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In 1873 Clarksville received 109.4 inches of rain.
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The lowest recorded temp. in Texas was chilly -23 F, occurringin 1899 at Tulia and in 1933 at Seminole.
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The highest recorded temp. in Texas was a blistering 120 F, occurring in 1936 at Seymour and in 1944 At Monahans.
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Wink received just 1,76 inches of rain in 1956.
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More than 6 million acres of Texas land are irrigated.
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in 2012 Texas produced about 730 million barrels of crude oil worth some $55 million.
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Texas has an estimated 23 billion tons of lignite, a type of coal.
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In 2012 there were more than 244,700 farms in Texas.
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Agriculture added some $36 billion to the Texas economy in 2012.
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The Rio Grande, which begins in Colorado and flows along the Texas-Mexico border, runs 1,896.
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Guadalupe Peak is the highest point in the state, at 8,749 feet above sea level.
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The Ogallala Aquifer is the largest underground water source in Texas.
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Toledo Bend Reservoir on the Sabine River holds more than 5.5 billion cubic meters of water.