WFO San Angelo Climatology

Cold Temperatures for the Eastern U.S.; Lake Effect Snow in the Great Lakes; Heavy Rain in the Pacific Northwest

Cold temperatures will continue across much of the eastern U.S. into today. Heavy lake effect snow continues into today east of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Two Pacific cold fronts will cross the Pacific Northwest early this week followed by another atmospheric river. Heavy rain and gusty winds are expected through midweek, with the potential for renewed urban and river flooding. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 700 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2003 ...SIXTH WETTEST JUNE FOR SAN ANGELO AND SEVENTH WETTEST JUNE FOR ABILENE... RAINFALL FOR JUNE WAS MUCH ABOVE NORMAL FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED BELOW NORMAL FOR ABILENE AND SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR SAN ANGELO IN JUNE. AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE WAS 76.5 DEGREES. THIS WAS 3.3 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 79.8 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR JUNE WAS 7.36 INCHES. THIS WAS 4.30 INCHES ABOVE THE MONTHLY NORMAL OF 3.06 INCHES. THIS MARKS THE 7TH WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD FOR ABILENE. AT SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE WAS 78.5 DEGREES. THIS WAS 0.7 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 79.2 DEGREES. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR JUNE AT THE SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT WAS 4.78 INCHES. THIS IS WHERE THE OFFICIAL RAINFALL FOR SAN ANGELO IS MEASURED. THIS WAS 2.26 INCHES ABOVE THE MONTHLY NORMAL OF 2.52 INCHES. THIS MARKS THE 6TH WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD FOR SAN ANGELO. MOST OF THE CITY OF SAN ANGELO RECEIVED MUCH GREATER RAINFALL THAN AT THE AIRPORT DURING JUNE...DUE TO THE TRACK OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. JUNE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WERE COMMON IN THE CITY. BY COMPARISON...THE OFFICIAL WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD FOR SAN ANGELO IS 6.75 INCHES...SET IN 1940. JUNE 2003 WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS... THE FIRST HALF OF JUNE WAS DOMINATED BY A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES MOVED EASTWARD AND SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION...BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EPISODES...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. A TOTAL OF 140 SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS AND 59 FLASH FLOODING REPORTS WERE RECEIVED FROM THESE EVENTS. THE SECOND HALF OF JUNE WAS GENERALLY DRY. A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVED DOWN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS LATE IN THE MONTH...WHICH WAS AN UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE. THIS BROUGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE REGION. $$