000 CDUS44 KHGX 090731 CLIHOU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 231 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2007 ................................... ...THE HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 8 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 97 406 PM 102 2003 94 3 92 1988 MINIMUM 76 511 AM 68 1990 74 2 76 AVERAGE 87 84 3 84 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.26 1961 0.11 -0.11 0.35 MONTH TO DATE 0.89 0.85 0.04 1.26 SINCE JAN 1 40.91 28.15 12.76 34.98 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 22 19 3 19 MONTH TO DATE 167 152 15 154 SINCE JUN 1 1236 1210 26 1227 SINCE JAN 1 1859 1784 75 2018 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 91 LOWEST 40 AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 94 105 1962 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 62 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 9 2007........SUNRISE 645 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT AUGUST 10 2007........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$