HOUSTON — If you concept the warmth could not get any worse, suppose once more. A temperature of 109 was once hit at Houston’s Bush Airport on Thursday, tying the all-time record set in 2011.
On best of the damaging warmth, drought prerequisites proceed to aggravate throughout Southeast Texas.Â
Each Thursday, a drought observe file is issued and compiled from information via 8 a.m. of the former Tuesday. That being stated, any rain our space picked up on Tuesday after 8 a.m. was once no longer integrated in this file. That does not say a lot for the reason that majority of the realm remained bone dry for the reason that closing replace.
All of Southeast Texas is now experiencing excessive drought prerequisites. Six counties have entered outstanding drought prerequisites, the absolute best tier of drought severity.
Keep in thoughts, that formally at Bush Airport we now have no longer recorded a unmarried day with measurable rainfall since July 6. That makes it 48 days, the longest streak on record!
Credit: KHOU
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