AMARILLO – In the sprawling Texas Panhandle, Amarillo and surrounding communities were drenched by a week of relentless rain in early May, a stark contrast to the region’s typical drought conditions and months of near-constant burn bans.
Much of the South Plains, including Lubbock, and the Rolling Plains east of the Caprock have also seen beneficial rainfall to start the month.
Officially, Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport tallied 1.76 inches for the early May event, boosting the annual running total to 3.72 inches, which is about four tenths below normal after a dry start to the year, according to the National Weather Service in Lubbock. The Childress airport measured 1.9 inches over this stretch, raising their year-to-date total to 9.62 inches (or almost 4 inches above normal)…