North Texans have been getting accustomed to a significant amount of rainfall over the last few weeks, with a little over 10 inches recorded since the beginning of May.
In the month of May, 7.8 inches of rain were recorded at DFW International Airport, records from the National Weather Service in Fort Worth show. At Dallas Love Field officials documented about 9.7 inches of precipitation.
The “normal” amount of rainfall for May is a little under 5 inches, records show.
Showers have been a constant presence in the month of June, with roughly 2.4 inches of rain at DFW Airport in the first three days. At Love Field, weather service officials have tracked 2.6 inches of precipitation.
March through early June are generally peak severe weather seasons in North Central Texas, but the last few weeks have come with conditions not seen in over a decade.
North Texas has seen tornadoes, power outages and heavy storms in recent days. Winds and rain swept through the region last week, downing power lines and leaving more than half a million Oncor customers without electricity at their peak. Restoration efforts from those storms were largely complete by Sunday evening, Oncor officials said.
The weather service’s office in Fort Worth issued 326 convective — severe thunderstorm, heavy wind, heavy rain, hail and tornado — warnings in May, which is the highest total since at least 2007, said Tom Bradshaw, the office’s meteorologist-in-charge, in a post on X.
Weather service officials in social media posts have played into the feeling of rain fatigue with more storms expected in the forecast this week.
“You’re tired of hearing it, we’re tired of saying it,” weather service officials wrote in a post on X. “More storms are expected tonight into Wed. morning! Damaging winds and flooding are the main threats.”
Following storms Wednesday morning, Matt Bishop, a meteorologist for the weather service’s office, said conditions will be storm-free for the next three days before chances again return.
“Thursday, Friday, Saturday look fairly quiet, just hot and dry, and then storm chances return probably by Sunday,” Bishop said.