PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
503 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010
...MAY 2010 WAS ONE OF THE WARMEST ON RECORD...
...DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST...
HERE WE GO AGAIN! PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL RIDGING SHUNTED RAIN TO
THE EAST AND TO THE WEST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WITHOUT MUCH RAIN OR
CLOUD COVER...TEMPERATURES WARMED INTO THE MID AND UPPER 90S.
COLLEGE STATION TIED ITS SECOND WARMEST MAY IN RECORDED HISTORY.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 79.4 DEGREES WHICH TIES
1998. THE ONLY MAY THAT WAS WARMER WAS BACK IN 1996 WHEN THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 81.6 DEGREES. THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAD ITS
THIRD WARMEST MAY ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 79.4
DEGREES. ONLY THE YEARS OF 1996 (81.4) AND 2003 (80.7) WERE
WARMER. HOBBY AIRPORT IN HOUSTON TIED FOR ITS FOURTH WARMEST MAY
ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 79.5 DEGREES. HOBBY`S
RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1931 AND EIGHT OF THE TEN WARMEST MAYS HAVE
OCCURRED SINCE 1991.
HOBBY AIRPORT
WARMEST MAY TEMPERATURES
81.8 - 1998
80.8 - 2003
79.6 - 1996
79.5 - 2010
79.5 - 2008
78.8 - 2009
78.7 - 2000
78.4 - 1991
78.4 - 1933
78.1 - 1974
IN ADDITION TO THE HEAT...MAY WAS DRY! RAINFALL WAS 2 TO 4 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. MAY IS TYPICALLY ONE OF THE WETTEST MONTHS OF THE
YEAR BUT FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR...MINOR TO MODERATE
DROUGHT CONDITIONS PLAGUED THE AREA. HOBBY AIRPORT IS 8.53 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL FOR THE YEAR AND ALMOST SEVEN INCHES BELOW NORMAL
SINCE MARCH 1ST. THE PERIOD MARCH 1 THROUGH MAY 31ST 2010 IS THE NINTH
DRIEST MARCH-MAY FOR HOBBY AIRPORT. COLLEGE STATION IS 5.36 INCHES
OF RAIN BELOW NORMAL SINCE MARCH 1 2010...WHILE INTERCONTINENTAL
AIRPORT IS ABOUT 4 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
BELOW IS A TABLE WITH THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA
FOR THE PRIMARY AND SUPPLEMENTAL CLIMATE SITES FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS:
SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAINFALL DEP
IAH 89.7 69.2 79.4 +3.6 3.68 -1.47
GLS 82.8 72.4 77.6 +0.7 3.66 -0.04
CLL 90.0 68.9 79.4 +4.1 2.00 -3.05
HOU 88.5 70.5 79.5 +2.5 1.71 -3.40
UTS 88.5 66.5 77.5 +3.1 0.67 -4.41
CXO 89.3 65.0 77.1 +2.5 1.36 -4.26
DWH 88.5 67.9 78.2 +2.1 3.61 +0.85
SGR 88.5 68.4 78.5 +1.3 4.75 +1.13
LVJ 88.1 70.3 79.2 +3.1 2.13 -1.62
LBX 86.7 68.3 77.5 +1.2 2.51 -2.25
HGX 86.6 69.0 77.8 +2.4 2.19 -2.39
HERE ARE SOME RAINFALL TOTALS FOR A FEW OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS:
LOCATION RAIN WARMEST
TEMP
ANAHUAC 3.05 95
ALVIN 2.38 93
BRENHAM 2.73 94
CLEVELAND 2.44 95
CROCKETT 1.17 98
DANEVANG 7.88 94
FREEPORT 1.99 92
HOU HTS 4.12
HOU PORT 2.51 96
HOU WBURY 3.80
KATY 6.00
MATAGORDA 2.10 91
RICHMOND 5.01
SOMERVILLE 2.71 99
WHARTON 2.85
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