![]() ![]() May is typically Austin's wettest month, with about 5 inches of rain on average. This puts the city slightly over our normal precipitation accumulation for this time with a total of 3.30 inches. Overall, the weather service said the Austin area received about 3.1 inches from last Friday to Tuesday. Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the city at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, the area saw about 2.29 inches of rain for the same time period, which puts the area slightly under its normal amount of accumulation for the month so far with a total of 2.54 inches. More: 'I grabbed her and shook her': The fall of an Austin surgeon accused of repeatedly abusing women That gives the region a total of 5.47 inches for the month so far and over double the normal amount for this time of the month. Really it depends on where you live in Austin, as parts of the city got vastly different numbers.įor instance, data from the National Weather Service says the Great Hills neighborhood in Northwest Austin gained about 4.53 inches of precipitation from May 12 to May 16. The cooling trend continues on Sunday, with a high of 81 degrees and a dewpoint that's a little lower, but still likely going to make it feel sticky outside. But expect a similar dewpoint to make things feel a bit muggy outside. ![]() Saturday's going to be a bit cooler, with partly to mostly cloudy skies throughout the day and a high of 84 degrees. There's a slight chance of some scattered and isolated showers in Austin, but overall it's setting up to be a decent weekend compared to last week.Įven though temperatures are likely to drop a little by Saturday, you can expect the humidity to stay around.įriday you can expect highs in the lower 90s, but a high dewpoint at about 67 degrees will make it feel muggy and more like it's in the mid-90s at times in the afternoon. If this happens, the biggest danger is likely to be hail and damaging winds, according to the National Weather Service. The city is running about 1.2 inches below normal in total. Meteorologists placed Austin, along with most of Central Texas, under a two out of five risk factor for the chances of severe storms developing on Friday. But the weather service expects no more than a quarter-inch of rain in Austin during the course of the next few days, if that. It's possible the rain and thunderstorms could last until about 7 a.m. Starting at about 7 p.m., the chance of rain hovers just under 30% in Austin, according to a forecast taken from Camp Mabry. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.Likely in the evening, although the chances aren't that high. Austins main weather station at Camp Mabry recorded as much as 3.73 inches on Monday, setting a daily rainfall record for Aug. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. On Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 at 11:53 am and is filed under Austin Texas Weather. Tags: austin lake levels, austin rain, austin weather ![]() ![]() (Even, it would appear, real-time accumulations!) If that’s not enough to hold your attention, you can choose from a healthy variety of map overlays that show everything from Austin area lake and stream levels and flow rates to humidity and temperature levels. You can see Austin rainfall totals over the last year, week, 24-hours, etc. The site revolves around a google-powered map that lets you pan and zoom in and out to find the area your interested in. So the next time you ask yourself “I wonder how much it has rained in Austin today” or “How much did it rain in my neighborhood”, you can find a quick answer. For those of us skywatchers who are counting every drop and rooting desperately for rising Austin lake levels, this is like discovering google for the first time. The site, administered by the Lower Colorado River Authority, shows (among other things) the rainfall totals from the LCRA’s vast network of rain guages in the state. The site is a fantastic and easy place to check current and historic Austin rainfall totals. I had someone direct me to this excellent Austin weather website recently. ![]()
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