2005-2006 Texas Drought Statistics



DFW Precipitation deficits from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2006

Location Total Departure Percent
DFW Airport 48.72 -20.74 70
Waco 47.12 -19.56 71
Dallas Love Field 56.94 -17.16 77
Arlington 52.12 -23.80 69
Denton 42.51 -33.07 56
McKinney 53.02 -29.00 65
Terrell 53.99 -30.07 64
Mineral Wells 44.26 -19.22 70
Corsicana 54.20 -24.76 69

2006 Precipitation totals for the DFW area

Location Total Normal Departure Percent
DFW Airport 29.75 34.73 -4.98 86
Waco 23.87 33.34 -9.47 72
Dallas Love Field 38.36 37.05 +1.31 104
Arlington 33.62 37.96 -4.34 89
Denton 26.94 37.79 -10.85 71
McKinney 31.67 41.01 -9.34 77
Terrell 31.69 42.03 -10.35 75
Mineral Wells 27.97 31.79 -3.82 88
Corsicana 28.87 39.48 -10.61 73


Warmest Annual Mean Temperature at DFW

Rank Temperature Year
1 69.3 2006
2 68.6 1999
3 68.3 1998
4 68.2 1933
5 68.1 1954
6 68.1 1934
7 67.9 2005
8 67.9 1921
9 67.8 1925
10 67.7 1939

Greatest annual number of 100 degree days at DFW

Rank Number of days Year
1 69 1980
2 56 1998
3 52 1954
4 48 1956
5 46 2000
6 44 1952
7 41 2006
8 40 1951
9 38 1963
10 36 1978

2005 precipitation deficits for the D/FW area

Location Rainfall (in.) Below normal(in.)
DFW Airport 18.97 -15.76
Waco 23.25 -10.09
Dallas Love Field 18.58 -18.47
Arlington 18.50 -19.46
Denton 15.57 -22.22
McKinney 21.35 -19.66
Terrell 22.31 -19.72
Mineral Wells 16.39 -15.40
Corsicana 25.33 -14.15


Driest years in the D/FW area

Rank Rainfall (in.) Year
1 17.91 1921
2 17.97 1910
3 18.11 1899
4 18.55 1956
5 18.97 2005
6 19.09 1934
7 19.55 1954
8 19.65 1901
9 20.11 1948
10 20.46 1963


Driest years in the Austin area

Rank Rainfall (in.) Year
1 9.80 1954
2 11.87 1947
3 13.92 1948
4 15.65 1956
5 15.99 1963
6 18.64 1943
7 18.91 1955
8 21.00 1989
9 21.42 1977
10 21.45 2005


Driest years in the San Antonio area

Rank Rainfall (in.) Year
1 10.11 1917
2 11.87 1954
3 13.92 1956
4 15.65 1909
5 15.99 1925
6 18.64 1897
7 18.91 1910
8 21.00 1901
9 16.56 2005
10 16.63 1999

Interesting Texas 2006 climate facts

  • Dallas-Ft Worth and Wichita Falls had their second warmest Januaries ever
  • On February 3rd, Corpus Christi experienced a high of 95 degrees, beating the old record by 8 degrees
  • Wichita Falls experienced a high of 98 degrees in March, a new record for the month
  • On March 18th and 19th, the 2005-2006 drought temporarily lost it's grip on North Texas with Dallas receiving 6.90 inches of rain. 
  • April was the driest month of the year with only one station reporting above average precipitation. Brownsville recorded only .05 inches of precipitation in April, which is 3% of normal. 
  • On April 17th, Dallas recorded a high of 101, breaking the previous record by 7 degrees.
  • On May 5th, Texas reported 82 hail reports and 18 tornadoes. 
  • Drought relief came on May 29th to South Texas with Houston receiving 4.33 inches and Victoria receiving 5.39, both records for the date.
  • During June, Dallas received only .34 inches of rain for the entire month, 11% of normal. The lowest precipitation total for the state was in Brownsville, with only .24 inches of rain, or 8% of normal. 
  • Wichita Falls experienced an average high of 102 during July, which is 4.8 degrees above normal.
  • August 2006 saw the state endure it's 17 month of drought conditions with Waco receiving only 3% of normal precipitation, Austin 9% and San Antonio 1%
  • Drought relief came in September to some areas, with Dallas receiving 107% of normal precipitation, and El Paso receiving over three times normal precipitation.
  • All reporting stations east of the I-35 corridor received above average precipitation during October, with Galveston reporting 333% of normal precipitation and Houston reporting 323%. 
  • Lubbock broke a 90-year November record with a high of 90 degrees on the 9th. San Angelo and Del Rio reported only 1% of normal precipitation for the month. 
  • Midland, Lubbock and Amarillo reported over 200% normal precipitation for December.

 

Detailed climate statistics for Texas cities

Data courtesy of the National Weather Service

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