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2008

October
.September 2008 Climate Summary (10/2/08)

September
.August 2008 Climate Summary (9/1/08)

August
.July 2008 Climate Summary (8/1/08)

JULY
.June 2008 Climate Summary (7/1/08)

JUNE
.Drought Conditions Increasing Along the Coast and South of I-10 (6/15/08)
.Drought Conditions Increasing Across Parts of Southeast Texas (6/2/08)
.May 2008 Climate Summary (6/1/08)

MAY
.April 2008 Climate Summary (5/1/08)

APRIL
.March 2008 Climate Summary (4/2/08)

MARCH
.Flood Safety Awareness Week - Flood Safety and Preparation (3/21/08)
.Flood Safety Awareness Week - Flood Risk (3/20/08)
.Flood Safety Awareness Week - Flooding and Related Phenomena (3/19/08)
.Flood Safety Awareness Week - Turn Around...Don't Drown (3/18/08)
.Flood Safety Awareness Week - AHPS (3/17/08)
.February 2008 Climate Summary (3/2/08)

FEBRAURY
.College Station to be recognized as Storm Ready (2/27/08)

JANUARY
.January 2008 Climate Summary (1/31/08)
.2007 - Year in Review (1/3/08)

2007

DECEMBER
.Record Warmth Likely to Persist Through the End of the Month (12/10/07)
.December 2007 Climate Summary (12/5/07)
.First freeze this season for much of SE TX (12/4/07)

NOVEMBER
.SKYWARN Recognition Day (11/28/07)
.October 2007 Climate Summary (11/4/07)

OCTOBER
.September 2007 Climate Summary (10/1/07)

SEPTEMBER
.Damage survey for Hurricane Humberto (9/15/07)
.Wet conditions to finally come to an end (9/13/07)

AUGUST
.August 2007 Climate Summary (9/5/07)

JULY
.July 2007 Climate Summary (8/1/07)

JULY
.An Unusually Long Rainy Period Coming to an End? (7/9/07)
.June 2007 Climate Summary (7/1/07)

JUNE
.May 2007 Climate Summary (6/8/07)

MAY
.Hurricane Preparedness Week - Hurricanes Rita and Audrey (5/25/07)
.Hurricane Preparedness Week - Tropical Storm Allison - Deadliest and Most Damaging in U.S. History (5/24/07)
.Hurricane Preparedness Week - The Central Texas War Hurricane of 1942 (5/23/07)
.Hurricane Preparedness Week - The Deadly Corpus Christi Hurricane of 1919 (5/22/07)
.Hurricane Preparedness Week - Hurricane Beulah (5/21/07)
.May 20-26 is Hurricane Preparedness Week in Texas (5/20/07)

APRIL
.March 2007 Climate Summary (4/12/07)
.Unprecendented April snowfall affects parts of Southeast Texas(4/9/07)

MARCH
.February 2007 Climate Summary(3/2/07)

FEBRUARY
.January 2007 Climate Summary(2/1/07)

JANUARY
.2006 One of the Warmest Years on Record across Southeast Texas (1/6/07)

2006

DECEMBER
.November 2006 Climate Summary (12/9/06)

NOVEMBER
.Cold Snap Summary (11/21/06)
.Strong Gusty Winds Continue in the Wake of Cold Front (11/15/06)
.October 2006 Climate Summary (11/1/06)

OCTOBER
.Will October 2006 be one of the wettest on record? (10/20/06)
.September 2006 Climate Summary (10/3/06)

SEPTEMBER
.August 2006 Climate Summary...Update (9/15/06)
.August 2006 Climate Summary (9/14/06)

AUGUST
.July 2006 Climate Summary (8/10/06)

JULY
.June 2006 Climate Summary (7/7/06)

JUNE
.Another Heavy Rain Event for Southeast Texas (6/19/06)
.Five Year Anniversary of Tropical Storm Allison's Devastating Rainfall in the Houston Area (6/9/06)
.Portions of Southeast Texas Receive Some Much Needed Rainfall (6/3/06)
.2006 Hurricane Season has begun! (6/1/06)
.May 2006 Climate Summary (6/1/06)

MAY
.Hurricane Preparedness Week - Take Action (5/27/06)
.Hurricane Preparedness Week - Disaster Prevention...Be Prepared (5/26/06)
.Hurricane Preparedness Week - Hurricane Forecasts (5/25/06)
.Hurricane Preparedness Week - Hurricane Hazards - Inland Flooding (5/24/06)
.Hurricane Preparedness Week - Hurricane Hazards - High Winds and Tornadoes (5/23/06)
.Hurricane Preparedness Week - Storm Surge and Marine Safety (5/22/06)
.Hurricane Preparedness Week - Storm Surge and Marine Safety (5/22/06)
.Hurricane Preparedness Week - A Brief History of Hurricanes Along the Texas Coast (5/22/06)
.May 21-27 is Hurricane Preparedness Week in Texas (5/22/06)
.April 2006 Climate Summary (5/3/06)

APRIL
.March 2006 Climate Summary (4/1/06)

MARCH
.February 2006 Climate Summary (3/6/06)

FEBRUARY
.The City of Pasadena to be recognized as StormReady (2/6/06)
.January 2006 Was Much Warmer Than Normal (2/16/06)

JANUARY
.2005 Annual Climate Summary for Southeast Texas (1/13/06)

2005

DECEMBER
.Increased risk of wild fires due to unseasonably dry conditions (12/31/05)
.November Starts Unseasonably Warm...Ends Unseasonably Cool (12/04/05)

NOVEMBER
.Record Breaking Heat During the First Half of November (11/15/05)
.October 2005 Climate Review (11/4/05)

OCTOBER
.September 2005 Climate Review (10/3/05)

SEPTEMBER
.August and Summer 2005 Climate Review (9/3/05)

AUGUST
.July Climate Review (8/1/05)

JULY
.Increasing Risk of Accidental Fires (7/1/05)

JUNE
.Houston Suffers Driest June in Recorded History - 3rd Straight Month of Below Normal Rainfall Across Southeast Texas (6/30/05)
.Houston Enduring its Driest June in Recorded History (6/28/05)
.Lightning Safety Outdoors (6/22/05)
.Lightning and Lightning Safety (6/20/05)
.Local Storm Report for June 6 - Grapeland F1 Tornado (6/6/05)

MAY
.Record Breaking Heat for the Second Consecutive Day (5/22/05)
.Take Action (5/21/05)
.Disaster Prevention...Be Prepared (5/20/05)
.Hurricane Hazards...Hurricane Forecasting (5/19/05)
.Hurricane Hazards...Inland Flooding (5/18/05)
.Hurricane Hazards...High Winds and Tornadoes (5/17/05)
.Storm Surge and Marine Safety (5/16/05)
.A Brief History of Hurricanes Along the Texas Coast (5/15/05)
.This is Hurricane Awareness Week in Texas (5/15/05)
.2005 Houston/Galveston Hurricane Workshop (5/12/05)

APRIL
.Houston/Galveston National Weather Service Office Relocated April 8-14 (4/15/05)
.Houston/Galveston National Weather Service Office Relocating April 8-14 (4/5/05)
.March 2005 Climate Review (4/2/05)

MARCH
.February 2005 Climate Review (3/3/05)

FEBRUARY
.January 2005 Climate Review (2/5/05)

JANUARY
.2004 Southeast Texas Weather - A Year In Review (1/7/05)
.December 2004 Climate Review - December Drier than Normal with Near Normal Temperatures (First Significant Snowfall in Decades (1/01/05))

2004

DECEMBER
.A White Christmas for Areas South of I-10 (12/25/04)
.November 2004 Climate Review - Another Stormy November with Flooding Rains and Strong Winds (12/02/04)

NOVEMBER
.October 2004 Climate Review - Warmest October Ever Recorded Across Southeast Texas (11/03/04)

OCTOBER
.Record Breaking October Heat over Southeast Texas (10/25/04)
.August/September 2004 Climate Review (10/14/04)
.Severe Weather in Friendswood and League City on October 4 2004 (10/05/04)

SEPTEMBER
.August 2004 Climate Review (09/02/04)

AUGUST
.July 2004 Climate Review (08/06/04)

JULY
.July 27th is the 61st Anniversary of the 1943 Surprise Hurricane (07/27/04)
.May and June 2004 Climate Summary (07/05/04)
.June heavy rainfall climate site statistics (07/01/04)

JUNE
.Worldwide locations that average between 14 and 22 inches of rain in an average June (06/30/04)
.Lightning Safety Awareness Week Begins Today (06/20/04)
.Damage Survey Confirms Two Tornadoes in the Wharton Area (06/08/04)

MAY
.April 2004 Climate Review (05/06/04)

APRIL
.Haze From Central American Fires Affecting Southeast Texas (04/22/04)
.March 2004 Climate Review (04/01/04)

MARCH
.February 2004 Climate Review (03/01/04)

FEBRUARY
.January 2004 Climate Review (02/12/04)

JANUARY
.December 2003 Climate Review (01/08/04)

2003

DECEMBER
.November 2003 Climate Review (12/01/03)

NOVEMBER
.October 2003 Climate Review (11/03/03)

OCTOBER
.none

SEPTEMBER
.Summer 2003 Climate Review (9/09/03)

AUGUST
.none

JULY
.June 2003 Climate Review (7/01/03)

JUNE
.May 2003 Climate Review (6/07/03)
.May 2003 One of the Warmest and Driest Mays on Record Across Southeast Texas (6/01/03)

MAY
.Slightly Cooler Temperatures Make a Brief Return to the Area (5/21/03)
.Hurricane Awareness Week begins (5/18/03)
.April Was Warmer and Drier than Normal (5/2/03)

APRIL
.March Was Cooler and Drier than Normal (4/4/03)

MARCH
.February Was Cooler and Wetter than Normal (3/5/03)

FEBRUARY
.January Drier and Cooler than Normal (2/1/03)

JANUARY
.2002 Southeast Texas Weather - A Year In Review (1/7/03)

2002

DECEMBER
.Tornado Damage Survey for December 30th Storms (12/31/02)
.Below Normal Temperatures in November (12/09/02)

NOVEMBER
.A Wet Start to November Across Southeast Texas (11/05/02)
.October 2002 Was a Very Wet and Stormy Month (11/01/02)

OCTOBER
.October 2002 Update on Wettest Month Rankings (10/29/02)
.October 2002 Ninth Wettest Month Ever at Galveston (10/26/02)
.October 2002 Enters Top Ten Wettest Octobers at Bryan/College Station (10/25/02)
.Rainy Weather to Persist for a Few More Days - 10/19 to 10/24 area rainfall totals (10/24/02)
.Weather Summary for September (September 2002 stats)(10/04/02)

SEPTEMBER
.Rainfall Reports for Tropical Storm Fay (9/8/02)
.Record Breaking Rainfall in August (August 2002 stats)(9/05/02)

AUGUST
.Rainfall Statistics for the Heavy Rainfall Event of August 15 (8/16/02)
.Above Average Rainfall...Near and Below Average Temperatures for July (July 2002 stats)(8/4/02)
.Temperature Reaches Century Mark for First Time This Year (8/3/02)

JULY
.Some July 2002 SE TX Rainfall Totals Close to Breaking into the Top 10 Wettest Julys on Record (7/24/02)
.Mid July 2002 Southeast Texas Rainfall Event Totals (7/16/02)
.June 2002...An Average Weather Month (June 2002 stats)(7/2/02)

JUNE
.Rainfall totals for June 24th-29th (6/29/02)
.May 2002...A Month of Extremes (May 2002 stats)(6/1/02)

MAY
.April 2002...An Early Taste of Summer (April 2002 stats)(5/3/02)
.Our Early Summer Abates...But the Dry Spell Continues (5/15/02)

APRIL
.March 2002 Begins with Record Cold...Ends with Severe Storms (March 2002 stats)(4/2/02)

MARCH
.Experimental IFPS Images and Other Products Are Now Available (3/20/02)
.February 2002 Colder and Drier Than Normal (February 2002 stats) (3/1/02)

FEBRUARY
.2002 Starts Out a Little Warmer and a Little Drier Than Normal (January 2002 stats) (2/2/02)

JANUARY
.A Wet December Caps off a Record Wet Year...Climate Stats for Dec. 2001 and Rainfall Stats for all of 2001 (1/5/02)

2001

DECEMBER
.New Climate Normals to be used in 2002 (12/27/01)
.Historical Snowfall Statistics for Houston (12/17/01)
.2001 Now Third Wettest in Houston History (12/14/01)
.November Mostly Warm and Dry...But Ends With Cold Wet Weather (12/05/01)

NOVEMBER
.2001 Now the 5th Wettest Year on Record for Houston (11/28/01)
.October Begins Wet...But Ends with Dry Autumn Weather (11/04/01)

OCTOBER
.Annual Rainfall Approaching Near Record Levels (10/07/01)
.September Begins Wet and Ends With A Dry Mild Start To Autumn (10/03/01)

SEPTEMBER
.Update on Rainfall Totals for August 26 thru September 6 Heavy Rain Event (9/11/01)
.Year-To-Date Rainfall Statistics comparing 2001 to 2000 (9/9/01)
.Rainfall Totals from the Current Heavy Rain Event (August 26 to September 4) (09/05/01)
.A Comparison of the Current Heavy Rain Event and Allison (August 26 to September 6) (09/02/01)
.August Dry and Warm Until a Rainy End to the Month (09/01/01)

AUGUST
.July 2001 Climate Summary (08/01/01)

JULY
.June 2001 Climate Summary (07/04/01)

JUNE
.June 2001 Now the Wettest June on Record in Houston (also has rainfall totals from prior Southeast Texas heavy rain events) (06/15/01)
.May 2001 Climate Summary (also has some April to May data) (06/01/01)

MAY
.Comparison of May Climate Data from 1995 through 2001 (05/26/01)
.April 2001 Climate Summary (05/01/01)

APRIL
.March 2001 Climate Summary ("March Comes In Like a Lion and Leaves Like a Lamb...a Very Wet Lamb (04/01/01)

MARCH
.February 2001 Climate Summary (03/01/01)

FEBRUARY
.January 2001 Climate Summary (also has heating and cooling degree values for November through January since 1989 (02/01/01)

JANUARY
.Year of 2000 Climate Summary (01/04/01)

2000

DECEMBER
.December 2000 Much Colder Than Normal (12/31/00)
.Drought Conditions Ease in November as Heavy Rain Returns to Southeast Texas (12/01/00)

NOVEMBER
.When It Rains It Pours (11/20/00)

OCTOBER
.October Temperatures Finish Warmer Than Normal (10/30/00)

SEPTEMBER
.September 2000 Will Become Known as the Month of Records (9/30/00)
.The 1900 Galveston Hurricane (9/7/00)
.Record Shattering Heat in Houston (09/06/00)

AUGUST
.none

JULY
.Ten Days of 100 degree Temperatures for July (07/26/00)
.Summer Heat Returns With a Vengeance...Drought Conditions Return As Well (07/15/00)
.High Temperatures Reach the Century Mark Today (07/12/00)
.Texas Sizzled 20 Years Ago...Summer of 1980 Still the Warmest Ever for Most of Southeast Texas (07/12/00)

JUNE
.Relief from the Drought Occurred in May...Another Month with Above Normal Temperatures (06/02/00)

MAY
.none

APRIL
.Drought Continues Over Southeast Texas (04/28/00)

MARCH
.Southeast Texas Remains Parched as Drought Continues...Updated (03/31/00)
.Southeast Texas Remains Parched as Drought Continues (03/24/00)

FEBRUARY
.none

JANUARY
.1999 Year In Review (01/01/00)
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