We've only picked up 0.26" of rain through late May. If we don't get storms early next week this will go down as one of the driest Mays in history in Lubbock. Looking at the National Weather Service records over the last century here are the driest Mays:
1927 Trace
1998 0.04"
1962 0.10"
1913 0.24"
1942 0.35"
2002 0.37"
1916 0.39"
1989 0.39"
1921 0.43"
1973 0.43"
1984 0.45"
1945 0.46"
1966 0.67"
2009 0.68"
1911 0.72"
2000 0.78"
1924 0.90"
May is usually one of the wetter months of the year with, on average, the most rain falling in June. Here are the monthly averages for rain in Lubbock:
Jan. 0.50"
Feb. 0.71"
March 0.76"
April 1.29
May 2.31"
June 2.98"
July 2.13"
Aug. 2.36"
Sept.2.57"
Oct. 1.70"
Nov. 0.71"
Dec. 0.67"
