PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
105 PM CST MON MAR 6 2006

       ...FEBRUARY TEMPERATURES GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL...
          ...RAINFALL BELOW NORMAL NEAR THE COAST...

TEMPERATURES IN FEBRUARY WERE GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL BUT WERE 2.5 TO
3.5 DEGREES COOLER THAN TEMPERATURES OBSERVED IN JANUARY. TEMPERATURES
DURING THE MONTH WERE TOPSY-TURVY AS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE
RECORDED ON THE 18TH AND A RECORD LOW MAXIMUMS WERE RECORDED JUST
THREE DAYS LATER.

OF GREATER SIGNIFICANCE WAS THE LACK OF RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY ALONG
THE COAST. RAINFALL TOTALS WERE 1 TO 2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL NEAR THE
COAST AND NEAR NORMAL OVER THE NORTHWEST...EVEN SLIGHTLY ABOVE
NORMAL OVER THE EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. IT HAS BEEN
QUITE DRY ALONG THE COAST. GALVESTON HAS ONLY RECEIVED 1.24 INCHES
OF RAIN IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. THIS IS THE SECOND DRIEST JANUARY
FEBRUARY IN RECORDED HISTORY. HOUSTON HAS ONLY RECEIVED 3.96 INCHES OF
RAIN DURING THIS TWO MONTH PERIOD. THIS IS THE 25TH DRIEST JANUARY
FEBRUARY IN RECORDED HISTORY. THE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR GALVESTON AND
HOUSTON IN THIS TWO MONTH PERIOD ARE 6.69 INCHES AND 6.66 INCHES
RESPECTIVELY. HERE ARE THE FIVE DRIEST JANUARY FEBRUARY COMBINATIONS
FOR GALVESTON AND HOUSTON:

   GALVESTON                          HOUSTON

1.05 INCHES IN 1916               0.98 INCHES IN 1911
1.24 INCHES IN 2006               1.77 INCHES IN 1976
1.31 INCHES IN 1976               2.13 INCHES IN 2002
1.48 INCHES IN 1954               2.17 INCHES IN 1996
1.48 INCHES IN 1909               2.32 INCHES IN 1909


BELOW IS A TABLE WITH THE MONTHLY DATA FOR A FEW CLIMATE SITES ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

SITE         AVG     AVG     AVG    DEP     RAIN     DEP
             HIGH    LOW     DAILY

IAH          66.6    44.4    55.5   +0.1    1.46     -1.52
GLS          65.4    51.0    58.2   +0.2    0.67     -1.94
CLL          64.0    42.2    53.1   -1.4    3.70     +1.32
HOU          67.2    46.9    57.1   -0.6    1.62     -1.39
CXO          65.3    39.5    52.4   -1.1    3.21     -0.24
UTS          63.9    41.9    52.9   +/-0    3.29     -0.15
DWH          67.2    43.1    55.2   +0.3    2.39     -1.22
SGR          67.1    44.2    55.6   -0.4    1.68     -1.38
LVJ          67.2    46.4    56.8   +0.7    1.84     -1.40
HGX          66.2    45.5    55.9   -0.1    1.68     -1.59
LBX          68.2    45.2    56.7   +0.3    1.06     -2.38
PSX          68.8    49.0    58.9   +3.1    0.64     -1.81

&&

RECORDS

RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
GALVESTON
79 DEGREES ON THE 2ND                    79 DEGREES IN 1996
75 DEGREES ON THE 22ND (TIED)            75 DEGREES IN 1884

HOUSTON
81 DEGREES ON THE 16TH (TIED)            81 DEGREES IN 1982

RECORD LOW MAXIMUM
HOUSTON
38 DEGREES ON THE 19TH                   46 DEGREES IN 1958

RECORD RAINFALL
COLLEGE STATION
2.11 INCHES ON THE 1ST                   1.23 INCHES IN 1941

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