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911 NOUS44 KHGX 231600 PNSHGX TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-240400- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1100 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2011 ...RECORD WARMTH TO CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE DAYS... ...COLLEGE STATION ON TARGET FOR IT'S WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD... APRIL 2011 HAS BEEN ONE OF THE WARMEST ON RECORD FOR THE FOUR PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. IF THE MONTH ENDED TODAY...APRIL 2011 WOULD BE THE WARMEST ON RECORD FOR COLLEGE STATION (RECORDS BACK TO 1902). IT WOULD BE THE FIFTH WARMEST ON RECORD FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON (RECORDS BACK TO 1891)...THE FOURTH WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD FOR GALVESTON (RECORDS BACK TO 1875) AND THE THIRD WARMEST ON RECORD FOR HOUSTON HOBBY (RECORDS BACK TO 1930). COLLEGE CITY OF HOUSTON GALVESTON STATION HOUSTON HOBBY 74.5 2011 75.2 1963 75.7 1967 76.5 1888 74.0 1967 75.0 1967 74.5 1963 75.0 1967 73.7 1925 74.3 1981 73.9 2011 74.5 2006 73.1 2006 74.0 1965 73.6 2006 73.8 2011 72.8 2002 73.9 2011 73.5 1965 73.4 1929 THE EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS THAT GRIP SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAVE BEEN EXACERBATED BY THE RECENT WARM SPELL. THE LAST FIVE DAYS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY WARM WITH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES RARELY FALLING BELOW 73 DEGREES. THE NORMAL LOW FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS TYPICALLY IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGH TEMPERATURES HAVE ALSO BEEN WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S. THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE DURING THE LAST HALF OF APRIL IS IN THE LOWER 80S. BELOW IS A LIST OF NEW OR TIED TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR OUR FOUR PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES: COLLEGE STATION - 10 NEW/TIED TEMPERATURE RECORDS NEW/TIED PREVIOUS 8TH 93 DEGREES 91 1930 10TH 92 DEGREES 92 1968 19TH 96 DEGREES# 95 1951 20TH 94 DEGREES 94 1925 22ND 93 DEGREES 91 2009 # TIES FOR THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED IN APRIL (APRIL 16 1920 AND APRIL 30 1933) 18TH 71 DEGREES 71 1970 19TH 73 DEGREES 72 1972 20TH 76 DEGREES# 73 1925 21ST 73 DEGREES 72 1925 22ND 74 DEGREES 73 1925 # WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF APRIL. PREVIOUS WARMEST WAS 75 DEGREES ON APRIL 27 1994 AND APRIL 29 1970. CITY OF HOUSTON 9 NEW/TIED TEMPERATURE RECORDS 11TH 89 DEGREES 89 1934 19TH 92 DEGREES 92 1987 22ND 90 DEGREES 90 2009 8TH 73 DEGREES 73 1999 18TH 73 DEGREES 72 1970 19TH 73 DEGREES 73 1996 20TH 76 DEGREES 74 1964 21ST 76 DEGREES 74 1963 22ND 74 DEGREES 74 1967 HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT 5 NEW/TIED TEMPERATURE RECORDS 19TH 88 DEGREES 88 1984 8TH 72 DEGREES 72 2001 10TH 71 DEGREES 71 2001 20TH 74 DEGREES 72 1964 21ST 73 DEGREES 72 2002 GALVESTON 4 NEW/TIED TEMPERATURE RECORDS 11TH 87 DEGREES 83 2007 15TH 86 DEGREES 85 1878 19TH 83 DEGREES 83 1965 20TH 74 DEGREES 74 1972 RAINFALL HAS BEEN MEAGER. AS APRIL 22ND...THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS ONLY RECEIVED 0.11 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS IS CURRENTLY THE DRIEST APRIL ON RECORD. HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT AND COLLEGE STATION HAVE ONLY RECEIVED A TRACE OF RAIN DURING IN APRIL. THIS MAKES APRIL 2011 THE DRIEST ON RECORD FOR EACH OF THESE SITES. WASN'T IT JUST TWO YEARS AGO THAT HOBBY AIRPORT ENDURED IT'S WETTEST APRIL OF ALL TIME WITH OVER 15 INCHES OF RAIN? IT SEEMS SO LONG AGO. GALVESTON HAS RECEIVED 0.11 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS MONTH AND IT IS THE THIRD DRIEST APRIL ON RECORD. MUCH CAN CHANGE BY THE END OF THE MONTH AND THESE VALUES COULD CHANGE. SEE OUR LATEST DROUGHT STATEMENT DGTHGX FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT. $$