000 CDUS44 KHGX 180731 CLIHOU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 230 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007 ................................... ...THE HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 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 82 326 PM 93 1998 86 -4 86 MINIMUM 62 531 AM 47 1945 67 -5 57 AVERAGE 72 76 -4 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.20 1989 0.17 -0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 5.46 2.64 2.82 2.81 SINCE JAN 1 22.59 16.26 6.33 12.06 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 7 11 -4 7 MONTH TO DATE 213 156 57 177 SINCE MAR 1 446 366 80 558 SINCE JAN 1 474 402 72 598 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (70) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 LOWEST 35 AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 94 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 50 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2007...........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT MAY 19 2007...........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 810 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$