PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
727 AM CST SAT JAN 6 2007

...2006 ONE OF THE WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

AT GALVESTON (GLS)...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR 2006 WAS 72.6 DEGREES.
THIS TEMPERATURE MAKES 2006 THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR GLS WITH
RECORDS GOING BACK TO 1872. EIGHT OF THE TOP TEN WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD
HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN 1994 AND 2006. 2006 AND 2005 RANK AS THE TWO WARMEST
YEARS ON RECORD.

GALVESTON`S TOP 10 WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD ARE NOW...

1. 72.6 DEGREES IN 2006
2. 72.3 DEGREES IN 2005
3. 72.3 DEGREES IN 1999
4. 72.3 DEGREES IN 1994
5. 72.3 DEGREES IN 1933
6. 72.1 DEGREES IN 1927
7. 71.9 DEGREES IN 1998
8. 71.9 DEGREES IN 1995
9. 71.7 DEGREES IN 2004
10. 71.7 DEGREES IN 2000

AT COLLEGE STATION (CLL)...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR 2006 WAS
70.2 DEGREES. THIS TEMPERATURE MAKES 2006 THE SIXTH WARMEST YEAR
ON RECORD FOR CLL WITH RECORDS GOING BACK TO 1889. FOUR OF THE TOP
TEN WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN 1996 AND 2006.

COLLEGE STATION`S TOP 10 WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD ARE NOW...

1. 70.9 DEGREES IN 1933
2. 70.7 DEGREES IN 1911
3. 70.4 DEGREES IN 1927
4. 70.4 DEGREES IN 1921
5. 70.3 DEGREES IN 1996
6. 70.2 DEGREES IN 2006
7. 70.2 DEGREES IN 1934
8. 70.0 DEGREES IN 1998
9. 70.0 DEGREES IN 1916
10. 69.8 DEGREES IN 2005

AT HOUSTON (IAH)...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR 2006 WAS 70.8 DEGREES.
THIS TEMPERATURE MAKES 2006 THE EIGHTH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR IAH
WITH RECORDS GOING BACK TO 1889. ALL REMAINING YEARS ON IAH`S TOP
10 WARMEST LIST OCCURRED PRIOR TO 1966.

HOUSTON`S TOP 10 WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD ARE NOW...

1. 71.7 DEGREES IN 1933
2. 71.5 DEGREES IN 1927
3. 71.3 DEGREES IN 1954
4. 71.2 DEGREES IN 1956
5. 71.1 DEGREES IN 1950
6. 71.1 DEGREES IN 1921
7. 70.9 DEGREES IN 1965
8. 70.8 DEGREES IN 2006
9. 70.8 DEGREES IN 1957
10. 70.8 DEGREES IN 1911

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