PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
441 AM CDT THU SEP 1 2011
...AUGUST 2011 IS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS...
...AUGUST 2011 IS THE WARMEST MONTH EVER RECORDED...
...AUGUST 2011 REMAINS DRY WITH RAINFALL
TOTALS LESS THAN AN INCH...
THE SUMMER OF 2011 CONTINUES TO INFLICT TREMENDOUS HEAT ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AUGUST 2011 WAS THE WARMEST MONTH EVER RECORDED
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE WARMEST AUGUST EVER RECORDED. THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN HOUSTON FOR AUGUST 2011 WAS 90.4 DEGREES.
THIS IS 2.5 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE PREVIOUS WARMEST MONTH (AUGUST
2010) WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 87.9 DEGREES. COLLEGE STATION
CRUSHED IT'S PREVIOUS WARMEST MONTH BY 3.0 DEGREES AND GALVESTON
BEAT IT'S PREVIOUS WARMEST MONTH BY 1.2 DEGREES. COLLEGE STATION HAS
RECORDED A STAGGERING 58 DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 100
DEGREES THIS YEAR TYING IT'S ALL TIME RECORD OF 58 DAYS (1917).
THIS RECORD WILL LIKELY FALL THIS AFTERNOON.
THE DROUGHT HAS TAKEN A BACKSEAT TO THE INTENSE HEAT OF RECENT DAYS
BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE...THE DROUGHT IS ONGOING AND AUGUST 2011 WAS ONE
OF THE DRIEST ON RECORD. THE CITY OF HOUSTON RECORDED IT'S SECOND
DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD. THE INTENSE HEAT PRODUCED NUMEROUS RECORDS.
BELOW IS A BRIEF SUMMATION:
CITY OF HOUSTON:
CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES
24 DAYS AUG 2011 NEW
14 DAYS JUL 1980 PREV
MOST 100 DEGREE DAYS IN A YEAR
41 DAYS 2011 NEW
32 DAYS 1980 PREV
MOST 100 DEGREE DAYS IN A MONTH
30 DAYS AUG 2011 NEW
18 DAYS JUL 1980 PREV
HIGHEST DAILY TEMPERATURE IN CITY HISTORY
109 DEGREES 08/27/2011 TIE
109 DEGREES 09/04/2000
WARMEST AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE (ALL TIME)
90.4 DEGREES AUGUST 2011 NEW
87.9 DEGREES AUGUST 2010 PREV
WARMEST DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
95.0 08/27/2011 NEW
92.5 08/18/2011 PREV
92.0 08/07/2003 PREV BEFORE 2011
AUGUST RECORDS:
WARMEST DAILY TEMPERATURE
109 DEGREES 08/27/2011 NEW
108 DEGREES 08/18/1909 PREV
WARMEST AVERAGE MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE
102.0 DEGREES - FIRST TIME IN CITY HISTORY THAT THE AVERAGE MONTHLY HIGH
TEMPERATURE HAS EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES
99.4 DEGREES - JULY 1980 PREV
98.5 DEGREES - AUG 1998 PREV
WARMEST AVERAGE MONTHLY LOW TEMPERATURE
78.7 DEGREES - 2011 NEW
78.4 DEGREES - 1964 PREV
MOST 100 DEGREE DAYS IN AUGUST
30 2011 NEW
14 1998 PREV
DAILY RECORDS
NEW PREV
101 08/06/2011 (TIE) 101 - 1948
102 08/11/2011 101 - 1907
102 08/16/2011 (TIE) 102 - 1925
104 08/26/2011 102 - 1990
109 08/27/2011 104 - 1990
107 08/28/2011 101 - 1902
107 08/29/2011 103 - 1909
THERE WERE ALSO SEVEN NEW OR TIED RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES.
ALL TOLD FOR THE SUMMER...THE CITY OF HOUSTON ESTABLISHED 14 NEW OR
TIED HIGH TEMPERATURES AND 17 NEW OR TIED RECORD HIGH MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES. THE SUMMER OF 2011 HAS BEEN BRUTAL. JUNE 2011 HAD THE
EARLIEST 100 DEGREE DAY IN CITY HISTORY ON JUNE 2ND AND ALSO THE
WARMEST JUNE TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED WITH A VALUE OF 105 DEGREES
ON JUNE 5TH AND AGAIN ON THE 6TH. HOUSTON RECORDED IT'S WARMEST
JUNE...3RD WARMEST JULY AND WARMEST AUGUST. THERE WERE FIVE DAYS
THIS SUMMER WITH A TEMPERATURE AT OR ABOVE 105 DEGREES WHICH TIES
THE SUMMER OF 2000.
COLLEGE STATION:
CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES
30 DAYS JUL/AUG 1980
26 DAYS AUG 2011
26 DAY JUL/AUG 1917
MOST 100 DEGREE DAYS IN A YEAR
58 DAYS 1917
58 DAYS 2011
WARMEST AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE (ALL TIME)
90.9 DEGREES AUGUST 2011 NEW
87.9 DEGREES AUGUST 2010 PREV
AUGUST RECORDS:
WARMEST DAILY TEMPERATURE
109 DEGREES 08/28/2011
109 DEGREES 08/31/2000
WARMEST AVERAGE MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE
103.8 DEGREES - 2011
101.3 DEGREES - 2000
WARMEST AVERAGE MONTHLY LOW TEMPERATURE
78.0 DEGREES - 2011
77.5 DEGREES - 2010
DAILY RECORDS
NEW PREV
106 08/01/2011 (TIE) 106 - 1998
105 08/02/2011 (TIE) 105 - 1998
106 08/03/2011 (TIE) 106 - 1998
105 08/19/2011 (TIE) 105 - 1948
109 08/27/2011 104 - 1990
109 08/28/2011 103 - 1928
106 08/29/2011 103 - 1998
THERE WERE ALSO NINE NEW OR TIED RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES.
ALL TOLD FOR THE SUMMER...COLLEGE STATION ESTABLISHED 9 NEW OR
TIED HIGH TEMPERATURES AND 18 NEW OR TIED RECORD HIGH MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES. THE SUMMER OF 2011 HAS BEEN BRUTAL. COLLEGE STATION
RECORDED IT'S THIRD WARMEST JUNE...SECOND WARMEST JULY AND WARMEST
AUGUST. THERE WERE 12 DAYS THIS SUMMER WITH A TEMPERATURE AT OR
ABOVE 105 DEGREES WHICH IS THE MOST IN COLLEGE STATION HISTORY. THE
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 11 DAYS AND OCCURRED IN 2000.
GALVESTON:
WARMEST AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE (ALL TIME)
88.5 DEGREES AUGUST 2011 NEW
87.3 DEGREES AUGUST 2010 PREV
AUGUST RECORDS:
WARMEST DAILY TEMPERATURE
100 DEGREES 08/27/2011
100 DEGREES 08/31/2000
WARMEST AVERAGE MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE
94.0 DEGREES - 2011
93.0 DEGREES - 1995
WARMEST AVERAGE MONTHLY LOW TEMPERATURE
83.1 DEGREES - 2011
82.0 DEGREES - 2010
DAILY RECORDS
NEW PREV
94 08/08/2011 (TIE) 94 - 1931
96 08/18/2011 (TIE) 96 - 1927
100 08/27/2011 99 - 1990
97 08/28/2011 96 - 1995
98 08/29/2011 97 - 2005
THERE WERE ALSO TEN NEW OR TIED RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES.
ALL TOLD FOR THE SUMMER...GALVESTON ESTABLISHED 12 NEW OR
TIED HIGH TEMPERATURES AND 23 NEW OR TIED RECORD HIGH MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES. THE SUMMER OF 2011 HAS BEEN BRUTAL. GALVESTON RECORDED
IT'S WARMEST JUNE...SECOND WARMEST JULY AND WARMEST AUGUST. THERE
WERE 83 DAYS THIS YEAR WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE AT OR ABOVE 80
DEGREES. AS OF AUGUST 31ST...THIS TIES 2005 WITH THE MOST MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 80 DEGREES.
HERE ARE THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE SUMMER OF 2011 FOR THE
CITIES OF HOUSTON...GALVESTON AND COLLEGE STATION.
CITY OF HOUSTON - JUNE THROUGH AUGUST
AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE
HIGH LOW MONTHLY
98.8 2011 77.0 2011 87.9 2011
97.6 1980 77.0 1964 86.4 2009
96.6 2009 77.0 1963 86.4 1980
96.5 1998 77.0 1962 85.6 1998
96.1 1902 76.8 2010 85.5 2010
GALVESTON - JUNE THROUGH AUGUST
AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE
HIGH LOW MONTHLY
92.7 2011 81.9 2011 87.3 2011
92.4 1875 80.7 1993 85.8 2005
91.3 2009 80.5 2010 85.7 2009
91.2 2005 80.5 2005 85.4 1875
91.1 1995 80.5 1994 85.3 2010
COLLEGE STATION - JUNE THROUGH AUGUST
AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE
HIGH LOW MONTHLY
100.7 2011 76.7 2011 88.7 2011
99.8 1917 76.6 2010 87.6 2009
99.1 2009 76.0 2009 86.3 1925
98.9 1934 74.7 2007 86.1 2010
98.8 1913 74.6 2008 86.1 1934
THE INTENSE HEAT COUPLED WITH THE LACK OF RAIN HAS INTENSIFIED DROUGHT
CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. MANY LOCATIONS FAILED TO TALLY
AN INCH OF RAIN DURING THE MONTH. THE CITY OF HOUSTON RECORDED
FIVE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS WITH LESS THAN AN INCH OF RAIN. JULY
PROVIDED A BRIEF RESPITE FROM THE EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT BUT AUGUST
WAS VERY DRY AND ONCE AGAIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON REPORTED LESS THAN
AN INCH OF RAIN. THIS WAS THE SIXTH MONTH OUT OF THE LAST SEVEN TO
DO SO. THE 0.09 INCHES OF RAIN AT INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT WAS THE
SECOND DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. GALVESTON
ONLY RECEIVED A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN DURING AUGUST AND THIS IS
THE THIRD DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD FOR THE ISLAND. COLLEGE STATION
DID A BIT BETTER THAN IT'S TWO COUNTERPARTS...RECEIVING 0.29
INCHES FOR THE MONTH. THIS IS THE 11TH DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD FOR
AGGIELAND. COLLEGE STATION HAS ONLY RECEIVED 0.39 INCHES OF RAIN
SINCE JUNE 23RD.
THE EAST COAST HAS BEEN EXTREMELY WET THIS YEAR AND TEXAS HAS BEEN
VERY DRY. BELOW IS THE CONTRAST IN RAINFALL DATA BETWEEN HOUSTON AND
PHILADELPHIA FOR AUGUST...THE SUMMER OF 2011 AND YEAR TO DATE
RAINFALL:
HOUSTON PHILADELPHIA
AUGUST 0.09 19.31
NORM 3.76 3.50
JUN-JUL-AUG 3.99 24.58
NORM 13.48 11.28
YEAR TO DATE 10.95 42.11
NORM 31.87 28.02
MORE TRIVIA...HOUSTON HAS ONLY RECEIVED 5.90 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE
FEBRUARY 1ST AND PHILADELPHIA RECEIVED OVER THREE TIMES THAT MUCH IN
AUGUST ALONE.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ON AUGUST 26TH PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN POLK...
BRAZOS...BURLESON...AUSTIN AND WALLER COUNTIES. HOWEVER...THE
PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD WAS THE HEAT. A HEAT ADVISORY WAS IN
EFFECT FOR THE ALMOST THE LAST THREE WEEKS OF AUGUST.
BELOW IS THE MONTHLY DATA FOR THE PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS:
SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP
HIGH LOW MONTH
IAH 102.0 78.7 90.4 +5.8 0.09 -3.67
HOU 99.7 78.5 89.1 +4.9 0.79 -4.27
GLS 94.0 83.1 88.5 +3.5 0.10 -4.29
CLL 103.8 78.0 90.9 +5.6 0.29 -2.39
UTS 103.5 78.2 90.8 +6.3 1.30 -2.05
CXO 102.5 74.5 88.5 +5.7 0.13 -3.21
DWH 102.9 76.1 89.5 +6.9 0.06 -4.64
SGR 101.4 76.0 88.7 +5.3 0.09 -4.05
LBX 99.1 77.4 88.3 +5.7 1.20 -2.43
LVJ 98.1 76.8 87.5 +4.2 1.32 -3.03
PSX 94.5 80.9 87.7 +3.4 0.92 -2.04
HGX 98.6 76.9 87.7 +5.6 3.11 -2.06
OTHER AUGUST RAINFALL TOTALS AND THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH FOR SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS:
LOCATION AUG AUG DEP WARMEST
RAIN NORMAL TEMPERATURE
ANAHUAC 0.00 5.09 -5.09 99
BAY CITY 1.60 3.75 -2.15 104
BELLVILLE 1.70 2.86 -1.16 107
BRENHAM 0.63 2.93 -2.30 109
CLEVELAND 0.65 3.35 -2.70 107
COLUMBUS 0.40 2.87 -2.47 111
CROCKETT 0.55 3.03 -2.48 109
DANEVANG 1.02 3.51 -2.49 105
EDNA 0.84 2.67 -1.83 NA
EL CAMPO 1.28 4.30 -3.02 109
FREEPORT 0.45 4.02 -3.57 100
HOU WESTBURY 0.82 4.70 -3.88 NA
KATY 1.07 3.58 -2.51 NA
LIVINGSTON 1.07 3.34 -2.27 107
MADISONVILLE 0.34 2.91 -2.57 108
MATAGORDA 0.25 2.89 -2.64 98
RICHMOND 0.32 3.12 -2.80 NA
SOMERVILLE 2.44 2.50 -0.06 109
WASH ST PARK 0.47 2.79 -2.32 110
WEST COLUMBIA 0.24
WHARTON 0.89 3.93 -3.04 NA
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