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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
956 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012
...VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH COUPLED WITH DEEP MOISTURE AND A
SLOW MOVING MESO-SCALE BOUNDARY COMBINED TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS LAST NIGHT INTO
EARLY THIS MORNING. THERE WERE SOME AMAZING RAINFALL TOTALS FROM
A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT TRAINED OVER PARTS OF FORT
BEND...HARRIS...NORTHERN BRAZORIA AND NORTHERN GALVESTON COUNTIES.
BELOW IS A PARTIAL LIST OF SOME OF THE MORE IMPRESSIVE RAINFALL
TOTALS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
LOCATION 24 HOUR RAIN
(7AM - 7AM)
3 MI NE RICHMOND 10.70
RICHMOND (CO-OP) 9.32
SUGARLAND 7.58
PEARLAND (LVJ) 6.64
HOU-WESTBURY (CO-OP) 6.59
WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE 6.49
HOU-HOBBY AIRPORT 6.23
FRIENDSWOOD 6.13
NWS-HGX 5.62
LEAGUE CITY 5.57
FULSHEAR 5.11
SOUTH HOUSTON 4.86
KEMAH 4.83
8 S ANAHUAC 4.10
ALVIN 3.32
SANTA FE 3.27
GALVESTON (SCHOLES) 2.82
CROCKETT 1.62
BROOKSHIRE 1.58
SAN FELIPE 1.47
ONALASKA 1.30
HUNTSVILLE 1.14
WEST COLUMBIA 1.07
HEMPSTEAD 0.85
WHARTON 0.77
CONROE 0.64
HOUSTON (IAH) 0.52
COLLEGE STATION 0.13
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
815 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...2012 IS NOW THE WARMEST START TO A YEAR ON RECORD
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THE LACK OF A WINTER COUPLED WITH WARM OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES DURING
THE EARLY SPRING HAS PRODUCED THE WARMEST START TO A YEAR IN WEATHER RECORDS
HISTORY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ALL FOUR FIRST ORDER CLIMATE SITES
HAVE RECORDED THEIR WARMEST START TO A YEAR. DESPITE THE RECORD WARMTH...THERE
WAS A PRONOUNCED LACK OF DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS. HOUSTON HOBBY AND
COLLEGE STATION FAILED TO TALLY A SINGLE HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD. THE CITY OF
HOUSTON ESTABLISHED ONE NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD AND THE CITY OF GALVESTON
RECORDED NINE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. RECORD HIGH
MINIMUMS WERE A BIT MORE COMMON BUT CERTAINLY NOT AS FREQUENT AS ONE MIGHT
THINK. HOUSTON ESTABLISHED EIGHT HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS THUS FAR IN
2012. COLLEGE STATION ESTABLISHED FOUR NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
RECORDS AND GALVESTON HAS 21 NEW OR TIED HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS.
BELOW ARE THE FIVE WARMEST STARTS TO A YEAR (THROUGH MAY 18TH) FOR THE FOUR
PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES:
WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE JAN 1 - MAY 18
CITY OF HOUSTON CITY OF COLLEGE
HOUSTON HOBBY GALVESTON STATION
66.9 2012 67.4 2012 68.3 2012 65.2 2012
66.5 1911 66.6 2000 67.0 1882 65.1 1911
65.4 1927 66.3 1999 66.8 2006 63.8 2006
65.3 1950 65.9 2006 66.8 2000 63.6 2000
65.2 1999 65.3 1972 66.5 1999 63.3 1935
THE CITY OF GALVESTON SMASHED ITS PREVIOUS WARMEST START TO A YEAR BY 1.3
DEGREES AND HOUSTON HOBBY SURPASSED ITS PREVIOUS WARMEST START TO A YEAR BY
0.8 DEGREES.
A CURSORY LOOK AT A FEW CO-OP SITES SHOW SOME DIFFERING RESULTS. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE AT BRENHAM THUS FAR IN 2012 WAS 63.9 DEGREES. THIS IS THE EIGHTH
WARMEST START TO A YEAR. THE WARMEST START TO A YEAR IN BRENHAM OCCURRED BACK
IN 1938 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 65.5 DEGREES. DANEVANGS WARMEST START
TO A YEAR WAS IN 1911 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 67.1 DEGREES. IN 2012...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR DANEVANG WAS 65.2 DEGREES WHICH IS THE 13TH WARMEST
START TO A YEAR. FREEPORTS AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN 2012 WAS 67.3 DEGREES AND
THIS IS THE WARMEST START TO A YEAR BESTING THE PREVIOUS WARMEST START OF
67.0 DEGREES ESTABLISHED IN 2000.
BELOW ARE THE FIVE WARMEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE FOUR PRIMARY
CLIMATE SITES:
WARMEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE JAN 1 - MAY 18
CITY OF HOUSTON CITY OF COLLEGE
HOUSTON HOBBY GALVESTON STATION
76.5 1999 75.8 2012 73.7 2012 76.3 1911
76.3 2012 75.6 2006 73.3 2006 76.1 1916
75.9 2000 75.5 1967 72.6 2000 75.1 1925
75.6 2006 75.4 2000 72.5 1999 75.0 2012
75.3 1911 75.4 1999 71.8 1882 74.8 2011
BELOW ARE THE FIVE WARMEST AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE FOUR PRIMARY
CLIMATE SITES:
WARMEST AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE JAN 1 - MAY 18
CITY OF HOUSTON CITY OF COLLEGE
HOUSTON HOBBY GALVESTON STATION
57.7 1911 59.0 2012 62.8 2012 55.4 2012
57.5 2012 57.7 2000 62.2 1882 53.9 1911
57.3 1957 57.3 1999 61.6 1907 53.6 1935
57.3 1950 56.4 1991 61.5 1890 53.5 1938
57.2 1927 56.3 1957 61.0 1880 53.4 1927
PERIOD OF RECORD:
CITY OF HOUSTON 1892 - 2012
CITY OF GALVESTON 1875 - 2012
COLLEGE STATION 1902 - 2012
HOUSTON HOBBY 1930 - 2012
BRENHAM 1897 - 2012
DANEVANG 1897 - 2012
FREEPORT 1960 - 2012
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