Given that, there was again a significant rain event in the Dallas region. With that rainfall, it may make August the wettest month there since 1899.
Here is a quote from a Washington Post article on the Dallas rain event:
“In some isolated cases, the rainfall would qualify as a 1-in-1,000 interval flood. The downpour marked the latest such flood that has occurred over the past few weeks across the United States. In one week alone, three 1-in-1,000-year rain events occurred — inundating St. Louis, eastern Kentucky and southeastern Illinois.
“While controversial, the term is used to describe a rainfall event that is expected once in every 1,000 years, meaning it has just a 0.1 percent chance of happening in any given year.
“Climate change is making our forecasts much more unpredictable. Imagine the farmer farming on un-irrigated land and dependent on rainfall coming at the right time and in the right amounts. It is a tough business.”
Here’s one more long-term forecast: “U.S. flooding losses will spike 26 percent by 2050 due to climate change, researchers say.”
Actually, it seems a bit conservative to me.