PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
310 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2011
...THE 100-DEGREE DAY RECORDS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS RESULTING IN A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY HOT TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON THE RECORD HAS ALREADY BEEN SET FOR THE
LONGEST EVER STRETCH OF CONSECUTIVE 100-DEGREE DAYS...WITH THE
NUMBER APPROACHING THE RECORD IN COLLEGE STATION. IN ADDITION...
WITH EACH PASSING DAY WE MARCH EVER CLOSER TO THE ALL-TIME RECORD
FOR THE MOST 100-DEGREE DAYS FOR AN ENTIRE SUMMER SEASON AT COLLEGE
STATION...HOUSTON...AND HOUSTON/HOBBY.
MOST CONSECUTIVE 100-DEGREE DAYS AT HOUSTON (IAH):
(RECORDS SINCE 1889)
1. 16 DAYS - ONGOING AS OF 8/16/2011
2. 14 DAYS - ENDING 7/19/1980
3. 11 DAYS - ENDING 8/05/1998
4. 9 DAYS - ENDING 7/03/1980
5. 8 DAYS - ENDING 9/05/2000
6. 8 DAYS - ENDING 8/21/1993
7. 8 DAYS - ENDING 8/14/1962
8. 7 DAYS - ENDING 6/29/2009
9. 7 DAYS - ENDING 8/02/1986
10. 7 DAYS - ENDING 6/22/1902
MOST 100-DEGREE DAYS FOR AN ENTIRE SUMMER AT HOUSTON (IAH):
(RECORDS SINCE 1889)
1. 32 DAYS - 1980
2. 27 DAYS - 2011 (ONGOING AS OF 8/16/2011)
3. 24 DAYS - 1998
4. 20 DAYS - 2000
5. 19 DAYS - 1902
6. 17 DAYS - 2009
7. 16 DAYS - 1909
8. 14 DAYS - 1993
9. 13 DAYS - 1907
10. 10 DAYS - 1999
MOST CONSECUTIVE 100-DEGREE DAYS AT COLLEGE STATION:
(RECORDS SINCE 1910)
1. 30 DAYS - ENDING 8/04/1998
2. 26 DAYS - ENDING 8/23/1917
3. 25 DAYS - ENDING 8/14/1937
4. 25 DAYS - ENDING 8/10/1913
5. 24 DAYS - ENDING 8/16/1944
6. 22 DAYS - ENDING 8/17/1951
7. 18 DAYS - ONGOING AS OF 8/16/2011
8. 18 DAYS - ENDING 8/09/1958
9. 16 DAYS - ENDING 8/24/2010
10. 15 DAYS - ENDING 8/02/1914
MOST 100-DEGREE DAYS FOR AN ENTIRE SUMMER AT COLLEGE STATION:
(RECORDS SINCE 1910)
1. 58 DAYS - 1917
2. 54 DAYS - 2009
3. 51 DAYS - 1998
4. 49 DAYS - 1913
5. 48 DAYS - 2000
6. 48 DAYS - 1925
7. 47 DAYS - 1948
8. 47 DAYS - 1937
9. 44 DAYS - 2011 (ONGOING AS OF 8/16/2011)
10. 44 DAYS - 1951
MOST CONSECUTIVE 100-DEGREE DAYS AT HOUSTON/HOBBY:
(RECORDS SINCE 1931)
1. 9 DAYS - ENDING 8/14/1962
2. 7 DAYS - ENDING 9/05/2000
3. 6 DAYS - ENDING 8/15/1948
4. 4 DAYS - ENDING 8/11/2011
5. 4 DAYS - ENDING 7/16/2000
(STRETCH OF FOUR DAYS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL EARLIER OCCASIONS)
MOST 100-DEGREE DAYS FOR AN ENTIRE SUMMER AT HOUSTON/HOBBY:
(RECORDS SINCE 1931)
1. 13 DAYS - 2000
2. 13 DAYS - 1998
3. 10 DAYS - 1948
4. 9 DAYS - 2011 (ONGOING)
5. 8 DAYS - 1962
6. 8 DAYS - 1980
7. 7 DAYS - 1951
8. 7 DAYS - 1944
9. 6 DAYS - 2009
10. 6 DAYS - 1934
MOST 100-DEGREE DAYS FOR AN ENTIRE SUMMER AT GALVESTON:
(RECORDS SINCE 1874)
2 DAYS - IN 2000 AND 1999
1 DAY - IN 1939...1932...AND 1924
(LISTS UPDATED THROUGH TUESDAY 8/16/2011)
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