PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
837 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2009
...HEAT CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
...SOME RELIEF ON THE WAY...MAYBE???...
MOISTURE LEVELS INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY
RESULTING IN TEMPERATURES ONLY 2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL VERSES THE 5
TO 6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THAT THE AREA HAS FACED SINCE MID JUNE.
COLLEGE STATION STILL MANAGED TO REACH 100 DEGREES TODAY. THIS IS
THE 41ST DAY THIS SUMMER THAT THE HIGH TEMPERATURE MANAGED TO
REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AT EASTERWOOD FIELD IN COLLEGE
STATION. WE HAVE RECEIVED A FEW INQUIRIES REGARDING 100 DEGREE DAYS
AND HOW OFTEN THEY OCCUR. BELOW IS A TABLE WITH THE YEARS WITH THE
MOST HUNDRED DEGREE DAYS AND THE MONTHS OF OCCURRENCE FOR BOTH
COLLEGE STATION AND HOUSTON:
COLLEGE STATION
MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT TOTAL YEAR
0 10 22 26 0 58 1917
1 11 28 10 1 51 1998
0 20 25 4 0 49 1913
0 0 13 27 8 48 2000
0 13 21 14 0 48 1925
0 11 11 21 4 47 1948
0 7 14 23 3 47 1937
0 0 12 27 5 44 1951
0 7 24 9 3 43 1980
0 11 23 7 - 41 2009
WARMEST TEMPERATURE ALL TIME WAS 112 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 4 2000.
HOUSTON
MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT TOTAL YEAR
0 8 18 5 1 32 1980
0 2 14 8 0 24 1998
0 0 10 5 5 20 2000
0 10 0 9 0 19 1902
0 0 7 7 2 16 1909
0 7 4 3 - 14 2009
0 0 0 14 0 14 1993
0 1 2 8 2 13 1907
0 0 0 10 0 10 1999
0 0 4 1 4 9 1995
WARMEST TEMPERATURE ALL TIME WAS 109 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 4 2000.
THE AREA HAS SUFFERED RELENTLESS HEAT SINCE MID JUNE AND THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FROM JUNE 1 THROUGH AUGUST 7 REFLECTS THIS. THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT COLLEGE STATION BETWEEN JUNE 1 AND AUGUST 7
HAS BEEN 87.7 DEGREES. THIS IS NOW THE WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THIS TIME FRAME IN RECORDED HISTORY. IT IS THE SAME STORY FOR
HOUSTON. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT FOR JUNE
1 THROUGH AUGUST 7 HAS BEEN 86.7 DEGREES AND THIS IS NOW THE
WARMEST PERIOD IN CITY HISTORY. HOW ABOUT SOME MORE TABLES WITH
NUMBERS?
COLLEGE STATION
JUNE 1 - AUGUST 7
AVERAGE AVERAGE PERIOD
HIGH LOW AVERAGE
99.6 1998 76.7 1902 87.7 2009
99.5 1917 76.2 2009 87.6 1998
99.2 2009 75.5 1998 86.3 1925
98.9 1934 75.1 1906 86.2 1996
98.2 1925 74.4 1925 86.0 1934
98.1 1996 74.3 2008 85.7 2008
98.1 1913 74.3 1996 85.6 1958
97.6 1937 74.1 2007 85.5 1980
97.6 1914 74.0 1981 85.4 1902
97.5 1958 74.0 1932 85.3 1951
HOUSTON
JUNE 1 - AUGUST 7
AVERAGE AVERAGE PERIOD
HIGH LOW AVERAGE
97.7 1980 77.0 1963 86.7 2009
97.1 1998 76.9 1958 86.3 1980
96.9 2009 76.8 1962 86.1 1998
95.4 1890 76.5 2009 85.2 1958
95.3 2008 76.5 1964 84.8 2008
95.1 1902 76.4 1965 84.8 1944
94.9 1982 76.3 1953 84.6 1962
94.2 2000 76.3 1951 84.5 1963
94.0 1994 75.9 1960 84.4 1953
94.0 1909 75.9 1944 84.4 1951
THE FIRST 8 DAYS OF AUGUST HAVE BEEN DRY. DROUGHT CONDITIONS
BRIEFLY IMPROVED TOWARD THE END OF JULY OVER EASTERN PARTS OF THE
AREA. EXCEPTIONAL TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS PERSIST OVER THE
WESTERN HALF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. GROUND FUELS REMAIN DRY OVER THE
WEST AND SEVERAL SPOTTY WILDFIRES WERE REPORTED OVER THE LAST FEW
DAYS. RAINFALL DEFICITS ARE STILL EXTREME AT PALACIOS...ANGLETON
AND BAY CITY. ANOTHER TABLE WITH NUMBERS FOLLOWS THIS NARRATIVE
WITH THE LOWEST RAINFALL TOTALS FOR HOUSTON...COLLEGE STATION...
GALVESTON AND HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT FROM MAY 1 THROUGH AUGUST 7:
LOWEST RAINFALL MAY 1 THROUGH AUGUST 7
HOUSTON COLLEGE GALVESTON HOUSTON
STATION HOBBY
3.49 2009 1.08 1998 1.95 1956 3.86 1934
4.76 1915 1.47 1934 2.38 1958 4.71 1998
5.15 1931 3.11 1925 2.44 1897 5.18 1931
5.36 1998 3.30 1917 3.17 1930 5.67 2009
5.59 1958 3.83 2009 3.23 2009 5.82 1964
6.15 1964 3.86 1977 3.24 1996 6.60 1932
6.35 1935 4.03 1913 3.77 2008 6.67 1957
6.47 1917 4.82 1996 3.81 1948 6.93 1988
6.57 1896 4.89 1963 3.84 1960 7.11 1955
6.73 1937 4.99 1931 3.93 1954 7.33 1971
IT DOES APPEAR THAT AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE COUPLED WITH SLIGHTLY
COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL LEAD TO HIGHER RAIN CHANCES FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO HINT AT
ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION MID MONTH.
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