000 CDUS44 KHGX 181415 CLIHOU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 815 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2005 ...MORNING CLIMATE DATA... MORNING LOW PRECIP SINCE MIDNIGHT HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL 37 0.00 GALVESTON SCHOLES FIELD 44 0.00 BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION 36 0.00 ................................... ...THE HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 17 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1900 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 48 416 PM 80 1984 64 -16 61 MINIMUM 39 749 AM 22 1972 42 -3 46 AVERAGE 44 53 -9 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.31 2.52 1949 0.12 0.19 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 6.37 2.06 4.31 1.48 SINCE JAN 1 41.21 46.21 -5.00 64.59 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 12 9 11 MONTH TO DATE 242 185 57 159 SINCE DEC 1 242 185 57 159 SINCE JUL 1 416 412 4 283 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 LOWEST 70 AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 82 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 24 1996 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 18 2005......SUNRISE 712 AM CST SUNSET 525 PM CST DECEMBER 19 2005......SUNRISE 712 AM CST SUNSET 525 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ...MISCELLANEOUS CLIMATE DATA FOR YESTERDAY... LOCATION HIGH LOW PRECIP HOUSTON HOBBY 49 41 0.44 PEARLAND 49 41 0.42 SUGAR LAND 49 40 0.31 TOMBALL 48 38 0.40 CONROE 47 36 0.68 HUNTSVILLE 45 37 0.27 ANGLETON/LAKE JACKSON 49 41 0.32 PALACIOS 52 42 0.19 LEAGUE CITY (NWS) 47 41 0.33 THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE PRODUCTS...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/HGX OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV $$