{"id":8009,"date":"2011-06-25T12:19:35","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T17:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/21\/"},"modified":"2019-01-09T11:50:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T16:50:43","slug":"just-how-bad-is-the-texas-drought-view-san-antonios-precipitation-data-from-1900-to-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/25\/just-how-bad-is-the-texas-drought-view-san-antonios-precipitation-data-from-1900-to-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Just how bad is the Texas drought? View San Antonio’s precipitation data from 1900 to 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Local weather watchers have been dutifully documenting San Antonio’s temperature, precipitation, and other climate data for 140 years. If you’re curious how this year’s drought compares to past dry spells, meteorologist Robert Blaha with the National Weather Service has done you a huge favor.<\/p>\n

Blaha helped dig up old climate records and published monthly rainfall totals for San Antonio going back to 1871<\/a>. I stumbled across this interesting piece of the city’s weather history while helping out with a story about the drought<\/a>, and I made this interactive chart based on the data. (There are a few gaps in the rainfall totals in the 1800s, so the chart starts at a nice round number — the year 1900.)<\/p>\n