Just how much rain fell in the Houston area during that unusually wet beginning of August?
The numbers tabulated by the Weather Channel and posted on the weather.com website are no less than stunning. After a dry day one, it all started on day two and didn’t stop until a week later.
Precipitation in Houston, Aug. 1-8, 2013
(from weather.com)
Aug. 1: 0.00 in.
Aug. 2: 3.31 in.
Aug. 3: .31 in.
Aug. 4: 1.28 in.
Aug. 5: 7.62 in.
Aug. 6: 2.26 in.
Aug. 7: .22 in.
Aug. 8: .80 in.
Total: 15.80 in.
*Average precipitation for entire month of August: 3.37 in.