000 CDUS44 KHGX 160927 CLIHOU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 427 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2008 ................................... ...THE HOUSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 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 84 319 PM 92 2003 85 -1 91 1978 MINIMUM 67 531 AM 51 1976 66 1 71 1971 1926 AVERAGE 76 76 0 81 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.46 4.64 1970 0.17 0.29 0.78 MONTH TO DATE 4.18 2.30 1.88 5.46 SINCE MAR 1 8.05 9.26 -1.21 15.72 SINCE JAN 1 16.67 15.92 0.75 22.59 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 11 10 1 16 MONTH TO DATE 157 134 23 195 SINCE MAR 1 416 344 72 428 SINCE JAN 1 465 380 85 456 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 36 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 41 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 LOWEST 58 AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE HOUSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 93 2003 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 47 1973 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 16 2008...........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT MAY 17 2008...........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$