August Temperature/Precipitation (thru 2007) 
                  Normals (1971-2000) and Extremes for Galveston
                         (Temperature Records from 1875)
                        (Precipitation Records from 1871)
                              (last update 8/15/07)

    --------------- TEMPERATURE ---------------------    ------ PRECIPITATION -----
     NORMAL   RECORD      LOW       RECORD     HIGH      RECORD    CUMULATIVE PCPN
    MAX MIN  MAX YEAR     MAX      MIN YEAR    MIN        PCPN      DAILY  YEARLY 
    -------------------------------------------------    --------------------------
 1   89 80    97 1877    82 1953    70 1971   84 1942    6.56 1989   0.11   23.31 
 2   89 80    97 1877    79 1925    71 1953   83 2006*   3.47 1876   0.22   23.42 
 3   89 80    95 2004*   79 1971    69 1949   84 1996*   2.93 1900   0.33   23.53 
 4   89 80    96 1875    81 1974*   70 1890   84 1998*   2.97 1975   0.44   23.64 
 5   89 80    97 2004    80 1894    71 1893   84 1897    4.01 1973   0.55   23.75 

 6   90 80    96 1913    78 1894    70 1914   84 1993    3.01 1882   0.67   23.87 
 7   90 80    97 1926    81 1974*   70 1982   84 1987*   2.40 1875   0.79   23.99 
 8   90 80    94 2003*   80 1914    71 1989*  84 1987*   3.07 1914   0.91   24.11 
 9   90 80    98 1935    81 1989    70 1982*  84 1993*   4.29 1892   1.03   24.23 
10   90 80    97 1962*   79 1882    70 1961*  83 2005*   1.42 2006   1.15   24.35 

11   90 80    96 2007    81 1904*   69 1911   83 2005*   1.44 1900   1.27   24.47 
12   90 80    99 2007    78 1879    68 1967   84 1981    1.85 1879   1.39   24.59 
13   90 80    99 2007    81 1984*   68 1967   84 2007*   2.82 1932   1.52   24.72 
14   90 80    98 1874    79 1907    68 1915   84 2007*   1.69 1960   1.65   24.85 
15   89 80    96 1874    82 2002*   70 1899   84 1987   11.46 2002   1.78   24.98 

16   89 80    96 1951*   82 1992    70 1931   84 1993*   4.60 1915   1.91   25.11 
17   89 80    96 2006    81 1983    69 1915   83 1997*   9.05 1915   2.04   25.24 
18   89 79    95 1909    82 1961    70 1957   84 2006*   6.28 1983   2.18   25.38 
19   89 79    95 1991    80 1967    71 1967   84 2005*   2.99 1958   2.32   25.52 
20   89 79    97 1995*   80 1967    71 1897   85 1994    3.49 1966   2.46   25.66 

21   89 79    95 1921    81 1940*   70 1986*  84 1987*   3.78 1873   2.60   25.80 
22   89 79    96 1921    81 1967*   68 1891   83 2006*   3.13 1901   2.75   25.95 
23   89 79    96 1980    80 1891    68 1964   84 1993*   2.56 1888   2.90   26.10 
24   89 79    95 1988    79 1891    69 1979   84 1993    5.94 1888   3.05   26.25 
25   89 79   100 1924    77 1894    67 1966   84 1987*   4.16 1888   3.21   26.41 

26   89 79    97 1924    79 1966    68 1904   87 1883    2.06 1953   3.37   26.57 
27   89 79    99 1990    80 1967    67 1913   87 1883    8.17 1945   3.53   26.73 
28   89 79    96 1995*   81 1934*   71 1961*  84 1951*   4.81 1934   3.70   26.90 
29   89 78    97 2005    81 1948    70 1986*  84 1983*   4.61 1953   3.87   27.07 
30   89 78    97 1999*   77 1915    70 1946   84 1994*   2.52 2001   4.04   27.24 

31   89 78   100 2000    79 1944    68 1915   84 1982   10.86 1981   4.22   27.42 

* indicates a record that has been tied on a previous year

AUGUST Normals: 
MEAN TEMPERATURE......84.4
MEAN PRECIPITATION....4.22 
HEATING DEGREE DAYS...0
COOLING DEGREE DAYS...574 

ALLTIME AUGUST RECORDS: 
HIGH  100  08/31/2000 and  08/25/1924    
LOW    67  08/25/1966 and  08/27/1913