PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 847 PM CST WED NOV 1 2006 ...OCTOBER CLIMATE SUMMARY... ...OCTOBER 2006 WARMER THAN NORMAL... ....RAINFALL TOTALS AVERAGE BETWEEN TEN AND TWENTY INCHES DURING OCTOBER... TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION WERE GENERALLY 1 TO 2 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL OVER THE NORTH AND 2 TO 3 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL OVER THE SOUTH AND COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES OCCURRED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH AND AGAIN MID-MONTH BETWEEN OUR EPIC RAIN EVENTS. THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 10TH PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN WASHINGTON...HARRIS AND GALVESTON COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ON THE 15TH AND 16TH. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR ANGLETON EARLY ON THE 16TH BUT THE PRIMARY HAZARD WAS FLOOD PRODUCING RAINFALL. FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN BRAZORIA...FORT BEND...HARRIS...GALVESTON...CHAMBERS... LIBERTY AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. OVER 11 INCHES OF RAIN FELL NEAR CONROE ON THE 16TH. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FELL ON THE 18TH WITH MORE FLOODING CONCERNS. ONE MORE ROUND OF RAIN OCCURRED NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN ON THE 26TH AND 27TH. OCTOBER 2006 STARTED OUT DRY...IN FACT THE FIRST NINE DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE RAIN FREE. THE RAINS STARTED ON THE TENTH AND HAVE ONLY RECENTLY ABATED. HEAVY RAIN EVENTS ARE NOT UNCOMMON DURING OCTOBER. FLOODING RAINS OCCURRED BACK IN 1949 AND AGAIN IN 1994. OCTOBER 1994 IS STILL THE RAIN OF RECORD FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. BELOW IS THE TOP FIVE WETTEST OCTOBERS FOR THE THREE PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS HOUSTON COLLEGE STATION GALVESTON 17.64 - 1949 18.77 - 1994 17.78 - 1881 16.05 - 1984 12.91 - 1984 17.39 - 1877 14.65 - 2002 12.88 - 2006 17.64 - 1925 14.53 - 2006 12.21 - 1925 15.37 - 1913 10.62 - 1994 10.78 - 1973 15.00 - 1901 ALTHOUGH 2006 STARTED OUT DRY...RAINFALL HAS GENERALLY BEEN ABOVE NORMAL SINCE JUNE. FOR THE YEAR...MOST CLIMATE SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL TOTALS. HOUSTON HAS RECEIVED 54.87 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS YEAR. THE AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL FOR HOUSTON IS 47.84 INCHES. HOUSTON`S HOBBY AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED 57.32 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS YEAR AND THE NORMAL ANNUAL RAINFALL IS 53.96 INCHES. THE AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL FOR COLLEGE STATION IS 39.67 INCHES. THUS FAR...EASTERWOOD FIELD HAS RECEIVED 43.49 INCHES. GALVESTON HAS RECEIVED 45.20 INCHES OF RAIN IN 2006. THE AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL FOR THE CITY IS 43.84 INCHES. LONG TERM TRENDS SUPPORT ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL DURING NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. IT APPEARS THAT 2006 WILL END ON A WET NOTE AND DESPITE A DRY START TO THE YEAR...2006 WILL END SIGNIFICANTLY WETTER THAN NORMAL. && HERE ARE THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS...OCTOBER NORMAL RAINFALL AND RECORD RAINFALL TOTALS FOR AREA ASOS SITES THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST: SITE TOTAL OCT NORMAL RECORD RAINFALL IAH 14.53 4.50 16.05 - 1984 HOU 19.26 5.26 17.64 - 1949 GLS 11.62 3.49 17.78 - 1871 CLL 12.88 4.22 18.77 - 1994 CXO 22.01 4.70 26.26 - 1994 UTS 10.06 4.27 16.30 - 1925 SGR 10.01 4.60 14.60 - 1949 DWH 15.10 5.31 17.86 - 1994 LBX 14.79 4.28 22.09 - 1984 LVJ 16.73 5.54 16.73 - 2006 HGX 11.77 5.58 15.66 - 2002 && HERE ARE SOME COOPERATIVE OBSERVATION RAINFALL TOTALS FOR OCTOBER WITH RECORDS LISTED WHEN AVAILABLE: CITY OCT RAINFALL OCT RECORD ALVIN 11.46 19.73 - 1949 ANAHUAC 17.64 19.11 - 1949 BELLVILLE 6.64 11.79 - 1998 (1994 MISSING) BRENHAM 7.19 17.51 - 1994 CALDWELL 11.67 13.64 - 1984 CLODINE 9.68 14.41 - 1984 CLEVELAND 18.46 25.12 - 1994 COLUMBUS 6.21 13.02 - 1998 CROCKETT 14.02 15.63 - 1957 DACUS 22.57 22.57 - 2006 (PREVIOUS 21.27 - 1994) FREEPORT 10.26 19.16 - 1984 HOU HEIGHTS 13.44 16.52 - 1949 HOU WESTBURY 12.88 18.48 - 1949 KATY 8.83 11.24 - 2002 LIBERTY 21.27 29.59 - 1994 MADISONVILLE 12.82 23.24 - 1984 MATAGORDA 7.97 20.75 - 1986 NEW CANEY 18.48 19.63 - 1994 RICHMOND 8.84 18.59 - 2002 WHARTON 7.56 17.80 - 1949 && OCTOBER 2006 DATA SITE AVG AVG DAILY DEP RAIN DEP HIGH LOW IAH 82.8 62.0 72.4 +2.0 14.53 +10.03 HOU 82.9 64.8 73.9 +1.7 19.26 +14.00 GLS 82.1 70.0 76.1 +2.0 11.62 + 8.13 CLL 81.2 59.9 70.5 +0.0 12.88 + 8.66 CXO 81.5 57.7 69.6 +0.6 22.01 +17.31 UTS 80.5 59.0 69.7 +0.7 10.06 + 5.71 SGR 82.6 62.2 72.4 +0.5 10.01 + 5.41 DWH 82.0 60.8 71.4 +0.7 15.10 + 9.79 LBX 83.4 64.0 73.7 +1.7 14.79 +10.03 LVJ 83.3 64.9 74.1 +2.3 11.77 + 6.19 PSX 84.0 66.4 75.2 +3.9 10.24 + 5.23 HGX 81.6 63.5 72.6 +2.3 11.77 + 6.19 && ...NEW OCTOBER RECORDS... GALVESTON RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE PREVIOUS RECORD 91 DEGREES ON THE 5TH 90 DEGREES IN 1900 87 DEGREES ON THE 18TH 86 DEGREES IN 2004 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM 80 DEGREES ON THE 18TH 79 DEGREES IN 2004 RECORD RAINFALL 3.91 INCHES ON THE 16TH 1.87 INCHES IN 1911 HOUSTON RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE PREVIOUS RECORD 94 DEGREES ON THE 5TH 92 DEGREES IN 2005 93 DEGREES ON THE 6TH (TIED) 93 DEGREES IN 1989 91 DEGREES ON THE 17TH (TIED) 91 DEGREES IN 2004 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM 73 DEGREES ON THE 26TH 72 DEGREES IN 1960 RECORD RAINFALL 5.17 INCHES ON THE 16TH 2.26 INCHES IN 1973 3.59 INCHES ON THE 18TH 3.36 INCHES IN 1980 COLLEGE STATION RECORD RAINFALL PREVIOUS RECORD 2.32 INCHES ON THE 10TH 2.28 INCHES IN 1948 2.55 INCHES ON THE 18TH 1.78 INCHES IN 1965