Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
The Agricultural Science Centers at Clovis and Tucumcari have released their weather statistics for August.
The numbers show it was hot, hot, hot.
In Clovis, the average high was 95 degrees with four days topping out at 100 or more. The hottest day was 103 on Aug. 23. Twenty days in August hit 95 or more.
Think that's warm? Tucumcari says, "Hold my iced lemonade."
The ag center in Tucumcari reported an average high of 100 degrees for August. It recorded 16 days of temperatures hitting 100 degrees or more. The high for the month was 109 on Aug. 1. Weather watchers there reported 10 days set or tied records for high temperatures. The 109 is the hottest the ag center has ever recorded in August.
Adding insult to heat stroke, Tucumcari recorded 1.74 inches of moisture for August -- almost an inch below normal for the month. Clovis doesn't keep records or historic averages, but it saw just 1.92 inches of rain last month, almost all of it in one day.
Here's hoping for some September relief.
