August Temperature/Precipitation (thru 2009) 
                  Normals (1971-2000) and Extremes for Galveston
                         (Temperature Records from 1875)
                        (Precipitation Records from 1871)
                              (last update 9/1/09)
							  
    ------------- TEMPERATURE -------------------   ----- PRECIPITATION ----
     NORMAL   RECORD     LOW     RECORD    HIGH      RECORD  CUMULATIVE PCPN
    MAX MIN  MAX YEAR    MAX    MIN YEAR   MIN        PCPN    DAILY  YEARLY 
    ---------------------------------------------   ------------------------
 1  89  80   97  1877  82 1953  70  1971  84 1942   6.56 1989  0.11   23.31 
 2  89  80   97  1877  79 1925  71  1953  83 2009*  3.47 1876  0.22   23.42 
 3  89  80   95  2004* 79 1971  69  1949  84 1996*  2.93 1900  0.33   23.53 
 4  89  80   96  1875  81 1974* 70  1890  84 1998*  2.97 1975  0.44   23.64 
 5  89  80   97  2004  80 1894  71  1893  84 1897   4.01 1973  0.55   23.75 

 6  90  80   96  1913  78 1894  70  1914  84 1993   3.01 1882  0.67   23.87 
 7  90  80   97  1926  81 1974* 70  1982  84 1987*  2.40 1875  0.79   23.99 
 8  90  80   94  2003* 80 1914  71  1989* 84 1987*  3.07 1914  0.91   24.11 
 9  90  80   98  1935  81 1989  70  1982* 84 1993*  4.29 1892  1.03   24.23 
10  90  80   97  1962* 79 1882  70  1961* 84 2009   1.42 2006  1.15   24.35 

11  90  80   96  2007  81 1904* 69  1911  83 2008*  1.44 1900  1.27   24.47 
12  90  80   99  2007  78 1879  68  1967  84 1981   1.85 1879  1.39   24.59 
13  90  80   99  2007  81 1984* 68  1967  84 2007*  2.82 1932  1.52   24.72 
14  90  80   98  1874  79 1907  68  1915  84 2007*  1.69 1960  1.65   24.85 
15  89  80   96  1874  82 2002* 70  1899  84 1987  11.46 2002  1.78   24.98 

16  89  80   96  1951* 82 1992  70  1931  84 1993*  4.60 1915  1.91   25.11 
17  89  80   96  2006  81 1983  69  1915  83 1997*  9.05 1915  2.04   25.24 
18  89  79   95  1909  82 1961  70  1957  84 2006*  6.28 1983  2.18   25.38 
19  89  79   95  1991  80 1967  71  1967  84 2005*  2.99 1958  2.32   25.52 
20  89  79   97  1995* 80 1967  71  1897  85 1994   3.49 1966  2.46   25.66 

21  89  79   95  1921  81 1940* 70  1986* 84 1987*  3.78 1873  2.60   25.80 
22  89  79   96  1921  81 1967* 68  1891  83 2006*  3.13 1901  2.75   25.95 
23  89  79   96  1980  80 1891  68  1964  84 1993*  2.56 1888  2.90   26.10 
24  89  79   95  1988  79 1891  69  1979  84 1993   5.94 1888  3.05   26.25 
25  89  79   100 1924  77 1894  67  1966  84 1987*  4.16 1888  3.21   26.41 

26  89  79   97  1924  79 1966  68  1904  87 1883   2.06 1953  3.37   26.57 
27  89  79   99  1990  80 1967  67  1913  87 1883   8.17 1945  3.53   26.73 
28  89  79   96  1995* 81 1934* 71  1961* 84 1951*  4.81 1934  3.70   26.90 
29  89  78   97  2005  81 1948  70  1986* 84 1983*  4.61 1953  3.87   27.07 
30  89  78   97  1999* 77 1915  70  1946  84 1994*  2.52 2001  4.04   27.24 

31  89  78   100 2000  79 1944  68  1915  84 1982  10.86 1981  4.22   27.42 

* indicates a record that has been tied on a previous year

AUGUST Normals: 
MEAN TEMPERATURE......84.4
MEAN PRECIPITATION....4.22 
HEATING DEGREE DAYS...0
COOLING DEGREE DAYS...574 

ALLTIME AUGUST RECORDS: 
HIGH  100  08/31/2000 and  08/25/1924    
LOW    67  08/25/1966 and  08/27/1913