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the houston area recently was hit by several tornadoes and its proof that a tornado can happen year-round in texas said a texas a&m university storm expert dr christopher nowotarski associate professor of atmospheric sciences said that six tornadoes hit houston on jan 8-9 though such storms are relatively uncommon for southeast texas this time of year between 1951 and 2019 the records show that 222 tornadoes occurred in december in texas 196 occurred in january and 211 in february out of a total of 8 971 texas tornadoes in that time period he said january is the rarest month for tornadoes in texas with just 22% of all tornadoes in texas occurring in january may is the most frequent month with almost 31% of all tornadoes occurring during that month dr nowotarski added that in the houston region the tornado threat is more evenly distributed throughout the year with a greater portion of tornadoes occurring in winter compared to other parts of the state the good news about tornadoes this time of year is that they tend to be weaker than in spring months he said of the six recent houston-area tornadoes dr nowotarski said that three of them were classified as ef-1 and the other three at ef-0 meaning they had winds of no more than 110 miles per hour significant tornadoes – those of ef 2 or higher – can and do happen any time of the year in texas but violent tornadoes of ef-4 and higher though rare any time of year tend to occur less frequently during the winter months in texas he said all of the tornadoes in the houston area were relatively weak and had a short track length and this is consistent with whats typical for january tornadoes in texas by keith randall texas a&m university division of marketing & communications
december 2021 in texas hottest on record in more than 130 yearsthe state climatologist says last month was the warmest december since 1889jan 4 2022the dallas skyline (getty images)last month texas experienced its warmest december on record since 1889 said dr john nielsen-gammon a regents professor of atmospheric sciences at texas a&m university who also serves as the state climatologist from dallas through abilene to del rio temperatures averaged 5 to 9 degrees above normal making december 2021 the warmest december in more than 130 years its like the entire state moved south for the winter said nielsen-gammon amarillo got dallass normal temperatures dallas got corpus christis normal temperatures and austin got brownsvilles normal temperatures not only is it by far the warmest december since the beginning of comprehensive weather records it will probably also turn out to be the warmest winter month period said nielsen-gammon february 2017 holds the current record for warmest winter month in texas with an average temperature of 584 degrees the official state record for warmest december is held by december 1933 at 533 degrees the 20th-century average for december is 469 degrees he noted texas has never had any month more than 10 degrees above the 20th-century average until now nielsen-gammon said he thinks that when all the data are in december 2021 will average nearly 12 degrees above the long-term average although data is limited there does seem to have been one other december in recorded history with comparable warmth: december 1889 observing practices were different but its clear that december 1889 was an unusual month also nielsen-gammon said the first decent cold front of that month was on dec 29 one bad result of the very warm weather it has made texas drought situation even worse the hot weather has exacerbated drought conditions throughout the state according to the us drought monitor more than two-thirds of the state is in drought and 10 percent is in extreme drought in much of west texas it hasnt rained for over two months nielsen-gammon said the high temperatures increase the rate of evaporation drying out everything and leading to increased wildfire risk climate change has caused texas seasonal temperatures to average about two degrees warmer than in the 20th century global warming didnt cause this december to be record-setting but it did contribute to the margin of victory he said by keith randall texas a&m university division of marketing & communications
last month texas experienced its warmest december on record since 1889 said dr john nielsen-gammon a regents professor of atmospheric sciences at texas a&m university who also serves as the state climatologist from dallas through abilene to del rio temperatures averaged 5 to 9 degrees above normal making december 2021 the warmest december in more than 130 years its like the entire state moved south for the winter said nielsen-gammon amarillo got dallass normal temperatures dallas got corpus christis normal temperatures and austin got brownsvilles normal temperatures not only is it by far the warmest december since the beginning of comprehensive weather records it will probably also turn out to be the warmest winter month period said nielsen-gammon february 2017 holds the current record for warmest winter month in texas with an average temperature of 584 degrees the official state record for warmest december is held by december 1933 at 533 degrees the 20th-century average for december is 469 degrees he noted texas has never had any month more than 10 degrees above the 20th-century average until now nielsen-gammon said he thinks that when all the data are in december 2021 will average nearly 12 degrees above the long-term average although data is limited there does seem to have been one other december in recorded history with comparable warmth: december 1889 observing practices were different but its clear that december 1889 was an unusual month also nielsen-gammon said the first decent cold front of that month was on dec 29 one bad result of the very warm weather it has made texas drought situation even worse the hot weather has exacerbated drought conditions throughout the state according to the us drought monitor more than two-thirds of the state is in drought and 10 percent is in extreme drought in much of west texas it hasnt rained for over two months nielsen-gammon said the high temperatures increase the rate of evaporation drying out everything and leading to increased wildfire risk climate change has caused texas seasonal temperatures to average about two degrees warmer than in the 20th century global warming didnt cause this december to be record-setting but it did contribute to the margin of victory he said by keith randall texas a&m university division of marketing & communications