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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
810 PM CST SAT FEB 5 2005

FROM A CLIMATOLOGICAL VANTAGE POINT...JANUARY WAS UNCHARACTERISTICALLY
QUIET. TEMPERATURES WERE UNSEASONABLY WARM AVERAGING BETWEEN 3.0 AND
4.5 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL. RAINFALL WAS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE
NORMAL INLAND...AND CONSIDERABLY DRIER AS ONE APPROACHED THE COAST.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER WAS AT A MINIMUM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ROLLED
THROUGH THE AREA ON THE 13TH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WERE REPORTED AT
HOBBY AIRPORT. SEVERAL BOUTS OF DENSE FOG ALSO SHROUDED THE AREA AT
THE BEGINNING AND AGAIN TOWARD THE END OF THE MONTH.


HERE ARE THE JANUARY CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR SOME SITES ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS:


MONTH   AVG     AVG     AVG     DEP     RAIN    DEP
        HIGH    LOW     DAILY

IAH     65.2    47.3    56.3    +4.5    3.41    -0.27
GLS     64.7    51.9    58.3    +2.5    2.16    -1.92
CLL     63.3    45.9    54.6    +4.4    3.92    +0.60
HOU     66.5    49.0    57.8    +3.5    0.96    -3.29
PSX     65.5    48.6    57.0    +4.1    1.42    -1.76
CXO     63.8    44.7    54.2      NA    3.48       NA
UTS     64.0    46.2    55.1      NA    2.73       NA
DWH     64.2    46.6    55.4      NA    3.69       NA
SGR     66.5    48.6    57.6      NA    1.91       NA
LBX     66.9    48.3    57.6      NA    2.79       NA
HGX     65.6    47.7    56.7      NA    1.83       NA
11R     63.6    46.7    55.1      NA    1.30       NA
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RECORDS:

RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES:

GALVESTON:

          NEW RECORD                  PREVIOUS RECORD

     74 DEGREES ON THE 5TH          74 DEGREES (TIED) IN 1880
     75 DEGREES ON THE 11TH         74 DEGREES IN 2000
     77 DEGREES ON THE 22ND         77 DEGREES (TIED) IN 1999
     77 DEGREES ON THE 26TH         75 DEGREES IN 1950

RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES:

HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL:

          NEW RECORD                   PREVIOUS RECORD

66 DEGREES ON THE 4TH               63 DEGREES IN 1997
65 DEGREES ON THE 10TH              63 DEGREES IN 1995
67 DEGREES ON THE 12TH               67 DEGREES (TIED) IN 2000

COLLEGE STATION:

69 DEGREES ON THE 3RD               69 DEGREES (TIED) IN 1950
66 DEGREES ON THE 10TH              63 DEGREES IN 1995

&&

IAH = HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT
GLS = GALVESTON SCHOLES FIELD
CLL = COLLEGE STATION EASTERWOOD FIELD
HOU = HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT
PSX = PALACIOS
CXO = CONROE
UTS = HUNTSVILLE
DWH = TOMBALL
SGR = SUGARLAND
LBX = ANGLETON/LAKE JACKSON
HGX = NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE - LEAGUE CITY
11R = BRENHAM

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