PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
407 AM CDT MON AUG 1 2011
...JULY TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE NORMAL...
...RAIN RETURNS TO THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
...DROUGHT CONDITIONS INTENSIFY OVER THE WESTERN
HALF OF THE REGION...
JULY TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE THE 30 YEAR CLIMATE NORMALS
AVERAGING 3 TO 4 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE 30 YEAR NORMALS. JULY
2011 WAS THE THIRD WARMEST ON RECORD FOR HOUSTON AND HOUSTON
HOBBY AIRPORT. IT WAS THE SECOND WARMEST ON RECORD FOR GALVESTON
AND TIED FOR THE SECOND WARMEST JULY ON RECORD FOR COLLEGE
STATION. HERE ARE THE FIVE WARMEST JULY`S ON RECORD FOR EACH
LOCATION:
CITY OF COLLEGE GALVESTON HOUSTON
HOUSTON STATION HOBBY
87.5 1980 89.1 2009 87.4 1875 86.7 2009
87.4 2009 88.6 2011 87.1 2011 86.6 1998
87.1 2011 88.6 1998 86.6 1996 86.5 2011
86.6 1998 87.9 1996 86.3 1876 86.1 1980
86.6 1957 87.7 1925 86.2 2009 85.4 1957
SINCE MAY 25TH...THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS RECORDED 58 DAYS (OUT OF
68) WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 95 DEGREES OR WARMER. HOUSTON HAS ALSO
ENDURED 31 DAYS WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 98 DEGREES OR WARMER AND 11
DAYS WITH A TEMPERATURE AT OR EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES. THE FATES
WERE NO KINDER TO COLLEGE STATION AS THE CITY RECORDED 63 DAYS
WITH THE TEMPERATURE AT OR EXCEEDING 95 DEGREES...49 DAYS AT OR
ABOVE 98 DEGREES AND 28 DAYS AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES.
CLIMATOLOGICALLY SPEAKING...SUMMER IS ABOUT TWO THIRDS COMPLETE AND
THE SUMMER OF 2011 IS CURRENTLY THE WARMEST ON RECORD FOR THE CITY
OF HOUSTON AND GALVESTON AND THE SECOND WARMEST ON RECORD FOR
COLLEGE STATION. BELOW ARE THE BLISTERING DETAILS:
CITY OF HOUSTON - JUNE THROUGH JULY
AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE
HIGH LOW MONTHLY
97.9 1980 76.7 1963 86.7 2011
97.2 2011 76.6 1958 86.5 2009
96.9 2009 76.4 1953 86.3 1980
96.7 1998 76.4 1965 86.0 1998
95.5 1890 76.3 1964 84.7 1994
GALVESTON - JUNE THROUGH JULY
AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE
HIGH LOW MONTHLY
93.5 1875 81.3 2011 86.6 2011
92.0 2011 80.9 1994 86.2 1875
91.3 1876 80.2 2005 85.4 2005
90.7 2009 80.0 1993 85.2 2009
90.6 2005 80.0 1953 85.0 1881
COLLEGE STATION - JUNE THROUGH JULY
AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE
HIGH LOW MONTHLY
99.3 2009 76.2 2010 87.7 2009
99.3 1917 76.1 2009 87.5 2011
99.2 1934 76.0 2011 87.0 1925
99.1 1925 74.9 1925 85.7 1996
99.0 2011 74.1 2008 85.4 2008
EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE PLAGUED SOUTHEAST TEXAS SINCE
APRIL. RAINS RETURNED TO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY
IN AND AROUND GALVESTON BAY. UNFORTUNATELY...THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
REGION REMAINED QUITE DRY. THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE TWO AREAS IS
RATHER STRIKING AS COLLEGE STATION HAS ONLY RECORDED A TENTH OF AN
INCH OF RAIN DURING JULY AND ANAHUAC HAS RECORDED 8.35 INCHES OF
RAIN DURING JULY. THE TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN AT COLLEGE STATION IS
THE SEVENTH DRIEST JULY ON RECORD. SINCE LAST OCTOBER...COLLEGE
STATION HAS RECORDED IT`S SECOND DRIEST OCTOBER...SEVENTH DRIEST
DECEMBER...TENTH DRIEST FEBRUARY...NINTH DRIEST MARCH...DRIEST APRIL
AND NOW THE SEVENTH DRIEST JULY. PULSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED
WIND DAMAGE IN LIBERTY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES ON JULY 5TH AND JULY
14TH.
TROPICAL STORM DON MADE LANDFALL ON THE 28TH OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER HOISTED TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR
BRAZORIA...MATAGORDA AND JACKSON COUNTIES BUT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS NEVER MATERIALIZED.
BELOW IS THE MONTHLY DATA FOR THE PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS:
SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP
HIGH LOW MONTH
IAH 96.9 77.4 87.1 +3.5 2.98 -0.20
HOU 95.5 77.5 86.5 +2.0 3.27 -1.09
GLS 92.1 82.0 87.1 +2.8 1.11 -2.34
CLL 99.9 77.2 88.6 +4.0 0.10 -1.82
UTS 99.1 77.3 88.2 +4.6 0.64 -2.03
CXO 97.3 73.4 85.4 +1.9 2.17 -1.07
DWH 98.5 75.4 86.9 +4.0 1.41 -2.65
SGR 97.0 75.7 86.4 +3.1 1.31 -2.99
LBX 95.2 75.7 85.5 +4.3 1.37 -2.40
LVJ 94.2 76.3 85.3 +2.7 1.82 -3.26
PSX 92.3 80.5 86.4 +3.0 0.24 -3.75
HGX 95.1 76.1 85.6 +3.3 3.39 +0.16
OTHER JULY RAINFALL TOTALS FOR SOME COMMUNITIES ACROSS SOUTHEAST
TEXAS:
LOCATION JULY JULY DEP WARMEST
RAIN NORMAL TEMPERATURE
ANAHUAC 8.35 4.59 +3.76 96
BAYTOWN 1.82 3.76 -5.43 98
BELLVILLE 0.00 2.23 -2.23 103
BRENHAM 0.45 1.93 -1.48 102
CLEVELAND 2.95 3.56 -0.61 104
COLUMBUS 0.23 2.64 -2.41 104
CROCKETT 1.89 2.84 -0.95 104
DANEVANG 1.58 3.33 -1.75 99
EDNA 0.63 4.00 -3.37 NA
EL CAMPO 0.54 4.67 -4.13 103
FREEPORT 0.75 4.74 -3.99 94
HOU WESTBURY 1.06 3.14 -2.08 NA
KATY 0.00 2.83 -2.83 NA
LIBERTY 3.13 4.46 -1.33 99#
LIVINGSTON 0.59 3.55 -2.96 102
MADISONVILLE 0.68 2.72 -2.04 103
MATAGORDA 1.15 3.34 -2.19 NA#
RICHMOND 1.65 3.21 -1.56 NA
SOMERVILLE 0.22 1.78 -1.56 105
WASH ST PARK 0.15 2.18 -2.03 104
WHARTON 1.51 3.35 -1.84 NA
# DATA INCOMPLETE
THE NEW 1981-2010 CLIMATE NORMALS WILL BE USED OPERATIONALLY
BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. THE JULY DATA PRESENTED IN THIS STATEMENT
IS STILL USING THE 1971-2000 DATA.
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