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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX                        
806 AM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008


...MORNING CLIMATE DATA...
     
                            MORNING LOW    PRECIP SINCE MIDNIGHT
HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL         59                0.00
GALVESTON SCHOLES FIELD           M                0.00
BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION            58                0.00
     
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...THE HOUSTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         81    257 PM  93    2004  81      0       87       
  MINIMUM         55    555 AM  32    1989  57     -2       56       
  AVERAGE         68                        69     -1       72      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.54 1993   0.14  -0.14     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.97                      2.95   2.02     6.47    
  SINCE SEP 1     17.04                      7.28   9.76     9.52    
  SINCE JAN 1     44.70                     38.41   6.29    57.59    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                        10    -10        0       
  SINCE SEP 1      0                        11    -11        0       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                        11    -11        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                         5     -2        7       
  MONTH TO DATE  164                       148     16      267       
  SINCE SEP 1    570                       560     10      780       
  SINCE JAN 1   3094                      2755    339     3112       
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 WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (70)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.4                                         

                                                                      
SKY COVER                                                            
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

                                                                      
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                      
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100                                                       
 LOWEST     42                                                       
 AVERAGE    71                                                       

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THE HOUSTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   81        93      2004                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        33      1976                    

                                                                      
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 21 2008.......SUNRISE   728 AM CDT   SUNSET   644 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 22 2008.......SUNRISE   728 AM CDT   SUNSET   643 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                    81      57      0.00
PEARLAND                         80      55      0.00
SUGAR LAND                       82      54      0.00 
TOMBALL                          80      50      0.00
CONROE                           80      49      0.00
HUNTSVILLE                       80      52      0.00
ANGLETON/LAKE JACKSON            82      52      0.00
PALACIOS                         81      56      0.00
LEAGUE CITY (NWS)                79      54      0.00
     
     
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