PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
426 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2008

         ...JUNE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE VERY WARM TREND...
          ...JUNE RAINFALL VARIED OVER THE REGION...

THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JUNE WERE VERY DRY WITH VIRTUALLY NO RAIN.
A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED PARKED OVER THE
SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS AND THIS FEATURE LIMITED RAIN CHANCES OVER
MUCH OF TEXAS. THE DRIEST PART OF THE REGION WAS LOCATED ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST AND OVER THE EXTREME WEST AND NORTHWEST PARTS OF
THE AREA. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MOVED WEST DURING THE MIDDLE PART
OF THE MONTH AND ALLOWED A NORTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW TO DEVELOP.
THIS BROUGHT SEVERAL CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS INTO THE REGION. THE
STORMS WERE RATHER ROBUST AND THERE WERE SEVERAL DAYS WITH LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME VERY WELCOME RAIN. PEARLAND
RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN DURING THE MONTH WITH A RESPECTABLE 10.06
INCHES OF RAIN DURING JUNE. COLLEGE STATION WAS THE DRIEST
LOCATION WITH A PALTRY 0.29 INCHES OF RAIN (0.27 INCHES FALLING ON
THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH). THIS TIES FOR THE EIGHTH DRIEST JUNE
ON RECORD FOR THE COLLEGE STATION AREA.

IT WASN`T JUST DRY. IT WAS ALSO QUITE WARM. THE THREE PRIMARY
CLIMATE SITE FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL
AIRPORT... COLLEGE STATION EASTERWOOD FIELD AND GALVESTON SCHOLES
FIELD ALL RECORDED A TOP TEN WARMEST JUNE. HOUSTON HAD AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 84.5 DEGREES WHICH IS THE FIFTH WARMEST JUNE ON
RECORD. GALVESTON HAD AN AVERAGE JUNE TEMPERATURE OF 84.9 DEGREES
WHICH IS THE THIRD WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD (85.6 IN 1881 AND 85.2
IN 1875 WERE WARMER). COLLEGE STATION HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
OF 85.4 DEGREES WHICH IS THE FOURTH WARMEST JUNE IN RECORDED HISTORY.
DESPITE THE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...NONE OF THE PRIMARY CLIMATE
SITES EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES.

BELOW IS A TABLE WITH TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA FOR THE
PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

SITE        AVG     AVG     AVG      DEP    RAIN    DEP
            HIGH    LOW     DAILY

IAH         95.1    74.0    84.5    +3.2    2.06   -3.29
GLS         90.8    78.9    84.9    +2.7    1.06   -2.98
CLL         96.3    74.6    85.4    +3.8    0.29   -3.50
HOU         93.5    75.8    84.7    +2.4    8.34   +1.50
CXO         93.7    70.7    82.2    +1.4    1.82   -2.76
UTS         93.8    73.8    83.8    +3.2    3.00   -1.66
PSX         90.0    78.7    84.3    +3.2    2.37   -1.94
LBX         92.5    74.2    83.3    +2.5    2.35   -2.41
DWH         93.5    72.4    83.0    +2.3    3.56   -3.70
LVJ         91.8    74.1    82.9    +1.6   10.06   +2.61
SGR         95.2    74.9    85.0    +3.3    1.89   -3.15
HGX         90.5    74.7    82.6    +2.3    4.47   -2.89

HERE ARE A FEW MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM ACROSS THE AREA:

ALVIN         3.10     HOUSTON PORT   4.05
BAY CITY      2.22     HOUSTON HEIGHT 3.16
BAYTOWN       6.54     KATY           0.70
BELLVILLE     1.75     LIVINGSTON     1.78
BRENHAM       0.51     MADISONVILLE   0.93
CLEVELAND     2.20     MATAGORDA      1.09
COLUMBUS      0.61     RICHMOND       1.49
CROCKETT      1.26     SOMERVILLE     0.58
DANEVANG      1.27     WHARTON        2.51
FREEPORT      1.00

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