Monday, June 29, 2009

Shriveled Rose of Texas: More June Heat Records

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More record heat was observed in Texas on Monday, June 29:
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 105 DEGREES WAS SET AT AUSTIN  
BERGSTROM TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 102 SET IN 1956.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 104 DEGREES WAS SET AT SAN ANTONIO
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 102 SET IN 1980.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 106 DEGREES WAS SET AT AUSTIN CAMP MABRY TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 102 SET IN 1956.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES WAS SET AT BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 96 SET IN 1969.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES WAS TIED AT VICTORIA
REGIONAL AIRPORT TODAY. THE RECORD WAS SET IN 1937.
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 101 DEGREES WAS SET AT VICTORIA YESTERDAY.
THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 101 SET IN 1953.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 99 DEGREES WAS SET AT CORPUS CHRISTI
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 97 SET IN
1989.

Louisiana:
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES WAS SET AT NEW IBERIA TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 97 SET IN 2005.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 101 DEGREES WAS SET AT LAFAYETTE TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 100 SET IN 1930.
Some perspective on the heat wave through June 28 from the National Weather Service:
WITH ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT THIS JUNE...JUNE 2009 IS SO FAR THE 
2ND WARMEST JUNE AT AUSTIN MABRY...THE 8TH WARMEST AT AUSTIN
BERGSTROM...A TIE WITH 1980 FOR THE 5TH WARMEST JUNE AT DEL RIO...
AND THE 4TH WARMEST JUNE AT SAN ANTONIO. THE LIST BELOW SHOWS THE
WARMEST JUNES OF RECORD. THE DATA FOR 2009 IS FOR JUNE 1ST TO
28TH...SO WITH STILL 2 DAYS LEFT THE FINAL FIGURES FOR JUNE 2009
COULD CHANGE.

AUSTIN MABRY 1854 TO 2009

1. 87.4 2008
2. 86.6 JUNE 1 TO 28...2009
3. 86.4 1998
4. 86.3 1925
5. 85.9 1881 AND 1990

FOR JUNE 2009 FROM JUNE 20TH TO JUNE 28TH...
AUSTIN MABRY AND AUSTIN BERGSTROM HAD 9 100 DEGREE DAYS
IN A ROW. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 6 IN A ROW DURING JUNE AT
AUSTIN BERGSTROM IN JUNE 1953...AND THE RECORD OF 8 IN A ROW AT
AUSTIN MABRY...IN JUNE 1925. SAN ANTONIO HAS HAD 5 100 DEGREE DAYS
IN A ROW FROM JUNE 12 TO 16 AND AGAIN FROM JUNE 24 TO 28 IN 2009.
THE JUNE RECORD AT SAN ANTONIO FOR 100 DEGREE DAYS IN A ROW WAS 11
IN JUNE 1990.

THE ALL TIME GREATEST NUMBER OF 100 DEGREE DAYS IN A ROW
AT AUSTIN...DEL RIO...AND SAN ANTONIO IS LISTED BELOW.

DEL RIO............50 FROM JUNE 17 TO AUGUST 5...1980
AUSTIN BERGSTROM...23 FROM JULY 27 TO AUGUST 18...1951
AUSTIN MABRY.......21 FROM JULY 12 TO AUGUST 1...2001
SAN ANTONIO........21 FROM JULY 24 TO AUGUST 13...1962

HOUSTON IS SUFFERING THROUGH IT'S 2ND WARMEST
JUNE. JUNE 2009 IS NOW WARMER THAN THE JUNE OF 1980 AND ONLY
TRAILS THE BRUTAL JUNE OF 1998 BY 0.1 DEGREES. AT HOBBY
AIRPORT...THIS IS ALSO THE 4TH WARMEST JUNE. GALVESTON IS
ENDURING IT'S 5TH WARMEST JUNE AND COLLEGE STATION IS ENDURING
IT'S 4TH WARMEST JUNE.

COLLEGE STATION HAS REACHED OR EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES TEN TIMES
DURING JUNE 2009...INCLUDING THE LAST NINE CONSECUTIVE DAYS. THE
PREVIOUS RECORD FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE 100 DEGREE DAYS IN JUNE WAS
EIGHT AND THIS OCCURRED BETWEEN JUNE 13 1996 AND JUNE 20 1996.
COLLEGE STATION ENDURED 26 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH 100 DEGREE HEAT
BETWEEN JULY 29 1917 AND AUGUST 23 1917. THAT IS THE LONGEST
CONSECUTIVE 100 DEGREE STREAK IN CITY HISTORY. THE MOST 100 DEGREE
DAYS DURING JUNE FOR COLLEGE STATION WAS 13 DAYS AND THIS OCCURRED
IN 1925. THERE WERE 11 100 DEGREE DAYS BACK JUNE OF 1998 AND 1948.

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