PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1116 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007

            ...MAY 2007 - STORMY AND WETTER THAN NORMAL...

MAY 2007 WAS GENERALLY WETTER THAN NORMAL AS PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS
RUMBLED ACROSS MUCH OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER
WAS FREQUENT AS THESE STORMS DUMPED FLOODING RAINS...LARGE HAIL
AND PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND SEVERAL HOMES WERE
FLOODED NORTH OF BRYAN ON THE 1ST. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCED MORE HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF HARRIS...MONTGOMERY AND
LIBERTY COUNTIES ON THE 2ND AND 3RD. ON MAY 10TH...THUNDERSTORMS
OVER HARRIS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL
AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL PUMMELED CHRIESMAN
IN BURLESON COUNTY ON THE 13TH AND WIND DAMAGE AND NICKEL SIZED
HAIL WAS REPORTED IN HARRIS AND GALVESTON COUNTIES ON THE 14TH.

CONDITIONS CALMED DOWN MID-MONTH BUT THUNDERSTORMS INCREASED IN
FREQUENCY TOWARD THE END OF THE MONTH. FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN
COLORADO COUNTY ON THE 26TH AND 28TH. FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED
IN ANGLETON ON THE 28TH AS BRUSHY BAYOU OVERFLOWED. MORE SEVERE
WEATHER OCCURRED ON MAY 30TH AS THE SEA BREEZE COLLIDED WITH AN
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER WESTERN HARRIS COUNTY. 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL
IN 2 HOURS PRODUCING FLOODING OVER PARTS OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE
COUNTY. GOLF BALL TO TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL FELL NEAR BELTWAY 8
AND I-10 WEST.

BELOW IS A TABLE SHOWING TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA FOR A FEW
CLIMATE SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

SITE   AVERAGE	AVERAGE 	DAILY 	DEP 	RAIN     DEP
	HIGH      LOW

IAH 	85.3 	  67.6 		76.5 	+0.7	9.88	+4.73
GLS 	82.5      71.8 		77.1 	+0.2	2.21	-1.49
CLL	83.9	  66.9		75.4 	+0.1	4.02	-1.03
HOU	84.7	  69.1		76.9	-0.1	9.62	+4.51
CXO	84.2	  64.3		74.2 	-0.4	6.81	+1.19
DWH	85.0	  67.0		76.0 	-0.1	5.67	+2.91
LBX	83.8	  67.4		75.6 	-0.7	6.13	+1.37
LVJ	83.9	  68.1		76.0 	-0.1	5.62	+1.87
PSX	84.3	  70.5		77.4 	+1.7	8.02	+3.47
SGR	85.2	  67.7		76.4 	-0.8	6.67	+3.05
UTS	85.3	  66.5		75.9 	+1.5    5.27	+0.19
HGX	83.0	  67.3		75.1 	-0.3	3.33	-1.25

RECORDS
GALVESTON
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES                PREVIOUS RECORD
88 DEGREES ON THE 13TH (TIED)           88 DEGREES IN 1984
88 DEGREES ON THE 14TH (TIED)           88 DEGREES IN 1979

HOUSTON
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE
93 DEGREES ON THE 13TH			91 DEGREES IN 2003

RECORD RAINFALL
1.45 INCHES ON THE 28TH                 1.09 INCHES IN 1975

RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPS
78 DEGREES ON THE 26TH                  82 DEGREES IN 1993
78 DEGREES ON THE 28TH			81 DEGREES IN 1997

RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMP
76 DEGREES ON THE 5TH (TIED)		76 DEGREES IN 2003

COLLEGE STATION
RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMP
74 DEGREES ON THE 26TH			79 DEGREES IN 1929

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