HoosierQ, The SE corner of Texas commonly gets four to five feet of rain per year. Out here in the Big Bend of west Texas, the mountain areas get maybe 16", and the desert areas get around six to seven inches. Austin area, around 32", long-term average.
When it's cold in Alaska, folks give thanks that they're not in Armadillo.
Llano Estacado? Sort of a big old pool table. "Estacado" means "staked", as stakes were driven into the ground as markers for trails. No landmarks; very easy to get lost.
Rainstorms here can be interesting. One record, during a hurricane, was a tad over 5" in 15 minutes. The D'Hanis storm of 1922 had a measured 22" in three hours. Overnight rains of 30" or more are not unknown.
Rapid temperature changes are common in winter. From, say, low 70s in the afternoon and then a Norther blows in and the next morning it's 11 degrees. Christmas Eve, 1983. While 30 degrees at daylight and 70 to 75 degrees by 2PM is common here in the SW part, the "Big Bend", I've also seen mid-twenties at daylight and a 2PM temperature of 90. Hard to dress for that, during hunt season. The flip side of that coin is that when the "Marfa High" (a stationary high-pressure area) sets in, the state warms up to well above 100 for days on end. We haven't had one of those for a while; the last I recall was in 1981. Maybe there's some benefit to Globular Worming?
Winds? A microburst during a thunderstorm ate an airplane hangar. Unfortunately, my 172 was inside at the time. Up in the Llano Estacado, it's common for the prevailing and steady southeast winds to deform trees such that branches are permanently bent toward the northwest.
Don't like the Texas weather, today? Hey, just wait fifteen minutes. It'll change.
And our gun laws just keep on getting better...
