State Climatologist: Drought Officially Worst On Record
It’s official: Texas is now in the midst of the worst one-year drought on record, according to State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon.
Nielsen-Gammon, a professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University, says July was the warmest month recorded since data collection began in 1895. June and July set records for average monthly statewide temperature, and June was the fifth-warmest overall.
July’s monthly rainfall total of 0.72 inches was also the third-smallest on record. Only in 1980 and 2000 did Texas get less rain. Texas also saw its lowest year-to-date precipitation record smashed, with only 6.53 ...
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Sharon Cooper Morgan via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Texas is the 7th largest desert.
Lynn Roberts via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Where did the 0.72 inches fall, I'd like to know -- I know where it WASN'T!
Lynn Roberts via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Really -- what a system. Houston, maybe?
BurningFeet
It is Official! The next time a climate change denier/flat earther starts telling us that climate change is some sort of hoax perpetrated by liberals, we can kick them in the nuts. Rhetorically, that is.