PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1021 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011
...FEBRUARY BEGINS ON A FRIGID NOTE...
...FEBRUARY 2011 LOW TEMPERATURE AVERAGE
IS THE COLDEST ON RECORD...
FEBRUARY 2011 HAS BEGUN ON A RATHER FRIGID NOTE. AT HOUSTON...
NINE OF THE FIRST TEN MORNINGS FELL BELOW FREEZING. SEVEN OF THE
FIRST TEN MORNINGS WERE BELOW FREEZING AT HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT
AND AT COLLEGE STATION. THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE FOR THE
FIRST NINE DAYS OF FEBRUARY ARE EITHER THE THIRD OR FOURTH COLDEST
START TO FEBRUARY IN RECORDED HISTORY. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
OVER THE FIRST NINE DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE THE COLDEST ON RECORD
FOR ALL FOUR PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES. BELOW ARE THE ICY DETAILS:
DATA - FEBRUARY 1 THROUGH FEBRUARY 9
HOUSTON
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG DAILY
44.7 1895 27.0 2011 37.6 1895
45.1 1905 30.6 1985 38.2 1985
45.8 1985 30.6 1895 39.5 2011
47.4 1978 33.2 1972 39.9 1905
49.6 1982 34.4 1978 40.9 1978
8TH 52.0 2011
HOUSTON HOBBY
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG DAILY
47.2 1978 30.3 2011 41.5 1985
47.8 1985 33.8 1951 41.5 1978
49.7 1982 34.7 1947 41.7 2011
50.1 1989 35.2 1985 43.2 1989
51.9 1979 35.8 1978 43.5 1982
6TH 53.0 2011
COLLEGE STATION
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG DAILY
43.1 1905 26.6 2011 37.1 1985
44.4 1978 26.7 1951 37.3 1989
45.0 1985 28.6 1989 39.3 1978
46.0 1989 29.2 1985 39.6 2011
46.8 1979 29.6 1905 40.6 1979
7TH 52.6 2011
GALVESTON
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG DAILY
44.2 1985 33.1 2011 39.8 1985
45.0 1895 35.4 1985 40.2 1895
45.9 1905 35.4 1895 41.4 1905
46.7 1978 36.9 1905 41.5 2011
49.7 1989 38.8 1978 42.7 1978
6TH 49.9 2011
BELOW IS ANOTHER TABLE WITH DATA FOR THE MOST DAYS BELOW 32
DEGREES FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY:
HOUSTON HOU HOBBY GALVESTON
12 - 1895 7 - 2011 9 - 1895
9 - 2011 6 - 1989 6 - 2011
9 - 1978 6 - 1951 5 - 1899
8 - 1989 5 - 1960 4 - 1905
7 - 1905 4 - 1996 4 - 1989
7 - 1899
RELIEF FROM THE COLD IS ON THE WAY. A FEW MORE COLD MORNINGS ARE
EXPECTED AND THEN A WARM UP BEGINS OVER THE WEEKEND. IT LOOKS LIKE
THE COLD AIR WILL FINALLY RETREAT TO THE NORTH AND ALLOW WARMER
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.
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