PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1004 AM CDT THU JUL 6 2006 ...JUNE 2006 MUCH WETTER THAN NORMAL... ...TEMPERATURES GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL... JUNE 2006 WAS WETTER THAN THE 30 YEAR NORMALS WOULD INDICATE. A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MEANDERED ACROSS EAST TEXAS ON JUNE 17TH THROUGH JUNE 21ST. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED TREMENDOUS RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXTREME EAST AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. PARTS OF LIBERTY...HARRIS...CHAMBERS...GALVESTON...MATAGORDA AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES RECEIVED BETWEEN 10 AND 15 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS. HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE CITY OF HOUSTON PRODUCED WIDESPREAD FLOODING ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 19TH. OVER 3000 HOMES WERE FLOODED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON ON THAT VERY RAINY MONDAY MORNING. LIBERTY RECEIVED 11.70 INCHES ON THE 19TH AND HOBBY AIRPORT IN HOUSTON RECEIVED 9.29 INCHES OF RAIN. MATAGORDA RECEIVED 10.26 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE 20TH WHILE PALACIOS RECEIVED 5.07 INCHES OF RAIN. HOUSTON`S INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT RECEIVED 4.43 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE 19TH WHICH IS A NEW 24 HOUR RAINFALL RECORD FOR THE DAY. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...SEVERE WEATHER ERUPTED ON THE 13TH. STRONG WIND GUSTS DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES NEAR CROSBY. A WET MICROBURST PRODUCED STRONG WINDS NEAR I-45 AND FM 646 IN NORTHERN GALVESTON COUNTY. NUMEROUS FENCES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND A SEMI-TRUCK WAS BLOWN OVER ON THE INTERSTATE CLOSING SEVERAL LANES OF TRAVEL. STRONG WINDS TOPPLED TREES AND POWER LINES IN FORT BEND COUNTY NEAR SIENNA PLANTATION. ANOTHER EPISODE OF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRED ON THE 25TH WITH WIND DAMAGE REPORTED IN COLDSPRING (SAN JACINTO COUNTY) AND NEAR PECAN GROVE (FORT BEND COUNTY). TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL WHILE THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH WAS COOLER THAN NORMAL. THE FIRST 100 DEGREE DAY OF THE YEAR OCCURRED ON THE 13TH IN A FEW LOCATIONS INCLUDING HOUSTON... COLLEGE STATION AND SUGARLAND. THIS WAS THE EARLIEST 100 DEGREE DAY AT INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT (PREVIOUSLY JUNE 14TH)...ALTHOUGH HOBBY AIRPORT HAS REPORTED 100 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURES AS EARLY AS JUNE 1ST. HERE IS THE JUNE TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA FROM A FEW SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP HIGH LOW DAILY IAH 91.2 71.5 81.3 +0.0 7.84 +2.49 GLS 88.3 77.0 82.6 +0.4 5.37 +1.33 CLL 92.7 70.8 81.8 +0.2 3.36 -0.43 HOU 90.3 72.6 81.4 -0.9 11.03 +4.19 CXO 91.2 66.8 79.0 -1.8 3.54 -1.04 UTS 91.3 70.0 80.7 +0.1 3.02 -1.64 DWH 91.4 70.8 81.4 +0.4 6.69 -0.57 SGR 90.9 69.8 80.4 -1.3 2.66 -2.38 LVJ 91.5 72.6 82.1 +0.8 3.77 -3.68 HGX 88.6 70.0 79.3 -1.0 5.91 -1.45 LBX 90.0 69.0 79.5 -1.3 3.57 -1.19 PSX 89.4 74.8 82.1 +1.0 8.09 +3.78 && RECORDS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES GALVESTON 94 DEGREES ON THE 9TH (TIED) 94 DEGREES IN 1929 HOUSTON 100 DEGREES ON THE 13TH (TIED) 99 DEGREES IN 1998 RECORD RAINFALL HOUSTON 1.43 INCHES ON THE 17TH 1.42 INCHES IN 1963 4.43 INCHES ON THE 19TH 2.24 INCHES IN 1961