(August 22, 2008)--This month will go into the record books as the wettest August in Central Texas history, with more than ten inches of rainfall recorded at Waco's Regional Airport.
The National Weather Service says 10.05 inches of rain has fallen at Waco Regional so far this month, breaking the old record of 9.98 inches, which was set in 1914.
Still, that rain wasn't enough to erase drought concerns left behind by a dry June and July.
Precipitation was sparse during the normally wet late spring and early summer months across much of the state of Texas, and drought conditions developed as a result.
By the end of June, nearly one quarter of the state was suffering an extreme drought, and more than half of the state's 254 counties were under burn bans.
August rains brought significant improvement to drought conditions, but concerns still remained in many Central Texas counties.
Officials in Bell and Coryell counties temporarily suspended burn bans following the heavy rain that fell early in the week, but planned to resume those burning restrictions within a few days.
Most other Central Texas counties left their burn bans in place.
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