JULY 2010 RAINFALL VARIED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS

LIBERTY, August 2, 2010 - RAINFALL WAS HEAVY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS DURING JULY.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN DURING THE MONTH FELL DURING THE FIRST HALF OF

THE MONTH AND WAS CONFINED TO AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST. HEAVY

RAIN ON THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH BROUGHT FLOODING TO

COMMUNITIES LIKE WEST COLUMBIA AND HOLIDAY LAKES. HEAVY RAIN ALSO

BROUGHT FLOODING TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON ON JULY 2ND AND MANY

WATERSHEDS BRIEFLY CAME OUT OF BANKS DURING THE HEAVY RAIN.

HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL AND HOBBY AIRPORT ESTABLISHED RAINFALL

RECORDS ON JULY 2ND. INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT ALSO ESTABLISHED

THREE NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS DURING THE MONTH. INTERCONTINENTAL

AIRPORT RECORDED 12.92 INCHES OF RAIN DURING JULY. THIS IS THE

FOURTH WETTEST JULY IN CITY HISTORY. HOBBY AIRPORT RECORDED 12.77

INCHES WHICH IS THE THIRD WETTEST JULY ON RECORD. THERE WERE 15 DAYS

DURING JULY WITH MEASURABLE RAIN AT IAH. THE NORMAL NUMBER OF DAYS

WITH MEASURABLE RAIN DURING JULY IS 8. THE HIGHEST MONTHLY

RAINFALL TOTAL ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS WAS RECORDED IN HOUSTON

HEIGHTS WITH 18.54 INCHES. THE LOWEST TOTAL ACROSS THE AREA WAS

1.23 INCHES AT COLLEGE STATION. CLIMATE SITES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 59

CORRIDOR RECORDED DOUBLE DIGIT RAINFALL TOTALS DURING THE MONTH.

TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY NEAR THE 30 YEAR NORMALS DUE TO ABUNDANT

RAINFALL AND CLOUD COVER. THE RAIN DIMINISHED TOWARD THE END OF

THE MONTH WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDING INTO THE STATE.

TEMPERATURES RESPONDED TO THE BUILDING RIDGE BY WARMING TO NEAR 100

DEGREES INLAND AND THE MID 90S NEAR THE COAST.

HERE IS THE RAINFALL DATA FOR A FEW CLIMATE SITES:

HERE IS THE JULY RAINFALL DATA FROM OUR NETWORK OF CO-OP

OBSERVERS:

COMMUNITY JULY RAIN (INCHES)

ALVIN 12.91

ANAHUAC 12.11

BAY CITY 11.61

BAYTOWN 8.04

BELLVILLE 4.43

BRENHAM 2.98

CLEVELAND 6.95

COLUMBUS 6.44

CROCKETT 4.61

DANEVANG 11.65

FREEPORT 5.05

HOU HEIGHTS 18.54

HOU WESTBURY 12.62

KATY 9.39

LIBERTY 11.21

LIVINGSTON 4.68

MADISONVILLE 6.10

MATAGORDA 10.41

RICHMOND 14.53

WASH ST PARK 3.74

SOMERVILLE DAM 2.78

WHARTON 14.39