It was back in September of 2008, a monster hurricane came onshore, ripping up parts of the Texas coastline. From eroding the beaches to blowing out windows in downtown Houston, Ike was one powerful beast. Also, flooding rains spread inland.....but since this phenomenon, rain has been hard to come by.
A major drought set across the entire state of Texas with the driest times being in 2011. However, there is still a lot of work to do.
The National Weather Service (NWS) in League City decided to crunch some numbers to see how much rain we really are below climatological average since Hurricane Ike. The numbers seem unreal, but they are true.
The following numbers represent inches of rainfall below normal beginning in October 2008 - August 29, 2013:
College Station: -43.38"
George Bush Intercontinental: -53.33"
Houston, Hobby Airport: -59.37"
Galveston: -73.54"
They are incredible numbers, and truly tell the tail of the past 5 years. As we all know, any rain is welcome rain.
Take a look up once in a while, you never know what you'll miss.
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