PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
735 PM CST MON FEB 1 2010
...JANUARY WAS COLDER THAN NORMAL...
THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE NEW YEAR WERE UNSEASONABLY COLD. A COLD
FRONT CROSSED SOUTHEAST TEXAS ON JANUARY 7TH. STRONG ARCTIC HIGH
PRESSURE MOVED INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND COLD AIR FILTERED INTO
TEXAS. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON JANUARY 8TH BARELY WARMED ABOVE
FREEZING IN HOUSTON AND STAYED BELOW FREEZING ALL DAY NORTH OF A
COLUMBUS TO CONROE TO CLEVELAND LINE. DESPITE THE UNSEASONABLY
COLD TEMPERATURES...THERE WERE ONLY TWO NEW RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURES ESTABLISHED. COLLEGE STATION SET A NEW RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURE ON THE 9TH WITH A LOW OF 18 DEGREES. HOBBY AIRPORT
ALSO ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD LOW ON THE 9TH WITH A LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 21 DEGREES. A WARM UP ENSUED DURING THE MIDDLE OF
THE MONTH AND THE AREA ENDURED UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES.
CONDITIONS TURNED COLDER TOWARD THE END OF THE MONTH. OTHER THAN
THE UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES...HAZARDOUS WEATHER WAS AT A
MINIMUM.
HERE ARE THE FIVE COLDEST AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
JAN 1 THROUGH JAN 11
HOUSTON HOBBY APRT GALVESTON COLLEGE STN
28.8 2010 30.9 2010 33.2 1887 27.2 2010
30.3 1970 31.1 1942 33.9 1879 27.3 1970
31.0 1979 31.5 1979 34.0 1942 27.3 1942
31.1 1942 32.1 1970 35.0 1886 27.4 1979
32.3 1977 32.5 1962 35.4 2010 29.2 1959
DECEMBER WAS RATHER COLD AS WELL. THE TWO MONTH AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER AND JANUARY FOR HOUSTON WAS 49.6 DEGREES.
THIS TIES FOR THE 7TH COLDEST DEC/JAN COMBINATION IN CITY HISTORY.
GALVESTON AND COLLEGE STATION EACH HAD THEIR 16TH COLDEST DECEMBER
JANUARY COMBINATIONS. THE COLDEST DEC/JAN COMBINATION OCCURRED IN
1983-84 FOR BOTH CITIES. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN COLLEGE STATION
WAS 44.3 DEGREES IN 1983-84 AND GALVESTON RECORDED 49.6 DEGREES
DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME.
HERE IS THE COLDEST DEC/JAN COMBINATION FOR HOUSTON:
HOUSTON
45.9 1976-77
46.3 1983-84
47.2 1977-78
48.4 2000-01
48.5 1978-79
49.3 1891-92
49.6 2009-10
49.6 1917-18
49.6 1898-99
BELOW IS THE MONTHLY DATA FOR THE PRIMARY AND SUPPLEMENTAL CLIMATE
SITES FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS:
SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP COLDEST
HIGH LOW MONTH TEMP
IAH 59.1 39.0 49.0 -2.8 2.53 -1.15 20
GLS 56.7 44.1 50.4 -5.4 2.27 -1.81 27
CLL 58.1 38.0 48.0 -2.2 2.93 -0.39 18
HOU 59.1 40.9 50.0 -4.3 2.30 -1.95 21
PSX 61.0 41.7 51.4 -1.5 5.91 +2.73 20
CXO 57.8 34.3 46.0 -3.9 2.69 -1.52 15
UTS 56.9 36.5 46.7 -2.1 1.86 -2.42 15
LBX 60.2 39.1 49.7 -4.5 3.02 -1.74 19
DWH 58.1 36.9 47.5 1.73 -1.31 16
HGX 58.2 39.1 48.7 -4.7 2.41 -3.02 20
BELOW ARE THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE MONTH AS REPORTED BY OUR
CO-OP OBSERVERS.
ANAHUAC 22 CLEVELAND 14 HOU PORT 21
ALVIN 22 COLUMBUS 16 LIBERTY 19
BAY CITY 19 CROCKETT 15 LIVINGSTON 17
BAYTOWN 21 DANEVANG 18 MADISONVILLE 16
BRENHAM 15 FREEPORT 22 MATAGORDA 20
WASHINGTON STATE PARK 13
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