WFO San Angelo Climatology

Snow Across the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast; Unsettled Weather in the West

Light to moderate snow will continue into Saturday over the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast. This weekend into next week, a series of atmospheric rivers will bring gusty winds, periods of heavy rain, and mountain snow to northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Colder temperatures are in store for the weekend from the Great Lakes to East Coast. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE SAN ANGELO TX 705 AM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001 ...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WERE REPLACED BY A COOLER AND WETTER PATTERN IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS DURING AUGUST... RAINFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS IN AUGUST. THIS MARKED THE FIRST MONTH WITH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL SINCE MAY AT ABILENE...AND SINCE MARCH AT SAN ANGELO. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST WAS 83.4 DEGREES. THIS WAS 0.2 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE OF 83.2 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 3.39 INCHES. THIS WAS 0.59 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 2.80 INCHES. AT SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST WAS 83.1 DEGREES. THIS WAS 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE OF 81.9 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 3.67 INCHES. THIS WAS 1.74 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1.93 INCHES. AUGUST 2001 WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS... BENEFICIAL RAINFALL DURING THE SECOND HALF OF AUGUST BROUGHT SHORT- TERM RELIEF TO THE SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. THE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS FROM JULY CONTINUED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF AUGUST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...DUE TO THE PERSISTENT INFLUENCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM. THIS IS WHEN ALL OF THE HUNDRED-DEGREE WEATHER OCCURRED FOR THE MONTH. THE NUMBER OF DAYS WHERE TEMPERATURES REACHED 100 DEGREES OR MORE TOTALED 5 IN ABILENE AND 7 IN SAN ANGELO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH WERE GENERALLY SPOTTY IN COVERAGE. A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OCCURRED DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH... WHEN THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BROKE DOWN AND ALLOWED MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECAME MORE NUMEROUS AS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVED INTO THE REGION AND INTERACTED WITH THE MOISTURE. A MORE PRONOUNCED WET PERIOD OCCURRED DURING THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE STALLED OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. NUMEROUS ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS OCCURRED...BRINGING MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL TO THE REGION. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...WHERE SEVERAL INCHES OCCURRED AT SOME LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...EXTENSIVE CLOUDCOVER HELD DAYTIME TEMPERATURES DOWN IN THE 80S FOR MOST OF THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST. THE HEAVY RAIN CAUSED FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS IN IRION AND SOUTHERN TOM GREEN COUNTIES ON THE MORNING OF THE 28TH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OCCURRED FROM MERTZON TO CHRISTOVAL. IN CHRISTOVAL... A FEW HOME AND CAR RESCUES WERE REPORTED...ALONG WITH SOME ROAD CLOSURES. A COUPLE OF ROADS WERE ALSO TEMPORARILY CLOSED NEAR MERTZON. IN ADDITION...AREA RIVERS EXPERIENCED RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS FROM THE HEAVY RAIN. MODERATE FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG THE SOUTH CONCHO RIVER NEAR CHRISTOVAL. THE MIDDLE CONCHO RIVER NEAR TANKERSLEY REACHED NEAR BANKFULL. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS DURING AUGUST.