PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...COR DRIEST DATES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1008 AM CDT MON JUN 29 2009 ...HOT TEMPERATURES PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...COLLEGE STATION HAS LONGEST CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 100 DEGREE HEAT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE... ...HOUSTON AVERAGE TEMPERATURE NOW WARMER THAN 1980... TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT HAS PLAGUED MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS OVER THE LAST WEEK. THE MONTH IS NOT OVER YET...SO MUCH CAN CHANGE. AT THE CURRENT TIME...HOUSTON IS SUFFERING THROUGH IT`S 2ND WARMEST JUNE. JUNE 2009 IS NOW WARMER THAN THE JUNE OF 1980 AND ONLY TRAILS THE BRUTAL JUNE OF 1998 BY 0.1 DEGREES. AT HOBBY AIRPORT...THIS IS ALSO THE 4TH WARMEST JUNE. GALVESTON IS ENDURING IT`S 5TH WARMEST JUNE AND COLLEGE STATION IS ENDURING IT`S 4TH WARMEST JUNE. TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE...THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS OF JUNE WERE COOLER THAN NORMAL SO THE INTENSE HEAT OVER THE LAST 21 DAYS HAS MADE UP THE TEMPERATURE DEFICIT WITH CHANGE TO SPARE. THIS LATEST HEATWAVE SHOWS NO SIGN OF RELENTING SO THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WILL LIKELY INCREASE. COLLEGE STATION HAS REACHED OR EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES TEN TIMES DURING JUNE 2009...INCLUDING THE LAST NINE CONSECUTIVE DAYS. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE 100 DEGREE DAYS IN JUNE WAS EIGHT AND THIS OCCURRED BETWEEN JUNE 13 1996 AND JUNE 20 1996. COLLEGE STATION ENDURED 26 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH 100 DEGREE HEAT BETWEEN JULY 29 1917 AND AUGUST 23 1917. THAT IS THE LONGEST CONSECUTIVE 100 DEGREE STREAK IN CITY HISTORY. THE MOST 100 DEGREE DAYS DURING JUNE FOR COLLEGE STATION WAS 13 DAYS AND THIS OCCURRED IN 1925. THERE WERE 11 100 DEGREE DAYS BACK JUNE OF 1998 AND 1948. THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO 104 DEGREES AT INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 24TH AND AGAIN ON THE 26TH. THIS IS THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF JUNE AND IS ALSO A NEW DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORD. THE LAST TIME THE MERCURY SOARED TO 104 DEGREES WAS ON AUGUST 7TH 2003. THE LAST TIME HOUSTON RECORDED 6 CONSECUTIVE 100 DEGREE DAYS WAS AUGUST 31 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 5 2000. THE LAST TIME 6 CONSECUTIVE DAYS BREACHED 100 DEGREES IN JUNE WAS JUNE 25TH THROUGH JUNE 30 1980. BELOW IS A LIST OF HOUSTON WARMEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AND WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR JUNE: MAXIMUM TEMP MINIMUM TEMP 96.5 IN 2009 76.1 IN 1906 96.3 IN 1980 76.0 IN 1953 96.2 IN 1902 75.9 IN 1998 95.7 IN 1906 75.9 IN 1958 95.3 IN 1990 75.7 IN 1965 95.1 IN 1998 75.3 IN 1944 95.1 IN 2008 75.1 IN 1963 94.3 IN 1890 75.0 IN 1964 93.8 IN 1911 75.0 IN 1962 93.5 IN 2005 74.8 IN 1981 74.4 IN 2009 THE TEMPERATURE IN HOUSTON HAS REACHED OR EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES 41 TIMES IN THE MONTH OF JUNE (THROUGH JUNE 28 2009). THERE WERE 10 DAYS IN JUNE 1902 WHERE THE TEMPERATURE REACHED OR EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES. BACK IN JUNE 1980...THERE WERE 8 DAYS THAT REACHED OR EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES. MORE MISCELLANEOUS TRIVIA...THERE WERE 7 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH 100 DEGREE HEAT IN 1902 AND 6 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN 1980. THE LONGEST STRETCH OF CONSECUTIVE 100 DEGREE DAYS OCCURRED BACK IN 1980. THE TEMPERATURE REACHED OR EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES FOR 14 CONSECUTIVE DAYS BETWEEN JULY 6 1980 AND JULY 19 1980. THE TEMPERATURE ALSO REACHED 100 DEGREES OR GREATER FOR 11 STRAIGHT DAYS BETWEEN JULY 26 1998 AND AUGUST 5 1998. HOUSTON - NUMBER OF 100 DEGREE DAYS IN JUNE 10 IN 1902 (7 IN A ROW) 8 IN 1980 (6 IN A ROW) 6 IN 2009 (6 IN A ROW) 4 IN 1906 2 IN 1998 2 IN 1934 2 IN 1930 2 IN 1911 HOUSTON - NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE 100 DEGREE DAYS (ALL TIME) 14 07/06/1980 THROUGH 07/19/1980 11 07/26/1998 THROUGH 08/05/1998 9 06/25/1980 THROUGH 07/03/1980 8 08/29/2000 THROUGH 09/05/2000* 8 08/14/1993 THROUGH 08/21/1993 8 08/07/1962 THROUGH 08/14/1962 * ALL TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR HOUSTON OCCURRED DURING THIS STRING OFF 100 DEGREE DAYS. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 109 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 4TH 2000. SO IT`S BEEN HOT!! BUT IT HAS ALSO BEEN DRY! HOW DRY? HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT ENDURED 31 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITHOUT MEASURABLE RAIN. A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED 0.27 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE EVENING OF THE 25TH. THE DRIEST STRETCH OF WEATHER EVER RECORDED FOR HOUSTON WAS BACK IN 1904. THERE WAS NO MEASURABLE RAIN BETWEEN JANUARY 8 1904 AND FEBRUARY 16 1904 - 40 DAYS! BELOW IS A TABLE WITH THE DRIEST PERIODS ON RECORD DATE NUMBER OF DRY DAYS 01/08/1904 - 02/17/1904 40 09/11/1917 - 10/17/1917 37 09/20/1963 - 10/25/1963 36 05/01/1937 - 06/03/1937 34 09/22/1978 - 10/24/1978 33 04/25/2009 - 06/24/2009 31* * THIS TIES FOR THE 12TH LONGEST PERIOD WITHOUT MEASURABLE RAIN. THE LAST TIME HOUSTON WENT 31 DAYS WITHOUT RAIN WAS FROM JULY 31 1990 THROUGH AUGUST 30 1990. THE PERIOD MAY 1 2009 THROUGH JUNE 28 2009 IS NOW THE DRIEST PERIOD IN HOUSTON WEATHER HISTORY. A PALTRY 0.65 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST 57 DAYS. THE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THIS PERIOD IS 9.91 INCHES OR ROUGHLY 7 PERCENT OF NORMAL. BELOW IS A TABLE WITH THE FIVE DRIEST PERIODS (MAY 1 THROUGH JUNE 28): 0.65 IN 2009 0.85 IN 1931 1.72 IN 1901 1.78 IN 1915 1.82 IN 1934 COLLEGE STATION HAS ALSO BEEN EXTREMELY DRY. ONLY A TRACE HAS FALLEN IN JUNE. IT IS ALSO THE SECOND DRIEST MAY/JUNE COMBINATION IN CITY HISTORY. HERE ARE THE FIVE DRIEST MAY 1 THROUGH JUNE 28: 0.52 IN 1934 1.43 IN 2009 1.74 IN 1925 1.91 IN 1917 2.84 IN 1931 OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAVE SUFFERED A SIMILAR FATE. COLLEGE STATION...HUNTSVILLE AND CONROE HAVE NOT RECORDED MEASURABLE RAINFALL DURING JUNE. ANGLETON...BAY CITY AND EDNA HAVE YET TO RECEIVE 10 INCHES OF RAIN THIS YEAR. EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE AFFECTING PARTS OF JACKSON...MATAGORDA... AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES. MAY AND JUNE ARE TYPICALLY TWO OF THE WETTEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR SO THIS BUILDING DROUGHT IS OF GREAT CONCERN. 2009 RAINFALL ANNUAL DEPARTURE MAY/JUNE 2009 IAH 17.12 -6.71 0.65 HOU 21.41 -4.06 1.73 GLS 10.86 -8.65 0.51 CLL 13.97 -6.43 1.41 HERE ARE HOUSTONS FIVE DRIEST MAY/JUNE IN RECORDED HISTORY: MAY/JUNE RAIN * 0.65 IN 2009 (THROUGH JUNE 28) 0.98 IN 1931 1.78 IN 1915 1.82 IN 1934 1.87 IN 1901 1.96 IN 1906 KEEP THE FAITH. IT DOES APPEAR THAT A BOUNDARY WILL PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATER TODAY. THIS WILL BE THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN THE REGION HAS HAD SINCE LATE APRIL. $$ CR