PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1022 AM CDT TUE NOV 1 2011
...OCTOBER 2011 TEMPERATURES RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS...
...RAINFALL REMAINS WELL BELOW NORMAL OVER THE
NORTHWEST HALF OF THE REGION...
AFTER SIX MONTHS OF UNRELENTING AND RECORD BREAKING HEAT...
SOUTHEAST TEXAS RECEIVED A BIT OF A REPRIEVE FROM THE INTENSE LATE
SUMMER AND EARLY AUTUMN HEAT. AVERAGE TEMPERATURES DURING OCTOBER
WERE GENERALLY WITHIN A DEGREE OF NORMAL WITH SEVERAL LOCATIONS
ACTUALLY REPORTING MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BELOW THE 30 YEAR
CLIMATE NORMALS. THE LAST TIME AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES WERE
BELOW NORMAL WAS BACK IN FEBRUARY. THERE WERE NO RECORD HIGH OR
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES ESTABLISHED THIS MONTH AT ANY OF THE FIRST
ORDER CLIMATE SITES. 2011 WAS THE WARMEST YEAR TO DATE ON RECORD
FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER...BUT A RELATIVELY
COOL OCTOBER HAS SUPPRESSED THE ANNUAL TOTAL AND 2011 IS NOW TIED
WITH 1962 FOR THE WARMEST YEAR TO DATE ON RECORD. HOUSTON HOBBY
AND COLLEGE STATION ARE STILL REPORTING THEIR WARMEST YEAR TO DATE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. BELOW ARE THE TOP FIVE WARMEST YEAR TO DATE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE FOUR FIRST ORDER CLIMATE SITES:
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
JAN 1 THROUGH OCT 31
CITY OF HOUSTON CITY OF COLLEGE
HOUSTON HOBBY GALVESTON STATION
74.5 2011 74.9 2011 74.9 2006 74.6 2011
74.5 1962 74.5 2000 74.8 2000 74.1 1911
74.0 1911 74.0 2009 74.6 2011 73.3 2009
73.8 1963 74.0 1999 74.1 1927 73.2 2000
73.8 1927 73.7 2006 74.0 1995 72.8 2006
RAINFALL REMAINED BELOW NORMAL DURING THE MONTH. THE NORTHWEST
HALF OF THE REGION REMAINED VERY DRY WITH RAINFALL DEFICITS FOR
THE MONTH AVERAGING 2 TO 3 INCHES BELOW THE 30 YEAR NORMALS. THE
SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE REGION FARED A BIT BETTER. HEAVY RAIN FELL
OVER PARTS OF HARRIS...BRAZORIA AND GALVESTON COUNTIES ON OCTOBER
9TH. HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT RECEIVED 5.11 INCHES OF RAIN ON THAT
DAY ALONE WHICH WAS A 24 HOUR RAINFALL RECORD. THE CITY OF HOUSTON
RECEIVED 3.02 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE 9TH AND MANY LOCATIONS FROM
CLEAR LAKE TO PASADENA RECEIVED BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN ON
THAT SUNDAY. DESPITE THE HEAVY RAIN ON THE 9TH...RAINFALL DURING
THE REST OF THE MONTH WAS SPOTTY AT BEST. OCTOBER MONTHLY RAINFALL
TOTALS REMAINED BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMALS AND ANNUAL RAINFALL
DEFICITS CONTINUED TO GROW.
COLLEGE STATION RECEIVED LESS THAN AN INCH OF RAIN IN OCTOBER.
THIS IS THE NINTH MONTH OUT OF THE LAST 13 MONTHS WITH A MONTHLY
RAINFALL TOTAL LESS THAN AN INCH. ALTHOUGH HOUSTON RECEIVED MORE
THAN AN INCH OF RAIN IN OCTOBER...THE CITY HAS ENDURED SEVEN OUT
OF THE LAST 13 MONTHS WITH MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS LESS THAN AN
INCH.
WITH LA NINA CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PERSIST OR INTENSIFY...THE
OUTLOOK FOR NOVEMBER DOES NOT OFFER MUCH IN THE WAY OF CHANGE.
PROBABILITIES FAVOR WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW
NORMAL RAINFALL. THE OUTLOOK FOR WINTER IS MORE OF THE SAME. THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WARMER THAN NORMAL WITH
BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL.
HERE IS THE OCTOBER CLIMATE DATA FOR FOR THE FIRST ORDER CLIMATE
SITES AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FROM OTHER ASOS SITES AROUND THE AREA:
SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP
HIGH LOW MONTH
IAH 83.2 58.4 70.8 -0.7 3.36 -2.34
HOU 82.2 61.9 72.1 0.0 5.43 -0.56
CLL 83.7 58.3 71.0 +0.2 0.96 -3.95
GLS 80.4 68.6 74.5 +0.2 4.60 -0.92
SGR 83.2 58.4 70.8 0.0 2.45 -2.78
CXO 82.9 52.7 67.8 -1.0 1.76 -3.44
UTS 82.9 57.4 70.1 +0.6 2.00 -2.80
DWH 82.8 55.6 69.2 -0.9 2.47 -2.83
LBX 83.3 57.9 70.6 -0.2 1.41 -3.89
PSX 82.5 60.9 71.7 -0.8 4.32 -0.66
HGX 81.7 58.1 69.9 +0.1 3.90 -2.03
HERE ARE SOME MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM OUR NETWORK OF CO-OP OBSERVERS:
LOCATION OCT RAIN
ANAHUAC 0.60
BAY CITY 2.58
BAYTOWN 1.63
BELLVILLE 1.64
BRENHAM 1.72
CLEVELAND 3.71
COLUMBUS 1.81
CROCKETT 1.55
DANEVANG 2.20
FREEPORT 2.05
HOU WESTBURY 4.21
KATY 3.49
LIVINGSTON 3.13
MADISONVILLE 1.94
MATAGORDA 3.80
NEW CANEY 2.92
RICHMOND 1.46
SOMERVILLE 0.85
WHARTON 1.92
WASH ST PARK 1.69
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