Chalk Mountain Climatology

Strong Thunderstorms Across the Northern Plains; Critical Fire Weather Conditions in the Central Plains

Strong thunderstorms may impact parts of the northern Great Plains and Upper Midwest today. Heat will begin to build across the northern Plains on today before spreading east across the northern tier states on Thursday. Critical fire weather conditions are forecast on Wednesday across portions of the central Plains. Read More >

Chalk Mountain (Erath County)

32º 09' N 97º 56' W

1150 ft

30 Year Precipitation Normals (1981-2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
Month	1.83	2.37	3.12	2.89	4.60	4.56	1.84	2.37	3.07	3.51	2.24	2.13	34.53
Monthly Precipitation
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
2014	INACTIVE
2013	3.62	1.20	0.49	2.03	2.78	0.65	3.38	1.63	4.10	2.69	1.62	5.40	29.59
2012	5.89	2.74	4.93	0.36	4.32	1.69	1.24	1.48	3.59	0.52	0.00	M	NA
2011	1.05	1.17	0.07	0.98	3.28	0.27	0.20	0.86	1.74	3.16	1.04	3.37	17.19
2010	3.38	1.45	2.79	3.07	1.55	2.88	1.62	0.63	6.17	2.47	0.73	1.13	27.87
2009	0.74	0.79	3.92	5.04	3.18	1.33	3.52	0.67	7.24	7.35	1.88	1.07	36.73
2008	1.11	1.15	3.22	5.21	1.40	2.19	1.18	3.39	1.13	1.81	0.82	0.10	22.71
2007	4.14	0.75	6.17	5.50	9.14	13.41	7.50	1.80	3.07	3.17	1.81	0.86	57.32
2006	3.58	1.56	5.81	3.24	2.55	1.92	0.71	2.55	1.22	4.22	2.55	1.13	31.04
2005	1.78	3.70	1.74	0.00	4.01	1.26	2.03	5.80	1.05	0.86	0.00	0.48	22.71
2004	1.59	4.59	1.00	8.08	2.27	10.56	0.59	4.86	1.70	2.13	7.88	0.22	45.47
2003	0.88	3.55	1.64	2.75	2.89	4.82	1.47	2.45	3.63	2.41	0.55	0.95	27.99
2002	2.16	1.25	6.16	3.31	7.06	3.60	3.15	0.35	2.19	5.13	0.89	3.39	38.64
2001	3.63	4.54	3.73	1.00	2.59	1.68	0.17	4.72	2.16	1.93	4.25	2.02	32.42
2000	1.63	0.95	0.75	2.89	1.91	9.37	0.00	0.00	0.28	5.67	5.44	1.80	30.69
1999	1.53	0.00	2.24	2.50	2.66	3.36	0.21	0.00	1.29	2.14	0.00	2.24	18.17
1998	1.66	4.30	4.26	0.33	1.95	3.38	1.19	1.34	2.45	3.30	4.46	2.50	31.12
1997	1.22	7.53	3.05	6.40	2.85	6.51	1.67	0.89	0.82	5.15	1.18	4.05	41.32
1996	0.90	0.29	1.06	2.46	2.50	3.54	3.86	6.93	5.34	2.10	2.77	0.31	32.06
1995	1.92	0.41	4.83	2.78	5.86	4.15	8.03	2.16	2.71	0.21	1.78	0.72	35.56
1994	1.33	1.94	1.48	2.65	6.94	2.35	1.73	6.05	6.58	5.89	5.11	2.89	44.94
1993	2.14	3.58	3.30	2.36	3.10	3.48	0.00	0.07	3.15	6.83	1.95	2.14	32.10
1992	3.25	4.62	1.71	2.16	3.94	3.64	1.18	2.60	1.35	1.12	3.09	5.04	33.70
1991	3.59	1.80	0.93	3.31	5.38	4.70	0.72	M	3.39	8.65	1.19	9.86	NA
1990	1.96	3.64	4.70	6.56	4.17	3.23	2.81	5.58	3.52	2.35	2.93	0.79	42.24
1989	2.38	4.10	8.97	2.22	8.61	7.83	1.51	4.70	2.80	0.62	0.65	0.47	44.86
1988	0.30	0.77	1.48	0.77	3.06	7.25	2.30	0.07	5.13	1.93	0.51	1.84	25.41
1987	1.31	4.51	1.50	0.27	7.16	3.82	1.36	0.93	2.51	1.14	2.09	1.42	28.02
1986	0.00	1.76	0.72	1.19	8.41	8.82	1.43	1.70	14.38	3.34	1.75	7.40	50.90
1985	0.95	1.99	2.16	4.44	2.39	2.53	0.92	1.28	1.05	5.77	1.79	0.83	26.10
1984	1.15	1.37	4.91	0.91	2.74	2.31	0.94	1.78	0.81	5.40	1.89	3.30	27.51
1983	1.13	0.89	2.60	0.54	6.86	1.12	0.47	1.82	0.78	2.22	1.08	1.02	20.53
1982	1.12	2.64	2.41	2.76	11.21	5.34	2.03	0.67	0.89	2.34	4.31	2.16	37.88
1981	0.65	0.79	4.28	1.94	4.55	6.45	1.00	1.51	3.53	6.79	1.36	0.45	33.30
1980	1.63	1.03	1.35	2.02	6.57	0.98	0.75	0.38	4.58	0.22	1.73	2.78	24.02
1979	4.00	3.11	5.56	3.90	6.99	2.61	2.41	3.76	0.90	1.93	0.34	3.70	39.21
1978	1.60	3.04	0.97	1.30	6.39	1.17	0.39	1.45	2.94	0.84	3.70	0.66	24.45
1977	2.65	1.51	7.08	5.10	2.53	0.71	1.09	3.60	2.77	1.56	1.68	0.16	30.44
1976	0.10	0.72	2.57	4.70	4.42	2.37	3.29	1.82	4.93	5.16	0.91	2.45	33.44
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann
1975	0.75	3.61	1.56	3.76	3.95	1.75	3.63	0.73	3.89	0.46	0.46	1.24	25.79
1974	1.59	1.46	0.40	0.73	2.81	2.56	0.57	4.78	5.78	6.21	1.47	1.33	29.69
1973	4.04	2.36	2.31	6.82	2.66	5.23	2.81	0.47	3.55	4.98	1.80	0.55	37.58
1972	1.12	0.41	0.10	4.31	3.61	1.86	2.82	0.73	4.55	4.15	2.52	0.22	26.40
1971	0.05	1.77	0.08	2.53	3.57	0.87	6.55	3.66	5.03	8.19	2.24	5.04	39.58
1970	0.98	4.35	3.92	2.12	4.06	0.73	1.22	0.37	4.63	1.55	0.08	0.52	24.53
1969	0.30	2.01	3.69	6.83	4.94	1.55	0.93	4.15	1.13	7.05	1.86	2.13	36.57
1968	6.32	2.15	3.57	4.36	7.64	3.09	4.50	2.33	2.15	0.73	3.73	0.86	41.43
1967	0.27	0.62	2.11	2.96	3.60	2.03	7.00	0.77	6.11	2.76	1.95	2.45	32.63
1966	1.12	1.80	0.86	6.05	1.28	2.40	0.20	3.58	4.71	0.75	0.32	0.65	23.72
1965	3.57	3.25	0.58	0.41	8.26	0.71	0.38	1.58	1.20	3.76	2.74	2.75	29.19
1964	4.55	1.40	3.27	4.99	1.19	1.40	2.00	1.67	3.88	2.23	2.57	0.79	29.94
1963				0.00	3.39	2.10	0.91	1.15	1.85	0.80	5.39	1.47	NA
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Ann

Location below

Map of the Chalk Mountain region

Map from tiger.census.gov