PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
427 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011
...THE STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE 100-DEGREE DAYS FINALLY COMES TO AN END
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
...THE INTENSE HEAT WILL BECOME REESTABLISHED THIS WEEKEND...
A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EASTWARD
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS WEEKEND. THIS FEATURE WILL BRING INTENSE
HEAT TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. HIGH TEMPERATURES SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY
WILL LIKELY BE THE HOTTEST OF THIS VERY HOT SUMMER. CURRENT
PARAMETERS ARE POINTING TO HIGH TEMPERATURES POTENTIALLY REACHING OR
EXCEEDING 107 DEGREES AT COLLEGE STATION ON SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT HOUSTON COULD REACH OR EXCEED 105 DEGREES
ON SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
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 COMBINATION OF CLOUDS AND THUNDERSTORMS KEPT HIGH TEMPERATURES
IN THE 90S ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THURSDAY. THIS BRINGS AN END TO
THE STREAK OF 100-DEGREE TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA. THE CITY OF
HOUSTON FINISHES WITH ITS LONGEST STREAK OF 100-DEGREE TEMPERATURES
AT 24 CONSECUTIVE DAYS...WITH RECORDS SINCE 1889. THE PREVIOUS
ALL-TIME RECORD FOR HOUSTON WAS 14 CONSECUTIVE DAYS SET IN JULY
1980. COLLEGE STATION FINISHES WITH ITS SECOND LONGEST STREAK OF
100-DEGREE TEMPERATURES AT 26 DAYS...WITH RECORDS SINCE 1910. THE
ALL-TIME RECORD AT COLLEGE STATION WAS 30 DAYS IN JULY AND AUGUST
1998.
MOST CONSECUTIVE 100-DEGREE DAYS AT HOUSTON (DOWNTOWN/IAH):
(RECORDS SINCE 1889)
1. 24 DAYS - ENDING 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 8/25/2011)
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 8/24/2011
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 (ONGOING AS OF 8/25/2011)
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 THURSDAY 8/25/2011)
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