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The wettest months of the year are April and May in western areas, but approaching the Gulf Coast, September becomes the year's wettest month on average. This owes to the threat from tropical weather systems, including hurricanes , which can bring torrential rains of 5 to 10 inches (130 to 250 mm) in one or two days.
The all-time record low at Houston's Hobby Airport, closer to the city, is 9 °F (−13 °C). In December, southward-moving cold fronts [20] can bring cold rain, low wind chills, and, rarely, frozen precipitation. Early January is the coldest time of the year, with temperatures moderating slightly by February.
Mid-October 1998 – Moisture associated with the remnants of Hurricane Madeline results in flooding in Central Texas. [77] The event breaks numerous rain records in the region, including the wettest month for San Antonio since records began in 1885. [74] In addition, 15 rivers exceed the previously known peak flow. [74] The floods kill 31 people.
Summer is the time of the second rainfall maximum during the year across Georgia, and the time of the main rainfall maximum in Florida. [46] [49] During the late summer and fall, tropical cyclones move into the region from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, supplying portions of the area with one-quarter of their annual rainfall, on average.
The same station recorded 31 in (790 mm) of rain in 12 hours. [20] Rain fell at over 5 in (130 mm) per hour in several places. [21] Flood depths in some locations exceeded those recorded in Hurricane Harvey due to the high rainfall rates. [22] Where rainfall was heaviest, the rainfall total represented a 1-in-1000-year rainfall event. [20]
Dictionary.com has released its annual Word of the Year for 2024. The online dictionary chose “demure" as the Word of the Year, but “extreme weather" ranked high in searches in 2024.
The bridge, at the time, was the longest concrete structure in the world. [19] In May 2015, the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport received a record-shattering 16.96 inches of rainfall, in a month that obliterated heavy-rainfall records virtually throughout the Southern Plains (Texas and Oklahoma, especially). [21]
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