000 CDUS44 KHGX 120740 CLIHOU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 239 AM CDT WED MAR 12 2008 ................................... ...THE HOUSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 11 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1900 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 69 424 PM 86 1974 72 -3 77 1955 MINIMUM 48 1146 PM 27 1948 50 -2 54 AVERAGE 59 61 -2 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.70 1963 0.11 -0.11 T MONTH TO DATE 2.05 1.16 0.89 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 2.05 1.16 0.89 0.01 SINCE JAN 1 10.67 7.82 2.85 6.88 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 6 6 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 91 74 17 66 SINCE MAR 1 91 74 17 66 SINCE JUL 1 1095 1393 -298 1267 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 1 MONTH TO DATE 4 15 -11 5 SINCE MAR 1 4 15 -11 5 SINCE JAN 1 53 51 2 33 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 LOWEST 37 AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE HOUSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 88 1980 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 24 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 12 2008.........SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 728 PM CDT MARCH 13 2008.........SUNRISE 733 AM CDT SUNSET 729 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$