PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1028 AM CDT WED AUG 24 2011
...INTENSE HEAT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...
...ALL-TIME HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS IN
JEOPARDY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...
A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
EASTWARD OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS FEATURE WILL BRING INTENSE HEAT
TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
WILL BE THE HOTTEST OF THIS VERY HOT SUMMER. CURRENT PARAMETERS
ARE POINTING TO HIGH TEMPERATURES POTENTIALLY EXCEEDING 109 DEGREES
AT COLLEGE STATION ON FRIDAY AND AGAIN SATURDAY. THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE AT HOUSTON COULD EXCEED 107 DEGREES ON FRIDAY AND
AGAIN SATURDAY.
HERE ARE THE FIVE WARMEST TEMPERATURES RECORDED FOR THE FOUR
PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES:
CITY OF HOUSTON
HOUSTON HOBBY
109 9/04/2000 108 9/04/2000
108 9/05/2000 107 9/05/2000
108 8/18/1909 106 8/13/1962
107 9/01/2000 105 8/09/1962
107 8/31/2000 104 9/02/2000
COLLEGE CITY OF
STATION GALVESTON
112 9/04/2000 104 9/05/2000
111 9/05/2000 101 9/25/2005
110 7/11/1917 101 9/04/2000
109 9/03/2000 101 7/16/1932
109 8/31/2000 100 7/08/1939
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE SOARED TO 102 DEGREES AT HOUSTON
INTERCONTINENTAL TODAY. FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON...THIS IS THE 23RD
CONSECUTIVE DAY THAT THE MERCURY HAS CLIMBED TO THE CENTURY MARK.
THIS IS ALSO THE 34TH DAY THIS YEAR THAT THE 100 DEGREE THRESHOLD
HAS BEEN REACHED OR EXCEEDED...WHICH FURTHERS THE ALL-TIME RECORD OF
100-DEGREE DAYS WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED YESTERDAY.
AT HOUSTON/HOBBY AIRPORT...THE TEMPERATURE SOARED TO 101 DEGREES
TODAY WHICH TIED THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE. A TOTAL OF 14
100-DEGREE DAYS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED THIS YEAR WHICH ESTABLISHES A
NEW ALL-TIME RECORD...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 13 DAYS SET IN
1998 AND 2000.
MOST CONSECUTIVE 100-DEGREE DAYS AT HOUSTON (DOWNTOWN/IAH):
(RECORDS SINCE 1889)
1. 23 DAYS - ONGOING AS OF 8/23/2011
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 IN A YEAR FOR HOUSTON (DOWNTOWN/IAH):
(RECORDS SINCE 1889)
1. 34 DAYS - 2011 (ONGOING AS OF 8/23/2011)
2. 32 DAYS - 1980
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 - ONGOING AS OF 8/23/2011
4. 25 DAYS - ENDING 8/14/1937
5. 25 DAYS - ENDING 8/10/1913
6. 24 DAYS - ENDING 8/16/1944
7. 22 DAYS - ENDING 8/17/1951
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 IN A YEAR FOR COLLEGE STATION:
(RECORDS SINCE 1910)
1. 58 DAYS - 1917
2. 54 DAYS - 2009
3. 51 DAYS - 2011
4. 51 DAYS - 1998
5. 49 DAYS - 1913
6. 48 DAYS - 2000
7. 48 DAYS - 1925
8. 47 DAYS - 1948
9. 47 DAYS - 1937
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 8/19/2011
5. 4 DAYS - ENDING 8/11/2011
6. 4 DAYS - ENDING 7/16/2000
(STRETCH OF FOUR DAYS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL EARLIER OCCASIONS)
MOST 100-DEGREE DAYS IN A YEAR FOR HOUSTON/HOBBY:
(RECORDS SINCE 1931)
1. 14 DAYS - 2011 (ONGOING AS OF 8/23/2011)
2. 13 DAYS - 2000
3. 13 DAYS - 1998
4. 10 DAYS - 1948
5. 9 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 IN A YEAR FOR GALVESTON:
(RECORDS SINCE 1874)
2 DAYS - 2000
1 DAY - 1939...1932...AND 1924
(LISTS UPDATED THROUGH TUESDAY 8/23/2011)
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