PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
337 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

...APRIL WAS A LITTLE WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL...

APRIL STARTED OUT MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL BUT A MID AND END OF
MONTH COOL DOWN BROUGHT MONTHLY TEMPERATURES BACK TO NEAR OR JUST
SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL. AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES WERE
ABOUT A DEGREE WARMER THAN NORMAL. THERE WERE NO MONTHLY RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURES ESTABLISHED.

RAINFALL WAS LESS THAN NORMAL AND MOST LOCATIONS WERE ABOUT AN
INCH DRIER THAN USUAL. THE DRIEST LOCATION THIS MONTH WAS ANAHUAC
WITH ONLY 0.90 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE MONTH. THE WETTEST
LOCATION THIS MONTH WAS MATAGORDA WITH 3.66 INCHES OF RAIN DURING APRIL.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER WAS ALSO INFREQUENT. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS
REPORTED NEAR SOMERVILLE ON THE 4TH. LARGE HAIL ALSO FELL IN
GRIMES AND POLK COUNTIES ON THE 4TH. OTHER STRONG STORMS RUMBLED
THROUGH THE AREA ON THE 17TH AND AGAIN ON THE 26TH.

HERE IS THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA FOR A FEW
CLIMATE SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

SITE     AVG     AVG      AVG     DEP     RAIN     DEP
         HIGH    LOW      MONTH

IAH      80.4    58.4     69.4    +0.9    1.46     -2.14
GLS      78.0    65.5     71.8    +1.8    0.66     -1.90
CLL      79.5    57.7     68.6    +0.7    2.74     -0.46
HOU      80.7    61.7     71.2    +1.2    1.91     -1.55
SGR      81.2    59.5     70.4    -0.2    3.05     +0.43
CXO      79.6    54.6     67.1    -0.2    1.85     -1.99
DWH      80.6    57.1     68.8    -1.1    1.76     -1.16
UTS      79.1    57.5     68.3    +1.1    2.73     -0.77
PSX      78.8    61.5     70.2    +1.7    2.52     -0.28
LBX      79.6    58.3     68.9    -0.9    3.31     -0.46
LVJ      81.0    61.1     71.1    +1.7    1.57     -1.20
HGX      78.1    60.0     69.1    +1.2    2.16     -1.83

HERE ARE A FEW MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FOR SOME CITIES ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

ANAHUAC     0.90          HOU PORT     1.40
ALVIN       3.52          HOU HEIGHTS  1.64
BAY CITY    2.08          H0U WESTBURY 1.12
BAYTOWN     1.74          LIBERTY      0.99
BELLVILLE   1.98          MADISONVILLE 1.55
BRENHAM     2.03          MATAGORDA    3.66
CALDWELL    2.42          NEW CANEY    1.05
CLEVELAND   2.51          RICHMOND     1.38
COLUMBUS    1.88          WHARTON      2.28
CROCKETT    3.18
DANEVANG    1.72
FREEPORT    2.92