000 NOUS44 KHGX 042010 PNSHGX TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-050230- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 215 PM CST FRI NOV 4 2005 ...OCTOBER WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL... ...TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL DURING OCTOBER... RAINFALL WAS DECIDEDLY BELOW NORMAL DURING THE MONTH. ONLY TWO EPISODES OF RAIN OCCURRED DURING THE MONTH. THE FIRST RAIN EVENT OCCURRED WITH A PASSING COLD FRONT ON THE 10TH. THE SECOND AND MORE SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT OCCURRED ON HALLOWEEN. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA PUSHED EAST ACROSS TEXAS. THIS FEATURE COUPLED WITH A COLD FRONT PRODUCED WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL IN BRAZOS...BURLESON...WALLER AND AUSTIN COUNTIES. RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS TWO TO THREE INCHES BELOW NORMAL OVER INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND AROUND AN INCH BELOW NORMAL OVER COASTAL SECTIONS. TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL. ONLY A HANDFUL OF TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE ESTABLISHED. NEW TEMPERATURE RECORDS WILL BE LISTED BELOW THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA. OCTOBER CLIMATE DATA SITE AVG AVG AVG DEPARTURE RAINFALL DEPARTURE HIGH LOW DAILY IAH 83.3 58.9 71.1 +0.7 1.69 -2.81 GLS 80.8 67.3 74.0 -0.1 2.51 -0.98 CLL 83.5 58.5 71.0 +0.5 2.11 -2.11 HOU 82.9 62.4 72.6 +0.4 1.41 -3.85 PSX 84.0 63.1 73.5 +2.2 4.24 -0.77 CXO 82.6 53.5 68.1 NA 2.08 NA UTS 81.9 55.9 68.9 NA 2.64 NA LBX 82.8 59.1 70.9 NA 4.85 NA DWH 84.2 57.3 70.7 NA 1.89 NA SGR 83.4 59.1 71.2 NA 2.38 NA LVJ 82.4 61.0 71.7 NA 1.50 NA HGX 80.9 59.4 70.1 NA 2.01 NA RECORDS: RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE IAH NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD 92 DEGREES ON THE 5TH (TIED) 92 DEGREES IN 1955 CLL 96 DEGREES ON THE 3RD (TIED) 96 DEGREES IN 1911 RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES NEW RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD 38 DEGREES ON THE 25TH (TIED) 38 DEGREES IN 1980 38 DEGREES ON THE 26TH (TIED) 38 DEGREES IN 1957 $$