Rain, cooler temperatures arrive in the Rio Grande Valley, September 2009

September Rains End Drought in Lower RGV
Frequent Events Drop More than 10 inches in Spots

Preliminary Rainfall, September 2009
Location	County	Rainfall
Brownsville 2.2 W	Cameron	13.42
Brownsville 4.9 NW	Cameron	12.76
Brownsville 1.9 ESE	Cameron	11.42
Rancho Viejo 3.0 SE	Cameron	11.03
Brownsville4.1 E	Cameron	10.86
Brownsville 4.5 NNW	Cameron	10.72
Falcon Dam	Zapata	10.71
Rio Grande City	Starr	9.92
Brownsville 6.4 SE	Cameron	9.81
Brownsville/SPI International Arpt	Cameron	9.43
Brownsville 3.5 N	Cameron	8.78
Brownsville 7.0 NW	Cameron	8.77
Santa Ana/Lower RGV Nat'l Wildlife Refuge	Hidalgo	8.75
Rancho Viejo	Cameron	8.73
Los Fresnos	Cameron	8.49
Brownsville 4.4 NE	Cameron	8.36
Brownsville 4.6 NNW	Cameron	8.28
Falcon Lake	Starr	7.98
Isla Blanca/SPI	Cameron	7.65
Brownsville 4.1 NNE	Cameron	7.64
Sarita	Kenedy	7.43
Port Mansfield	Willacy	7.29
Armstrong	Kenedy	7.06
Palm Valley 2.2 SSW	Cameron	6.93
Weslaco 2 E	Hidalgo	6.70
Harlingen 4.7 WSW	Cameron	6.37
Harlingen 4.3 WSW	Cameron	6.03
McAllen/Water Plant	Hidalgo	6.01
Bayview/Cameron Co. Arpt	Cameron	5.98
Port Isabel	Cameron	5.47
Raymondville	Willacy	5.44
Mercedes	Hidalgo	5.27
Brownsville 4.1 ENE	Cameron	5.06
Harlingen/Valley Int'l Airport	Cameron	5.03
Harlingen/Cooperative	Cameron	4.97
Santa Rosa	Cameron	4.47
Falfurrias	Brooks	4.38
La Joya 11.1 N	Cameron	4.22
San Benito 5.0 SSE	Cameron	4.02
Alama 1.5 NE	Hidalgo	3.89
McAllen/Miller Int'l Arpt	Hidalgo	3.87
La Joya	Hidalgo	3.60
San Perlita 19.1 NNW	Willacy	3.49
Lyford	Willacy	3.34
McCook	Hidalgo	3.31
Linn/San Manuel Lower RGV NWR	Hidalgo	3.29
Mission 1.9 ENE	Hidalgo	3.17
Laguna Atascosa NWR	Cameron	3.12
Edinburg	Hidalgo	3.00
Mission 2.1 NW	Hidalgo	3.00
McAllen 1.7 SSE	Hidalgo	2.50
Falfurrias 17.7 SSE	Brooks	2.35
San Manuel	Hidalgo	2.12
Harlingen 2.6 ESE	Cameron	2.04

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
802 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2009
 
...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...
 
...SEPTEMBER CLIMATE ROUNDUP FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
 
RECORD DATES FOR EACH LOCATION ARE AS FOLLOWS:
 
BROWNSVILLE RECORDS BEGAN 1878...
HARLINGEN RECORDS BEGAN 1911...
MCALLEN RECORDS BEGAN 1941...
 
.BROWNSVILLE...
 
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN BROWNSVILLE FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 82.02
DEGREES...1.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS THE 45TH WARMEST
SEPTEMBER ON RECORD FOR BROWNSVILLE. BROWNSVILLE RECORDED ONE RECORD
LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ON THE 24TH...WHEN THE HIGH WAS ONLY 71
DEGREES.
 
BROWNSVILLE AIRPORT RECEIVED 9.43 INCHES OF RAIN IN SEPTEMBER...4.12
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS THE 17TH WETTEST SEPTEMBER IN
BROWNSVILLE HISTORY.
 
.HARLINGEN...
 
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN HARLINGEN FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 81.13
DEGREES...0.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS THE 35TH COOLEST
SEPTEMBER ON RECORD. TWO RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET ON
THE 23RD AND 24TH...WHEN THE HIGH REACHED ONLY 72 AND 69 DEGREES.
THE HIGH OF 69 DEGREES ON THE 24TH WAS THE THIRD EARLIEST 60 DEGREE
HIGH TEMPERATURE IN STATION HISTORY. THE EARLIEST EVER WAS SEPTEMBER
21ST BACK IN 1991.
 
HARLINGEN AIRPORT RECEIVED 5.03 INCHES OF RAIN IN SEPTEMBER...0.04
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS THE 38TH WETTEST SEPTEMBER IN HARLINGEN.
 
.MCALLEN...
 
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN MCALLEN FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 85.17
DEGREES...2.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS THE 16TH WARMEST
SEPTEMBER ON RECORD FOR MCALLEN. MCALLEN SET OR TIED 4 RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN SEPTEMBER...TIED 3 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES...AND ONE RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ON THE
24TH...WHEN THE HIGH ONLY REACHED 70 DEGREES.
 
MCALLEN AIRPORT RECEIVED 3.87 INCHES OF RAIN IN SEPTEMBER...0.21
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS THE 31ST WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD.