PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 108 PM CDT WED AUG 1 2007 ...JULY 2007 MUCH COOLER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL THE SUMMER OF 2007 CONTINUES TO BE VERY WET AND COOLER THAN NORMAL. THE AREA HAS YET TO ENDURE A 100 DEGREE DAY AND THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE AT HOUSTON THIS YEAR HAS ONLY BEEN 96 DEGREES AND 95 DEGREES AT COLLEGE STATION. ON AVERAGE...THE FIRST 100 DEGREE DAY OCCURS ON JULY 23 AT HOUSTON AND JULY 16 AT COLLEGE STATION. THE LAST TIME HOUSTON FAILED TO REACH 100 DEGREES WAS THE SUMMER OF 1997 AND THE LAST TIME COLLEGE STATION FAILED TO REACH 100 DEGREES WAS THE SUMMER OF 2004. AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN TRENDING COOLER DURING JULY SINCE 2004. THE MAIN STORY DURING JULY WAS THE RAIN. THE RAINS BEGAN IN EARNEST DURING MID-JUNE AND THE RAIN HAS YET TO ABATE. ON AVERAGE...THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN JULY WITH MEASURABLE RAIN (0.01 INCHES OR GREATER) AVERAGES FROM EIGHT OVER THE EAST HALF TO SIX OVER THE WEST HALF. SOUTHEAST TEXAS AVERAGED 17 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAIN THIS MONTH. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL OVER THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF A COLUMBUS TO GALVESTON LINE. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTAL THIS MONTH OCCURRED IN THE COMMUNITY OF MATAGORDA WITH A JULY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 26.42 INCHES OF RAIN. MATAGORDA HAD 18 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAIN AND FIVE DAYS WITH AT LEAST AN INCH OF RAIN OR MORE. DESPITE THE HIGH NUMBER OF MEASURABLE RAIN DAYS...MONTHLY TOTALS WERE NOT EXTREME AT THE THREE PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES. HOUSTON HAD IT`S SIXTH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD. GALVESTON HAD IT`S 14TH WETTEST JULY AND COLLEGE STATION HAD IT`S 19TH WETTEST JULY. THE CLOUDS AND RAIN HELPED TO KEEP TEMPERATURES RELATIVELY COOL. COLLEGE STATION HAD IT`S 10TH COOLEST JULY ON RECORD. HOUSTON HAD IT`S 22ND COOLEST JULY AND GALVESTON TIED FOR IT`S 11TH COOLEST JULY ON RECORD. OVERALL 2007 HAS BEEN RATHER WET...BUT COMPARED TO PAST YEARS... 2007 HAS NOT BEEN EXCESSIVELY WET. BELOW IS A TABLE WITH THE FIVE WETTEST JANUARY THROUGH JULY FOR HOUSTON...GALVESTON AND COLLEGE STATION: HOUSTON GALVESTON COLLEGE STATION 46.86 - 1968 47.07 - 1900 43.33 - 1968 45.73 - 2004 42.20 - 1919 39.34 - 2004 45.34 - 1919 41.38 - 1929 37.14 - 1979 44.33 - 1900 40.62 - 1991 36.79 - 1929 44.12 - 1946 38.36 - 1903 35.57 - 1919 2007 40.02 (10TH) 31.95 (19TH) 28.27 (20TH) AVG YEAR 47.84 43.84 39.67 BELOW IS THE MONTHLY CLIMATE DATA FOR A FEW SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS: SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP RAIN NORMAL HIGH LOW DAILY DAYS IAH 89.7 74.6 82.2 -1.4 9.94 +6.76 19 8 GLS 86.8 77.3 82.0 -2.3 8.03 +4.58 14 7 CLL 89.1 74.6 81.8 -2.8 4.58 +2.66 12 6 HOU 88.7 75.5 82.1 -2.4 9.95 +5.59 16 8 CXO 88.0 71.8 79.9 -3.6 7.49 +4.25 17 8 UTS 89.8 74.4 82.1 -1.5 6.34 +3.67 13 6 PSX 87.4 76.6 82.0 -1.4 17.26 +13.27 18 7 DWH 88.5 74.3 81.4 -1.5 7.59 +3.53 15 7 LBX 86.5 73.5 80.0 -1.2 11.59 +7.82 18 7 LVJ 87.8 74.5 81.2 -1.4 12.65 +7.57 18 8 SGR 89.2 74.3 81.7 -1.6 9.74 +5.44 19 7 HGX 86.9 73.4 80.1 -2.2 11.96 +8.73 16 8 HERE ARE A FEW OF THE HIGHER MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM A FEW CO-OP SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. CITY JULY RAIN RAIN DAYS ALVIN 13.44 20 ANAHUAC 10.71 14 BAYTOWN 12.35 20 BELLVILLE 6.24 17 BRENHAM 8.39 16 CLEVELAND 6.80 15 COLUMBUS 8.16 17 CROCKETT 6.51 15 DANEVANG 14.67 18 EL CAMPO 14.78 19 FREEPORT 11.39 16 LIBERTY 10.42 16 LIVINGSTON 5.84 11 HOUSTON HEIGHTS 14.50 20 HOUSTON WESTBURY 11.97 16 JAMAICA BEACH 13.14 17 KATY 12.04 17 MONTGOMERY 9.14 7 NEW CANEY 10.49 14 RICHMOND 11.41 18 WEST COLUMBIA 16.54 19 WHARTON 12.94 20 $$