PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
948 AM CDT THU APR 12 2007

...MARCH 2007 CONSIDERABLY WETTER THAN NORMAL...
...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURE TREND CONTINUES...

MARCH WAS CONSIDERABLY WARMER AND WETTER THAN USUAL. CLIMATE SITES
ACROSS SOUTHEAST AVERAGED 3 TO 5 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL DURING
MARCH. DESPITE THE UNSEASONABLE WARMTH...ONLY GALVESTON
ESTABLISHED ANY NEW TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE MONTH. GALVESTON
ALSO RECORDED ITS SIXTH WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD. COLLEGE STATION
HAD ITS 11TH WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD.

MARCH 2007 WAS ALSO QUITE WET. COLLEGE STATION...GALVESTON AND
HOUSTON EACH ESTABLISHED TWO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS DURING THE
MONTH. COLLEGE STATION ENDURED ITS SECOND WETTEST MARCH ON RECORD.
GALVESTON AND HOUSTON RECORDED THEIR FOURTH AND TENTH WETTEST MARCH
RESPECTIVELY.

SEVERE WEATHER INCREASED DURING THE MONTH. SEVERAL EPISODES OF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER PUMMELED THE AREA ON THE 14TH...15TH AND 16TH.
HIGH WINDS PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN COLORADO...AUSTIN AND
WHARTON COUNTIES. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ALSO PRODUCED SOME MINOR
FLOODING. NICKEL TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL ALSO FELL OVER PARTS OF
HARRIS AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES ON THE 14TH. MORE HEAVY RAIN FELL ON
THE 31ST. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALL TOWARD THE COAST AND PARTS OF
GALVESTON AND BRAZORIA COUNTY RECEIVED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN ON
THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH.

&&

BELOW IS A TABLE WITH TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA FOR SOME
CLIMATE SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

SITE AVG AVG AVG DEPRAINDEP
HIGH LOW DAILY

IAH76.055.8 65.9+3.66.40+3.04
GLS73.362.0 67.6+3.59.10+6.34
CLL75.255.5 65.3+3.76.74+3.90
HOU75.458.3 66.8+2.68.77+5.58
CXO75.952.0 64.0+2.94.56+1.65
UTS75.655.4 65.5+5.05.34+1.87
LBX 74.6    56.8     65.7   +3.07.86+3.10
LVJ 74.1 57.0  65.5 +2.7 9.50 +7.35
SGR75.956.6 66.3+3.36.20+3.71
PSX75.160.6 67.9+5.85.95+3.25
DWH75.754.8 65.3+3.14.51+1.93
HGX73.756.3 65.0+3.3   10.11+6.60

&&

MARCH RECORDS

GALVESTON

NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES PREVIOUS RECORD
79 DEGREES ON THE 1ST 77 DEGREES IN 2000
79 DEGREES ON THE 27TH (TIED) 79 DEGREES IN 1907

RAINFALL
3.37 INCHES ON THE 14TH 2.26 INCHES IN 2004
4.42 INCHES ON THE 31ST  3.76 INCHES IN 1952

HOUSTON

RAINFALL
1.96 INCHES ON THE 13TH 1.68 INCHES IN 1995
1.44 INCHES ON THE 31ST 1.37 INCHES IN 1945

COLLEGE STATION

RAINFALL
1.45 INCHES ON THE 14TH 1.12 INCHES IN 1953
2.30 INCHES ON THE 26TH 2.06 INCHES IN 1923

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