PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1135 AM CDT THU JUN 1 2006 ...MAY TEMPERATURES NEAR TO SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL... ...RAINFALL TOTALS VARIED GREATLY ACROSS THE AREA... MAY BEGAN ON A WET NOTE WITH RAIN FALLING ON THREE OF THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS OF THE MONTH. A COLD FRONT ON THE 14TH BROUGHT MORE RAIN TO THE REGION AND MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS MID-MONTH IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE REAL FIREWORKS BEGAN OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING. BOUTS OF HEAVY RAIN PERSISTED THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH. TEMPERATURES VARIED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE MONTH...BUT GENERALLY WERE ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE COAST AND NEAR NORMAL ELSEWHERE. GALVESTON RECORDED IT'S 5TH WARMEST MAY IN RECORDED HISTORY. 2006 HAS BEEN UNUSUALLY WARM IN GALVESTON AND IS THE THIRD WARMEST START TO THE YEAR IN HISTORY. HERE ARE THE FIVE WARMEST JAN-MAY FOR GALVESTON: YEAR AVG TEMP 2000 - 67.90 1882 - 67.88 2006 - 67.86 1999 - 67.62 1880 - 67.20 HERE ARE THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES FOR GALVESTON FOR THE YEARS LISTED ABOVE: YEAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY 5 MONTH AVG 2000 58.9 62.6 68.0 71.1 78.9 67.90 1882 59.2 63.4 68.2 73.0 75.6 67.88 2006 60.6 58.2 67.3 74.5 78.7 67.86 1999 58.7 63.5 65.2 73.2 77.5 67.62 1880 64.8* 57.8 63.8 71.8 77.8 67.20 * WARMEST MONTH HAZARDOUS WEATHER OCCURRED ON THE 4TH...6TH...10TH AND 14TH. LARGE HAIL EXCEEDING TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER PUMMELED PARTS OF THE CHAMPIONS FOREST SUBDIVISION NEAR TOMBALL ON THE 4TH. A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT ON THE 6TH AS AN EARLY MORNING STORM SYSTEM RACED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS RACED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS ON THE 10TH. THESE STORMS PRODUCED MORE LARGE HAIL ACROSS PARTS OF POLK...FORT BEND AND JACKSON COUNTIES. A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN FORT BEND COUNTY NEAR NEEDVILLE ALONG FM 360. ON THE 14TH...MORE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED DAMAGED ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA...GENERALLY SOUTH OF I-10. WINDS TOPPLED TREES NEAR ALDINE IN HARRIS COUNTY. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND NEAR BOLING-IAGO. HAIL AND HIGH WINDS AFFECTED BRAZORIA COUNTY WITH TREES...POWER LINES AND BILLBOARDS DOWN FROM ALVIN TO ANGLETON. HEAVY RAIN AT THE END OF THE MONTH PRODUCED FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF HARRIS...GALVESTON...CHAMBERS...LIBERTY...BRAZORIA...JACKSON AND WHARTON COUNTIES. RECORD RAINFALL (4.33 INCHES) FELL AT HOUSTON'S INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT ON THE 29TH WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY RECEIVING 6 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN. PARTS OF LIBERTY AND CHAMBERS COUNTY RECEIVED OVER 15 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 29TH. ADDITIONAL RAIN ON THE MORNING OF THE 31ST SNARLED TRAFFIC IN HARRIS COUNTY WITH 3 TO 5 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS. SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP HIGH LOW DAILY IAH 86.6 66.8 76.7 +0.9 8.78 +3.63 GLS 84.1 73.0 78.5 +1.6 3.24 -0.46 CLL 87.0 66.5 76.7 +1.4 2.65 -2.40 HOU 86.1 67.7 76.9 -0.1 6.02 +0.91 CXO 86.7 63.0 74.8 +0.2 4.95 -0.67 UTS 86.7 65.8 76.3 +1.9 4.56 -0.52 DWH 87.0 66.4 76.7 +0.6 9.12 +6.36 SGR 86.9 65.8 76.3 -0.9 2.56 -1.06 LVJ 86.5 68.2 77.4 +1.3 6.59 +2.84 HGX 84.5 66.4 75.4 +0.0 10.15 +5.57 LBX 86.0 66.2 76.1 -0.2 3.41 -1.35 PSX 86.0 71.5 78.8 +3.1 4.61 +0.06 && RECORDS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES GALVESTON 86 DEGREES ON THE 17TH (TIED) 86 DEGREES IN 2003 COLLEGE STATION 94 DEGREES ON THE 19TH (TIED) 94 DEGREES IN 2003 94 DEGREES ON THE 25TH (TIED) 94 DEGREES IN 2005 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM GALVESTON 76 DEGREES ON THE 3RD (TIED) 76 DEGREES IN 2003 RECORD RAINFALL HOUSTON 1.28 INCHES ON THE 6TH 1.01 INCHES IN 2001 0.76 INCHES ON THE 14TH 0.54 INCHES IN 1975 4.33 INCHES ON THE 29TH 3.56 INCHES IN 2005 $$