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NOUS44 KCRP 041102
PNSCRP

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT
CORPUS CHRISTI YEARLY CLIMATE SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
500 AM CST THU JAN 04 2007
 
...2006 WAS THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA...

THE 10 WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD SINCE 1888 FOR THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA:

2006.....74.1
1950.....73.9 
1971.....73.5 
1954.....73.5 
1998.....73.4
2005.....73.3
1990.....73.3
1933.....73.3
2000.....73.2
1953.....73.2

2006 DATA....

2006 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS WELL ABOVE THE 71.6 DEGREE NORMAL. 
PRECIPITATION WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.

TEMPERATURE DATA:

AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE..................   74.1
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL......................   +2.5
HIGHEST....................................    103 ON MAY 10TH
LOWEST.....................................     25 ON FEB 12TH
AVERAGE DAILY HIGH.........................   84.2 
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL......................   +3.2 
AVERAGE DAILY LOW..........................   64.3 
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL......................   +2.2 

2006 WAS THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD SINCE 1888.
THERE WERE 135 DAYS 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE AND ONLY 1 DAY
100 DEGREES OR ABOVE.

PRECIPITATION DATA:
TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.........................  33.93 INCHES
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL......................  +1.67 INCHES

2006 WAS THE 33RD WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD SINCE 1888 AND
THERE WERE 66 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAIN. THE MAXIMUM 24-HOUR
RAINFALL RECORD WAS BROKEN MAY 31ST THROUGH JUNE 1ST WHEN 
11.61 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT THE CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.

SNOWFALL DATA:
TOTAL FOR THE YEAR............................ 0.0 INCHES

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