PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
945 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2005

...TEMPERATURES NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL DURING JULY...

...ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL FINALLY RETURNS TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

A CHANGE IN WEATHER PATTERNS ALLOWED RAIN TO RETURN TO SOUTHEAST
TEXAS. RAINFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR MOST OF THE REGION WITH PARTS
OF HARRIS...BRAZORIA AND FORT BEND COUNTIES EXCEEDING TEN INCHES OF
RAIN FOR THE MONTH. THIS CONTRASTS NICELY WITH JUNE RAINFALL WHICH
AVERAGED A PALTRY QUARTER INCH OR LESS. RAINFALL IS EITHER FEAST OR
FAMINE. THE YEARLY RAINFALL CONTINUES IT'S ROLLER COASTER RIDE WITH
THE ANNUAL RAINFALL TOTAL NOW CREEPING UP WITHIN A FEW INCHES OF
NORMAL DESPITE THREE MONTHS OF BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL.

AT INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT IN HOUSTON...THERE 14 DAYS WITH AT LEAST
0.01 INCHES OF RAIN. THERE WERE 14 DAYS WITH 0.01 INCHES OF RAIN
DURING THE MONTHS OF APRIL...MAY AND JUNE COMBINED. AT SCHOLES FIELD
IN GALVESTON...THERE WERE NINE DAYS WITH 0.01 INCHES OF RAIN OR
GREATER. THERE WERE 12 DAYS WITH 0.01 INCHES OF RAIN OR GREATER
DURING APRIL...MAY AND JUNE. COLLEGE STATION RECEIVED 0.01 INCHES OR
GREATER ON EIGHT DAYS. THERE WERE 17 DAYS WITH 0.01 INCHES OR
GREATER DURING APRIL...MAY AND JUNE. HOBBY AIRPORT ON HOUSTON'S
SOUTH SIDE HAD 16 DAYS WITH RAINFALL GREATER THAN 0.01 INCHES AND 19
DAYS WITH A TRACE OF RAIN OR GREATER. DESPITE THE ABUNDANT
RAINFALL...THERE WERE NO DAILY OR MONTHLY RAINFALL RECORDS
ESTABLISHED.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER RETURNED TO THE AREA WITH THE RAIN. ON JULY 7TH...
THERE WAS WIND DAMAGE NEAR MARKHAM IN MATAGORDA COUNTY...GRAPELAND
IN HOUSTON COUNTY AND TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN HARRIS AND
LIBERTY COUNTIES. OTHER EPISODES OF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRED ON THE
10TH AND 11TH. THE DAMAGE WAS NOT WIDESPREAD BUT SOME AREAS RECEIVED
SMALL HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. OTHER SEVERE STORMS AFFECTED PARTS OF
BRAZORIA...FORT BEND AND MATAGORDA COUNTIES ON THE 29TH.

TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL DURING THE MONTH.
AREAS ALONG THE COAST WERE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 DEGREES WARMER THAN
NORMAL. INLAND AREAS WERE BETWEEN A HALF AND ONE DEGREE ABOVE
NORMAL. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL...BUT
OVERNIGHT LOWS WERE WARMER THAN NORMAL.

HERE ARE THE MONTHLY STATISTICS FOR HOUSTON...GALVESTON...COLLEGE
STATION AND SURROUNDING SITES.

SITE       AVG     AVG     AVG     DEPARTURE     RAIN     DEPARTURE
           HIGH    LOW     DAILY

IAH        93.7    75.2    84.4    +0.8          5.30     +2.12
GLS        91.7    80.5    86.1    +1.8          4.02     +0.57
CLL        95.3    74.4    84.8    +0.2          4.63     +2.71
HOU        92.6    75.5    84.1    -0.4         12.96     +8.60
PSX        92.0    76.5    84.3    +0.9          6.93     +2.94
UTS        95.4    73.7    84.5    NA            3.06     NA
CXO        94.1    72.5    83.3    NA            5.27     NA
DWH        94.2    73.8    84.0    NA            7.14     NA
LVJ        93.2    75.9    84.5    NA            7.74     NA
LBX        92.3    73.8    83.1    NA            4.17     NA
SGR        94.2    74.4    84.3    NA            5.15     NA
HGX        91.6    74.0    82.8    NA            7.50     NA