PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 218 PM CDT THU SEP 3 2009 ...HOT TEMPERATURES CONTINUE IN AUGUST... ...AUGUST RAINFALL REMAINS BELOW NORMAL... AUGUST TEMPERATURES CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL. THIS TREND OF UNUSUALLY WARM TEMPERATURES BEGAN IN MID JUNE AND HAS BEEN UNRELENTING SINCE THEN. HOUSTON TIED 1980 FOR ITS WARMEST SUMMER (JUNE THROUGH AUGUST) IN RECORDED HISTORY. COLLEGE STATION SMASHED ITS PREVIOUS WARMEST SUMMER BY ALMOST A WHOLE DEGREE. GALVESTON AND HOUSTON HOBBY ENDURED THEIR SECOND WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD. BELOW ARE THE FIVE WARMEST SUMMERS FOR OUR PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES. HOUSTON COLLEGE GALVESTON HOUSTON STATION HOBBY 86.4 2009/1980 87.6 2009 85.8 2005 86.0 1998 85.6 1998 86.8 1998 85.7 2009 85.9 2009 85.3 1962 86.3 1925 85.5 1875 84.6 1980 85.0 1958/1951 86.1 1934 85.0 1881 84.3 2005 86.0 1951 84.7 1876 84.3 2008 AUGUST STARTED OUT VERY WARM WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 100 DEGREES. THE THERMOMETER COOLED TOWARD SEASONAL NORMALS BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST AVERAGED 2 TO 3 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL. HOUSTON REGISTERED ITS SEVENTH WARMEST AUGUST WHILE GALVESTON AND HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT ENDURED THEIR SECOND WARMEST AUGUST. COLLEGE STATION WAS ALSO VERY WARM AND THEY HAD THEIR THIRD WARMEST AUGUST IN RECORDED HISTORY. BELOW IS A YET ANOTHER TABLE TRYING TO WOW YOU WITH NUMBERS. WARMEST AUGUST MONTHLY TEMPERATURES HOUSTON COLLEGE GALVESTON HOUSTON STATION HOBBY 87.5 1962 88.5 1951 86.6 2005 86.4 1999 87.1 1951 87.7 1962 86.5 2009 86.2 2009 86.8 1999 87.6 2009 86.1 1999 85.9 1962 86.8 1902 87.4 1988 85.8 1995 85.8 1951 86.6 1980 87.3 1937 85.7 2007 85.7 2007 86.2 2009 HERE IS AN UPDATE LIST FOR THE NUMBER OF 100 DEGREE DAYS SO FAR THIS YEAR AND HOW THIS YEAR COMPARES TO OTHER HOT YEARS. NUMBER OF 100 DEGREE DAYS - 2009 HOUSTON COLLEGE GALVESTON HOUSTON STATION HOBBY MAY 0 0 0 0 JUNE 7 11 0 4 JULY 4 23 0 1 AUG 6 19 0 1 SUM 17 53 0 6 HERE ARE THE YEARS WITH THE MOST 100 DEGREE DAYS. HOUSTON COLLEGE HOUSTON STATION HOBBY 32 1980 58 1917 13 2000 24 1998 53 2009 13 1998 20 2000 51 1998 10 1948 19 1902 49 1913 9 1962 17 2009 48 2000 8 1980 DESPITE THE MONTHLY AVERAGES...THERE WERE NO DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT ANY OF THE PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES. THERE WERE NUMEROUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS PRODUCED THROUGH JUST CONSISTENTLY WARM DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES. TYPICALLY...TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BRING CLOUDS...RAINFALL AND A RESPITE FROM THE HEAT. THE SUMMER OF 2009 HAS ALSO BEEN A RATHER DRY SUMMER. MORE NUMBERS BELOW: DRIEST SUMMERS JUNE THROUGH AUGUST HOUSTON COLLEGE GALVESTON HOUSTON STATION HOBBY 3.89 1980 0.64 1980 2.43 1907 3.57 1934 4.06 1930 1.69 1970 2.81 1956 4.83 1956 4.57 1970 1.99 1947 3.00 1924 5.02 1944 4.88 1913 2.05 1934 3.05 1930 5.09 1980 5.22 2009/1948 2.47 1913 3.32 2000 5.70 1935 DRIEST MAY THROUGH AUGUST HOUSTON COLLEGE GALVESTON HOUSTON STATION HOBBY 5.60 2009 2.53 1934 3.81 1956 4.90 1934 7.47 1917 4.59 2009 4.31 2009 6.71 1931 7.82 1934 4.66 1998 5.14 1954 7.30 2009 7.99 1934 4.91 1913 5.19 1948 8.10 1988 8.40 1901 5.20 1970 5.41 1896 8.15 1956 EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH...MOTHER NATURE OCCASIONALLY TURNED ON THE SPIGOT IN THE SKY. STORMS ERUPTED OVER THE AREA ON THE 12TH AND 13TH BRINGING A VARIETY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER INCLUDING NICKEL SIZED HAIL IN COLLEGE STATION...WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH IN HARRIS COUNTY...NICKEL SIZED HAIL IN WHARTON COUNTY AND WIND DAMAGE IN FORT BEND COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STORMS DEVELOPED ON THE 21ST BRINGING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL TO PORTIONS OF HARRIS...WALKER AND FORT BEND COUNTIES. BELOW ARE 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 96.4 76.1 86.2 +2.9 2.11 -1.72 GLS 92.3 80.7 86.5 +2.1 1.08 -3.14 CLL 99.2 76.0 87.6 +2.9 0.69 -1.94 HOU 95.5 76.9 86.2 +1.8 1.63 -2.91 CXO 94.9 72.8 83.8 +0.5 2.78 -0.92 DWH 96.3 72.9 84.6 +1.7 1.47 -3.35 LBX 95.2 73.7 84.5 +2.1 1.90 -2.86 LVJ 94.3 75.6 85.0 +1.7 4.32 -0.70 PSX 93.0 80.2 86.6 +3.6 0.81 -2.55 SGR 96.4 74.3 85.3 +2.2 3.97 -0.57 UTS 96.4 75.1 85.7 +2.5 0.86 -2.86 HGX 92.4 75.4 83.9 +1.9 4.66 +0.09 HERE IS THE TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA FROM SOME OF OUR CO-OP VOLUNTEERS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS: COMMUNITY AVG AVG RAIN WARMEST COOLEST HIGH LOW TEMP TEMP ALVIN 91.8 74.1 3.76 97 70 ANAHUAC 91.8 71.9 3.85 98 65 BAYTOWN 93.5 77.5 3.85 98 73 BELLVILLE 98.0 73.4 2.51 102 69 BRENHAM 95.3 70.7 2.81 102 68 CLEVELAND 93.4 71.6 3.07 97 67 COLUMBUS 98.6 74.5 3.06 102 70 CROCKETT 99.5 73.3 4.24 104 68 DACUS 2.01 DANEVANG 96.8 73.1 0.40 101 70 EDNA 4.15 EL CAMPO 99.5 75.0 3.35 104 71 FREEPORT 92.5 79.1 1.46 95 73 HOU HEIGHTS 5.52 HOU PORT 95.2 78.9 0.17 101 75 HOU WESTBURY 2.93 KATY 2.69 LIBERTY 3.31 LIVINGSTON 96.6 75.0 2.95 99 69 MATAGORDA 90.4 78.8 0.05 93 72 MONTGOMERY 6.28 NEW CANEY 3.47 RICHMOND 4.39 SOMERVILLE 0.94 101 70 WASH ST PARK 100.9 74.9 2.22 103 64 WEST COLUMBIA 2.34 WHARTON 2.53 $$