Houston's Hottest Summer to Date

Image (click to enlarge): Temperature and departure from average for 90 days ending July 30, 2011 at Houston, from Climate Prediction Center/NWS

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July was the third hottest on record at Houston (87.1°). Combined with the hottest June on record (86.2°), the summer to date is now the hottest on record. It was also the hottest June-July at Galveston, where July was the second hottest on record.

Here is the report issued this morning by the National Weather Service:

JULY TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE THE 30 YEAR CLIMATE NORMALS   
AVERAGING 3 TO 4 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE 30 YEAR NORMALS. JULY  
2011 WAS THE THIRD WARMEST ON RECORD FOR HOUSTON AND HOUSTON  
HOBBY AIRPORT. IT WAS THE SECOND WARMEST ON RECORD FOR GALVESTON  
AND TIED FOR THE SECOND WARMEST JULY ON RECORD FOR COLLEGE  
STATION. HERE ARE THE FIVE WARMEST JULY'S ON RECORD FOR EACH  
LOCATION:  
  
        CITY OF      COLLEGE      GALVESTON      HOUSTON  
        HOUSTON      STATION                     HOBBY  
  
        87.5 1980    89.1 2009    87.4 1875      86.7 2009      
        87.4 2009    88.6 2011    87.1 2011      86.6 1998  
        87.1 2011    88.6 1998    86.6 1996      86.5 2011  
        86.6 1998    87.9 1996    86.3 1876      86.1 1980  
        86.6 1957    87.7 1925    86.2 2009      85.4 1957  
  
SINCE MAY 25TH...THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS RECORDED 58 DAYS (OUT OF   
68) WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 95 DEGREES OR WARMER. HOUSTON HAS ALSO   
ENDURED 31 DAYS WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 98 DEGREES OR WARMER AND 11  
DAYS WITH A TEMPERATURE AT OR EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES. THE FATES  
WERE NO KINDER TO COLLEGE STATION AS THE CITY RECORDED 63 DAYS  
WITH THE TEMPERATURE AT OR EXCEEDING 95 DEGREES...49 DAYS AT OR  
ABOVE 98 DEGREES AND 28 DAYS AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES.  
  
CLIMATOLOGICALLY SPEAKING...SUMMER IS ABOUT TWO THIRDS COMPLETE AND   
THE SUMMER OF 2011 IS CURRENTLY THE WARMEST ON RECORD FOR THE CITY   
OF HOUSTON AND GALVESTON AND THE SECOND WARMEST ON RECORD FOR   
COLLEGE STATION. BELOW ARE THE BLISTERING DETAILS:  
  
              CITY OF HOUSTON - JUNE THROUGH JULY  
  
              AVERAGE       AVERAGE       AVERAGE  
              HIGH          LOW           MONTHLY  
  
              97.9 1980     76.7 1963     86.7 2011       
              97.2 2011     76.6 1958     86.5 2009  
              96.9 2009     76.4 1953     86.3 1980  
              96.7 1998     76.4 1965     86.0 1998  
              95.5 1890     76.3 1964     84.7 1994  
  
              GALVESTON  -  JUNE THROUGH JULY  
  
              AVERAGE       AVERAGE       AVERAGE  
              HIGH          LOW           MONTHLY  
  
              93.5 1875     81.3 2011     86.6 2011       
              92.0 2011     80.9 1994     86.2 1875  
              91.3 1876     80.2 2005     85.4 2005  
              90.7 2009     80.0 1993     85.2 2009  
              90.6 2005     80.0 1953     85.0 1881  
  
              COLLEGE STATION - JUNE THROUGH JULY  
  
              AVERAGE       AVERAGE       AVERAGE  
              HIGH          LOW           MONTHLY  
  
              99.3 2009     76.2 2010     87.7 2009       
              99.3 1917     76.1 2009     87.5 2011  
              99.2 1934     76.0 2011     87.0 1925                  
              99.1 1925     74.9 1925     85.7 1996  
              99.0 2011     74.1 2008     85.4 2008