PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1017 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
...2012 REMAINS THE WARMEST YEAR TO DATE ON
RECORD FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS OFF TO IT`S WARMEST START IN RECORDED
WEATHER HISTORY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THROUGH JUNE 15TH IS
CURRENTLY 69.6 DEGREES. THE SECOND WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD (THROUGH
JUNE 15TH) WAS BACK IN 1911 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 69.1
DEGREES. ALL FOUR FIRST ORDER CLIMATE SITES ARE OFF TO THEIR
WARMEST STARTS IN RECORDED WEATHER HISTORY - SEE BELOW:
YEAR TO DATE TEMPERATURE
CITY OF HOUSTON CITY OF COLLEGE
HOUSTON HOBBY GALVESTON STATION
69.6 2012 69.9 2012 70.7 2012 68.1 2012
69.1 1911 69.0 2000 69.3 2006 67.9 1911
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN HOUSTON YESTERDAY SATURDAY JUNE 16TH WAS
ONLY 86 DEGREES. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE SINCE MAY 20TH THAT
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE HAS FAILED TO REACH OR EXCEED 90 DEGREES AND
WAS ALSO THE COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE SINCE MAY 15TH. LAST
YEAR...THERE WERE ONLY TWO DAYS (JUNE - AUGUST) IN WHICH THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE FAILED TO REACH 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THE CONTRAST
BETWEEN 2011 AND 2012 COULD NOT BE MORE STARK. HERE ARE A FEW A
NUMBERS TO WOW YOUR FRIENDS WITH:
THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS RECORDED 31 DAYS AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES
SINCE MAY 1ST. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SAME NUMBER OF 90 DEGREE DAYS
IN 2011. HOWEVER...THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR
ABOVE 95 DEGREES TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY. THERE WERE 20 DAYS WITH
TEMPERATURES AT OR EXCEEDING 95 DEGREES IN 2011 COMPARED TO ONLY
EIGHT DAYS IN 2012. THERE WERE ALSO FOUR DAYS WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES REACHING OR EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES IN 2011 BY JUNE
15TH COMPARED TO ZERO 100 DEGREE DAYS THIS YEAR. IN 2011...THE
CITY OF HOUSTON RECORDED IT`S EARLIEST 100 DEGREE DAY IN CITY
HISTORY AND ALSO THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE.
THERE WERE NINE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN MAY 1ST AND JUNE
15TH IN 2011 AND ZERO RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING THE SAME
PERIOD IN 2012. HOUSTON HOBBY AND COLLEGE STATION HAVE YET TO
RECORD A HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD THIS YEAR.THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS
ONLY RECORDED ONE HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD IN ALL OF 2012 (JANUARY
20TH) WHICH MAKES THE WARM START TO THE YEAR EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE.
CITY OF HOUSTON
MAY 1 - JUNE 15
90 DEGREE DAYS 95 DEGREE DAYS 100 DEGREE DAYS
2011 31 20 4
2012 31 8 0
COLLEGE STATION
MAY 1 - JUNE 15
90 DEGREE DAYS 95 DEGREE DAYS 100 DEGREE DAYS
2011 32 24 4
2012 30 5 0
BELOW ARE THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE FOUR FIRST ORDER
CLIMATE SITES FOR MAY AND FOR THE FIRST HALF OF JUNE FOR 2011 AND
2012...RAINFALL BETWEEN MAY 1 AND JUNE 15TH AND YEAR TO DATE
RAINFALL:
CITY OF HOUSTON
MAY JUNE RAIN YTD
2011 89.1 98.2 0.44 7.07
2012 88.6 94.3 4.35 25.82
HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT
MAY JUNE RAIN YTD
2011 87.7 96.5 0.19 5.41
2012 87.0 92.1 8.76 28.01
COLLEGE STATION
MAY JUNE RAIN YTD
2011 89.1 98.9 3.79 8.08
2012 88.4 93.8 3.61 24.92
CITY OF GALVESTON
MAY JUNE RAIN YTD
2011 84.4 91.4 0.49 7.84
2012 85.1 88.5 6.65 24.16
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