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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX                        
259 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006

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...THE HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1900 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         85   1205 PM  90    1991  79      6       75       
  MINIMUM         73   1159 PM  40    1982  56     17       41       
  AVERAGE         79                        67     12       58      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.58          1.14 1953   0.14   0.44     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE   14.39                      3.79  10.60     0.55    
  SINCE JAN 1     54.73                     39.25  15.48    30.98    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        7       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                        22    -10       22       
  SINCE SEP 1     12                        23    -11       22       
  SINCE JUL 1     12                        23    -11       22       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       14                         4     10        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  231                       176     55      227       
  SINCE SEP 1    672                       588     84      785       
  SINCE JAN 1   3161                      2783    378     3141       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  THUNDERSTORM                                                       
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87                                                       
 LOWEST     79                                                       
 AVERAGE    83                                                       
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THE HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   79        91      1995                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   55        37      1957                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 27 2006.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   639 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 28 2006.......SUNRISE   732 AM CDT   SUNSET   638 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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