PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 105 PM CST THU FEB 1 2007 ...JANUARY 2007 WAS COOL...DAMP AND DREARY... JANUARY 2007 WAS GENERALLY CLOUDY AND COOL WITH PERIODS OF RAIN. RAINFALL AVERAGED 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HUNTSVILLE AREA WON THE RAINFALL LOTTERY DURING THE MONTH WITH OVER 9 INCHES OF RAIN IN JANUARY. THERE WERE 13 TO 15 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. IF TRACE AMOUNTS ARE INCLUDED...20 DAYS OUT OF 31 POSSIBLE INDICATED SOME TYPE OF PRECIPITATION. TYPICALLY IN JANUARY... SOUTHEAST TEXAS ENDURES BETWEEN 10 AND 11 DAYS OF MEASURABLE RAIN (DEFINED AS 0.01 INCHES OR GREATER). THE HOUSTON AREA RECEIVED RAIN ON 13 CONSECUTIVE DAYS (INCLUDING TRACE AMOUNTS) BEGINNING ON JANUARY 12TH. THE FIRST RAIN FREE DAY OCCURRED ON THE 25TH. THE SECOND LONGEST STRETCH OF RAINY DAYS IN JANUARY OCCURRED BACK IN 1973 WITH 11 STRAIGHT DAYS WITH SOME PRECIPITATION. GALVESTON ENDURED 12 CONSECUTIVE RAINY DAYS AND COLLEGE STATION RECEIVED RAIN ON 9 STRAIGHT DAYS. SKIES WERE GENERALLY OVERCAST AND THIS KEPT TEMPERATURES COOLER THAN NORMAL. TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY 1 TO 2 DEGREES COOLER THAN NORMAL ALONG THE COAST AND 2 TO 3 DEGREES COOLER THAN NORMAL OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE REGION. SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HIGH WINDS OR HAIL DID NOT PLAGUE THE AREA BUT FLOODING RAINS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS BEGINNING ON THE 13TH. FLASH FLOODING ALSO CLOSED SEVERAL ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN AUSTIN AND WALKER COUNTIES. ARCTIC AIR FILTERED INTO THE REGION ON THE 15TH AND A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW FELL OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A COLUMBUS TO TRINITY LINE. && HERE IS THE MONTHLY CLIMATE DATA FOR A FEW SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS... SITE AVG AVG DAILY DEP RAIN DEP HIGH LOW HOUSTON 58.4 42.6 50.5 -1.3 5.72 +2.04 HOU HOBBY 59.1 45.1 52.1 -2.2 6.72 +2.47 GALVESTON 59.7 48.2 53.9 -1.9 5.37 +1.29 COL STATION 55.2 39.0 47.1 -3.1 4.98 +1.66 PALACIOS 60.0 45.2 52.6 -0.3 7.23 +4.05 CONROE 57.1 38.8 47.9 -2.0 5.27 +1.06 HUNTSVILLE 55.6 38.6 47.1 -1.7 9.15 +4.87 TOMBALL 57.5 41.1 49.3 -4.8 6.77 +3.73 SUGARLAND 57.6 41.2 49.4 -4.7 6.44 +2.48 PEARLAND 59.8 45.0 52.4 -2.4 6.06 +3.04 ANGLETON 60.0 44.1 52.0 -2.2 6.64 +1.88 NWSO HOU 58.4 44.0 51.2 -2.2 5.72 +0.29 RECORDS RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES HOUSTON 37 DEGREES ON THE 16TH 40 DEGREES IN 1964 36 DEGREES ON THE 17TH (TIED) 36 DEGREES IN 1978 COLLEGE STATION 31 DEGREES ON THE 16TH 33 DEGREES IN 1953 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES HOUSTON 68 DEGREES ON THE 12TH 67 DEGREES IN 2005 GALVESTON 65 DEGREES ON THE 14TH (TIED) 65 DEGREES IN 1907 RECORD RAINFALL COLLEGE STATION 1.20 INCHES ON THE 13TH 0.95 INCHES IN 1989