October Temperature/Precipitation (thru 2007) 
                     Normals (1971-2000) and Extremes for Galveston
                           (Temperature Records from 1875)
                          (Precipitation Records from 1871)
                               (last update 11/2/07)

    --------------- TEMPERATURE ----------------------   ------ PRECIPITATION -----
     NORMAL   RECORD      LOW       RECORD      HIGH      RECORD    CUMULATIVE PCPN     
    MAX MIN  MAX YEAR     MAX      MIN YEAR     MIN        PCPN      DAILY  YEARLY 
    --------------------------------------------------   --------------------------
 1  84  72    91 1938    67 1984*   56 1985    83 1986   4.73 1933    0.15   33.33 
 2  83  72    94 1952*   69 1958    56 1961    83 1986   4.90 1871    0.30   33.48 
 3  83  72    92 2002    69 1961    53 1961    82 1990*  3.16 1949    0.44   33.62 
 4  83  72    89 2004*   70 1961    56 1961    82 1911   1.49 1990    0.58   33.76 
 5  83  72    91 2006    64 1932    57 1932    82 1986   1.31 2001    0.72   33.90 

 6  82  71    91 1897    65 1932    57 1964*   82 1911   6.60 1910    0.85   34.03 
 7  82  71    91 1900    67 1964*   52 1952    82 1990   2.64 1944    0.98   34.16 
 8  82  71    89 1892    53 2000    49 2000    82 1990  13.93 1901    1.10   34.28 
 9  82  71    90 1885    55 2000    49 2000    80 1982*  1.68 2002    1.22   34.40 
10  81  70    91 1885    65 2000*   52 1945    80 1931   2.96 1966    1.34   34.52 

11  81  70    90 1885    67 1906    55 1990    81 1969   1.62 1997    1.45   34.63 
12  81  69    90 1885    65 1982    53 1946    80 1981*  4.99 1925    1.56   34.74 
13  81  69    90 1885    69 1987*   55 1986    79 1962*  3.64 1906    1.67   34.85 
14  80  69    90 1885    65 1907    51 1969    81 1981   5.55 1925    1.78   34.96 
15  80  68    88 2007    68 1937*   53 1937    80 1981   3.73 1941    1.88   35.06 

16  80  68    87 1878    63 1943    51 1876    78 1980   3.91 2006    1.98   35.16 
17  79  68    88 2003    65 1976*   53 1970*   80 1998*  2.40 1937    2.08   35.26 
18  79  68    87 2007*   62 1948    47 1948    80 2006   3.21 1887    2.18   35.36 
19  79  67    86 2004*   59 1989    47 1989    80 2004*  1.43 1984    2.28   35.46 
20  79  67    86 2004*   59 1976    45 1916    80 2004   1.40 1993    2.38   35.56 

21  78  67    87 1927    61 1898*   49 1877    79 2004   3.81 1984    2.48   35.66 
22  78  67    87 2004    60 1877    49 1911    79 2004  12.19 1913    2.58   35.76 
23  78  67    86 2004    60 1937*   48 1937    78 1941*  3.93 1975    2.68   35.86 
24  78  67    86 1941*   62 1908    49 1908    78 1919   4.17 1883    2.78   35.96 
25  77  66    86 2004    63 1972*   49 1945    79 2004*  5.47 1887    2.88   36.06 

26  77  65    87 1927    54 1887    44 1898    79 2004*  2.93 1878    2.98   36.16 
27  77  65    86 2004    56 1957    43 1913    79 1919   2.40 1930    3.08   36.26 
28  76  65    85 2004    54 1976    47 1957    78 2004   3.26 1974    3.18   36.36 
29  76  65    85 2004*   51 1980    45 1913    79 2004   1.99 1976    3.28   36.46 
30  76  64    86 2004    49 1993    41 1917    78 2004*  7.92 1871    3.38   36.56 

31  76  64    86 2004    47 1925    39 1993    78 1919   5.75 1909    3.49   36.67

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

OCTOBER NORMALS: 
 MEAN TEMPERATURE......74.1
 MEAN PRECIPITATION....3.49 
 HEATING DEGREE DAYS...7    
 COOLING DEGREE DAYS...248 

ALLTIME OCTOBER RECORDS: 
 HIGH   94  10/02/1952    
 LOW    39  10/31/1993