Table 1.  Rainfall and rainfall volumes for the Nueces estuary, May–October 1998

Month

Nueces delta
(17,920 acres)

Nueces Bay
(17,280 acres)

Rainfall1
(inches)

Rainfall volume
(acre-feet)

Rainfall2
(inches)

Rainfall volume
(acre-feet)

May

0

0

 

0

0

June

.21

310

 

.07

101

July

.76

1,130

 

1.30

1,870

Aug.

4.75

7,090

 

3.52

5,070

Sept.

4.16

6,210

 

2.72

3,920

Oct.

9.67

14,400

 

9.67

13,900

Total3

19.55

29,100

 

17.28

24,900  

1 At station 08211503.
2 At station 08211504.
3 Total volumes are rounded.

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