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We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/29/24 04:32 PM
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My place between Wolfe City and Baily, TX.
January 4.7" February 2.7" March 7.7" April 4.9" May 8.5" June 4.7" July 0.6" <<Always the hardest of times August 1.0" September 3.4" October 0.8" November 1.4" December 3.9"
44 3" as of December 29. But, my pond has not increased in level. July forward was tough times. NOAA shows 42' annual average for Wolfe City, TX.
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/29/24 05:23 PM
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You have almost the exact amount I`ve had in Erath County. I had 9.6 inches in September though. Some tanks near me are still full, but my son live 6 miles southeast of me and his new tank is about 30% full. Last 3 months I`ve only had about 3" though.
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/29/24 05:30 PM
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/29/24 05:37 PM
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We haven’t gotten 42” in the past 3 years…
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/29/24 05:41 PM
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J.G.
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We haven’t gotten 42” in the past 3 years… That's the type of country I need to move to. I can do my job in the desert. Shooting rifles.
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/29/24 05:45 PM
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We haven’t gotten 42” in the past 3 years… That's the type of country I need to move to. I can do my job in the desert. Shooting rifles. Lubbock area would be great then. Can easily shoot as far as you could possibly desire to. There's just that small issue of wind sometimes though
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/29/24 06:09 PM
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We’ve been looking at land to buy in 2025 and thats my biggest beef with ETX, the amount of rain
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/29/24 06:52 PM
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We haven’t gotten 42” in the past 3 years… That's the type of country I need to move to. I can do my job in the desert. Shooting rifles. Lubbock area would be great then. Can easily shoot as far as you could possibly desire to. There's just that small issue of wind sometimes though I've been looking east of there. Callahan county. I love Post Oaks! If mesquite and cedars are in my way, the mulcher man will be hired. "Make a path from property line to property line. Call me when you need money."
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/29/24 06:58 PM
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My yearly average is about 27". Have received over 41" this year and the ponds look great. Most of the rains we received were timely and not big floods, which is good for the ranch, but not Hubbard Creek lake..were I fish.
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/29/24 07:04 PM
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I planted several fruit trees just to see them almost all drown….😡. Had water standing for months then dry as a popcorn fart. The water well saved what the rains didn’t drown.
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/29/24 07:12 PM
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I've been through some pretty bad droughts and in Bosque County nothing about 2024 would qualify for the term. My pond getting water has more to do with the timing of the rain than the average amount. The ground needs to be saturated first to get run off. Unless it rains 4+ inches all in one day.
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/29/24 07:42 PM
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My yearly average is about 27". Have received over 41" this year and the ponds look great. Most of the rains we received were timely and not big floods, which is good for the ranch, but not Hubbard Creek lake..were I fish. A buddy of mine lives in Valley View he's SE of Gainesville. He's got more rain this year than I have. West of I-35 got more than east of I-35 in some cases.
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/29/24 08:48 PM
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We haven’t gotten 42” in the past 3 years… That's the type of country I need to move to. I can do my job in the desert. Shooting rifles. Lubbock area would be great then. Can easily shoot as far as you could possibly desire to. There's just that small issue of wind sometimes though I've been looking east of there. Callahan county. I love Post Oaks! If mesquite and cedars are in my way, the mulcher man will be hired. "Make a path from property line to property line. Call me when you need money." That's a good area. My buddy has a place in the Roby/Rotan/Hamlin area, and there are some really good whitetails in that sandy country, and a practically endless supply of hogs.
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/30/24 03:11 AM
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Been dry since we moved. Think I had almost three months in a row with no measurable rain, and the months surrounding were not wet. Been watering trees like crazy.
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/30/24 05:37 AM
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It’s a literal swamp up here right now and it sucks..
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/30/24 01:32 PM
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7.5”ALL YEAR. Between Fort Davis and Valentine.
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/30/24 01:44 PM
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It's a moonscape around my feeders, corn and protein, in Kimble County. They're struggling. 'Lost a tree in my front yard 'cause I started watering too late. 
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/30/24 03:53 PM
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It’s a literal swamp up here right now and it sucks.. That's Lamar county for you. I know ow it is a pain for you. It's not worth walking in the mud, and it's not worth risking sticking equipment. I've got some skid steer work I need to do. It's too wet to do it.
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/30/24 07:42 PM
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We got 60” of rain this year, but the ponds are really low. If we don’t get significant rain before summer, our big pond, which has never gone dry, might go dry.
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/30/24 08:15 PM
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We are 17 inches below normal rainfall this year and last year was the same. The post oaks have developed oak canker around here from stress, it is real bad. I had about an 1/2 acre cleared off Saturday for a new shop and the hard dried red clay really made it a tough booger lifting out some Mesquite and Hackberry trees.
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Re: We had a drought in 2024. But the annual average still happened.
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12/30/24 08:25 PM
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We got 60” of rain this year, but the ponds are really low. If we don’t get significant rain before summer, our big pond, which has never gone dry, might go dry. That doesn’t seem right. Is the watershed that feeds it shredded? I was surprised to see the difference it makes when I cleared out the small brush and started keeping it shredded. Apparently the tall grass and brush keeps the water from accumulating enough to run into mine.
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