000 CDUS44 KHGX 010736 CLIHOU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 236 AM CDT WED OCT 1 2008 ................................... ...THE HOUSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 30 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 90 400 PM 95 1998 86 4 90 MINIMUM 61 600 AM 47 1890 64 -3 74 AVERAGE 76 75 1 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.55 1913 0.15 -0.15 0.76 MONTH TO DATE 2.12 4.33 -2.21 3.05 SINCE SEP 1 2.12 4.33 -2.21 3.05 SINCE JAN 1 29.78 35.46 -5.68 51.12 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE SEP 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 10 1 17 MONTH TO DATE 392 412 -20 513 SINCE SEP 1 392 412 -20 513 SINCE JAN 1 2916 2607 309 2845 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 LOWEST 34 AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE HOUSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 99 1900 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 44 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 1 2008.......SUNRISE 715 AM CDT SUNSET 706 PM CDT OCTOBER 2 2008.......SUNRISE 716 AM CDT SUNSET 705 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$