000 CDUS44 KHGX 171313 CLIHOU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 810 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...MORNING CLIMATE DATA... MORNING LOW PRECIP SINCE MIDNIGHT HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL 69 0.00 GALVESTON SCHOLES FIELD 68 0.00 BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION 67 0.00 ................................... ...THE HOUSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 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 77 1249 PM 83 2006 73 4 72 1972 1963 MINIMUM 53 642 AM 36 1947 51 2 55 AVERAGE 65 62 3 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.51 1998 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.05 1.71 0.34 4.37 SINCE MAR 1 2.05 1.71 0.34 4.37 SINCE JAN 1 10.67 8.37 2.30 11.24 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 5 -5 1 MONTH TO DATE 99 100 -1 70 SINCE MAR 1 99 100 -1 70 SINCE JUL 1 1103 1419 -316 1271 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 27 25 2 12 SINCE MAR 1 27 25 2 12 SINCE JAN 1 76 61 15 40 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.1 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 LOWEST 46 AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE HOUSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 74 85 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 32 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2008.........SUNRISE 728 AM CDT SUNSET 731 PM CDT MARCH 18 2008.........SUNRISE 727 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ...MISCELLANEOUS CLIMATE DATA FOR YESTERDAY... LOCATION HIGH LOW PRECIP HOUSTON HOBBY 72 61 0.00 SUGAR LAND 73 61 0.00 TOMBALL 77 55 0.00 CONROE 79 52 0.00 HUNTSVILLE 80 52 0.00 ANGLETON/LAKE JACKSON 69 60 0.00 PALACIOS 76 60 0.00 LEAGUE CITY (NWS) 69 60 0.00 THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND CLIMATE PRODUCTS...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/HGX OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV $$