PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 935 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005 ...AUGUST TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE SOUTH...NEAR NORMAL OVER THE NORTH... ...ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL OVER THE NORTH AND MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL OVER THE SOUTH... DESPITE AN ACTIVE TROPICAL SEASON...SOUTHEAST TEXAS AVOIDED A SERIES OF TROPICAL SYSTEMS. RAINFALL WAS SPARSE OVER THE SOUTH AND A LITTLE HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE NORTH. THERE WERE SEVERAL EPISODES OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER...BUT AGAIN NOTHING ORGANIZED OR WIDESPREAD. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OCCURRED ON THE 2ND...7TH...9TH AND 22ND. AFTER A COOL SPRING...TEMPERATURES WERE WARMER THAN NORMAL IN JUNE...NEAR NORMAL IN JULY AND NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL IN AUGUST. THE WARMER TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE REGION AND ALONG THE COAST. IN FACT...AUGUST 2005 WAS THE WARMEST AUGUST EVER RECORDED FOR THE ISLAND CITY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN AUGUST WAS 86.6 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS WARMEST AUGUST WAS 86.1 DEGREES AND OCCURRED BACK IN 1999. GALVESTON ESTABLISHED SEVERAL DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS DURING THE MONTH. THE THREE MONTH PERIOD OF JUNE...JULY AND AUGUST WAS THE WARMEST JUNE THROUGH AUGUST IN RECORDED HISTORY FOR GALVESTON. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THIS THREE MONTH PERIOD WAS 85.8 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS WARMEST SUMMER OCCURRED WAY BACK IN 1875 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 85.5 DEGREES. THE NORMAL TEMPERATURE FOR THIS THREE MONTH PERIOD IS 83.6 DEGREES. FIVE OF THE TEN WARMEST SUMMERS AND SEVEN OF THE TEN WARMEST AUGUSTS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 1990. HOUSTON ALSO HAD A WARM SUMMER. THIS SUMMER...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 84.1 DEGREES. THIS IS 13TH WARMEST JUNE THROUGH AUGUST PERIOD IN RECORDED HISTORY. THE WARMEST SUMMER OCCURRED DURING THE BLISTERING SUMMER OF 1980 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 86.4 DEGREES. THE SECOND WARMEST SUMMER OCCURRED BACK IN 1998 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 85.6 DEGREES. HERE ARE THE AUGUST STATISTICS FOR A FEW CLIMATE SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS: SITE AVG AVG AVG DEPARTURE RAIN DEPARTURE HIGH LOW DAILY IAH 94.1 75.1 84.6 +1.3 1.52 -2.31 GLS 92.0 81.2 86.6 +2.2 1.00 -3.22 CLL 94.4 74.6 84.5 -0.2 3.26 +0.63 HOU 93.7 76.9 85.3 +0.9 2.54 -2.00 PSX 93.0 78.2 85.6 +2.6 0.35 -3.01 UTS 94.8 74.1 84.5 NA 5.68 NA CXO 94.9 71.8 83.3 NA 1.58 NA DWH 94.9 73.7 84.3 NA 1.82 NA LVJ 93.7 76.1 84.9 NA 1.17 NA LBX 93.6 73.3 83.5 NA 0.86 NA SGR 93.7 73.9 83.8 NA 4.59 NA HGX 92.2 74.3 83.2 NA 5.39 NA && AUGUST 2005 RECORDS: GALVESTON RECORD HIGH PREVIOUS RECORD 29TH - 97 DEGREES 96 DEGREES IN 1995 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TIED 10TH - 83 DEGREES 83 DEGREES IN 1993 11TH - 83 DEGREES 83 DEGREES IN 1999 18TH - 84 DEGREES 84 DEGREES IN 1990 19TH - 84 DEGREES 84 DEGREES IN 1994 COLLEGE STATION RECORD RAINFALL 10TH - 1.92 INCHES 1.27 INCHES IN 1938 RECORD LOW MAXIMUM 10TH - 83 DEGREES 87 DEGREES IN 1980