PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
447 PM CST THU DEC 1 2011
...NOVEMBER WAS 1 TO 2 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL...
...RAIN RETURNS BUT MONTHLY TOTALS REMAIN BELOW NORMAL...
TEMPERATURES DURING NOVEMBER WERE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO DEGREES WARMER
THAN THE 30 YEAR NORMALS. THE MONTH STARTED OUT WITH NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WITH A BIT OF A WARM UP MID MONTH AND THEN A COOL DOWN
TOWARD THE END OF THE MONTH. SEVERAL COLD FRONTS CROSSED THE AREA DURING
THE MONTH WITH THE STRONGEST FRONT CROSSING THE REGION ON THE 26TH.
SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES PREVAILED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS ON
THE MORNING OF THE 28TH.
THE FRONTS ALSO BROUGHT SOME MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL BACK TO THE
REGION. RAIN FELL ON THREE CONSECUTIVE TUESDAYS AND ALSO ON
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND. RAINFALL TOTALS BY THE END OF THE MONTH WERE
GENERALLY ONE TO TWO INCHES DRIER THAN NORMAL. THERE WERE A FEW
EXCEPTIONS AS THE CITY OF HOUSTON...CLEVELAND...MATAGORDA AND
WASHINGTON STATE PARK ALL REPORTED RAINFALL THAT EXCEEDED THEIR 30
YEAR NORMALS. THIS WAS THE FIRST MONTH WITH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL
FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON SINCE JANUARY. CLEVELAND WAS THE BIG WINNER
FOR NOVEMBER AS THIS LOCATION RECEIVED 8.53 INCHES FOR THE MONTH.
EDNA WAS ON THE OTHER END OF THE RAINFALL SPECTRUM. THIS COMMUNITY
ONLY RECEIVED 0.28 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE MONTH.
THE STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION ON NOVEMBER 8TH PACKED A
BIT OF A PUNCH. A TORNADO MOVED THROUGH KINGWOOD PRODUCING SOME
POWER OUTAGES AND KNOCKING DOWN A FEW TREES. STRONG WINDS ALSO
KNOCKED DOWN SOME FENCES AND TREES IN CROSBY. ANOTHER TORNADO WAS
ALSO REPORTED NEAR MOSS HILL IN LIBERTY COUNTY.
BELOW IS THE MONTHLY DATA FOR THE PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS:
SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP
HIGH LOW MONTH
IAH 73.2 53.0 63.1 +0.8 4.70 +0.36
HOU 74.0 54.7 64.3 +1.1 2.85 -1.47
GLS 73.1 60.6 66.9 +1.8 2.36 -2.15
CLL 74.3 50.6 62.4 +1.6 2.41 -0.81
UTS 72.2 50.9 61.5 +2.0 3.80 -0.64
CXO 72.7 47.4 60.0 +0.9 3.78 -1.54
DWH 73.1 50.6 61.8 +1.8 3.06 -1.66
SGR 75.5 51.5 63.5 +1.9 2.17 -2.42
LBX 75.4 51.3 63.3 +1.1 2.86 -1.67
LVJ 74.2 53.6 63.9 +1.4 3.21 -1.57
PSX 75.5 53.5 64.5 +0.7 2.11 -1.85
HGX 74.3 52.7 63.5 +1.8 3.07 -1.84
HERE ARE SOME NOVEMBER RAINFALL TOTALS FOR SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS:
LOCATION NOV NOV DEP
RAIN NORMAL
ANAHUAC 1.97 4.21 -2.24
BAY CITY 3.46 4.25 -0.79
BELLVILLE 1.88 4.18 -2.30
BRENHAM 3.86 4.28 -0.42
CLEVELAND 8.53 5.68 +2.85
COLUMBUS 2.82 4.42 -1.60
CROCKETT 3.23 4.09 -0.86
DANEVANG 2.43 4.05 -1.62
EDNA 0.28 3.68 -3.40
EL CAMPO 1.06 5.20 -4.14
FREEPORT 2.02 4.83 -2.81
HOU WESTBURY 1.99 4.88 -2.89
KATY 3.84 4.89 -1.05
LIVINGSTON 2.71 5.15 -2.44
MADISONVILLE 2.86 4.38 -1.52
MATAGORDA 4.05 3.86 +0.19
RICHMOND 1.54 5.22 -3.68
SOMERVILLE 3.26 3.53 -0.27
WASH ST PARK 5.93 3.80 +2.13
WEST COLUMBIA 0.24
WHARTON 1.01 4.79 -3.78
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