PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
425 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011
...INTENSE HEAT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...
...ALL-TIME HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS IN JEOPARDY FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY...
...UPDATED 100-DEGREE DAY TOTALS THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
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 9/04/2000
110 7/11/1917 101 7/16/1932
109 9/03/2000 100 7/08/1939
109 8/31/2000 100 8/25/1924
(NOTE: 100-DEGREE TEMPERATURES HAVE ONLY OCCURRED FIVE TIMES TOTAL
ON RECORD IN GALVESTON)
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE SOARED TO 102 DEGREES AT HOUSTON
INTERCONTINENTAL AGAIN TODAY. FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON...THIS WAS THE
24TH CONSECUTIVE DAY THAT THE MERCURY CLIMBED TO THE CENTURY MARK.
THIS WAS ALSO THE 35TH DAY THIS YEAR THAT THE 100 DEGREE THRESHOLD
WAS REACHED OR EXCEEDED...WHICH FURTHERS THE ALL-TIME RECORD OF
100-DEGREE DAYS WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED ON MONDAY.
MOST CONSECUTIVE 100-DEGREE DAYS AT HOUSTON (DOWNTOWN/IAH):
(RECORDS SINCE 1889)
1. 24 DAYS - ONGOING AS OF 8/24/2011
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. 35 DAYS - 2011 (ONGOING AS OF 8/24/2011)
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 - ONGOING AS OF 8/24/2011
3. 26 DAYS - ENDING 8/23/1917
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. 52 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 8/24/2011)
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 WEDNESDAY 8/24/2011)
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