The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-02-24
NO NECESSITY FOR UNEASINESS
ABOUT CONTINUED DRY SPELL
RECORDS SHOW WETTEsT YEAR IN HISTORY OF PLAINS
HAD NO RAIN IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH
AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR 81 YEARS 1854
The Heaviest Rainfall Recorded in Space of Foy-Seven Years
m January and February, Averaged January, III and
February, .s6-Tme Yet for Wet Year.

Some very interesting data on tne
rain fall in West Texas has recently
come 10 light through the publication
Of rain fall data for every year ana
every month during the past 81 years
in West Texas. During the 81 years
h is an interesting fact that the years
chewing the largest rainfall was the
ycar ii,la. Notwithstanding the faet
that during that year the months On
January, February and March ll'om
the smallest rainfall during those
three months for any three mohlns
during the entire 81 years time; ~
other words the year that gave Nese
TEXAS the largest rainfall ever knoEh
happened % be the year wheh tne
first three months recorded the
smallest during the entire 81 years
The rainfall that year was 4i'oi
Others wears during the 81 years
time that show the largest rainiahs
,rere. 1883, 30.s5; 1905, $500; lsuo
al az. Some OF the years showing me
srnallest rainfalls during this PERIOD
~ time were ns follows; 1909, law
IefS- 15.a3, 1901. 1871; 1898 10
81. 1915. 1898. An average Tor
the entire 81 years was 23.6i.
THE two months showing the larg..
es. rainfaIls for the average PERIOD
~ az wears were January with an
svcrave Of OIL and February, O.so.
The months showing the heaviest
rainfall during the 81 years were
Nav. s.si: April. $50 and January
? so. yuiy's average for the 81 years
wss pos and September average
Tor the period was 2.62. The record
shows on the entire 81 years that
,,ore than 2-3 OF the annual rainfall
ir West Texas falls during the sum
rner months because the two next
highest months 70 January and feo-
ru,rv during the 81 years period are
Novcmber. f.37 and December. LIS.
These figures apparently demon
state the fact that the summer per
iod il the wet period IN sest Texas
and the winter period rs the uIy
period. Occasionally, however. ma
ture breaks the precedent and gives
some abnormal rainfall months IN tne
winter and on the other nand some
abnormaliy light rainfall months IN
the summer. For instance December
1919 record. e.2s inches OF ram
whereas. January 1906 and January
1907 each record only 0f9 inches OF
rain. and in January 1901 they are
showing no rain AT All. The months
showing the heaviest rainfall during
the entire 81 years were September
1900 when 9.65 inches Of rain fell
ard August 1914 when 1910 inches
fell.
The year 1929 seems so far 70 par.
nIlel the record Of 1914 VIXEN West
Texas received the largest rainfall
ever known in history Of the weather
bureau. The ono difference is that
the year 1914 was preceded by heavy
rainfall during the months Of Nov
ennber and December Of the preced-
ing year. Substantially speaking,
however. the records Of the weather
bureau are irrefutable in the con-
clusion that West Texas gets the
bulk OF It's rainfall during the sum-
ner months. These figures were
compiled by the West Texas Chamber
Of Commerce from the statement Is.
sued by the First National Bank OF
Stamford.