Tomorrow El Paso Will Break Consecutive No Rain Days Record
With no rain in the forecast El Paso will break its 9 year old record of most consecutive days without rain:
If it doesn’t rain by Monday, we will break the record of consecutive days without rain, not even a trace, set May 25, 2002.
According to the National Weather Service in Santa Teresa, the most consecutive days with no measurable rain, trace included, was 136 days set June 22, 1910.
Some other rain facts from its website, srh.noaa.gov/elp/
Maximum amount of rainfall in 24 hours: 6.50 inches on July 9, 1881. Maximum amount of rainfall in a month: 8.81 inches in July 1881. Maximum number of consecutive days with .01 inches or more of rain: 10 days, Sept. 15-24, 1974. Normal wettest month: 1.75 inches, August. Normal driest month: .23 inches, April. Annual normal rainfall: 9.43 inches. [El Paso Times]
I don’t see how Santa Teresa would have such a different record from El Paso considering both cities are right next to each other so that 136 day record is probably more accurate than the 109 day record that El Paso is about to break.
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The difference is not between El Paso and Santa Teresa – the difference is between absolutely NO rain, and no MEASURABLE rain. In other words, if we get a three-minute sprinkle, that’s technically rain, but it’s not enough to be measured. We won’t break the 1910 record (136 days) until we get enough rain for it to be measurable, even if it’s only 0.01″. A 20-second cloudburst right now would break the 2002 record, but because it wouldn’t be enough rain to be officially measured – would probably evaporate before it even hit the ground – it still wouldn’t break… Read more »