The following San Augustine, Texas, Weather Summary is provided to you by Tom Johnson and taken from his weather station site that feeds both the National Weather Service (MD5632) & the Weather Underground (KTXSANAU6). You can view the location as it now has a webcam operational. Thanks to everyone for the 33,281 views this month.
- Jerry Nickerson and Norman Neel also contributed to this month’s summary. Thanks guys!
May 2015 - Temperatures
- The 28th was the warmest daytime reading at 89.4 degrees @4:41pm.
- The coolest/High temp day was 73 degrees on the 12th @1:47pm.
- The warmest evening came in at 73.9 degrees on the 10th @6:12 am..
- The coolest evening temp was 51.4 on the 1st @6:38am.
May 2015 - Rain
- In the rain department, we closed out May well above normal with a record rain fall of 13.24 inches of wet that surpassed the old11.30 inches from May of 1975.
- The month had 11 days with at least .01 of an inch
- The month had 12 days with at least .10 of an inch
- There were 6 days with 1 inch or more of rainfall.
- The 18th was the wettest day with 3.85 inches of rain
- May’s 13.24 inches in the Central part of SA County places us above normal for Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr/May in 2015 by 13.11 inches for the year already. The South part of SA County was even higher at 14.65 inches. The North part of SA County came in at 13.07.
- The 37 year annual average after last year is 51.97 inches a year. We are at 35.26” or…. +13.11 for 2015 at this point in the year.
- Is there a new annual record in the making? 1991’s annual total was the highest ever in the 37 years recorded at 68.93 inches. Our average remaining months total is 28.56 on average. If we only hit the average, we will be at 63.82 inches for the year. Only 5.11 inches away.
May 2015 - Wind
- May’s 31 days were rather calm. The hourly average wind speed was .6 MPH.
- During the month we had 29 of those days with gusts exceeding 10 mph.
- Another 5 with gusts exceeding 20 mph. Only 2 days below at 8 mph.
- We had gusts of 27 mph on both the 25th & 27th.
- Those winds in addition to our saturated soils are causing our trees to fall and giving our Deep East Texas Coop folks nightmares. When you see them, please make an effort to tell them “THANKS!” We need to let them know their efforts and success with the difficult job of keeping our service operational does not go unnoticed.
May 2015 - Pollen
- The pollen rebirth was comprised of mostly Grass, with Pecan, Walnut, and Hickory not far behind. By Thursday, we will have a significant increase in the index due to our sunshine. Once again mold will be on the rise …Whew!
- We are at a 5.6 out of 12 index level. This was due to the rain and a mean temperature of 73 degrees and lots of clouds for May.
- When mowing and trimming, be sure to use eye protection and respiratory masks to reduce inflammation.
May 2015 - Other
- Mosquitoes’ are out in force due to standing water from all the rain and flooding. Take precautions to protect you, your family, and pets.
Hurricane season begins today, June 1st and runs through the month of November. The 2015 season is anticipated to be another light year in the Atlantic, but active in the Pacific due to El Nino. More on this El Nino topic in a second email today.
Do you have your contingency plans in place with your family and friends?
REMEMBER: “We should always be prepared for the worst, but expect the best”.
Tom Johnson – (Weatherman Tom),
wunderground.com (KTXSANAU6)
tomjohnson1204@sbcglobal.net
On the hill, just across from the Deep East Texas Electric Co-op!
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