The “bubble” around Boerne temporarily burst last week, as two days of steady rain followed last weekend’s thunderstorm activity — bringing the area much-needed drought relief.
Though the rain that has fallen is far from the drought buster the area needs, nobody in Kendall County seemed to be complaining.
The thunderstorms that moved through the area March 23-24 largely buffeted the area with high winds and heavy rain, but only for a narrow time frame — gauging anywhere from a quarter to a half-inch of rain.
More substantial rain arrived Wednesday, when dark clouds took their position over Kendall County between 3 and 4 p.m. Wednesday and let loose shortly thereafter.
Gauges at Boerne Lake showed about 1 inch Wednesday, compared to the 1.36 inches recorded at the Herff and Esser streets intersection, and the 0.51 inches in the Kreutzberg-River Mountain Road area, about 8 miles north of Boerne.
One weather app, Raindrop. Farm, showed 1.69 inches fell Wednesday while the National Weather Service site tallied 1.7 inches.
Thursday was a slow and steady rainfall, short of the pounding rain a day earlier, but measurable hour-to-hour nonetheless.
The Kreutzberg/River Mountain Road gauge came in at 0.84 inches Thursday, for a 1.51 twoday total north of town.
Raindrop.Farm added 0.66 inches Thursday for a two-day total of 2.35 inches. A second app, Precip, showed 2.19 inches had fallen since 9 a.m. Wednesday.
While the cloudy skies, steady rain and cooler temperatures might be enough to temporarily lift the county’s burn ban, the conditions likely have done little to relieve the ongoing drought.
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