Houston recorded a staggering 24.84 inches of rain in March, April and May at Bush Intercontinental Airport. That three month total for spring ranks second for this period in the city’s history all time—behind only last year with its 26.61 inches.
Clearly this has caused widespread flooding problems, particularly north of Harris County, along Spring and Cypress creeks, as well as to the west, along the entire Brazos River watershed, which is presently experiencing historic flooding. And the misery is not over, with more heavy rain likely from Thursday through Saturday or Sunday.
But the clouds have had one silver lining—temperatures. May ended with an average temperature of 74.5 degrees, which is 2.4 degrees below normal. That’s not among the 10 coldest Mays on record for the city, and we weren’t going to reach that list because the month had only one real cool front, back during the first week when temperatures fell into the 50s for a few nights. Instead we mostly had cooler days because of the clouds and the rains. The average high was 83.1 degrees, and amazingly we still haven’t had a 90-degree day in 2016.
