PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1052 AM CST WED MAR 6 2013
...A WARMER THAN NORMAL FEBRUARY IS ACCOMPANIED BY BELOW NORMAL
RAINFALL...
AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUED FROM JANUARY INTO FEBRUARY
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. HOWEVER...THIS ACTIVE PATTERN MOVED SLIGHTLY
TO THE NORTH DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH. RAINFALL DID
ACCOMPANY A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS...YET THE MONTH ENDED WITH BELOW
NORMAL AMOUNTS AT ALL BUT ONE OF THE FIRST AND SECOND-ORDER CLIMATE
SITES.
FOR THE SECOND MONTH IN A ROW OF 2013 ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
AFFECTED THE AREA. ALL OF THE FIRST AND SECOND ORDER STATIONS
RECORDED DEPARTURES BETWEEN 1 AND 4.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. TAKING
THESE IN ACCOUNT WITH THE BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL...ABNORMALLY DRY TO
MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
TEXAS. THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 26TH SHOWED
THAT MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE COMMON ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF
A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO CONROE TO LIVINGSTON. DRIEST CONDITIONS WERE
FOUND ACROSS WASHINGTON COUNTY AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF GRIMES
COUNTY.
FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW...FEBRUARY EXPERIENCED ABOVE NORMAL
MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. IN CONTRAST TO LAST MONTH WHERE THE
INCREASE WAS DUE IN PART TO WARMER THAN NORMAL AVERAGE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES...THIS MONTH EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN BOTH THE DAILY
MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES OVER THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE. THE
FOLLOWING THREE TABLES SHOW THE SHORT-TERM TRENDS OVER THE PAST
THREE YEARS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
THIS TABLE SHOWS MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR FEBRUARY COMPARED
TO THE 30-YEAR NORMAL SINCE 2011 WITH DEPARTURES FOR THE FOUR FIRST-
ORDER CLIMATE SITES.
SITE NORMAL AVE TEMP AVE TEMP AVE TEMP
2011 DEP 2012 DEP 2013 DEP
IAH 56.4 55.0 -1.4 60.1 +3.7 58.4 +2.0
HOU 57.3 56.8 -0.5 60.6 +3.3 60.4 +3.1
CLL 54.6 54.6 0.0 57.9 +3.3 57.6 +3.0
GLS 57.6 53.6 -4.0 60.6 +3.0 62.0 +4.4
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS MONTHLY AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
COMPARED TO THE 30-YEAR NORMAL SINCE 2011 WITH DEPARTURES FOR THE
FOUR FIRST-ORDER CLIMATE SITES.
SITE NORMAL AVE MIN TEMP AVE MIN TEMP AVE MIN TEMP
2011 DEP 2012 DEP 2013 DEP
IAH 46.5 43.5 -3.0 52.4 +5.9 47.9 +1.4
HOU 48.5 46.5 -2.0 53.7 +5.2 51.1 +5.6
CLL 44.4 42.8 -1.6 49.7 +5.3 47.2 +2.8
GLS 50.9 46.2 -4.7 55.5 +4.6 56.0 +5.1
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 MAX TEMP AVE MAX TEMP AVE MAX TEMP
2011 DEP 2012 DEP 2013 DEP
IAH 66.3 66.5 +0.2 67.7 +1.4 68.9 +2.6
HOU 66.0 67.0 +1.0 67.4 +1.4 69.6 +3.6
CLL 64.8 66.5 +1.7 66.2 +1.4 68.0 +3.2
GLS 64.3 61.0 -3.3 65.6 +1.3 68.0 +3.7
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 FEBRUARY.
SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP
HIGH LOW MONTH
IAH 68.9 47.9 58.4 +2.0 1.32 -1.88
GLS 68.0 56.0 62.0 +4.4 2.24 -0.33
CLL 68.0 47.2 57.6 +3.0 1.10 -1.75
HOU 69.6 51.1 60.4 +3.1 1.63 -1.58
CXO 66.8 42.9 54.8 +1.1 4.47 +1.21
UTS 65.9 45.6 55.8 +1.3 1.22 -1.84
DWH 69.2 46.8 58.0 +2.9 2.42 -0.61
SGR 69.8 48.6 59.2 +3.2 1.32 -1.90
LBX 69.4 47.8 58.6 +1.9 1.31 -1.63
PSX 71.4 51.9 61.6 +4.4 1.64 -0.71
LVJ 68.5 49.5 59.0 +2.2 2.10 -1.08
HGX 68.2 48.7 58.4 +2.3 2.03 -0.88
HERE ARE SOME FEBRUARY TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL TOTALS AVAILABLE FROM
THE HOUSTON/GALVESTON AREA NETWORK OF CO-OP OBSERVERS THAT HAVE
REPORTED AS OF MARCH 6TH.
LOCATION RAINFALL AVERAGE HIGH AVERAGE LOW
(INCHES) TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE
ANAHUAC 2.28 72.9 51.0
ANGLETON 1.85 73.8 55.6
BAYTOWN 3.18 68.2 47.7
BELLVILLE 6NNE 1.74 68.0 45.4
CLEVELAND 3.07 68.6 44.0
CONROE 2.78 66.5 46.2
CROCKETT 2.37 65.4 42.3
EAGLE LAKE 1.58 68.2 45.6
EL CAMPO 1.51 69.4 46.0
FREEPORT 1.57 70.0 51.3
HOUSTON WFO 2.03 68.2 48.7
LIBERTY 2.34 68.7 48.0
MADISONVILLE 1.53 65.9 40.6
WASHINGTON SP 2.20 69.4 41.8
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