SAN ANGELO, TX — The National Weather Service recently released the annual rainfall data for San Angelo and the surrounding areas in West Texas.
San Angelo received 27.24 inches of rainfall in 2025, 6.31 inches above the annual normal. Abilene recorded 21.51 inches — 3.73 inches below normal. The totals showed varied precipitation patterns across West Texas. Unofficial totals from other reporting sites in the Concho Valley revealed even greater disparities. Menard topped the list with 50.15 inches, the highest amount recorded from available data sources, the weather service noted. Other notable unofficial 2025 totals included:
- Mason: 36.79 inches
- San Saba: 37.53 inches
- Brownwood: 31.21 inches
- Cross Plains: 28.29 inches
- Sonora: 26.83 inches
- Brady: 25.94 inches
- Haskell: 25.23 inches
Lower amounts were reported in Sterling City with 14.55 inches and Sweetwater with 18.73 inches.
San Angelo's 2025 precipitation total of 27.24 inches — 6.31 inches above the 1991-2020 normal of 20.93 inches — ranks as the 20th wettest calendar year since records began in 1907, according to NOAA and National Weather Service data. Last year's rainfall, while notably wet, fell short of the all-time records set more than a century ago. The wettest year remains 1919 with 40.9 inches, followed closely by 1936 with 40.4 inches. Here are the top 20 wettest years on record for San Angelo:
- 1919: 40.9 inches
- 1936: 40.4 inches
- 2016: 35.7 inches
- 2018: 34.1 inches
- 1959: 33.9 inches
- 1986: 32.9 inches
- 1932: 32.6 inches
- 2007: 32.0 inches
- 1987: 31.9 inches
- 1913: 31.7 inches
- 1926: 31.2 inches
- 1911: 30.6 inches
- 2004: 30.5 inches
- 1981: 30.2 inches
- 1980: 30.1 inches
- 1969: 30.0 inches
- 1990: 28.8 inches
- 1935: 27.9 inches
- 1914: 27.4 inches
- 2025: 27.2 inches (official NWS total: 27.24 inches)
In recent decades (since 1977), 2025 ranks as the seventh-wettest year, behind standouts like 2016 and 2018, which saw widespread flooding across parts of West Central Texas. For contrast, the driest year on record is 1956 with just 7.41 inches. More recently, 2011 recorded only 9.21 inches during a severe drought. The 2025 total highlights ongoing variability in the region's semi-arid climate, where annual precipitation can swing dramatically from year to year.
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Listed By: Wiley Coyote
Big deal!!! Couldn't have anything to do with the 14" in 8 hours rain we got back in July.
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