100-DEGREE DAYS
Well, we did it. Houston got its 33rd 100-degree day of the year on Monday, breaking the all-time record for 100-degree days during a single year set in 1980. I’ll have more in the forecast section below, but rest assured this is a record we’re going to pad during the coming week.
What troubles me the most is that our water reservoirs are taking a beating in the current drought.
According to the Texas Water Development Board, the current level of the upper Texas coastal region‘s water reservoirs (this includes Harris and most surrounding counties) have dropped from 91 percent of capacity in January to 64 percent today.
As you can see in the chart below, the region’s reservoirs are at the lowest levels on record in two decades of data keeping. (click the pic)
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I'm not sure how much longer we can go with no rain. Last week, Houston implemented Stage 2 Water Conservation measures, which restricts watering to four days per week, depending upon your street address.
We're running out of water, and now we've started taking about 100 million gallons per day from Lake Conroe, about 60 miles north of Houston.
As one weather dude recently said, "This is not proof of global warming. It's a consequence of it." Got that, fundies?
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