Rainfall a relief, but not a droughtbuster
Kendall County finally received measurable rainfall over the weekend, enough to wet the grass and road, but not enough to replenish sagging water levels.
The 2.47 inches of rain that fell late Sunday night into Monday morning represented the first precipitation of more than 1 inch in a single 24-hour period since 1.03 inches was recorded on May 30.
Stormy skies first produced rain of 0.01 inch at 10:15 p.m. Sunday at the Boerne Stage Field site. Within 20 minutes the skies opened and brought 1.02 inches in the next 20 minutes.
At 10:55 p.m., readings showed another 1.09 had fallen. Within that 40-minute stretch Sunday night, 2.11 inches of rain fell, with another 0.34 inches falling early Monday morning, between 1:15 and 2 a.m.
At 9:55 a.m. Monday, the relative humidity dropped below 100 percent for the first time in several hours. By 11 a.m. the relative humidity was down to 69 percent and the chances for more rain vanished.
Micah Voulgaris, general manager of the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District, said that while the rain was a welcome site, it did very little to stave off the ongoing drought.
“It was a good morale booster, that’s about it,” Voulgaris said Tuesday. “It provided a little bit of relief; someone might not have to water that next day.”
But even the 2.47 inches did little to break the drought’s grip on the county.
“Just take a look at the flow in the creek and even with runoff, there’s been no change. We're not seeing much recharge from that, at all,” he added.
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