Post by SKYSUMMIT on Feb 1, 2015 23:47:34 GMT -6
Provided by the NWS Houston/Galveston:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1146 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015
...A COOL AND WET JANUARY ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
JANUARY ENDED WETTER THAN NORMAL FOR MOST AREAS AND COOLER THAN
NORMAL ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL
HELPED EASE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WEST OF THE BRAZOS RIVER. COOLER
THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS WERE PREVALENT FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF
THE MONTH. AS A MATTER OF FACT...THE FIRST TWO WEEKS ENDED UP AS
ONE OF THE TOP TWENTY COOLEST PERIODS ON RECORD. TEMPERATURES
REBOUNDED...WITH THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH WARMER THAN NORMAL
FOR ALL BUT A FEW DAYS AROUND THE 23RD.
THE OVERALL RAINFALL HELPED COLLEGE STATION END THE MONTH WITH ITS
TOP 7TH RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE RELIABLE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1902.
OVERALL...THREE OF THE FOUR FIRST-ORDER CLIMATE SITES ENDED THE
MONTH WITH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. ALTHOUGH THE CITY OF HOUSTON
RECORDED BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL...THE SITE STILL RECORDED OVER 3
INCHES. HERE IS A LIST SHOWING THE RAINFALL AND RANKING FOR EACH
SITE.
FIRST-ORDER CLIMATE SITE RAINFALL RANKING FOR JANUARY
SITE RAIN RANK PERIOD OF RECORD
COLLEGE STATION 6.66 7TH SINCE JAN 1902
HOBBY AIRPORT 5.13 22ND SINCE AUG 1930
CITY OF GALVESTON 5.44 29TH SINCE APR 1871
CITY OF HOUSTON 3.17 68TH SINCE NOV 1888
THIS HAS BEEN THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW WHEN THE MONTH OF JANUARY
ENDED WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BELOW NORMAL AT ALL FOUR FIRST-
ORDER CLIMATE SITES. THERE HAVE BEEN STREAKS OF WARMER THAN NORMAL
JANUARYS...AND BELOW NORMAL. IN THE FOLLOWING LIST OF THE MONTHLY
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY FOR THE 21ST
CENTUARY...NOTE THE VERY WARM PERIOD FROM 2004 TO 2006...AND IN
2012 AND 2013. ALSO NOTE HOW FOUR OUT OF THE PAST SIX JANUARYS
HAVE SEEN BELOW NORMAL MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.
AVERAGE JANUARY TEMPERATURE AND DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL
HOUSTON HOBBY ARPT GALVESTON COLLEGE STN
YEAR AVE DEP AVE DEP AVE DEP AVE DEP
2015 49.8 -3.3 50.6 -3.5 51.1 -4.1 47.5 -3.6
2014 49.5 -3.6 51.1 -3.0 52.0 -3.2 47.7 -3.4
2013 55.5 +2.4 56.4 +2.3 57.0 +1.8 53.8 +2.7
2012 58.8 +5.7 59.7 +5.6 61.1 +5.9 55.8 +4.7
2011 51.3 -0.5 53.5 -0.8 52.0 -3.8 49.9 -0.3
2010 49.0 -2.8 50.0 -4.3 50.4 -5.4 48.0 -2.2
2009 53.9 +2.1 55.2 +0.9 56.3 +0.5 52.8 +2.6
2008 52.2 +0.4 54.2 -0.1 55.0 -0.8 49.9 -0.3
2007 50.5 -1.3 52.1 -2.2 53.9 -1.9 47.1 -3.1
2006 58.9 +7.1 60.3 +6.0 60.6 +4.8 57.3 +7.1
2005 56.3 +4.5 57.8 +3.5 58.3 +2.5 54.6 +4.4
2004 54.7 +2.9 55.7 +1.4 55.9 +0.1 53.1 +2.9
2003 50.1 -1.7 51.1 -3.2 52.1 -3.7 48.2 -2.0
2002 54.5 +2.7 56.8 +2.5 56.4 +0.6 52.3 +2.1
2001 49.3 -1.1 50.8 -3.5 50.5 -2.2 47.6 -0.9
HERE ARE THE CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND-ORDER
CLIMATE STATIONS FOR JANUARY.
SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP
HIGH LOW MONTH
IAH 59.3 40.4 49.8 -3.3 3.17 -0.21
GLS 57.7 44.5 51.1 -4.1 5.44 +1.24
CLL 56.6 38.3 47.5 -3.6 6.66 +3.42
HOU 59.0 42.2 50.6 -3.5 5.13 +1.26
CXO 56.8 36.5 46.7 -4.0 3.18 -0.60
UTS 56.9 38.6 47.8 -3.0 4.72 +0.90
DWH 58.8 39.4 49.1 -2.4 2.63 -0.92
SGR 59.3 40.5 49.9 -2.5 3.22 -0.38
LBX 58.2 39.8 49.0 -4.6 5.71 +1.26
PSX 59.0 42.2 50.6 -3.7 3.58 +0.21
LVJ 60.0 42.1 51.0 -2.3 5.41 +1.19
HGX 58.7 41.1 49.9 -2.7 6.27 +1.80
HERE IS THE MONTHLY RAINFALL DATA FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
CO-OP OBSERVER NETWORK...
JANUARY 2015
LOCATION RAIN DEP
BELLVILLE 3.16 -0.11
BRENHAM 4.15 +0.68
CLEVELAND 4.85 +0.74
CROCKETT 8.52 +4.75
EL CAMPO 4.62 N/A
FREEPORT 5.06 +0.12
LIBERTY 5.74 +1.32
KATY 3.26 +0.05
MADISONVILLE 7.20 +3.34
NEW CANEY 3.98 +0.35
WASHINGTON ST PARK 3.64 +0.10
WEST COLUMBIA 7.23 N/A
