000 CDUS44 KHGX 070729 CLIHOU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 227 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007 ................................... ...THE HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 2007... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1900 TO 2007 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 85 1131 AM 94 1947 83 2 83 MINIMUM 76 255 AM 50 1970 64 12 65 AVERAGE 81 74 7 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.28 2006 0.15 -0.15 1.28 MONTH TO DATE 2.30 0.87 1.43 2.02 SINCE JAN 1 19.43 14.49 4.94 11.27 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 16 9 7 9 MONTH TO DATE 76 48 28 75 SINCE MAR 1 309 258 51 456 SINCE JAN 1 337 294 43 496 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.6 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 LOWEST 69 AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 94 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 52 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 7 2007...........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT MAY 8 2007...........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$