PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 656 AM CST WED DEC 5 2007 ...NOVEMBER 2007 WARMER THAN NORMAL... NOVEMBER STARTED OUT VERY WARM WITH TEMPERATURES AVERAGING 6 TO 7 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL THROUGH NOVEMBER 14TH. A COLD FRONT ON THE 14TH BROUGHT TEMPERATURES BACK TO MORE SEASONAL LEVELS. TEMPERATURES WARMED UP AGAIN JUST BEFORE THANKSGIVING. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED AT INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT ON THE 21ST. IT DID NOT TAKE LONG FOR TEMPERATURES TO FALL AS A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSED THE AREA ON THE 22ND. THE COLD SPELL IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WAS ALSO SHORT LIVED AND ANOTHER WARM UP ENSUED TOWARD THE END OF THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS AROUND 2 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL. RAINFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL INLAND WITH LIGHTER TOTALS TOWARD THE COAST. THERE WERE TWO HEAVY RAIN EPISODES DURING THE MONTH. THE FIRST RAIN EVENT OCCURRED ON THE 18TH AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. RAINFALL AVERAGED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES BUT SOME LOCATIONS IN PARTS OF HARRIS AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES RECEIVED 5 TO 7 INCHES. THE SECOND RAIN EVENT OCCURRED OVER THANKSGIVING WEEKEND. AN OVERRUNNING EVENT PRODUCED MODERATE RAINFALL TOTALS OF AROUND AN INCH. BELOW IS A TABLE WITH TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA FOR A FEW CLIMATE SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS SITE AVG AVG AVG HIGH LOW DAILY DEP RAIN DEP IAH 73.9 53.5 63.7 +2.8 5.49 +1.30 GLS 72.9 60.2 66.6 +1.2 1.98 -1.66 CLL 72.3 52.1 62.2 +2.2 3.89 +0.71 HOU 74.2 55.6 64.9 +1.9 4.36 -0.18 CXO 72.3 49.3 60.8 +1.3 4.92 +0.13 UTS 71.9 51.2 61.6 +2.7 5.02 +0.15 DWH 72.7 51.0 61.8 +0.1 6.38 +1.27 PSX 73.6 55.7 64.6 +2.4 1.38 -2.01 LBX 73.9 52.2 63.0 -0.1 3.08 -1.89 SGR 75.0 54.0 64.5 +2.4 3.18 -1.13 LVJ 74.2 54.7 64.4 +1.4 5.07 -0.50 HGX 72.2 53.7 63.0 +2.1 1.38 -0.47 $$