HGX issued a Public Information Statement with stats:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/productview.php?pil=HGXPNSHGX
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
648 AM CST SAT FEB 5 2011
...FEBRUARY BEGINS ON A FRIGID NOTE...
UNLESS YOU LIVE IN A CAVE OR AN IGLOO...YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE
THAT THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF FEBRUARY HAVE BEEN VERY COLD. THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES OF HOUSTON...
HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT...COLLEGE STATION AND GALVESTON HAVE ALL
AVERAGED ALMOST 20 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE 30 YEAR CLIMATE
NORMALS. HOUSTON AND COLLEGE STATION HAVE RECORDED FIVE
CONSECUTIVE MORNINGS WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S. THIS HAS
NOT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY SINCE 1989. WIND CHILL VALUES HAVE ALSO
BEEN BRUTALLY COLD WITH VALUES DIPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS A
FEW DAYS AGO.
BELOW IS A TABLE WITH THE COLDEST AVERAGE HIGH...LOW AND AVERAGE DAILY
TEMPERATURES FOR FEBRUARY (THROUGH THE 4TH) FOR THE FOUR PRIMARY
CLIMATE SITES:
HOUSTON
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG DAILY
36.2 1985 22.2 1951 30.8 1985
38.5 1996 24.0 2011 32.1 1951
42.0 1951 25.2 1985 33.0 1996
42.8 1905 27.5 1996 33.8 2011
43.5 2011 29.5 1917 39.2 1916
HOUSTON HOBBY
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG DAILY
36.0 1996 20.2 1951 30.9 1951
39.0 1985 27.0 2011 33.1 1996
41.5 1951 28.2 1996 34.2 1985
44.2 2011 29.5 1985 35.6 2011
47.0 1978 32.0 1966 42.0 1980
COLLEGE STATION
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG DAILY
32.5 1985 15.8 1951 27.0 1985
35.0 1996 21.2 2011 29.4 1996
42.0 2011 21.8 1985 29.5 1951
42.8 1951 23.8 1996 31.6 2011
42.8 1905 26.0 1918 37.3 1916
GALVESTON
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG DAILY
38.0 1985 26.8 1951 34.0 1985
39.2 1996 28.5 2011 34.2 1951
41.8 1951 30.0 1985 35.0 1996
42.0 2011 30.8 1996 35.2 2011
45.8 1978 34.2 1917 42.2 1905
EACH OF THE PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES HAD THEIR 2ND COLDEST AVERAGE
LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE MONTH. ALTHOUGH
TEMPERATURES REBOUND A BIT DURING THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK...
IT TURNS COLDER FOR THE SECOND HALF WITH LOW TEMPERATURES BACK IN
THE 20S. DON`T LET THE COLD START TO THE MONTH FOOL YOU. BACK IN
1996...THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF FEBRUARY WERE COLD BUT AN EXPANSIVE
UPPER RIDGE BUILT OVER TEXAS ON THE 21ST...22ND AND 23RD WITH
COLLEGE STATION RECORDING A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 99 DEGREES
ON THE 21ST AND HOUSTON RECORDING A RECORD HIGH OF 90 ON THE 22ND.
AHHHH WEATHER...YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.
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