PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
756 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...FEBRUARY TEMPERATURES CONSIDERABLY WARMER THAN NORMAL...

FEBRUARY WAS CONSIDERABLY WARMER THAN NORMAL. TEMPERATURES WERE
THREE TO FIVE DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL. DAYTIME HIGH
TEMPERATURES WERE WARMER THAN NORMAL AND INTRUSIONS OF ARCTIC AIR
WERE SHUNTED TO THE EAST OF THE REGION. DESPITE THE ABOVE NORMAL
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES...THERE WERE NO DAILY RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE RECORDS ESTABLISHED DURING THE MONTH.

RAINFALL WAS GENERALLY ABOVE NORMAL EXCEPT AREAS ALONG THE COAST.
THERE WERE SEVERAL EPISODES OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE MONTH.
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL FELL IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY ON THE 5TH AND
AGAIN ON THE 15TH. STRONG WINDS PRODUCED DAMAGE IN WHARTON ON THE
11TH AND IN PASADENA ON THE 12TH. HEAVY RAIN FELL OVER PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ON THE 15TH AND ON THE 20TH. MADISONVILLE RECEIVED
THE MOST RAIN WITH A MONTHLY TOTAL OF 6.67 INCHES. 4.20 INCHES
FELL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD ON THE 15TH AND 16TH. PALACIOS RECEIVED
THE LEAST AMOUNT OF RAIN DURING THE MONTH WITH ONLY 0.81 INCHES OF
RAIN.

HERE IS THE FEBRUARY DATA FOR A FEW CLIMATE SITES ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

SITE     AVG     AVG     AVG      DEP     RAIN     DEP
         HIGH    LOW     MONTHLY

IAH      72.1    48.0    60.1     +4.7    4.00     +1.02
GLS      68.4    54.0    61.2     +3.2    1.32     -1.29
CLL      71.0    45.4    58.2     +3.7    3.29     +0.91
HOU      72.3    51.7    62.0     +4.3    4.01     +1.00
PSX      70.8    51.0    60.9     +5.1    0.81     -1.64
CXO      70.9    42.5    56.7     +3.1    3.85     +0.94
UTS      69.9    44.1    57.0     +4.0    2.63     -0.51
DWH      71.9    46.6    59.2     +4.3    3.29     +0.40
SGR      72.2    49.2    60.7     +4.7    2.54     -0.58
LVJ      72.9    51.6    62.2     +6.2    2.74     -0.08
LBX      71.4    48.2    59.8     +3.5    2.42     -2.34
HGX      69.9    49.9    59.9     +3.2    2.99     -0.46

HERE ARE A FEW MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FOR SOME COMMUNITIES IN
SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

CITY               RAINFALL

ALVIN              3.44
BRENHAM            2.44
CLEVELAND          5.88
COLUMBUS           2.55
CROCKETT           5.38
DANEVANG           4.92
FREEPORT           2.40
HOUSTON HEIGHTS    3.38
HOUSTON PORT       3.12
HOU WESTBURY       2.92
LIBERTY            3.92
KATY               2.77
MADISONVILLE       6.67
MATAGORDA          1.02
NEW CANEY          5.22
RICHMOND           3.24
WHARTON            2.85