PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...COR DATA FOR CLL/GLS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
915 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2009

...RECORD-SETTING SUMMER HEAT CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

TEMPERATURES WERE ONCE AGAIN ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY
AS THEY HAVE BEEN FOR MOST OF THE SUMMER. TEMPERATURES AT BOTH
COLLEGE STATION AND HOUSTON REACHED 100 DEGREES. A HIGH TEMPERATURE
OF 94 DEGREES WITH A BALMY LOW TEMPERATURE OF 84 DEGREES WAS
RECORDED AT GALVESTON SCHOLES FIELD.

AT HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT...TODAY WAS THE 16TH
100-DEGREE OR HIGHER DAY FOR 2009...TYING FOR THE FIFTH HIGHEST
TOTAL ON RECORD FOR ANY SUMMER. AT COLLEGE STATION...TODAY WAS
THE 48TH 100-DEGREE OR HIGHER DAY OF THE YEAR...TYING FOR THE
FOURTH HIGHEST TOTAL ON RECORD FOR ANY SUMMER. ADDITIONAL
100-DEGREE DAYS ARE LIKELY IN COLLEGE STATION IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND
THE SUMMER TOTAL SHOULD EASILY MOVE TO AT LEAST SECOND HIGHEST.

FOR BOTH HOUSTON AND COLLEGE STATION...THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 1ST
THROUGH AUGUST 20TH IS THE WARMEST SUCH PERIOD OF ANY YEAR ON
RECORD. FOR GALVESTON...IT IS THE SECOND WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD
SO FAR.

SOME TEMPERATURE STATISTICS ARE DETAILED BELOW.

HOUSTON - MOST DAYS OF 100-DEGREE OR HIGHER TEMPS FOR A SUMMER:
1. 1980 - 32 DAYS
2. 1998 - 24 DAYS
3. 2000 - 20 DAYS
4. 1902 - 19 DAYS
5. 2009/1909 - 16 DAYS

HOUSTON - MOST DAYS OF 97-DEGREE OR HIGHER TEMPS FOR A SUMMER:
1. 1980 - 68 DAYS
2. 1998 - 57 DAYS
3. 1902 - 53 DAYS
4. 2009 - 52 DAYS
5. 1906 - 47 DAYS

COLLEGE STATION - MOST DAYS OF 100-DEGREE OR HIGHER TEMPS FOR A SUMMER:
1. 1917 - 58 DAYS
2. 1998 - 51 DAYS
3. 1913 - 49 DAYS
4. 2009/2000/1925 - 48 DAYS
5. 1948/1937 - 47 DAYS

HOUSTON - JUNE 1ST THROUGH AUGUST 20TH:
(RECORDS SINCE 1889)

HIGHEST AVG TEMP:  HIGHEST AVG MAX TEMP:  HIGHEST AVG MIN TEMP:
1. 2009 - 86.6       1. 1980 - 97.4        1 (TIE).
2. 1980 - 86.4       2. 1998 - 97.0            1964 - 76.9
3. 1998 - 85.9       3. 2009 - 96.8            1963 - 76.9
4. 1962 - 85.3       4. 1902 - 95.6            1962 - 76.9
5. 1958 - 85.2       5. 1890 - 95.3            1958 - 76.9
                                           2. 2009 - 76.4
                                           3. 1953/1951 - 76.3
                                           4. 1965 - 76.2
                                           5. 1957 - 76.1

COLLEGE STATION - JUNE 1ST THROUGH AUGUST 20TH:
(RECORDS SINCE 1901)

HIGHEST AVG TEMP:  HIGHEST AVG MAX TEMP:  HIGHEST AVG MIN TEMP:
1. 2009 - 87.7       1. 1917 - 100.0       1. 1902 - 77.1
2. 1998 - 87.2       2. 2009 - 99.2        2. 2009 - 76.2
3. 1925 - 86.8       3. 1998 - 99.0        3. 1998 - 75.3
4. 1996 - 86.2       4. 1934 - 98.9        4. 1925 - 74.7
5  1934 - 86.1       5. 1925 - 98.8        5. 2008/1906 - 74.6

GALVESTON - JUNE 1ST THROUGH AUGUST 20TH:
(RECORDS SINCE 1875)

HIGHEST AVG TEMP:  HIGHEST AVG MAX TEMP:  HIGHEST AVG MIN TEMP:
1. 1875 - 85.8       1. 1875 - 93.0        1. 2005 - 80.5
2. 2009/2005 - 85.7  2. 2009 - 91.3        2. 1958 - 80.3
3. 1998/1881 - 84.7  3. 1876 - 91.1        3. 2009 - 80.2
4 (TIE).             4. 2005 - 90.9        4. 1998 - 79.9
   2008 - 84.6       5. 1995 - 90.5        5. 1953 - 79.2
   1876 - 84.6
5. 1883/1878 - 84.5

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