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