PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1218 PM CDT THU SEP 14 2006 ...AUGUST 2006 SLIGHTLY DRIER THAN NORMAL... ...TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL... BREAKING A RECENT TREND OF BELOW NORMAL SUMMER TEMPERATURES...AUGUST SAW A RETURN OF WARMER TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AVERAGED ABOUT 1 TO 2 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL. DESPITE THE WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES...THE 100 DEGREE THRESHOLD WAS ONLY EXCEEDED A HANDFUL OF TIMES OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE REGION ON THE 16TH AND 17TH. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL. GALVESTON TIED FOR IT`S SEVENTH WARMEST AUGUST IN RECORDED HISTORY. EIGHT OUT OF GALVESTON`S TEN WARMEST AUGUSTS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 1988. AUGUST 2006 WAS THE 20TH WARMEST AUGUST IN RECORDED HISTORY FOR HOUSTON AND THE 24TH WARMEST AUGUST AT COLLEGE STATION. RAINFALL WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. RAINFALL WAS EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE MONTH. GALVESTON ESTABLISHED A 24 HOUR RAINFALL RECORD ON THE 10TH WITH 1.42 INCHES OF RAIN. HERE IS THE AUGUST TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL DATA FROM A FEW SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP HIGH LOW DAILY IAH 94.1 75.7 84.9 +1.6 3.40 -0.43 GLS 90.2 80.5 85.4 +1.0 5.24 +1.02 CLL 96.6 75.5 86.0 +1.3 2.47 -0.16 HOU 92.4 76.6 84.5 +0.1 2.92 -1.62 CXO 95.4 71.6 83.5 +0.2 0.71 -2.99 UTS 95.8 74.7 85.3 +2.1 3.26 -0.46 DWH 94.4 75.2 84.8 +1.9 3.49 -1.33 SGR 93.2 74.5 83.8 +0.7 4.02 -1.36 LVJ 93.5 77.1 85.3 +2.0 4.66 -0.36 HGX 90.8 74.5 82.6 +0.6 4.71 +0.14 LBX 92.0 74.1 83.0 +0.6 3.02 -1.74 PSX 91.2 78.7 85.0 +0.4 2.78 -0.58 && RECORDS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE GALVESTON 96 DEGREES ON THE 17TH 95 DEGREES IN 1969 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE GALVESTON 83 DEGREES ON THE 2ND (TIED) 83 DEGREES IN 1988 84 DEGREES ON THE 18TH (TIED) 84 DEGREES IN 2005 HOUSTON 79 DEGREES ON THE 18TH 78 DEGREES IN 1984 78 DEGREES ON THE 19TH 76 DEGREES IN 2004 79 DEGREES ON THE 27TH 78 DEGREES IN 1999 77 DEGREES ON THE 28TH 76 DEGREES IN 1956 78 DEGREES ON THE 29TH 78 DEGREES IN 1995 COLLEGE STATION 77 DEGREES ON THE 25TH (TIED) 77 DEGREES IN 2004 78 DEGREES ON THE 28TH 79 DEGREES IN 1940 RECORD RAINFALL GALVESTON 1.42 INCHES ON THE 10TH 1.35 INCHES IN 1943 $$