point
16 tornadoes strike S TX in 24hrs in addition to the large scale bow echo. This was a record number of tornadoes for S TX not related to a tropical cyclone landfall.
May 12:
Excessive rainfall in a 12 hour period from central Fort Bend County to southern Harris and northern Galveston counties results in flooding along Clear Creek and Keegans Bayou.
CoCoRaHS observer in Pecan Grove: 10.70 inches
Sugar Land: 9.10
Richmond: 4.06
Westbury: 6.49
League City: 5.57
Friendswood: 6.1
Richmond (Pecan Grove): 8.93
June 10:
Lightening sparks a large march fire in Chambers County with smoke blanketing Galveston Island and Galveston Bay
June 12:
Severe thunderstorms produces very strong winds of 60-70mph along I-45 from Conroe to Aldine. 161,000 residents lost power. Numerous trees downed.
June 25:
Palacios records 102 degree high temperature. This was the hottest June temperature ever recorded and the 3rd warmest temperature ever recorded at the site.
Galveston recorded 100 degrees only for the 8th time ever. Galveston had never recorded a June 100 degree day prior.
Victoria: 106
Angleton: 101
Corpus Christi: 105
Hobby: 102
June 26
Record heat continued for 3rd day
Record Highs for Tuesday June 26:
College Station: 106 (broke record of 105 in 2009)
Galveston: 97 (broke record of 95 in 1875)
BUSH IAH: 105 (broke record of 104 in 2009)
Hobby: 102 (broke record of 99 in 2009)
Brownsville: 103 (broke record of 100 in 1900)
Waco: 107 (tied record of 107 in 1980)
Austin Mabry: 109 (broke record of 105 in 2009, set new all-time June record high, previous record was 108 on June 14, 1998)
Corpus Christi: 106 (broke record of 100 in 1980)
Victoria: 108 (broke record of 102 in 2009)
San Antonio: 106 (broke record of 103 in 2009)
July 9:
Microburst strikes San Angelo Airport. ASOS recorded wind gust to 68mph, several hangers damaged
July 10:
6-9 inches of rain falls over Bastrop County resulting in flash flooding and evacuations of trapped residents
July 11-13:
A slow moving trough axis and plume of tropical moisture produces 10-14 inches of rainfall over NW Harris, Waller, and SW Montgomery Counties. Widespread flooding along Cypress Creek, Little Cypress Creek, Willow Creek, and Spring Creek. Over 200 homes are flooded across those three counties. Little Cypress Creek records its highest recorded water level surpassing the historic flooding of 1994.
April-August 2012:
Widespread record drought impact much of the central US. On August 21, 62% of the US was considered to be in moderate drought. Portions of the MS River were too low to allow vessel traffic. 1692 counties in 36 states were declared natural disaster areas as of Aug 17 with extensive crop losses through much of the plains. The remains of Hurricane Isaac brought heavy rainfall to some of the eastern parts of the drought stricken middle MS valley in early September. This was the most extensive drought since the dust bowl drought of the 1930’s. the excessive heat also result in 123 direct deaths. Exceptional drought continues throughout much of the central plains at the end of 2012.
August 29-30:
Hurricane Isaac makes landfall in SE LA producing extensive storm surge and rainfall flooding. Storm surge of 9-11 feet recorded overtopped some levees. Rainfall of just over 20 inches recorded in New Orleans. 9 US fatalities including 5 in LA. 900,000 without power. 59,000 homes damaged in SE LA mostly from storm surge and rainfall flooding. 2 billion dollars in damages
September 28-30:
10.55 inches of rainfall recorded in Grapeland in Houston County
October 29
Post tropical cyclone Sandy “Superstorm Sandy” made landfall along the southern New Jersey coast bringing record storm surge values to New Jersey and New York. Damage estimated at over 65.6 billion dollars making Sandy the second costliest hurricane only behind Katrina. 131 fatalities in the US (253 along the path). 24 US states affected with over 8 million persons without power. New York subway system and tunnels flooded with seawater for the first time. On Long Island alone nearly 100,000 homes were damaged or destroyed with more than 2,000 either destroyed or washed away. Sandy set numerous storm surge and lowest barometric pressure records all across the NE and mid Atlantic states.
November 19:
Moderate to severe drought conditions re-develop across SE TX after being nearly drought free in July. Early and mid 2012 rainfall surpluses are reduced to zero due to a dry October and November period.
November 22:
Thick fog with visibilities less than 100 feet resulted in a 100+ vehicle pile-up on I-10 in Chambers County. Over 50 persons injured and 2 fatalities.
December 19:
Strong winds produce widespread blowing dust over W TX. It was the longest duration dust storm since 1977. Visibilities of less than .25 of a mile at times resulted in a significant chain reaction accident with over 100 vehicles involved
From an airplane of Lubbock
December 20:
Strong winds impact the area behind a powerful cold front
N Jetty: 61
Palacios: 48
Sugar Land: 46
Conroe: 47
College Station: 43
Eagle Point: 40
December 25
Severe weather including tornadoes impact SE TX (Houston and Trinity Counties)
EF3 rated tornado with winds near 150mph impacts Houston County destroying several buildings.
Strong winds impact the entire region
BUSH IAH: 51
College Station: 54
Tomball: 46
Wharton: 45
Conroe: 49
Hobby Airport: 56
Brenham: 46
Bay City: 44
Galveston: 47
Lake Jackson: 46
Pearland: 51
Palacios: 53
Huntsville: 52
Bay City: 39
Victoria: 48
Snow falls over N TX including the D/FW metro area.
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I had 45.0 inches even at my house in Richmond
2012 was an interesting year in weather.
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I measured 62.29" of rain in SW Houston in 2012. That's the most rain I've ever recorded in over 30 years here. No drought in my neighborhood. The graphic below compares 2012 rain with 2011 rain. Almost 3 times the rain of 2011.
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What was the previous wettest year?wxman57 wrote:I measured 62.29" of rain in SW Houston in 2012. That's the most rain I've ever recorded in over 30 years here. No drought in my neighborhood. The graphic below compares 2012 rain with 2011 rain. Almost 3 times the rain of 2011.
A grand (and compared to last year I do mean GRAND) total of 37.25 here in the Greater Bedias Metroplex. 