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Is Houston’s weather ever ‘normal’?

How to read the chart


Record highs

In 2010, it happened once, on July 24. The rest of the year was far from normal. It began with an unusually Daily highs
Normal highs
cold winter that was punctuated by a hard freeze in early January. That trend gave way to record-setting
warmth through spring and summer, though no record highs were set until late October. Drought conditions Daily lows
Normal lows

that persisted for most of the year would have been much worse if not for July’s record-setting rainfall. Record lows

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
DAILY HIGHS AND LOWS, with normal and record temperatures for each day: July 24 was the only day with Aug. 15, 16 and 23 were Record highs Pumpkin-rotting weather
a “normal” temperature range the only 100-degree days for dates Record high of 94° (Oct. 27) is
110° (high of 94° and low of 74°) highest temperature ever
Sixth-coolest winter (Dec.-March) on record, 92° (Oct. 26)
recorded this late in fall
with an average temperature of 51.3°
100°
89° (Nov. 1)*
Fifth-coolest 85° (Nov. 23)* 82° (Dec. 21)
90° February on
record, with
an average
80° temperature
of 48.5°

70°

60°

50°
Warm nights Just missed it
Marks indicate low Lows of 83° on Aug. 12 and
40° temperatures that either 18 tie record for warmest
set or tied record for the low for entire month of
warmest low temperature August, and fall one
30° for the date (12 this year, degree shy of warmest low
compared to 25 last year) ever (84° in July 1895)

20°
Third- Tied as Warmest
Cold snap warmest sixth-warmest August on Looking ahead
10° • Seven consecutive nights below freezing (Jan. 5-11) May on record, June on record, record, with Cooler than normal water in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean — a
• Coldest night of the year (20° on Jan. 9) with average with average average phenomenon known as La Niña — is expected to last through the
• Record set, coolest high temperature for date (33° on Jan. 11) temperature temperature temperature spring. This tends to bring drier and warmer conditions to our area.
of 79.4° of 84.7° of 87.7°
Normal rainfall
CUMULATIVE PRECIPITATION, in inches: for year: 47.84˝
50˝

40˝
Late snow Actual Normal
30˝ Trace amount of rainfall rainfall Actual rainfall in 2010: 42.72˝
snow (Feb. 23) (5.12˝ below normal)
marks the latest July and September rainfall wipes out rainfall deficit,
20˝ but drought conditions return with a dry October and
snowfall in
city’s history November; late December rains bring a little relief
10˝

0˝ Fourth- Tied as
wettest July fourth-driest
on record, with October on record, Note: All December rainfall
DAILY PRECIPITATION, in inches, with significant rainfall events highlighted: 12.92 inches with .02 inches
data are through 7 p.m. Friday
6˝ of rain of rain

Jul. 2:
5.43˝

3˝ Jul. 7: Sep. 7:
2.56˝ Dec. 29:
2˝ Jan. 29: Feb. 11: Apr. 18: May 14: Jun. 24: 2.32˝ Jul. 17: 1.96˝
Sep. 21:
1˝ 1.67˝ 1.31˝ 2.47˝ 2.44˝ 2.74˝ 2.23˝ Dec. 24:
1.03˝
1˝ 1.03˝

MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS, in inches, with departure from normal: 12.92˝


+9.74˝
14˝
12˝ 2.53˝ 3.55˝ 1.88˝ 2.81˝ 3.68˝ 3.75˝ 1.02˝ 4.81˝ 0.02˝ 2.71˝ 3.04˝
10˝ -1.15˝ +0.57˝ -1.48˝ -0.79˝ -1.47˝ -1.60˝ -2.81˝ +0.48˝ -4.48˝ -1.48˝ -0.65˝





Source: National Weather Service * Record highs tied in previous years Note: All data reported from Bush Intercontinental Airport. Normals based on 30-year period (1971-2000) JAY CARR : C H R O N I C L E

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