PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 600 PM CST THU DEC 7 2006 ...NOVEMBER DRIER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL... SOUTHEAST TEXAS PUMMELED WITH RECORD SETTING RAIN IN OCTOBER NEEDED A DRY NOVEMBER TO ALLOW RIVERS TO RECEDE AND SOILS TO DRY OUT. MOTHER NATURE DELIVERED WITH AN UNSEASONABLY DRY NOVEMBER. RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AVERAGED 2 TO 4 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. IN FACT... GALVESTON HAD IT`S 6TH DRIEST NOVEMBER IN RECORDED HISTORY AND COLLEGE STATION AND HOUSTON RECORDED THEIR 8TH DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD. THE GREATEST RAINFALL IN THE AREA FELL IN MONTGOMERY WITH 4.55 INCHES. THE LOWEST RAINFALL FELL IN MATAGORDA WITH ONLY 0.02 INCHES. THE PORT OF HOUSTON...A LOCATION CLIMATOLOGICALLY FAVORED FOR RAIN ONLY RECEIVED 0.09 INCHES DURING NOVEMBER. NOVEMBER TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 1 TO 3 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL. DESPITE THE UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...ONLY A HANDFUL OF DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE ESTABLISHED...MAINLY TOWARD THE END OF THE MONTH. SEVERE STORMS ERUPTED ON THE 6TH MAINLY IN MONTGOMERY...WALKER... HOUSTON AND SAN JACINTO COUNTIES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARD WAS LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN PARTS OF MONTGOMERY AND WALKER COUNTIES. THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT COLD FRONT OF THE SEASON CROSSED THE REGION ON NOVEMBER 20TH WITH A SWATH OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES RECORED ON THE MORNING OF THE 21ST. && HERE IS THE MONTHLY CLIMATE DATA FOR A FEW SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS... SITE AVG AVG DAILY DEP RAIN DEP HIGH LOW HOUSTON 74.6 50.7 62.6 +1.7 0.92 -3.27 HOU HOBBY 74.3 53.3 63.8 +0.8 0.87 -3.67 GALVESTON 72.6 58.2 65.4 +0.0 0.47 -3.17 COL STATION 72.8 50.0 61.4 +1.4 0.62 -2.56 PALACIOS 76.7 55.6 66.2 +4.0 1.16 -2.23 CONROE 73.0 47.2 60.1 +0.6 3.27 -1.52 HUNTSVILLE 71.8 49.0 60.4 +1.5 3.88 -0.99 TOMBALL 73.1 50.1 61.6 -0.1 1.31 -3.80 SUGARLAND 73.8 50.9 62.4 +0.3 0.96 -3.35 PEARLAND 74.5 53.1 63.8 +0.8 0.81 -4.76 ANGLETON 74.9 51.1 63.0 -0.1 0.87 -4.10 NWSO HOU 72.7 52.1 62.4 +1.5 0.79 -4.67 RECORDS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES GALVESTON NEW PREVIOUS 81 DEGREES ON THE 14TH (TIED) 81 DEGREES IN 2005 78 DEGREES ON THE 28TH (TIED) 78 DEGREES IN 1960 HOUSTON 88 DEGREES ON THE 10TH (TIED) 88 DEGREES IN 1988 83 DEGREES ON THE 29TH 82 DEGREES IN 1998 COLLEGE STATION 87 DEGREES ON THE 10TH (TIED) 87 DEGREES IN 1911 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES HOUSTON 68 DEGREES ON THE 28TH 65 DEGREES IN 1970 70 DEGREES ON THE 29TH 69 DEGREES IN 1975 && HERE ARE SOME MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM OUR CO-OP NETWORK SITE NOV RAIN (INCHES) SITE NOV RAIN (INCHES) ANAHUAC 0.43 HOU HEIGHTS 0.91 BAY CITY 0.62 HOU WESTBURY 1.03 BAYTOWN 0.44 LIVINGSTON 2.18 BELLVILLE 0.79 MADISONVILLE 1.32 BRENHAM 0.27 MATAGORDA 0.02 CALDWELL 0.60 MONTGOMERY 4.55 CLEVELAND 2.32 RICHARDS 1.48 COLUMBUS 1.35 RICHMOND 1.32 CROCKETT 2.09 SUGARLAND 1.22 DACUS 3.35 WASHINGTON 1.12 DANEVANG 0.89 WEST COLUMBIA 0.95 EDNA 0.80 WHARTON 1.08 FREEPORT 0.72 $$