000 CDUS44 KHGX 221328 CLIHOU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 826 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ................................... ...THE HOUSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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 92 130 PM 96 2005 87 5 83 MINIMUM 73 427 AM 57 2002 67 6 63 AVERAGE 83 77 6 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 5.45 1945 0.17 -0.17 0.11 MONTH TO DATE 4.18 3.32 0.86 5.57 SINCE MAR 1 8.05 10.28 -2.23 15.83 SINCE JAN 1 16.67 16.94 -0.27 22.70 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 18 12 6 8 MONTH TO DATE 225 201 24 241 SINCE MAR 1 484 411 73 474 SINCE JAN 1 533 447 86 502 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 LOWEST 52 AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE HOUSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 96 2005 1996 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 56 2001 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 22 2008...........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT MAY 23 2008...........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$