PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 315 PM CST FRI JAN 13 2006 ...2005 ANNUAL CLIMATE SUMMARY... ...MUCH OF THE AREA REMAINED SIGNIFICANTLY DRIER THAN NORMAL... ...GALVESTON TIES RECORD FOR WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD... ...COLLEGE STATION HAS ITS NINTH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD... AS YEARS GO...2005 WAS RELATIVELY QUIET. SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAKS WERE INFREQUENT WITH ONLY A HANDFUL OF EVENTS WORTH MENTIONING. THE TROPICS WERE VERY ACTIVE WITH STORMS STILL DEVELOPING INTO JANUARY. RITA BROUGHT A GREAT DEAL OF EXCITEMENT TOWARD THE END OF SEPTEMBER. SHE BROUGHT PLENTY OF WIND...BUT REGRETTABLY SHE DIDN`T BRING MUCH RAIN. AROUND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...WEATHER AVERAGES JUST DON`T SEEM TO MEAN MUCH. IT IS FEAST OR FAMINE...FROM FLOODS TO FIRES. RAINFALL WAS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH MARCH. THIS ALLOWED A NICE START TO THE GROWING SEASON. DRY CONDITIONS STARTED IN JUNE WITH A BRIEF REPRIEVE IN JULY ONLY TO TURN SIGNIFICANTLY DRIER DURING AUGUST AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE END OF 2005. DUE TO THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY GROUND FUELS...NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2005 WILL BE REMEMBERED MORE FOR THE THREAT FROM WILDFIRES THAN FROM COLD WEATHER OUTBREAKS OR THE USUAL NOVEMBER FLOOD EVENT. AT INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR 2005 WAS 70.3 DEGREES. THIS IS THE 29TH WARMEST YEAR IN RECORDED HISTORY. RAINFALL FOR THE YEAR TOPPED OUT AT 41.21 INCHES. THIS IS 6.63 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE 42ND DRIEST YEAR IN HISTORY. GALVESTON AND COLLEGE STATION WERE WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL. AT GALVESTON...THE 2005 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 72.3 DEGREES. THIS TIES THE PREVIOUS WARMEST YEARS OF 1933...1994 AND 1999. THE 2005 RAINFALL WAS 31.19 INCHES. THIS IS 12.65 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND IS THE 15TH DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD. COLLEGE STATION HAD A 2005 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 69.8 DEGREES. THIS IS THE NINTH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE 2005 RAINFALL TOTAL WAS 28.98 INCHES. THIS IS 10.69 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND IS THE 13TH DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE GREATEST 2005 RAINFALL TOTAL NOTED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS WAS 50.17 INCHES AT HOUSTON HEIGHTS. THE LOWEST 2005 RAINFALL TOTAL OCCURRED AT BELLVILLE WHERE ONLY 26.71 INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING THE YEAR. ...JANUARY... RAINFALL WAS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL NEAR THE COAST...WITH HEAVIER MONTHLY TOTALS IN THE BRAZOS VALLEY. TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGING 2.5 TO 4.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER WAS LIMITED TO A FEW DENSE FOG EVENTS. ...FEBRUARY... RAINFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL DURING THE MONTH. MONTHLY TOTALS WERE ONE TO THREE INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS ANOTHER WARM MONTH AS TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ANOTHER 2.0 TO 4.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 13TH AND 23RD PRODUCED BASEBALL SIZED HAIL ACROSS PARTS OF MONTGOMERY AND WALLER COUNTIES. ...MARCH... RAINFALL CONTINUED TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL WITH TOTALS AVERAGING AROUND AN INCH GREATER THAN NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN THIS MONTH WAS FOCUSED TOWARD THE MATAGORDA BAY AREA. IN A REVERSAL FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO MONTHS...MARCH AVERAGED BETWEEN A 0.5 AND 1.0 DEGREES COOLER THAN NORMAL. ON MARCH 7TH...MARGINALLY LARGE HAIL FELL ON PARTS OF HARRIS COUNTY. ON THE 19TH...ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL FELL OVER PARTS OF BURLESON...BRAZOS...MONTGOMERY AND POLK COUNTIES. ...APRIL... A TREND TOWARD DRIER CONDITIONS DEVELOPED IN APRIL. MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS WERE TWO TO THREE INCHES BELOW NORMAL. TEMPERATURES VARIED GREATLY ACROSS THE AREA. MONTHLY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOUT A DEGREE WARMER THAN NORMAL ALONG THE COAST AND ABOUT A DEGREE BELOW NORMAL INLAND. HAZARDOUS WEATHER WAS CONFINED TO A FEW HAIL REPORTS IN BRAZOS...GRIMES AND HOUSTON COUNTIES ON THE 5TH. ...MAY... TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL DURING MAY. MONTHLY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOUT A HALF DEGREE BELOW NORMAL. RAINFALL VARIED GREATLY DEPENDING ON YOUR LOCATION. OVERALL...RAINFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL EXCEPT ALONG THE US HIGHWAY 59 CORRIDOR. A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTBREAK OCCURRED ON MOTHER`S DAY (MAY 8TH). WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE AND ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF HARRIS... FORT BEND...BRAZORIA AND GALVESTON COUNTIES. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 28TH AND 29TH PRODUCED LARGE HAIL ACROSS PARTS OF WALKER...COLORADO...SAN JACINTO AND LIBERTY COUNTIES. ...JUNE... DRY...DRY...DRY!!! RAINFALL WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL DURING THE MONTH. MOST AREAS RECEIVED LESS THAN AN INCH OF RAIN FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH. AT INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT IN HOUSTON...RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH TOTALED 0.08 INCHES WHICH IS THE DRIEST JUNE IN RECORDED HISTORY. GALVESTON RECEIVED ONLY 0.24 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH IS THE EIGHTH DRIEST JUNE IN RECORDED HISTORY. TEMPERATURES WERE WARMER THAN NORMAL AVERAGING 1.5 TO 2.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER WAS LIMITED TO LARGE HAIL IN MONTGOMERY AND HARRIS COUNTIES ON THE 14TH AND WIND DAMAGE IN BELLAIRE ON THE 15TH. ...JULY... DRY CONDITIONS CAME TO AN ABRUPT END IN JULY. RAINFALL WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGING TWO TO THREE INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. AT HOBBY AIRPORT IN HOUSTON...THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL WAS 12.96 INCHES. TEMPERATURES WERE ABOUT A DEGREE WARMER THAN NORMAL. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE ON THE 7TH...14TH AND 29TH. ...AUGUST... RAINFALL CAME TO AN ABRUPT END IN AUGUST AND RAINFALL TOTALS AVERAGED TWO TO THREE INCHES BELOW NORMAL. TEMPERATURES WERE 1.0 TO 2.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE HIGHER VALUES NEAR THE COAST. THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 14TH AND 15TH PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE. SWELLS FROM HURRICANE KATRINA PRODUCED SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN BRAZORIA COUNTY. ...SEPTEMBER... ONE WORD - RITA. HURRICANE RITA MOVED INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO AND MADE A SLOW BUT STEADY APPROACH TOWARD THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO COASTLINE. THE HURRICANE QUICKLY STRENGTHENED INTO A CATEGORY 5 STORM. THE STORM DECREASED IN INTENSITY TO A CATEGORY 3 STORM AS IT CROSSED THE SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA COAST. STRONG TO HURRICANE FORCE WINDS POUNDED PARTS OF CHAMBERS...LIBERTY...SAN JACINTO...POLK... TRINITY AND HOUSTON COUNTIES. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES WERE DOWN. POWER WAS OUT BETWEEN 4 AND 6 DAYS IN SOME LOCATIONS. BEACH EROSION OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF CHAMBERS...GALVESTON AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES. ON THE WEST SIDE OF RITA...SUBSIDENCE HELPED BOOST TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 90S AND LOWER 100S. UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES PREVAILED THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH...WITH MANY LOCATIONS EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES. ...OCTOBER... OCTOBER WAS AGAIN DRY WITH MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS TWO TO THREE INCHES DRIER THAN NORMAL. TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. A FAST MOVING SQUALL LINE ON HALLOWEEN PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE FROM BRAZOS TO HARRIS COUNTIES. ...NOVEMBER... RAINFALL WAS AGAIN BELOW NORMAL WITH MONTHLY TOTALS BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE THREAT FROM WILD FIRES BEGAN TO GROW AS DROUGHT CONDITIONS WORSENED. TO FURTHER COMPLICATE THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT...TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGING 1.5 TO 4.0 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL. THERE WAS NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER DURING THE MONTH. ...DECEMBER... TEMPERATURES WERE COOLER THAN NORMAL AVERAGING BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS GENERALLY BELOW NORMAL EXCEPT ALONG THE US 59 CORRIDOR WHERE VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRED. THERE WERE TWO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS DURING THE MONTH. THE FIRST OCCURRED ON THE 7TH AND 8TH AND AFFECTED PARTS OF WASHINGTON...BURLESON...BRAZOS...GRIMES...MADISON AND HOUSTON COUNTIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING WAS ISSUED DUE TO EXPECTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A QUARTER INCH. ON THE 14TH...PARAMETERS CAME TOGETHER FOR A BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAIN EVENT. MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED OVER PARTS OF FORT BEND...HARRIS... MONTGOMERY AND LIBERTY COUNTIES. 5.64 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON THE 14TH AT INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT. THIS WAS A 24 HOUR RAINFALL RECORD FOR THE DATE AND WAS ALSO THE GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL RECORD FOR THE MONTH. BETWEEN 80 AND 90 PERCENT OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL FELL ON THE 14TH. COLLEGE STATION WAS EXTREMELY DRY DURING THE MONTH (ONLY 1.00 INCH OF RAIN/ICE) AND SUFFERED IT`S TENTH DRIEST DECEMBER IN RECORDED HISTORY. DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS PREVAILED THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH INCREASING FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. BY THE END OF DECEMBER...SEVERAL GRASS AND WILD FIRES DOTTED THE STATE. && BELOW IS A TABLE WITH THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA FOR SEVERAL SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE SITE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC IAH 65.2 66.2 72.0 78.3 85.9 93.5 93.7 94.1 93.2 83.3 75.4 64.0 GLS 64.6 64.7 70.2 77.0 82.3 89.7 91.7 92.0 90.2 80.8 73.3 63.3 CLL 63.3 64.6 71.2 78.1 85.0 94.4 95.3 94.4 96.7 83.5 75.6 62.9 HOU 66.5 66.5 72.5 78.6 85.8 92.6 92.6 93.7 93.2 82.9 75.8 65.2 PSX 65.5 66.4 72.6 79.1 83.4 89.9 92.0 93.0 93.0 84.0 76.6 66.7 CXO 63.8 64.8 71.4 78.0 85.4 94.3 94.1 94.9 95.1 82.6 75.2 63.1 UTS 64.0 65.5 71.5 78.2 86.5 96.3 95.4 94.8 94.2 81.9 74.2 62.2 LBX 66.9 66.4 72.2 77.8 84.4 90.8 92.3 93.6 93.3 82.8 76.0 66.0 LVJ 65.9 66.2 72.3 78.2 85.3 92.3 93.2 93.7 92.1 82.4 75.2 65.0 SGR 66.5 67.4 73.2 79.7 86.5 93.7 94.2 93.7 93.5 83.4 76.0 64.7 DWH 64.2 65.9 72.0 78.2 85.4 93.6 94.2 94.9 94.9 84.2 76.8 64.2 HGX 65.6 65.4 71.4 76.1 83.7 90.7 91.6 92.2 90.9 80.9 74.2 64.5 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE SITE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC IAH 47.3 51.3 51.4 57.1 64.7 73.0 75.2 75.1 73.6 58.9 53.5 42.1 GLS 51.9 54.4 57.2 64.7 70.9 79.8 80.5 81.2 78.9 67.3 60.3 49.5 CLL 45.9 49.6 49.5 55.7 64.7 73.3 74.4 74.6 73.2 58.5 51.7 39.3 HOU 49.0 52.9 53.3 59.1 66.7 74.7 75.5 76.9 75.8 62.4 55.5 45.0 PSX 48.6 53.2 54.8 60.1 67.7 75.2 76.5 78.2 77.5 63.1 55.9 44.7 CXO 44.7 47.9 47.3 52.1 60.9 69.0 72.5 71.8 69.4 53.5 48.3 36.4 UTS 46.2 49.1 50.1 56.0 64.3 73.1 73.7 74.1 71.6 55.9 51.5 38.8 LBX 48.3 52.1 51.3 56.0 63.9 71.3 73.8 73.3 72.9 59.1 50.8 41.7 LVJ 48.8 52.8 52.7 57.8 65.5 74.0 75.9 76.1 74.7 61.0 53.8 44.0 SGR 48.6 52.8 51.9 57.5 65.5 72.7 74.4 73.9 73.1 59.1 51.8 40.8 DWH 46.6 50.1 49.9 55.5 64.0 71.5 73.8 73.7 72.2 57.3 52.1 40.1 HGX 47.7 51.1 50.5 56.1 64.6 72.6 74.0 74.3 73.4 59.4 52.9 42.9 AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE SITE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC IAH 56.3 58.8 61.7 67.7 75.3 83.3 84.4 84.6 83.4 71.1 64.4 53.1 DEPART +4.5 +3.4 -0.6 -0.8 -0.5 +2.0 +0.8 +1.3 +4.5 +0.7 +3.5 -0.6 GLS 58.3 59.5 63.7 70.8 76.6 84.7 86.1 86.6 84.6 74.0 66.8 56.4 DEPART +2.5 +1.5 -0.4 +0.8 -0.3 +2.5 +1.8 +2.2 +3.5 -0.1 +1.4 -1.7 CLL 54.6 57.1 60.3 66.9 74.9 83.9 84.8 84.5 85.0 71.0 63.7 51.1 DEPART +4.4 +2.6 -1.3 -1.0 -0.4 +2.3 +0.2 -0.2 +5.3 +0.5 +3.7 -1.1 HOU 57.8 59.7 62.9 68.8 76.2 83.6 84.1 85.3 84.5 72.6 65.7 55.1 DEPART +3.5 +2.0 -1.3 -1.2 -0.8 +1.3 -0.4 +0.9 +4.0 +0.4 +2.7 -1.0 PSX 57.0 59.8 63.7 69.6 75.5 82.5 84.3 85.6 85.2 73.5 66.3 55.7 DEPART +4.1 +4.0 +1.6 +1.1 -0.2 +1.4 +0.9 +2.6 +6.2 +2.2 +4.1 +0.6 CXO 54.2 56.3 59.3 65.1 73.2 81.7 83.3 83.3 82.2 68.1 61.8 49.8 UTS 55.1 57.3 60.8 67.1 75.4 84.7 84.5 84.5 82.9 68.9 62.8 50.5 LBX 57.6 59.3 61.7 66.9 74.1 81.1 83.1 83.5 83.1 70.9 63.4 53.9 LVJ 57.3 59.5 62.5 68.0 75.4 83.2 84.5 84.9 83.4 71.7 64.5 54.5 SGR 57.6 60.1 62.6 68.6 76.0 83.2 84.3 83.8 83.3 71.2 63.9 52.8 DWH 55.4 58.0 61.0 66.8 74.7 82.6 84.0 84.3 83.6 70.7 64.5 52.1 HGX 56.7 58.2 60.9 66.1 74.1 81.6 82.8 83.2 82.1 70.1 63.5 53.7 RAINFALL SITE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC IAH 3.41 6.10 4.05 1.28 6.06 0.08 5.30 1.52 2.63 1.69 2.72 6.37 GLS 2.16 2.76 3.92 1.85 2.63 0.24 4.02 1.00 3.88 2.51 3.86 2.36 CLL 3.92 5.07 3.81 1.26 2.48 0.45 4.63 3.26 T 2.11 0.99 1.00 HOU 0.96 4.22 3.62 0.88 2.18 0.29 12.96 2.54 1.47 1.41 2.91 2.27 PSX 1.42 2.89 6.06 1.04 7.93 0.80 6.93 0.35 4.12 4.24 1.23 0.96 CXO 3.48 5.54 2.83 1.91 1.30 1.50 5.27 1.58 0.36 2.08 1.64 2.24 UTS 2.27 4.74 2.84 3.31 1.59 0.11 3.06 5.68 0.66 2.64 0.86 1.67 LBX 2.79 2.75 4.44 1.54 2.91 0.32 4.17 0.86 1.97 4.85 4.40 1.20 LVJ 2.11 4.16 3.34 1.48 3.50 0.41 7.74 1.17 1.83 1.50 3.23 3.81 SGR 1.91 6.02 2.82 1.13 4.70 0.79 5.15 4.59 0.94 2.38 1.72 3.46 DWH 3.69 5.25 3.18 1.73 2.58 0.53 7.14 1.82 1.07 1.89 1.76 3.11 HGX 1.83 3.54 4.63 1.82 3.74 1.39 7.50 5.39 3.19 2.01 4.39 2.86 2005 RAINFALL TOTALS SITE 2005 TOTALS IAH 41.21 GLS 31.19 CLL 28.98 HOU 35.71 PSX 37.97 CXO 29.73 UTS 29.43 LBX 32.20 LVJ 34.28 SGR 35.61 DWH 33.75 HGX 42.29 BELOW IS A TABLE INCORPORATING CO-OP DATA ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS SITE JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN BAYTOWN 1.77 6.59 3.15 0.78 4.57 0.46 BELLVILLE 3.43 3.57 1.98 0.84 2.29 0.61 BRENHAM 4.43 4.45 2.33 0.69 4.89 2.45 CALDWELL 4.35 3.31 3.60 1.59 4.23 0.28 CLEVELAND 2.83 6.73 1.88 1.43 4.93 0.21 CLODINE 2.16 9.20 3.26 1.13 4.69 2.54 COLUMBUS 5.27 2.97 3.12 1.00 6.70 0.00 CORRIGAN 3.63 7.92 4.96 2.69 4.22 0.82 CROCKETT 4.53 4.66 3.72 0.36 3.16 0.30 CYPRESS 3.03 6.62 2.53 1.68 2.48 0.00 DACUS 3.86 6.72 4.53 2.53 2.25 0.11 DANEVANG 1.88 6.44 3.30 1.35 5.19 1.18 EDNA 4.10 5.48 3.07 0.97 6.77 1.80 FREEPORT 3.39 2.99 3.99 1.81 1.87 0.19 HOUSTON HEIGHTS 1.53 7.23 3.17 1.31 6.90 0.07 NORTH HOUSTON 2.08 8.36 3.00 1.40 4.72 0.15 HOUSTON - PORT 1.04 7.43 1.43 0.58 3.06 0.12 HOUSTON - WESTBURY 2.02 6.77 3.34 1.08 3.97 2.47 JAMAICA BEACH 2.62 3.67 6.64 1.30 3.32 0.66 KATY 1.15 6.25 2.81 0.67 3.96 0.82 LIVINGSTON 4.40 6.75 4.70 4.29 2.28 0.22 MADISONVILLE 4.02 6.33 4.14 1.21 3.09 0.88 MATAGORDA 0.11 4.15 4.85 1.25 3.89 1.05 NEW CANEY 1.84 7.66 2.51 1.80 3.36 0.06 RICHARDS 3.00 3.50 1.79 3.26 2.66 0.80 LAKE SOMERVILLE 3.41 4.93 2.83 0.61 3.03 0.33 THOMPSONS 1.47 6.12 3.34 1.09 5.04 0.24 WASHINGTON 3.08 3.62 2.98 1.33 2.75 0.20 WEST COLUMBIA 1.74 3.37 3.57 1.27 4.72 0.28 WHARTON 2.25 4.90 4.34 1.68 4.56 0.28 SITE JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR BAYTOWN 11.49 4.18 3.71 0.80 4.07 2.91 44.48 BELLVILLE 5.96 1.70 0.19 1.01 2.77 2.36 26.71 BRENHAM 6.90 1.23 1.12 3.91 2.37 2.20 36.97 CALDWELL 3.17 3.93 0.45 2.10 0.80 0.95 28.76 CLEVELAND 4.85 3.59 0.99* 0.93 4.68 3.93 35.99 CLODINE 3.56 2.65 1.43 0.77 2.90 5.31 39.60 COLUMBUS 7.16 1.63 0.45 3.68 1.66 1.35 34.99 CORRIGAN 6.33 5.27 2.05 0.33 2.24 1.89 42.35 CROCKETT 6.11 3.51 1.93 0.13 1.39 0.87 30.67 CYPRESS 4.90 9.97 0.28 0.00 3.88 3.89 39.26 DACUS 4.79 2.72 0.99 2.70 2.15 2.15 35.50 DANEVANG 4.98 0.99 1.41 2.14 3.93 1.30 34.09 EDNA 3.90 1.22 1.75 4.94 2.64 0.50 37.14 FREEPORT 7.95 4.24 3.81 2.22 4.59 1.05 38.10 HOU HEIGHTS 12.29 6.25 1.61 0.58 3.29 5.94 50.17 NORTH HOUSTON 8.12 2.13 0.49 0.79 2.66 4.90 38.80 HOU - PORT 13.50 1.36 3.58 0.50 0.64 2.23 35.47 HOU WESTBURY 8.25 3.84 1.83 0.57 2.94 3.16 40.24 JAMAICA BEACH 4.16 0.88 7.87 2.45 3.68 3.10 37.25 KATY 3.52 1.13 0.90 0.85 1.36 3.48 26.90 LIVINGSTON 6.01 3.58 5.84 0.00 1.89 2.66 42.62 MADISONVILLE 3.42 5.10 0.67 0.79 1.70 0.74 32.09 MATAGORDA 2.94 0.57 2.72 6.80 1.34 0.31 27.26 NEW CANEY 5.60 0.74 5.38 0.73 3.84 6.52 40.04 RICHARDS 5.00 6.71 1.85 1.50 2.40 2.05 34.52 SOMERVILLE 4.28 3.08 0.12 2.15 1.53 1.16 27.46 THOMPSONS 5.86 3.53 2.56 1.96 4.55 3.73 39.49 WASHINGTON 4.47 2.20 2.11 2.85 1.50 2.11 29.20 WEST COLUMBIA 7.47 1.52 2.70 5.18 4.37 1.72 37.91 WHARTON 4.12 3.69 3.59 2.85 3.73 1.40 37.39 * SEPTEMBER RAINFALL INCOMPLETE && IAH = HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT GLS = GALVESTON SCHOLES FIELD CLL = COLLEGE STATION EASTERWOOD FIELD HOU = HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT PSX = PALACIOS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT CXO = CONROE - LONE STAR EXECUTIVE AIRPORT UTS = HUNTSVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT LBX = BRAZORIA COUNTY AIRPORT LVJ = PEARLAND REGIONAL AIRPORT SGR = SUGARLAND - HULL AIRPORT DWH = TOMBALL - DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEMORIAL AIRPORT HGX = LEAGUE CITY - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE $$