#Austin rainfall totals year to date 2019 plus

Right now, meteorologists are expecting more rainy weather at least into the first week of June. Average Annual Precipitation for Texas The tables below give yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall at cities, towns and parks in Texas. About 2% of Hays County is considered to be under moderate drought conditions. Drought Monitor, there is no drought in Travis, Williamson and Bastrop counties, though there are portions of those counties that are deemed abnormally dry. The wet weather has also helped alleviate drought conditions that had been dragging since last year. That makes it harder for the sun to heat up the earth and the air once summer starts. For one thing they keep hotter temperatures at bay in early summer by locking moisture into the ground. “And whenever we get storms they can produce heavy rain.”Īs long as they don’t bring floods, springs rains are good news for a bunch of reasons. “We get more Gulf moisture over the area at this time of year, and then the thunderstorms can feed off of that,” Fogerty said. Rainfall totals at the weather station there were a remarkable 12.27 inches, making it the fourth rainiest May recorded at ABIA.įogerty said that variation is actually typical for spring thunderstorms, which can be highly localized.Īs for why spring is so rainy, he said it has to do with thunderstorms interacting with very humid air. “It’s the 26th highest May rainfall.”īut drive about 15 minutes southeast to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and you get a different story.

“That doesn’t make the top 25,” Fogerty said. That’s about 50% more than the average rainfall of 5.04 inches, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Bob Fogerty.īut it’s still nothing for the history books. It depends on what part of Austin you're talking about.Īccording to rainfall totals in Camp Mabry, Austin's main weather station near MoPac Boulevard and West 35th Street, this May brought 7.23 inches of rain. So, is the recent rain really that unusual? “I don't remember it ever raining this much in May in Austin.” “Why does it seem to have been raining every day for the past 6 weeks?” Lavaee asked our ATXplained project. It was rainy enough for Faith Lavaee to write to KUT with a question: May is typically Austin’s rainiest month, but this one felt even wetter than usual for some.