000 CDUS44 KHGX 240738 CLIGLS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 238 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 ................................... ...THE GALVESTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 23 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 85 1215 PM 95 1984 89 -4 88 MINIMUM 76 254 AM 69 1904 80 -4 77 AVERAGE 81 85 -4 83 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.19 3.94 1933 0.10 0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.91 2.57 -0.66 7.34 SINCE JUN 1 2.97 6.61 -3.64 10.71 SINCE JAN 1 12.89 22.32 -9.43 31.26 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 16 19 -3 18 MONTH TO DATE 453 437 16 386 SINCE JUN 1 1055 952 103 915 SINCE JAN 1 1820 1588 232 1611 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.7 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 LOWEST 74 AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE GALVESTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 89 95 1943 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 68 1929 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 24 2008..........SUNRISE 635 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT JULY 25 2008..........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$