PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1016 AM CDT WED JUL 1 2009 ...JUNE 2009 - A MONTH OF HEAT AND A MONTH OF RECORDS... JUNE 2009 WAS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS. THERE WERE SO MANY NEW RECORDS ESTABLISHED...IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN. HOUSTON RECORDED ITS WARMEST DAILY TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. THE THERMOMETER REACHED 104 DEGREES TWICE...ON THE 24TH AND THE 26TH. JUNE 2009 WAS ALSO THE 2ND WARMEST JUNE EVER RECORDED FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE 2009 WAS 85.6. THE WARMEST MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE OCCURRED IN 1906 AND WAS A SIZZLING 85.9 DEGREES. THE TEMPERATURE REACHED OR EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES FOR SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS BEGINNING ON THE 23RD AND ENDING ON THE 29TH. THIS TIES THE LONGEST CONSECUTIVE STRING OF 100 DEGREE DAYS IN CITY HISTORY. THIS LAST HAPPENED BETWEEN JUNE 16 AND JUNE 22 1902. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE WAS 96.7 DEGREES WHICH IS THE WARMEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED. THE PREVIOUS WARMEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 96.3 DEGREES ESTABLISHED IN 1980. WARMEST AVERAGE JUNE TEMPS 85.9 IN 1906 85.6 IN 2009 85.5 IN 1998 85.1 IN 1980 84.8 IN 1990 THERE WERE RAINFALL RECORDS AS WELL. ONLY 0.27 INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE MONTH. THIS IS THE 4TH DRIEST JUNE IN CITY HISTORY AND IT IS ALSO THE DRIEST MAY/JUNE COMBINATION (0.65 INCHES)IN CITY HISTORY. BELOW IS A TABLE WITH THE FIVE DRIEST MAY/JUNE RAINFALL TALLIES: MAY/JUNE RAIN TOTALS 0.65 IN 2009 0.98 IN 1931 1.78 IN 1915 1.82 IN 1934 1.87 IN 1901 HOUSTON ALSO WENT 31 DAYS WITHOUT MEASUREABLE RAIN. THIS TIES FOR THE 12TH DRIEST PERIOD IN CITY HISTORY. THE CITY WENT 40 DAYS WITHOUT MEASUREABLE RAIN BACK IN 1904. THERE WAS NO MEASURABLE RAIN BETWEEN JANUARY 8 1904 AND FEBRUARY 17 1904. 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* * THE LAST TIME HOUSTON WENT 31 DAYS WITHOUT RAIN WAS FROM JULY 31 1990 THROUGH AUGUST 30 1990. THE HEAT WAS NOT CONFINED JUST TO HOUSTON. COLLEGE STATION RECORDED 11 DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING OR EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES. THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 100 DEGREES OR WARMER FOR 10 CONSECUTIVE DAYS (BETWEEN JUNE 20TH AND JUNE 29TH) WHICH IS A NEW RECORD. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE 100 DEGREE DAYS IN JUNE WAS EIGHT AND THIS OCCURRED BETWEEN JUNE 13 1996 AND JUNE 20 1996. THE MOST 100 DEGREE DAYS DURING JUNE FOR COLLEGE STATION WAS 13 DAYS AND THIS OCCURRED IN 1925. THERE WERE ALSO ELEVEN 100 DEGREE DAYS BACK JUNE OF 1998 AND 1948. COLLEGE STATION ENDURED ITS 4TH WARMEST JUNE IN RECORDED HISTORY. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 86.0 DEGREES. THE WARMEST JUNE OCCURRED BACK IN 1998. WARMEST AVERAGE JUNE TEMPERATURES 86.7 IN 1998 86.7 IN 1902 86.2 IN 1925 86.0 IN 2009 85.4 IN 2008 IT WAS ALSO THE FIFTH WARMEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 97.7 DEGREES. THE WARMEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OCCURRED BACK IN 1911. WARMEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 98.5 IN 1911 98.1 IN 1925 98.0 IN 1998 98.0 IN 1934 97.7 IN 2009 ONLY A TRACE OF RAIN FELL AT COLLEGE STATION DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE. THIS TIES FOR THE DRIEST JUNE IN RECORDED HISTORY. A TRACE OF RAIN ALSO FELL IN JUNE 1998. IT IS ALSO THE SECOND DRIEST MAY/JUNE COMBINATION IN CITY HISTORY. HERE ARE THE FIVE DRIEST MAY 1 THROUGH JUNE 30: MAY/JUNE RAIN 0.52 IN 1934 1.43 IN 2009 1.74 IN 1925 1.91 IN 1917 2.84 IN 1931 GALVESTON`S AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 84.3 DEGREES. THIS IS THE 5TH WARMEST JUNE IN CITY HISTORY. IRONY ABOUNDS WITH REGARD TO THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. GALVESTON DID NOT ESTABLISH A SINGLE HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD DURING THE MONTH. IT WAS ALSO DRY DURING JUNE. GALVESTON RECORDED ITS 9TH DRIEST JUNE IN RECORDED HISTORY. GALVESTON HAS ONLY RECEIVED 0.32 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE MONTH. THE CITY HAS ONLY RECEIVED 0.51 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MAY 1 2009. THIS IS THE DRIEST MAY/JUNE RAINFALL EVER RECORDED. WARMEST AVG TEMP DRIEST MAY/JUNE 85.6 IN 1881 0.51 IN 2009 85.2 IN 1875 0.63 IN 1934 84.9 IN 2008 0.69 IN 1958 84.7 IN 2005 1.08 IN 2008 84.3 IN 2009 1.16 IN 1896 HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT ALSO ESTABLISHED SOME NEW TEMPERATURE RECORDS. HOBBY HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 84.7 DEGREES. THIS TIES FOR THE THIRD WARMEST. HOBBY RECEIVED 1.39 INCHES OF RAIN DURING JUNE. THIS IS ALSO THE 9TH DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD. ONLY 2.05 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE MAY 1. IT WAS ALSO THE THIRD DRIEST MAY/JUNE COMBINATION SINCE RECORDS STARTED AT HOBBY BACK IN 1931. BELOW IS A TABLE WITH THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA FOR THE PRIMARY AND SUPPLEMENTAL CLIMATE SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS: SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP HIGH LOW MONTH IAH 96.7 74.6 85.6 +4.3 0.27 -5.08 HOU 94.8 74.8 84.8 +2.5 1.39 -5.45 CLL 97.5 74.5 86.0 +4.4 TRACE -3.79 GLS 89.7 79.0 84.4 +2.5 0.32 -3.72 PSX 89.8 77.8 83.8 +2.7 0.02 -4.29 UTS 96.9 73.6 85.3 +4.7 0.19 -4.47 CXO 95.9 69.7 82.8 +2.0 0.14 -4.44 SGR 96.4 72.9 84.7 +3.0 0.78 -4.26 LBX 92.1 71.6 81.8 +1.0 0.62 -4.14 DWH 95.0 71.7 83.4 +2.7 TRACE -7.26# LVJ 92.8 72.6 82.7 +1.4 1.27 -6.18# HGX 91.6 73.7 82.7 +2.4 0.87 -6.49# # 15 YEAR AVERAGES HERE IS MORE TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA PROVIDED BY OUR NETWORK OF CO-OP OBSERVERS. LOCATION WARMEST CONSECUTIVE 100 AVERAGE RAIN TEMP DEGREE DAYS HIGH TEMP ALVIN 98 0 89.9 2.83 ANAHUAC 99 0 89.5 1.71 BELLVILLE 104 6 NA 0.00 BRENHAM 104 6 96.2 0.00 CLEVELAND 99 0 92.5 0.22 COLUMBUS 102 6 95.8 0.10 CONROE 102 4 95.0 0.00 CROCKETT 106 18 99.1 0.70 DANEVANG 100 0 93.1 0.55 EL CAMPO 105 7 96.3 0.32 FREEPORT 96 0 89.5 0.00 HUNTSVILLE 103 7 95.7 0.00 LIBERTY 102 2 89.0 1.74 LIVINGSTON 104 8 97.3 0.13 WASH ST PARK 105 9 97.0 0.00 && RECORDS: HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT RECORD HIGH JUNE 23 101 DEGREES 99 DEGREES IN 1990 JUNE 24 104 DEGREES 99 DEGREES IN 1980 JUNE 25 102 DEGREES 100 DEGREES IN 1980 JUNE 26 104 DEGREES 102 DEGREES IN 1980 JUNE 28 102 DEGREES 101 DEGREES IN 1980 JUNE 29 103 DEGREES 100 DEGREES IN 1980 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM JUNE 24 79 DEGREES 79 DEGREES IN 1980 JUNE 27 82 DEGREES* 80 DEGREES IN 1999 JUNE 28 81 DEGREES 80 DEGREES IN 1999 * TIES THE WARMEST OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE COLLEGE STATION RECORD HIGH JUNE 24 105 DEGREES 102 DEGREES IN 1933 JUNE 25 106 DEGREES 100 DEGREES IN 1998 JUNE 26 105 DEGREES 102 DEGREES IN 1953 JUNE 28 102 DEGREES 100 DEGREES IN 1925 JUNE 29 105 DEGREES 102 DEGREES IN 1917 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM JUNE 13 78 DEGREES 78 DEGREES IN 1925 JUNE 25 81 DEGREES 81 DEGREES IN 1915 JUNE 29 81 DEGREES 78 DEGREES IN 1945 HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT RECORD HIGH JUNE 23 98 DEGREES 97 DEGREES IN 1998 JUNE 24 101 DEGREES 98 DEGREES IN 1944 JUNE 25 102 DEGREES 98 DEGREES IN 1987 JUNE 26 99 DEGREES 99 DEGREES IN 1980 JUNE 27 99 DEGREES 99 DEGREES IN 1980 JUNE 28 101 DEGREES 99 DEGREES IN 1980 JUNE 29 100 DEGREES 97 DEGREES IN 1980 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM JUNE 25 80 DEGREES 80 DEGREES IN 1969 JUNE 28 78 DEGREES 78 DEGREES IN 1999 JUNE 29 78 DEGREES 78 DEGREES IN 1972 GALVESTON NO DAILY RECORDS $$