PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 837 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2009 ...HEAT CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...SOME RELIEF ON THE WAY...MAYBE???... MOISTURE LEVELS INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY RESULTING IN TEMPERATURES ONLY 2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL VERSES THE 5 TO 6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THAT THE AREA HAS FACED SINCE MID JUNE. COLLEGE STATION STILL MANAGED TO REACH 100 DEGREES TODAY. THIS IS THE 41ST DAY THIS SUMMER THAT THE HIGH TEMPERATURE MANAGED TO REACH OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES AT EASTERWOOD FIELD IN COLLEGE STATION. WE HAVE RECEIVED A FEW INQUIRIES REGARDING 100 DEGREE DAYS AND HOW OFTEN THEY OCCUR. BELOW IS A TABLE WITH THE YEARS WITH THE MOST HUNDRED DEGREE DAYS AND THE MONTHS OF OCCURRENCE FOR BOTH COLLEGE STATION AND HOUSTON: COLLEGE STATION MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT TOTAL YEAR 0 10 22 26 0 58 1917 1 11 28 10 1 51 1998 0 20 25 4 0 49 1913 0 0 13 27 8 48 2000 0 13 21 14 0 48 1925 0 11 11 21 4 47 1948 0 7 14 23 3 47 1937 0 0 12 27 5 44 1951 0 7 24 9 3 43 1980 0 11 23 7 - 41 2009 WARMEST TEMPERATURE ALL TIME WAS 112 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 4 2000. HOUSTON MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT TOTAL YEAR 0 8 18 5 1 32 1980 0 2 14 8 0 24 1998 0 0 10 5 5 20 2000 0 10 0 9 0 19 1902 0 0 7 7 2 16 1909 0 7 4 3 - 14 2009 0 0 0 14 0 14 1993 0 1 2 8 2 13 1907 0 0 0 10 0 10 1999 0 0 4 1 4 9 1995 WARMEST TEMPERATURE ALL TIME WAS 109 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 4 2000. THE AREA HAS SUFFERED RELENTLESS HEAT SINCE MID JUNE AND THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FROM JUNE 1 THROUGH AUGUST 7 REFLECTS THIS. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT COLLEGE STATION BETWEEN JUNE 1 AND AUGUST 7 HAS BEEN 87.7 DEGREES. THIS IS NOW THE WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THIS TIME FRAME IN RECORDED HISTORY. IT IS THE SAME STORY FOR HOUSTON. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT FOR JUNE 1 THROUGH AUGUST 7 HAS BEEN 86.7 DEGREES AND THIS IS NOW THE WARMEST PERIOD IN CITY HISTORY. HOW ABOUT SOME MORE TABLES WITH NUMBERS? COLLEGE STATION JUNE 1 - AUGUST 7 AVERAGE AVERAGE PERIOD HIGH LOW AVERAGE 99.6 1998 76.7 1902 87.7 2009 99.5 1917 76.2 2009 87.6 1998 99.2 2009 75.5 1998 86.3 1925 98.9 1934 75.1 1906 86.2 1996 98.2 1925 74.4 1925 86.0 1934 98.1 1996 74.3 2008 85.7 2008 98.1 1913 74.3 1996 85.6 1958 97.6 1937 74.1 2007 85.5 1980 97.6 1914 74.0 1981 85.4 1902 97.5 1958 74.0 1932 85.3 1951 HOUSTON JUNE 1 - AUGUST 7 AVERAGE AVERAGE PERIOD HIGH LOW AVERAGE 97.7 1980 77.0 1963 86.7 2009 97.1 1998 76.9 1958 86.3 1980 96.9 2009 76.8 1962 86.1 1998 95.4 1890 76.5 2009 85.2 1958 95.3 2008 76.5 1964 84.8 2008 95.1 1902 76.4 1965 84.8 1944 94.9 1982 76.3 1953 84.6 1962 94.2 2000 76.3 1951 84.5 1963 94.0 1994 75.9 1960 84.4 1953 94.0 1909 75.9 1944 84.4 1951 THE FIRST 8 DAYS OF AUGUST HAVE BEEN DRY. DROUGHT CONDITIONS BRIEFLY IMPROVED TOWARD THE END OF JULY OVER EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA. EXCEPTIONAL TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS PERSIST OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. GROUND FUELS REMAIN DRY OVER THE WEST AND SEVERAL SPOTTY WILDFIRES WERE REPORTED OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. RAINFALL DEFICITS ARE STILL EXTREME AT PALACIOS...ANGLETON AND BAY CITY. ANOTHER TABLE WITH NUMBERS FOLLOWS THIS NARRATIVE WITH THE LOWEST RAINFALL TOTALS FOR HOUSTON...COLLEGE STATION... GALVESTON AND HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT FROM MAY 1 THROUGH AUGUST 7: LOWEST RAINFALL MAY 1 THROUGH AUGUST 7 HOUSTON COLLEGE GALVESTON HOUSTON STATION HOBBY 3.49 2009 1.08 1998 1.95 1956 3.86 1934 4.76 1915 1.47 1934 2.38 1958 4.71 1998 5.15 1931 3.11 1925 2.44 1897 5.18 1931 5.36 1998 3.30 1917 3.17 1930 5.67 2009 5.59 1958 3.83 2009 3.23 2009 5.82 1964 6.15 1964 3.86 1977 3.24 1996 6.60 1932 6.35 1935 4.03 1913 3.77 2008 6.67 1957 6.47 1917 4.82 1996 3.81 1948 6.93 1988 6.57 1896 4.89 1963 3.84 1960 7.11 1955 6.73 1937 4.99 1931 3.93 1954 7.33 1971 IT DOES APPEAR THAT AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE COUPLED WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL LEAD TO HIGHER RAIN CHANCES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO HINT AT ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION MID MONTH. $$ CR