2006 The Warmest Year on Record in the D-FW area

2006: The warmest year on record in the D-FW area Drought persists as the annual average temperature inereased for the fifth consecutive year with 43 days at 100° or above JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER TEMPERATURE Highest temperature: 107 (July 18) Heat streak: 18 consecutive days above 100 (Aug. 9-26) 110 no" 100 90 80 70 60 so 40 KEY Record high 30 Daily high Normal Greatest range: 83- 37' (Jan. 7) 20 range Daily low 10 Record low -10 Lowest temperature: 20 (Dec. 8) AIR QUALITY Good I Moderate Unhealthy (for sensitive groups) I Unhealthy I Very unhealthy Hazardous Total days with unhealthy readings: 31 PRECIPITATION 3.5 inches 3.0 Highest precipitation: 3.44 inches (March 19) Total 2006 precipitation: 29.75 inches 2.5 2.0 Dry streak: 39 consecutive days without measurable rain (May 9-June 16) 1.5 10 0.5 DROUGHT Abnormally dry Moderate drought I Severe drought I Extreme drought Exceptional drought JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL JUNE AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER MAY JULY Drought conditions as of Tuesday BELOW-NORMAL LAKE LEVELS THE HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD HOTTER AND HOTTER Area lake elevations have been consistently Forecasts indicate that the warming trend in D-FW area average temperatures is likely to continue this year. Annual average temperature for the lower than the normal lake level - an indication Dallas-Fort Worth area: of drought conditions. Rank Temperature Year 100' days Dallas Normal lake level 69.3 Fort Wortho 2006 43 69.3 70 Waco 68.6' 1999 33 69 68.3 1998 56 -S ft. 68 Austin 68.2 1933 11 67 Houston Q. Lewisville Lake 68.1 -10 ft. 1954 52 66" 68.1 67.9 67.9 65 6. 1934 34 San Antonio Grapevine Lake 100-year average: 65.8 (1906-2005) 64 2005 18 -15 ft 63 Lavon Lake 1921 11 62 -20 ft. 67.8 1925 33 61 10 67.7 1939 21 2003 2006 JFMAMJJASOND 2002 2004 2005 NOTES: Monthly temperatures for the D-FW area are recorded from different locations but are considered continuous. Air quality readings are daily summations for the D-FW area. Trace amounts of precipitation are marked as zero inches. Drought readings are weekly. SOURCES: National Weather Service in Fort Worth, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. US. Drought Monitor. US. Army Corps of Engineers-Fort Worth District: Dalas Morning News research TROY OXFORD, TOM SETZER/Staff Artists, E-mail: [email protected]