Needed rain fell in San Antonio this week. Here’s a look at totals across the area ☔

Tropical moisture streaming into South Texas from Tropical Storm Alberto made for a few rounds of needed rainfall this week, and even gave us a brief break from the 90s!

By the time all was said and done, 1.47 inches of rain fell at San Antonio International, bringing the sum for the month of June to 2.69 inches so far.

Rainfall Totals

Here’s a look at rainfall totals from observation and recording stations across the area:

Year-To-Date Totals Versus Years Past

This week’s rain brings our year-to-date total for 2024 to 15.19 inches, which is more or less about average.

For context, that is more rain than what was recorded by this time in 2023 and 2022.

Still, we’ll need more to help chip away at the prolonged drought that’s still in place across the area, especially along and west of the Interstate 35 corridor.

While the drought monitor update (shown below) was released on Thursday, June 20, it does not include this week’s rain. We’ll have to wait until next week’s update to see what improvements these totals may bring to the current drought situation.

Edwards Aquifer

While the higher, multi-inch totals were generally found south of Highway 90, decent rain did manage to fall across the “contributing” and “recharge” zones of the Edwards Aquifer.

>>>How does the Edwards Aquifer work & why is it so heavily regulated? KSAT Explains

As a result, the daily aquifer reading for Friday, June 21, is a foot above the reading reported Thursday, June 20, but the level is still approximately 30 feet below the monthly average. Still a ways to go!

KSAT Connect

Regardless, this week’s rain was a sight for sore eyes for many South Texans.

KSAT Viewers took to KSAT Connect to upload pictures of their backyard rain gauges! Here’s a few:

Have a photo to submit of your rain gauge? Upload it to KSAT Connect here!