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<\/a><\/div>\nMap by NOAA<\/p>\n
Some more detailed data gives a sense of how intense the drought was for all of Texas and portions of surrounding states:<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\nMap by NOAA<\/p>\n
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Related<\/h4>Posts<\/h5>- At Hearing on Drought, Signs of Optimism and Concern<\/a><\/li>
- The Rain in Texas is Mostly\u2026 Well, Everywhere<\/a><\/li>
- Rick Perry and the Troubles Back\u00a0Home<\/a><\/li>
- She Just Won\u2019t Leave: La Ni\u00f1a, Drought, Will Stay Until Spring<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>
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What Is The Lower Colorado River Authority?<\/a><\/p>![](\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2011\/11\/119835727-60x60.jpg\")
Everything You Need to Know About the Texas Drought<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\nAnd then there are the year-end numbers on rain and heat for Texas<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n- Amarillo, Lubbock, Wichita Falls and Victoria all had their driest years on record. Lubbock has 5.86 inches of rain for the entire year<\/em> — several inches below their previous record of 8.73 inches in 1917.<\/li>\n
- Several cities had their hottest year on record: Austin, College Station, Midland and San Angelo. The hottest of them all? Brownsville, on the Texas-Mexico border, which also had a record-breaking year of heat. The average temperature for the year there was 76.1 degrees.<\/li>\n
- No city got off easy. While the Dallas Fort-Worth area had decent rainfall compared to the rest of the state, they didn’t escape the heat. Their average temperature for the year was 68.6 degrees, the third-hottest year recorded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The good news? Rains have been falling across much of the state<\/a> over the last month, totaling more than we received during the same period last year. Here’s a map showing rainfall totals in Texas for December 2010:<\/p>\n
Posts<\/h5>- At Hearing on Drought, Signs of Optimism and Concern<\/a><\/li>
- The Rain in Texas is Mostly\u2026 Well, Everywhere<\/a><\/li>
- Rick Perry and the Troubles Back\u00a0Home<\/a><\/li>
- She Just Won\u2019t Leave: La Ni\u00f1a, Drought, Will Stay Until Spring<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>
Topics<\/h5>
What Is The Lower Colorado River Authority?<\/a><\/p>Everything You Need to Know About the Texas Drought<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\nAnd then there are the year-end numbers on rain and heat for Texas<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n- Amarillo, Lubbock, Wichita Falls and Victoria all had their driest years on record. Lubbock has 5.86 inches of rain for the entire year<\/em> — several inches below their previous record of 8.73 inches in 1917.<\/li>\n
- Several cities had their hottest year on record: Austin, College Station, Midland and San Angelo. The hottest of them all? Brownsville, on the Texas-Mexico border, which also had a record-breaking year of heat. The average temperature for the year there was 76.1 degrees.<\/li>\n
- No city got off easy. While the Dallas Fort-Worth area had decent rainfall compared to the rest of the state, they didn’t escape the heat. Their average temperature for the year was 68.6 degrees, the third-hottest year recorded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The good news? Rains have been falling across much of the state<\/a> over the last month, totaling more than we received during the same period last year. Here’s a map showing rainfall totals in Texas for December 2010:<\/p>\n
Topics<\/h5>
And then there are the year-end numbers on rain and heat for Texas<\/a>:<\/p>\n The good news? Rains have been falling across much of the state<\/a> over the last month, totaling more than we received during the same period last year. Here’s a map showing rainfall totals in Texas for December 2010:<\/p>\nWhat Is The Lower Colorado River Authority?<\/a><\/p>Everything You Need to Know About the Texas Drought<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n