September just cruised through North Texas, slightly dry and warmer than normal. Denton Enterprise Airport registered 18 days at or above 90 but no triple-digits. The hottest temperature of 99 was recorded on Sept. 4, while the coolest lows of 58 were recorded on Sept. 8, 9 and 10. The average high of 90.9 was two degrees above the normal high of 88.7. The average low of 65.2 was precisely the normal low for the month.

Rainfall was scarce. Big storms early in the month dropped 1.64” of rain on Sept. 5 and 6. Another .29” fell between Sept. 21 and 24. Total rainfall during September was 1.94” which was .38” below Denton’s climate norm of 2.32” for the month. For now, Denton County is free of drought with 24.85 inches of rainfall through Sept. 27.

The summer heat was hard to break. There w

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