December Temperature/Precipitation (thru 2007) 
                     Normals (1971-2000) and Extremes for Galveston
                           (Temperature Records from 1875)
                          (Precipitation Records from 1871)
                               (last update 12/23/07)

    --------------- TEMPERATURE ---------------------    ------ PRECIPITATION -----
     NORMAL   RECORD       LOW      RECORD     HIGH      RECORD    CUMULATIVE PCPN 
    MAX MIN  MAX YEAR      MAX     MIN YEAR    MIN        PCPN      DAILY  YEARLY 
    --------------------------------------------------   --------------------------
 1  67  55    76 1954    43 1876    33 1876   68 1982*   1.23 1929   0.12   40.43 
 2  67  55    79 2007    44 1876    34 1929   69 1978*   2.17 1923   0.24   40.55 
 3  67  55    79 1983    43 1929    29 1929   70 1998*   2.64 1965   0.36   40.67 
 4  67  55    79 1998    42 1897    30 1897*  71 1998*   2.11 1887   0.47   40.78 
 5  67  54    78 1998    47 1964    25 1886   71 1998    3.30 1944   0.58   40.89 

 6  67  53    79 1998    36 1950    23 1950   71 1998    2.82 1915   0.69   41.00 
 7  67  53    79 1998    50 1891    29 1950   69 1924    1.61 1927   0.80   41.11 
 8  67  53    77 2007*   42 1927    29 1927   70 1922    1.42 1886   0.91   41.22 
 9  67  53    78 2007*   42 1978    31 1917   68 2007    1.54 1980   1.02   41.33 
10  66  53    80 1918    41 1898    28 1898   68 2007    4.74 1936   1.13   41.44 

11  65  52    78 2007    43 1986*   30 1898   70 2007    3.19 1935   1.24   41.55 
12  65  52    78 2007*   40 1962    29 1962   69 1933    3.27 2003   1.35   41.66 
13  64  52    77 1933    43 1985    32 1919*  69 1933    3.86 1940   1.46   41.77 
14  64  52    75 1922    40 1914    28 1914   69 1933    2.10 2005   1.57   41.88 
15  64  52    75 1969*   40 1926*   25 1901   70 1933    1.29 1929   1.68   41.99 

16  64  51    75 2006*   38 1932    29 1989*  68 1933    2.08 1937   1.79   42.10 
17  64  51    75 2006*   37 1989*   28 1932   69 1990    3.86 1949   1.90   42.21 
18  64  51    73 1941    44 1964    29 1884   66 1924*   3.81 1965   2.01   42.32 
19  63  51    76 2007*   35 1929    23 1929   66 1970*   3.60 1878   2.12   42.43 
20  63  51    80 2007    34 1924    28 1945*  68 1967*   2.21 1881   2.23   42.54 

21  63  51    76 1971    33 1924    28 1924   68 1889    2.85 1907   2.34   42.65 
22  62  50    74 2007*   34 1887    19 1989*  67 1889    3.81 1875   2.45   42.76 
23  62  50    74 1933*   26 1989*   14 1989*  67 1982*   2.90 1887   2.56   42.87 
24  62  50    75 1933    30 1983    17 1983   68 1948*   2.55 1926   2.68   42.99 
25  62  50    73 1982*   26 1983    14 1983   68 1875    2.01 1982   2.80   43.11 

26  62  50    73 1875    34 1878    24 1879   66 1875    1.71 1982   2.92   43.23 
27  62  50    74 1971    40 1878    25 1892   67 1889    2.21 1884   3.04   43.35 
28  62  50    72 1993*   32 1894    21 1894   67 1889    4.50 1884   3.16   43.47 
29  62  50    75 1889    34 1925    18 1880   67 1984    1.82 1895   3.28   43.59 
30  62  50    75 1971    27 1880    20 1880   67 1984*   2.29 1911   3.40   43.71 

31  62  50    74 1921    34 1880    25 1880   66 1875    1.76 1949   3.53   43.84 

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

DECEMBER Normals
 MEAN TEMPERATURE.....58.1F
 MEAN PRECIPITATION...3.53"
 HEATING DEGREE DAYS..289
 COOLING DEGREE DAYS..22 

ALLTIME DECEMBER RECORDS
 HIGH  80  12/10/1918
 LOW   14  12/23/1989