PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1003 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011
...RECORD WARMTH DOMINATES JUNE WEATHER...
...RAINFALL REMAINS WELL BELOW FOR THE MONTH...
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUED ITS STRANGLEHOLD
ON SOUTHEAST TEXAS BRINGING DRY CONDITIONS AND RECORD WARM
TEMPERATURES. MONTHLY AVERAGE JUNE TEMPERATURES WERE FOUR TO FIVE
DEGREES WARMER THAN THE 30 YEAR NORMALS. THERE WERE SO MANY RECORDS...
IT IS HARD TO DETERMINE WHERE TO BEGIN. THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND
GALVESTON RECORDED THEIR WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD...WHILE HOUSTON
HOBBY AND COLLEGE STATION REPORTED THEIR 2ND WARMEST JUNE ON
RECORD. BELOW ARE THE TOP FIVE WARMEST MONTHLY TEMPERATURES FOR
EACH SITE:
CITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE GALVESTON
HOUSTON HOBBY STATION
86.2 2011 86.2 1998 86.7 1998 86.2 2011
85.9 1902 85.9 2011 86.5 2011 85.6 1881
85.6 2009 85.0 1990 86.2 1925 85.2 1875
85.5 1998 84.8 2009 86.0 2009 84.9 2008
85.1 1980 84.7 2008 85.5 1906 84.7 2005
THE CITY OF HOUSTON ALSO RECORDED THE EARLIEST 100 DEGREE
TEMPERATURE IN CITY RECORDS WHEN THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE REACHED
100 DEGREES ON JUNE 2ND. THE CITY OF HOUSTON ALSO RECORDED THE
WARMEST JUNE TEMPERATURE WHEN THE MERCURY CLIMBED TO 105 DEGREES
ON JUNE 5TH AND 6TH. ALL TOLD...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED OR
EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES SEVEN TIMES DURING JUNE. THIS TIES 2009 FOR
THE THIRD MOST 100 DEGREE DAYS. ONLY 1902 AND 1980 HAD MORE 100
DEGREE DAYS WITH 10 AND 8 RESPECTIVELY. HOUSTON ALSO RECORDED 17
DAYS WITH THE TEMPERATURE AT OR ABOVE 98 DEGREES. THIS IS ALSO A
RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 15 AND
OCCURRED IN 1902 AND 1980. THERE WERE 26 DAYS IN THE MONTH WHERE
THE TEMPERATURE REACHED OR EXCEEDED 95 DEGREES AND YES...THIS IS
ANOTHER RECORD FOR THE MONTH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 22 DAYS AND
OCCURRED IN 1998 AND 1980. THERE WAS ONLY ONE DAY IN JUNE WHEN THE
TEMPERATURE FAILED TO REACH 90 DEGREES AND THAT OCCURRED WITH THE
BLISSFUL RAIN ON JUNE 22ND.
GALVESTON ESTABLISHED SOME NEW RECORDS AS WELL. THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE REACHED 99 DEGREES ON JUNE 5TH. THIS WAS THE EARLIEST
99 DEGREE DAY IN GALVESTON WEATHER HISTORY AND ALSO TIED THE
WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORD IN THE MONTH OF JUNE (JUNE 18
1918). GALVESTON ALSO RECORDED ITS WARMEST AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
IN CITY HISTORY WITH AN AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 80.5 DEGREES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 80.4 DEGREES IN 1990. GALVESTON ALSO TIED
ITS WARMEST OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WITH A VALUE OF
85 DEGREES ON JUNE 27TH. THE ONLY OTHER TIME THE LOW TEMPERATURE
ONLY DROPPED TO 85 DEGREES WAS ON JUNE 24TH 1881.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN COLLEGE STATION FOR JUNE WAS 98.3
DEGREES WHICH IS THE SECOND WARMEST ON RECORD. ONLY THE 98.5
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN JUNE OF 1911 WAS WARMER. THE AVERAGE
LOW FOR JUNE WAS 74.8 DEGREES AND THIS IS THE THIRD WARMEST
AVERAGE LOW FOR THE MONTH...TRAILING ONLY 1906 AND 2010 (76.3 AND
75.9 RESPECTIVELY).
HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT RECORDED ITS WARMEST AVERAGE HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WITH 95.8 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS WARMEST
AVERAGE HIGH WAS 95.0 AND OCCURRED IN 1998. THE AVERAGE JUNE LOW
TEMPERATURE WAS 76.0 AND THIS WAS THE FOURTH WARMEST ON RECORD.
RAINFALL WAS A BIT BETTER OVER PARTS OF THE REGION BUT ALL
REPORTING SITES NOTED BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL ONCE AGAIN. THE CITY
OF HOUSTON AND GALVESTON BOTH REPORTED LESS THAN AN INCH OF RAIN
DURING THE MONTH. THIS WAS THE 15TH DRIEST JUNE FOR THE CITY OF
HOUSTON AND THE 25TH DRIEST FOR GALVESTON. HOUSTON HAS NOW
REPORTED FIVE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS WITH MONTHLY RAINFALL TALLIES
BELOW AN INCH. THIS IS ALSO A NEW RECORD. BELOW ARE THE MONTHLY
RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON SINCE FEBRUARY 1ST:
FEB MAR APR MAY JUN TOTAL
RAIN 0.69 0.78 0.11 0.33 0.92 2.83
NORM 2.98 3.36 3.60 5.15 5.35 20.44
DEP -2.29 -2.58 -3.49 -4.82 -4.43 -17.61
THERE WAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER DURING THE MONTH BUT NOT WHAT IS
TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THIS PART OF THE
COUNTRY. THE PROLONGED DROUGHT HAS CREATED WATER SHORTAGES AND
HARSH AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS. SOUTHEAST TEXAS ENDURED DANGEROUS
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT SET THE STAGE FOR SEVERAL WILD FIRES
DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH. THE BEARING FIRE IN POLK AND
TRINITY COUNTIES BURNED OVER 22000 ACRES. THE DYER MILLS FIRE IN
GRIMES COUNTY BURNED ABOUT 5000 ACRES...20 HOMES AND ANOTHER 30
OUTBUILDINGS. THE MIDWAY FIRE BURNED ANOTHER 4500 ACRES AND THE
SMOKE WAS SO THICK THAT A PORTION OF I-45 HAD TO BE CLOSED.
BELOW ARE THE MONTHLY JUNE TOTALS FOR THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
CLIMATE SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS:
SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP
HIGH LOW MONTH
IAH 97.4 74.9 86.2 +4.8 0.92 -4.43
HOU 95.8 76.0 85.9 +3.6 1.79 -5.05
GLS 91.8 80.5 86.2 +4.0 0.94 -3.10
CLL 98.3 74.8 86.5 +4.9 2.87 -0.92
UTS 98.9 74.4 86.6 +6.0 1.39 -3.27
CXO 98.2 70.5 84.3 +3.5 1.45 -3.13
DWH 97.7 72.5 85.1 +4.4 1.15 -5.11
PSX 90.1 77.6 83.8 +2.8 1.66 -2.65
LBX 93.1 73.9 83.5 +2.7 1.70 -3.06
SGR 96.2 73.5 84.8 +3.1 2.03 -3.01
LVJ 93.8 75.0 84.4 +3.1 0.86 -6.59
HGX 94.9 74.3 84.6 +4.3 2.54 -4.82
HERE IS SOME JUNE RAINFALL DATA FROM OUR CO-OP OBSERVATION
NETWORK:
LOCATION RAIN
ANAHUAC 2.87
BAY CITY 3.85
BAYTOWN 1.94
BELLVILLE 2.45
BRENHAM 2.87
CLEVELAND 0.84
COLUMBUS 3.80
CROCKETT 1.18
DANEVANG 2.88
EDNA 1.02
EL CAMPO 2.90
FREEPORT 2.48
HOU WESTBURY 1.70
KATY 1.94
LIVINGSTON 1.43
MADISONVILLE 1.78
MATAGORDA 0.65
NEW CANEY 0.99
RICHMOND 1.56
SOMERVILLE 2.42
WASH ST PARK 1.95
W COLUMBIA 1.98
WHARTON 3.07
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