San Angelo managed to squeeze about 1.77 inches of rainfall from the storms between Tuesday morning and late Wednesday afternoon.
All told, the total precipitation for San Angelo now stands at 12.37 inches for the year. Normal cumulative rainfall for this date is 9.23 inches, and the record precipitation for June 12 is 2.47 inches of rain, which was recorded in 2011.
For Thursday, temperatures are expected to warm up to around 90 under sunny skies with a slight breeze, and overnight lows around 70 degrees.
Friday will see temperatures rise up to around 95 degrees, but it’s going to feel hotter, with heat-index values near 100, according to the weather service forecast office.
This most likely signals the end of our extended spring, and the beginning of summer proper, with the northern hemisphere’s longest day drawing near.
The Concho Observer’s Eye on San Angelo
The Texas sage bushes around San Angelo are a sight to see, with just about every one of them covered in fresh blooms.
Although botanists will tell you that the plant is not a “true sage,” being in the Scrophulariaceae family rather than a Salvia, nobody really cares about that, and it’s never going to be called anything else.
Nicknamed the “barometer bush,” the plant is held to be a harbinger of rains, as folk wisdom says the sage goes into bloom well ahead of anticipated rains.
Experts say the sage likely blooms because of humidity or low atmospheric pressures, associated with the approach of storm systems.
We’ll have to study on that, but in the meantime, we will surely enjoy watching them bloom, whenever they feel like it.
You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.”
Walter Hagen
