NOUS44 KEWX 011705 PNSEWX TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-020315- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1205 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2008 ...JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 2008 WAS ONE OF THE DRIER JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER PERIODS AT AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO... ...SEPTEMBER 2008 WAS ONE OF THE DRIER SEPTEMBERS AT AUSTIN... DEL RIO...AND SAN ANTONIO... SEPTEMBER IS USUALLY ONE OF THE WETTER MONTHS OF THE YEAR...YET FOR SEPTEMBER 2008...RAINFALL WAS VERY LIMITED. THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS HOW SEPTEMBER 2008 RAIN COMPARES TO THE LONG TERM AVERAGES FROM THE BEGINNING OF RECORD THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2008. LOCATION SEP. 2008 RAIN LONG TERM AVERAGE AND RANK AUSTIN MABRY 0.02 3.42 2ND WETTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR...1856 TO 2008 AUSTIN BERGSTROM 0.34 3.20 4TH WETTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR...1943 TO 2008 DEL RIO 0.28 2.50 WETTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR...1906 TO 2008 SAN ANTONIO 0.46 3.29 2ND WETTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR...1871 TO 2008 FOR CURRENT DAILY AND MONTHLY CLIMATE INFORMATION...30 YEAR NORMALS ARE USED...AND THIS TERM IS REFERRED TO AS COMPARISONS TO NORMAL. THE LATEST NORMALS USE 1971 TO 2000...AND THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE FOR 1981 TO 2010 IN YEAR 2011. THE 30 YEAR 1971 TO 2000 NORMALS FOR SEPTEMBER ARE AS FOLLOWS...AUSTIN MABRY 2.91...AUSTIN BERGSTROM 2.88...DEL RIO 2.06...AND SAN ANTONIO...3.00. THE LIST BELOW COMPARES THE DRIEST SEPTEMBERS AND DRIEST JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER PERIODS FROM THE PAST. AUSTIN MABRY RAINFALL FOR SEPTEMBER 2008 WAS 0.02 INCHES. THIS MADE SEPTEMBER 2008 A TIE WITH SEPTEMBER 1931 FOR THE 3RD DRIEST SEPTEMBER AT AUSTIN MABRY. THE DRIEST SEPTEMBERS AT AUSTIN MABRY FROM 1856 TO 2008 ARE LISTED BELOW. 1. 0.00 SEPTEMBER 1872 2. TRACE SEPTEMBER 1903 3. 0.02 SEPTEMBER 1931 AND 2008 4. 0.07 SEPTEMBER 1947 5. 0.09 SEPTEMBER 1956 AUSTIN MABRY RAINFALL FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 2008 WAS 12.94 INCHES...11.62 INCHES BELOW NORMAL OR 53 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 7TH DRIEST JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER AT AUSTIN MABRY. THE DRIEST JANUARY TO SEPTEMBERS AT AUSTIN MABRY FROM 1856 TO 2008 FOLLOWS. 1. 9.57 1954 5. 12.04 1912 2. 9.68 1956 6. 12.64 1917 3. 10.24 1925 7. 12.94 2008 4. 10.85 1984 8. 13.53 1963 AUSTIN BERGSTROM RAINFALL FOR SEPTEMBER 2008 WAS 0.34 INCHES. THIS MADE SEPTEMBER 2008 THE 3RD DRIEST SEPTEMBER AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM. THE DRIEST SEPTEMBERS AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM FROM 1943 TO 2008 ARE LISTED BELOW. 1. 0.02 SEPTEMBER 1989 2. 0.11 SEPTEMBER 1956 3. 0.34 SEPTEMBER 2008 4. 0.47 SEPTEMBER 1999 5. 0.49 SEPTEMBER 1993 AUSTIN BERGSTROM RAINFALL FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 2008 WAS 14.29 INCHES...10.89 INCHES BELOW NORMAL OR 57 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 6TH DRIEST JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM. THE DRIEST JANUARY TO SEPTEMBERS AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM FROM 1943 TO 2008 FOLLOWS. 1. 7.86 1954 4. 11.62 1963 2. 10.90 1947 5. 11.89 1963 3. 11.37 1948 6. 14.29 2008 SAN ANTONIO RAINFALL FOR SEPTEMBER 2008 WAS 0.46 INCHES. THIS MADE SEPTEMBER 2008 THE 9TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER AT SAN ANTONIO. THE DRIEST SEPTEMBERS AT SAN ANTONIO FROM 1871 TO 2008 ARE LISTED BELOW. 1. 0.01 SEPTEMBER 1931 6. 0.12 SEPTEMBER 1911 2. 0.04 SEPTEMBER 1937 7. 0.15 SEPTEMBER 1920 3. 0.05 SEPTEMBER 1872 8. 0.43 SEPTEMBER 1926 4. 0.06 SEPTEMBER 1947 AND 1999 9. 0.46 SEPTEMBER 2008 5. 0.10 SEPTEMBER 1893 10. 0.51 SEPTEMBER 1975 SAN ANTONIO RAINFALL FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 2008 WAS 13.24 INCHES...11.28 INCHES BELOW NORMAL OR 54 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 14TH DRIEST JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER AT SAN ANTONIO. THE DRIEST JANUARY TO SEPTEMBERS AT SAN ANTONIO FROM 1871 TO 2008 FOLLOWS. 1. 8.88 1917 9. 12.78 1893 2. 9.50 1954 10. 12.80 1897 3. 9.80 1910 11. 12.94 1887 4. 10.03 1925 12. 13.03 1963 5. 10.85 1956 13. 13.09 1996 6. 11.46 1909 14. 13.24 2008 7. 11.75 1911 15. 13.25 1899 8. 12.72 1953 16. 13.27 1982 DEL RIO RAINFALL FOR SEPTEMBER 2008 WAS 0.28 INCHES. THIS MADE SEPTEMBER 2008 THE 8TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER AT DEL RIO. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 77.2 AT DEL RIO IN SEPTEMBER 2008 MADE SEPTEMBER 2008 TIE WITH SEPTEMBER OF 1991 FOR THE 9TH COOLEST SEPTEMBER SINCE 1906. THE DRIEST SEPTEMBERS AT DEL RIO FROM 1906 TO 2008 ARE LISTED BELOW. 1. TRACE SEPTEMBER 1931 AND 1999 5. 0.12 SEPTEMBER 1921 2. 0.02 SEPTEMBER 2005 6. 0.18 SEPTEMBER 1940 3. 0.04 SEPTEMBER 1930 AND 1952 7. 0.23 SEPTEMBER 1908 4. 0.09 SEPTEMBER 1907 8. 0.28 SEPTEMBER 2008 AT DEL RIO, 11.32 INCHES OF RAIN IN AUGUST, HAS KEPT JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 2008 AWAY FROM BEING ONE OF THE DRIER FIRST 9 MONTHS OF ANY YEAR. DEL RIO RAINFALL FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 2008 WAS 16.64 INCHES... 1.55 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL OR 10 PERCENT GREATER THAN NORMAL AT DEL RIO. THE DRIEST JANUARY TO SEPTEMBERS AT DEL RIO FROM 1906 TO 2008 FOLLOWS. 1. 2.05 1956 2. 3.51 1937 3. 4.82 1933 4. 6.14 1952 5. 6.28 1951 $$