Recent answers to prayer for rain:

1.  In January 2004, Mayor McDougal and County Judge Head called our community to pray for rain.  After 2003 being the second driest year on record, 2004 became the second wettest year on record! 

2.  On July 30, 2006, Mayor Miller, the City Council, County Judge Head, and the County Commissioners Court called the South Plains to pray and fast for rain based on dismal summer projections for the cotton crop and other water concerns.  There was and undeniable turn-around:  The first 7 months of 2006 recorded an average of .69 inches below normal each month – August recorded .99 above normal.  Both of these statistics reflect an average of the 40 reporting stations on the South Plains.  Then, the rain on Sunday, September 3, 2006 set a record for that date in history of total rainfall.  It also was the wettest single day since June 2000.  Since records have been kept (1911) it is the 60th wettest single day on record in Lubbock! 

3.  In January 2007, Mayor Miller, the city council, County Judge Head and the county commissioners again asked the community to pray for rain; this time the record was not total inches, the record was the bumper crop of cotton of the highest quality in many producers' memories brought by the timeliness of the rain received.

4. On May 1, 2008, County Judge Head prayed for rain as part of the National Day of Prayer. Click here for an A-J Article dated May 8 about the answer to prayer.