PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
812 AM CST THU FEB 14 2013
...JANUARY STARTS 2013 OUT WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...
AN ACTIVE PATTERN ALOFT BROUGHT MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL TO SOUTHEAST
TEXAS IN JANUARY. HOWEVER...ALL FIRST AND SECOND ORDER CLIMATE
STATIONS REPORTED ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.
EVEN WITH THE RAINFALL...MOST OF THE CLIMATE SITES RECEIVED BELOW
NORMAL AMOUNTS FOR THE MONTH. THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH
EXPERIENCED A SERIES OF FRONTS WHICH BROUGHT LIMITED BUT WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL. EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE SECOND HALF WAS DRIER...THE MONTH
DID END WITH AN AREAWIDE RAINFALL EPISODE. BECAUSE OF THE BELOW
NORMAL RAINFALL...THE DROUGHT MONITOR CONTINUED TO RECORD ABNORMALLY
DRY TO MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NWS HOUSTON/GALVESTON
COUNTY WARNING AREA. DRIEST CONDITIONS WERE FOUND TO BE LOCATED
MAINLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO CONROE TO
LIVINGSTON.
FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW...JANUARY EXPERIENCED ABOVE NORMAL
MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. THIS HAS BEEN DUE IN PART TO A DRASTIC
INCREASE IN THE MONTHLY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY LAST
YEAR. FOR EXAMPLE...IAH HAS A NORMAL JANUARY LOW TEMPERATURE OF
43.2...YET THE AVERAGE FOR 2012 WAS 47.8 AND THIS YEAR WAS 45.8.
THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 6.6 AND 2.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
RESPECTIVELY. THE FOLLOWING THREE TABLES SHOW THE SHORT TERM TRENDS
OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY. NOTE THAT 2012
WAS UNUSUALLY WARM WITH THE DEPARTURES FOR THE FOUR FIRST-ORDER
CLIMATE STATIONS RANGING FROM OVER 4.5 TO ALMOST 6 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL FOR THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ALONE.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES COMPARED TO
THE 30-YEAR NORMAL SINCE 2010 WITH DEPARTURES FOR THE FOUR FIRST-
ORDER CLIMATE SITES.
SITE NORMAL AVE TEMP AVE TEMP AVE TEMP AVE TEMP
2010 DEP 2011 DEP 2012 DEP 2013 DEP
IAH 53.1 49.0 -4.1 51.3 -1.8 58.8 +5.7 55.5 +2.4
HOU 54.1 50.0 -4.1 53.5 -0.6 59.7 +5.6 56.4 +2.3
CLL 51.1 48.0 -3.1 49.9 -1.2 55.8 +4.7 53.8 +2.7
GLS 55.2 50.4 -4.8 52.0 -3.2 61.1 +5.9 57.0 +1.8
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS MONTHLY AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES COMPARED
TO THE 30-YEAR NORMAL SINCE 2010 WITH DEPARTURES FOR THE FOUR FIRST-
ORDER CLIMATE SITES.
SITE NORMAL AVE TEMP AVE TEMP AVE TEMP AVE TEMP
2010 DEP 2011 DEP 2012 DEP 2013 DEP
IAH 43.2 39.0 -4.2 41.6 -1.6 47.8 +4.6 45.8 +2.6
HOU 45.1 40.9 -4.2 44.7 -0.4 50.1 +5.0 47.5 +2.4
CLL 41.2 38.0 -3.2 39.2 -2.0 44.3 +3.1 43.8 +2.6
GLS 48.6 44.1 -4.5 46.1 -2.5 54.8 +6.2 51.0 +2.4
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS MONTHLY AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES COMPARED
TO THE 30-YEAR NORMAL SINCE 2010 WITH DEPARTURES FOR THE FOUR FIRST-
ORDER CLIMATE SITES.
SITE NORMAL AVE TEMP AVE TEMP AVE TEMP AVE TEMP
2010 DEP 2011 DEP 2012 DEP 2013 DEP
IAH 62.9 59.1 -3.8 61.1 -1.8 69.7 +6.8 65.2 +2.3
HOU 63.0 59.1 -3.9 62.4 -0.6 69.2 +6.2 65.4 +2.4
CLL 61.0 58.1 -2.9 60.6 -0.4 67.4 +6.4 63.8 +2.8
GLS 61.8 56.7 -5.1 57.9 -3.9 67.4 +5.6 62.9 +1.1
NOW FOR THE GENERAL MONTHLY CLIMATE DATA...THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS
THE MONTHLY CLIMATE DATA FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND-ORDER CLIMATE
SITES IN THE NWS HOUSTON/GALVESTON COUNTY WARNING AREA FOR THE MONTH
OF JANUARY.
SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP
HIGH LOW MONTH
IAH 65.2 45.8 55.5 +2.4 3.21 -0.17
GLS 62.9 51.0 57.0 +1.8 7.18 +2.98
CLL 63.8 43.8 53.8 +2.7 5.06 +1.82
HOU 65.4 47.5 56.4 +2.3 3.13 -0.74
UTS 62.3 44.0 53.1 +2.3 3.70 -0.12
CXO 63.4 41.1 52.2 +1.5 4.84 +1.06
DWH 65.6 44.0 54.8 +3.3 5.68 +2.13
SGR 66.0 45.9 55.9 +3.5 3.51 -0.09
LBX 65.1 44.8 55.0 +1.4 2.64 -1.81
PSX 66.3 48.5 57.4 +3.1 2.67 -0.70
LVJ 64.4 45.9 55.1 +1.8 4.40 +0.18
HGX 64.1 45.1 54.6 +2.0 5.37 +0.90
HERE ARE SOME JANUARY TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL TOTALS AVAILABLE FROM
THE HOUSTON/GALVESTON AREA NETWORK OF CO-OP OBSERVERS THAT HAVE
REPORTED AS OF FEBRUARY 14TH.
LOCATION RAINFALL AVERAGE HIGH AVERAGE LOW
(INCHES) TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE
ANAHUAC 6.19 61.5 44.2
ANGLETON 5.11 72.2 56.1
BAY CITY 3.26 63.6 47.0
BAYTOWN 5.88 62.4 44.7
BRENHAM 4.41 62.3 42.4
CLEVELAND 5.85 63.5 43.1
CONROE 4.24 62.0 42.0
DANEVANG 4.76 63.4 44.2
FREEPORT 5.68 64.3 48.5
HOUSTON WFO 5.37 64.1 45.1
HUNTSVILLE 4.77 59.0 42.4
LIBERTY 4.45 64.2 45.6
MADISONVILLE 6.37 61.9 38.7
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