PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
133 PM CST SAT FEB 2 2013
...2012 WAS THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
AN OVERALL DRY 2012 BECAME THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR THE COUNTY
WARNING AND FORECAST AREA OF THE HOUSTON/GALVESTON NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE. OF THE FOUR FIRST ORDER CLIMATE SITES...2012 WAS THE
WARMEST ON RECORD FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON...THE CITY OF GALVESTON...
AND HOBBY AIRPORT. 2012 TIED 2011 AS THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD AT
COLLEGE STATION.
WHEN IT COMES TO RAINFALL...2012 HAD A WET START WITH THE FIRST
THREE MONTHS EXPERIENCING WELL ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. HOWEVER...
APRIL BEGAN A DRY PERIOD WHICH HELPED TO OVERCOME THE PRIOR RAINFALL
EXCESS. OF THE FIRST ORDER SITES...ONLY COLLEGE STATION EXPERIENCED
ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE YEAR DUE IN LARGE PART TO RAINFALL
TOTALS OF JUST ABOVE 20 INCHES FOR THE JANUARY THROUGH MARCH PERIOD.
ELSEWHERE...THE ANNUAL RAINFALL DEFICITS RANGED FROM 2.79 TO 7.45
INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE DESCRIBES THE FIVE WARMEST YEARLY AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES FOR THESE FOUR FIRST-ORDER CLIMATE SITES. NOTE THAT THE
FIFTH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON OF 71.5 WAS SET
ALSO IN 1927. FOR THE CITY OF GALVESTON...THE 3RD WARMEST YEAR OF
72.3 WAS SET IN TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS...1994 AND 1993.
HIGHEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR JANUARY 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 31
CITY OF HOUSTON CITY OF COLLEGE
HOUSTON HOBBY GALVESTON STATION
72.1 2012 72.6 2012 73.9 2012 71.6 2012
71.9 1962 72.4 2011 72.6 2006 71.6 2011
71.8 2011 72.3 1998 72.3 2011 70.9 1933
71.7 1933 71.4 2006 72.3 2005 70.7 1911
71.5 1965 71.4 2008 72.3 1999 70.4 1927
THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE DATA IS SHOWN IN THE NEXT TWO TABLES. THE
MONTHS THAT REALLY STAND OUT ARE JANUARY THROUGH APRIL WHERE EVERY
CLIMATE SITE EXPERIENCED ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES FROM
NORMAL OF BETWEEN 3.0 AT THE LOWEST TO 6.7 AT THE HIGHEST.
2012 HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE DATA
1ST ORDER CLIMATE SITES BY MONTH
CITY OF HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT COLLEGE STATION GALVESTON
HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
JAN 69.7 47.8 69.2 50.1 67.4 44.3 67.4 54.8
FEB 67.7 52.4 67.4 53.7 66.2 49.7 65.6 55.5
MAR 78.4 59.7 77.8 61.2 76.2 58.1 75.2 65.1
APR 83.2 64.0 82.7 65.0 83.3 62.6 80.4 69.4
MAY 88.6 69.1 87.1 70.3 88.4 68.5 85.1 75.0
JUN 93.6 73.7 92.6 75.6 94.8 73.8 89.8 79.6
JUL 90.9 75.0 89.9 76.1 94.4 75.2 89.4 80.2
AUG 95.4 76.8 94.0 77.8 97.8 76.5 92.0 81.2
SEP 89.7 69.7 88.2 70.5 92.0 69.8 87.3 76.9
OCT 82.3 59.5 80.8 60.1 81.2 59.2 80.4 67.6
NOV 76.0 49.8 76.4 53.4 75.7 50.1 73.2 59.6
DEC 69.9 47.5 71.0 50.6 68.1 45.7 68.9 54.3
2012 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DATA
1ST ORDER CLIMATE SITES BY MONTH
CITY OF HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT COLLEGE STATION GALVESTON
AVE DEP AVE DEP AVE DEP AVE DEP
JAN 58.8 +5.7 59.7 +5.6 55.8 +4.7 61.1 +5.9
FEB 60.1 +3.7 60.6 +3.3 57.9 +3.3 60.6 +3.0
MAR 69.0 +6.3 69.5 +6.2 67.1 +5.7 70.1 +6.7
APR 73.6 +4.1 73.9 +4.1 73.0 +4.5 74.9 +4.8
MAY 78.8 +1.9 78.7 +1.7 78.5 +2.3 80.0 +2.4
JUN 83.6 +1.2 84.1 +2.1 84.3 +2.1 84.7 +1.8
JUL 82.9 -1.5 83.0 -0.8 84.8 +0.1 84.8 +0.3
AUG 86.1 +1.5 85.9 +1.7 87.2 +1.9 86.6 +1.6
SEP 79.7 -0.1 79.3 -0.8 80.9 +0.9 82.1 +0.5
OCT 70.9 -0.6 70.5 -1.6 70.2 -0.6 74.0 -0.3
NOV 62.9 +0.6 64.9 +1.7 62.9 +2.1 66.4 +1.3
DEC 58.7 +4.3 60.8 +5.2 56.9 +4.7 61.6 +4.3
THE FOLLOWING TABLE GIVES THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS AND DEPARTURES
FROM NORMAL FOR THE FIRST ORDER CLIMATE STATIONS.
2012 AVERAGE DAILY RAINFALL DATA IN INCHES
1ST ORDER CLIMATE SITES BY MONTH
CITY OF HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT COLLEGE STATION GALVESTON
TOTAL DEP TOTAL DEP TOTAL DEP TOTAL DEP
JAN 5.07 +1.69 5.39 +1.52 2.78 -0.46 3.01 -1.19
FEB 5.98 +2.78 6.82 +3.61 9.30 +6.45 7.32 +4.75
MAR 7.14 +3.73 4.98 +1.78 8.66 +5.49 4.96 +1.80
APR 3.28 -0.03 2.06 -1.19 0.57 -2.09 1.99 -1.06
MAY 0.77 -4.32 7.44 +2.69 1.82 -2.51 4.22 -0.10
JUN 4.97 -0.96 2.78 -4.32 2.13 -2.32 4.10 -1.59
JUL 4.71 +0.92 8.15 +3.49 4.56 +2.42 5.60 +1.80
AUG 3.88 +0.12 3.04 -2.02 1.71 -0.97 6.14 +1.75
SEP 2.02 -2.10 3.98 -1.23 3.22 +0.04 5.63 -0.40
OCT 1.00 -4.70 0.70 -5.29 2.17 -2.74 0.51 -5.01
NOV 0.65 -3.69 0.80 -3.52 0.53 -2.69 0.86 -3.65
DEC 2.85 -0.89 5.72 +1.69 3.73 +0.50 2.87 -0.65
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE ANNUAL RAINFALL FOR 2012 WITH THE
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE MAJOR CLIMATE SITES.
YEARLY RAINFALL TOTALS AND DEPARTURES IN INCHES
SITE DAILY DAILY DAILY DAILY RAINFALL
MAX MIN AVE RAINFALL DEPARTURE
CITY OF HOUSTON 82.1 62.1 72.1 42.32 -7.45
HOBBY AIRPORT 81.4 63.7 72.6 51.86 -2.79
COLLEGE STATION 82.1 61.1 71.6 41.18 +1.12
GALVESTON 79.6 68.3 73.9 47.21 -3.55
THE NEXT TABLE CATEGORIZES THE RAINFALL AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL
INTO FOUR PERIODS CONTAINING THREE MONTHS EACH. NOTE THAT THE FIRST
THREE MONTHS EXPERIENCED RAINFALL TOTALS OF BETWEEN 15 AND ALMOST 21
INCHES.
CITY OF HOBBY COLLEGE
HOUSTON AIRPORT STATION GALVESTON
PERIOD RAIN DEP RAIN DEP RAIN DEP RAIN DEP
JAN-MAR 18.19 +8.20 17.19 +6.91 20.74 +11.48 15.29 +5.36
APR-JUN 9.02 -5.31 12.28 -2.82 4.52 -6.92 10.31 -2.75
JUL-SEP 10.61 -1.06 15.17 +0.24 9.49 +1.49 17.37 +3.15
OCT-DEC 4.50 -9.28 7.22 -7.12 6.43 -4.93 4.24 -9.31
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