

The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. That would bring the yearly total to about 2 184 (86 inches). "When you have tropical storms and hurricanes like we have, like Harvey, which was such a big rainmaker, you're going to have higher rainfall totals," said Nikki Hathaway, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, as reported by Houston Press.įorecasters are unable to project how much more rain Houston will get this year, but if Houston gets average rainfall in October, November and December, it can expect about 330 mm (13 inches) of additional precipitation.

Hurricane "Harvey" dumped nearly 1 016 mm (40 inches) of rain at Bush Airport and accounted for more than half of the city's 2017 rainfall to date. This is still a preliminary report, NWS Houston said, adding that the old record for the City of Houston was 1 850.6 mm (72.86 inches) set in 1900 when the deadliest hurricane in US history destroyed Galveston. As of 21:00 UTC (16:00 CDT) on Tuesday, October 3, 2017, the City of Houston, Texas recorded a total of 1 884.2 mm (74.18 inches) of rain since the start of the year, setting a new max one-year total rainfall record. EDT After an evening of torrential rain, Houston awoke to 11 inches of rainfall Tuesday morning, flooding major roadways and leaving cars stranded.
