The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1987 Page: 3 of 24
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Thursday January 1, 1987 The Albany News Page 3-A
'86 rainfall total nears 40 inches
By David Love
With a total of 11.01 inches of
rain in the month of October, rain
fall totals in Albany in 1986
neared the 40 inch mark, making
it the wettest year since the year
of the flood —1978, and the
seventh wettest year since
records were first kept in 1896.
December netted only 1.84
inches of rain and was the third
driest month of the year, but
Albany still received 39.03 inches
of the wet stuff during the 12
month period.
"We finished the year about 14
inches above our normal yearly
rainfall totals, so it is a very good
situation for the area ranchers,"
stated Shackelford County Exten
sion Agent Lawrence Winkler.
The average rainfall per year
from 1896 to 1977 was 25.76; thus,
Albany has received 13.27 addi
tional inches of moisture.
"Right now, the only people
who are hurting are the cotton
farmers —the cotton crop is still
in the field, and many of them are
having to plant their wheat aerial
ly," he added.
Winkler went on to say that
less that 10 percent of the
farmers have been unable to get
their wheat into the ground due
to the moisture.
According to Watt Matthews of
Lambshead Ranch, 33.46 inches of
rain fell on the ranch during the
year.
"The land is in great shape for
this time of year as are the
cattle," he commented. "It's been
a great fall."
He said, barring the 1978 flood,
he can remember seeing the land
in better shape that it is now, but
"it has been a long time."
"In 1932 it was green from the
first day of the year through the
last day of December," added
Matthews. "This year has been
much like that."
January, 1986 has been the
driest month of the year with only
.40 inches of rain, and the first
three months of 1986 yielded only
5.06 inches of precipitation.
According to records, the
average driest month locally is
January, with 1.10 inches of rain,
while the average wettest month
is May, with 3.84 inches.
The second half of 1986 told the
story, with 24.41 inches of rain
falling in town, according to Elsa
Turner, local weather observer.
The rainfall during the final six
months of the year was only 1.35
inches short of the total average
yearly rainfall.
"All the moisture has been ex
cellent for the range grasses and
in replenishing the subsurface
moisture," said Winkler. "It has
also helped the stock water situa
tion, and has filled our creeks and
Sentences handed down
Several cases have been heard
in Judge Quay Parker's 259th
District Court during the past
two weeks, each resulting in final
adjudications.
All five of the cases involved
revocation of probation charges
with the following results:
Kevin D. Hulley, orginally con
victed of DWI, received a final
judgment to serve out his ori
ginal term of 72 hours jail time
and pay a $350 fine. He received
credit for 38 days jail time and
was released.
David Lee Lorance also re
ceived final judgment because of
probation revocation for a DWI
case. He was orginally fined $350
and 72 hours jail time. He had 58
days of credit for time already
served nnd was released.
James Lee Farquhar received a
like sentence for DWI and had 34
days credit for time served. He
was also released.
Randy Leonard had his proba
tion revoked and was held in
custody to be transferred to the
Texas Department of Corrections
to serve out a six year term for
theft. He will receive 216 days
credit for time already served at
the local jail.
Final judgment was also hand
ed down for Doris L. Coleman due
to probation revocation. She was
originally sentenced to three
years at TDC for passing a forged
instrument. She will receive
credit for 39 days already served
in the county jail.
tanks."
Winkler said that apart from
the cotton and wheat farmers, the
rain has benefitted everyone.
"In West Texas, you don't com
plain about too much rain," he
said. ' Normally, we'd like to have
the wheat planted by Christmas,
so we're now getting past the
time for optimum wheat produc
tion."
The second wettest year since
1978, when 29.13 inches of rain
fell in one day, was 1981, which
totaled 38.07 inches for the year.
The flood year netted 44.85 in
ches of rain, hut apart from the
flood, only 15.72 inches fell during
the remainder of that year.
The 11.01 inches of rain re
corded during October of 1986
makes it the wettest single month
since May of 1982, when 11.53 in
ches of rain fell. That month is
also the high month of any since
the flood.
Monthly rainfall totals were
less than two inches only three
times during 1986, in January,
then in April with .83 inches, and
December with 1.84 inches.
The second wettest month of
the year was June, with 5.12 total
inches.
The wettest year on record was
in 1941, when 47.01 inches of rain
fell, followed by 1932's 45.06 in
ches.
The third wettest year was
1957, which yielded 45.02, follow
ed by the 44.85 inches which fell
in 1978. The year 1906 was the
fifth wettest, with 41.93 inches,
and 1919's 39.66 inches put it
above 1986 for the sixth wettest
year on record.
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Officials to be sworn in
Marie Smith and Joy Grun,
newly elected county judge and
treasure-, respectively, will take
their oaths of office Thursday,
January 1, at 2:00 p.m. in the
courtroom of the Shackelford
County Courthouse.
District Judge Quay Parker
will conduct the swearing in
ceremony, and the public is in
vited to attend the event.
Newly elected officials must be
sworn in, but re-elected officials
have the option whether to repeat
the oath or not.
Chamber to meet Jan. 9
Albany Chamber of Commerce
members will gather at the Fort
Griffin General Merchandise
Restaurant on January 9 for a
regular meeting, according to
Chamber Manager David Janca.
The meeting has been set for
12:00 noon on January 9, and all
Chamber members and other in
.rested persons are welcome to
attend the weekly meetings.
Scheduled for December 26 and
January 2, the regular Friday lun
cheons were cancelled due to the
holidays, said Janca.
The January 9 meeting will be
the first of the new year, and the
first since Friday, December 19.
Offices to close Thursday
While all local government of
fices and financial institutions are
closed New Year's Day, most em-
ployees will be back on the job
Friday.
The Shackelford County Court
house and the Lower Clear Fork
of the Brazos Soil and Water Con
servation District Office,
however, will be closed Friday,
January 2.
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