baleflipper
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I have lived in a 30 mile circle all my life so far.The Center of that circle is in the Bastrop, Caldwell and Travis county line junction. Sixty two years here so far.
Several Years ago my barber showed me a type written book aquired from the county weather observer. She allowed me to take it and have several copies made. I kept one and gave the rest to friends. This Book covers the years 1882 to 1990.
In this book are several nice charts.One of which is the "Palmer Drought Severity Index." This chart shows the drouths and the length of years and the shortage of rain in inches. The thing I noticed most was that most drouths only lasted four years,exception being the 50s. One thing I did not remember was that half of 53 and most of 54 were normal rainfall. The drouth broke here in Sept of 57. 57 was a wet year with 48 inches of rain compared to 32 inches average. Most fell after Sept.
From the reports in this book and to the best of my memory, most drouths break in Sept or Oct. Usualy when a hurricane runs into a cold front moving down into Texas.
I have plowed my winter wheat land,I kept my wheat seed from the meager crop I made, If it rains in Sept I will plant it. I made enough hay last year to carry my cows until the end of October. Our mesquite pastures are best in the late winter,we get" mesquite grass".
For my part I plan on holding on until the end of October. Right or wrong.
Joe
Several Years ago my barber showed me a type written book aquired from the county weather observer. She allowed me to take it and have several copies made. I kept one and gave the rest to friends. This Book covers the years 1882 to 1990.
In this book are several nice charts.One of which is the "Palmer Drought Severity Index." This chart shows the drouths and the length of years and the shortage of rain in inches. The thing I noticed most was that most drouths only lasted four years,exception being the 50s. One thing I did not remember was that half of 53 and most of 54 were normal rainfall. The drouth broke here in Sept of 57. 57 was a wet year with 48 inches of rain compared to 32 inches average. Most fell after Sept.
From the reports in this book and to the best of my memory, most drouths break in Sept or Oct. Usualy when a hurricane runs into a cold front moving down into Texas.
I have plowed my winter wheat land,I kept my wheat seed from the meager crop I made, If it rains in Sept I will plant it. I made enough hay last year to carry my cows until the end of October. Our mesquite pastures are best in the late winter,we get" mesquite grass".
For my part I plan on holding on until the end of October. Right or wrong.
Joe
