PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
857 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2011
...MARCH 2011 WAS CONSIDERABLY WARMER THAN NORMAL...
...DROUGHT CONDITIONS PERSIST...
DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS DURING MARCH. MOST
LOCATIONS RECEIVED LESS THAN AN INCH OF RAIN DURING THE MONTH.
GALVESTON RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN DURING MARCH WITH A MONTHLY TOTAL
OF 2.70 INCHES. THE LOWEST RAINFALL TOTAL WAS IN HUNTSVILLE WITH
0.07 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH. DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE
INTENSIFIED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS
CONTINUED FOR AREAS NORTH OF I-10 WITH SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS
SOUTH OF I-10. INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAVE BEEN QUITE
DRY FOR THE LAST NINE WEEKS. HERE ARE THE TWO MONTH RAINFALL TOTALS
FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON...COLLEGE STATION AND HOUSTON HOBBY:
FEB/MAR RAINFALL TOTALS
CITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE GALVESTON
HOUSTON HOBBY STATION
0.03 - 1916 0.98 - 1954 0.44 - 1916 0.27 - 1925
0.98 - 1954 1.12 - 2011 1.29 - 1996 0.38 - 1916
1.38 - 1996 1.40 - 1996 1.30 - 2011 1.16 - 1976
1.47 - 2011 1.65 - 1962 1.31 - 1972 1.55 - 1953
1.57 - 1925 2.67 - 1989 1.53 - 1962 1.56 - 1904
3.37 - 2011
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE DROUGHT CAN BE FOUND IN OUR DROUGHT
INFORMATION STATEMENT (SATDGTHGX).
TEMPERATURES WERE QUITE WARM DURING THE MONTH AND AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES WERE 4 TO 5 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE 30 YEAR NORMALS.
SINCE CONDITIONS WERE WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL...THE ONLY
HAZARDOUS INCIDENTS WERE WILDFIRES. SEVERAL WILDFIRES OCCURRED
DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH. HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT TIED FOR
IT`S THIRD WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD AND ALSO TIED FOR IT`S SIXTH
DRIEST MARCH. COLLEGE STATION TIED FOR ITS NINTH DRIEST MARCH. THE
CITY OF HOUSTON HAD ITS 11TH DRIEST MARCH.
BELOW ARE THE MONTHLY CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE THE PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY CLIMATE SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS:
SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP
HIGH LOW DAILY
IAH 76.9 56.2 66.6 +4.3 0.78 -2.58
HOU 76.9 58.6 67.8 +3.6 0.78 -2.41
GLS 71.5 60.3 65.9 +1.8 2.66 -0.02
CLL 77.6 54.5 66.1 +4.5 0.69 -2.15
CXO 76.2 50.4 63.3 +2.2 0.35 -2.56
UTS 75.9 52.5 64.2 +3.7 0.07 -3.40
SGR 76.7 55.1 65.9 +2.9 1.40 -1.09
DWH 76.6 53.7 65.2 +3.0 1.24 -1.34
LBX 75.0 55.3 65.2 +2.5 1.36 -3.40
LVJ 74.6 56.2 65.4 +2.6 0.44 -1.71
PSX 74.7 58.3 66.5 +4.4 0.77 -1.93
HGX 74.6 55.6 65.1 +3.4 1.96 -1.89
BELOW ARE SOME MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS AT OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM OUR NETWORK OF VOLUNTEER CO-OP OBSERVERS:
COMMUNITY RAINFALL
ANAHUAC 1.34
BELLVILLE 1.14
BRENHAM 0.80
CLEVELAND 1.66
COLUMBUS 0.48
CROCKETT 0.35
DANEVANG 0.05
FREEPORT 0.81
HOU WESTBURY 0.63
KATY 1.24
MADISONVILLE 0.95
MATAGORDA 0.89
NEW CANEY 0.90
RICHMOND 0.69
SOMERVILLE 0.08
WASH ST PARK 1.08
WHARTON 0.13
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