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Press Release
For Immediate Release
September 28, 2005
For Information Contact: Jill F. Hasling 713-529-3076
Very Hot Temperatures Unusual for Upper Texas Coast.
Houston - "This late season heat wave makes recovering from the recent hurricanes almost unbearable", states Certified Consulting Meteorologist, Jill F. Hasling of Houston Weather Research Center. Upon reviewing temperature records only two other years did Houston see 100 degree temperatures after September 15th were September 17, 1995 and September 19, 1956. According to the records back to 1879, this is the latest 100 degree temperatures have been felt in the Houston area. Houston has seen highs at 100 degrees on September 21, September 22 and again on September 27th.
Hopefully relief will come soon as a cold front pushes toward the Texas Coast tomorrow. For the citizens without electricity these temperatures can be very dangerous. According to Ms. Hasling, this is the latest heat wave in the Houston temperature records. Below are tables giving the number of days each month since 1948 the maximum temperatures were greater than 95 degrees and the dates when temperatures were 100 degrees are more in the Houston area. As you can see below since 1948 there have only been 6 other years that had over 6 days with maximum temperatures over 95 degrees.
HOUSTON SUMMER MONTHS AND # OF DAYS TEMPERATURES
96 DEGREES OR MORE
YEAR JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER TOTAL
1948 3 14 18 2 37
1954 2 15 14 2 33
1962 0 11 19 1 31
1963 5 8 11 6 30
1969 9 20 9 0 38
1978 1 18 13 0 32
1980 19 25 24 10 78
1982 5 24 14 3 46
1985 3 3 14 5 34
1986 2 20 10 0 32
1988 5 15 16 4 40
1990 14 4 23 4 45
1993 1 16 26 6 49
1994 6 19 4 2 31
1995 7 14 11 11 43
1998 15 30 20 4 69
1999 0 5 29 8 42
2000 0 22 24 7 53
2001 0 7 16 0 23
2002 2 12 5 0 19
2003 4 2 8 0 14
2004 1 8 8 2 19
2005 7 8 7 7? 29?
DAYS WHEN HOUSTON MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 100 DEGREES OR MORE
YEAR
1937 August 10 100
1939 July 7 100
July 8 104
July 9 101
1944 July 16 100
July 17 100
July 18 100
1945 August 17 100
August 18 102
1947 August 6 101
August 7 101
August 8 102
August 9 103
1948 July 31 101
August 10 100
August 11 100
August 12 100
August 13 100
August 14 100
August 15 101
August 19 100
August 20 100
August 21 101
1949 July 7 100
1951 July 18 100
July 19 100
August 4 100
August 5 100
August 6 100
August 16 100
August 17 100
1953 August 9 100
1954 July 12 101
July 24 101
July 26 104
August 30 100
1956 August 4 100
September 19 101
1958 August 2 100
August 3 100
1962 August 2 100
August 7 101
August 8 101
August 9 105
August 10 104
August 11 100
August 12 102
August 13 106
August 14 100
1963 June 16 100
1964 July 10 100
July 25 101
August 5 100
1965 July 28 100
1969 July 9 100
July 13 100
July 14 100
July 15 101
August 10 101
August 11 100
1970 July 4 100
1971 July 7 100
1976 August 7 100
1977 August 3 100
1978 June 12 101
July 14 100
July 15 100
July 16 102
July 17 100
July 18 100
1980 June 18 100
June 19 101
June 25 100
June 26 102
June 27 102
June 28 101
June 29 100
June 30 103
July 1 102
July 2 103
July 3 100
July 6 101
July 7 100
July 8 104
July 9 102
July 10 101
July 11 103
July 12 104
July 13 102
July 14 103
July 15 102
July 16 104
July 17 104
July 18 102
July 19 102
July 23 101
August 21 101
August 22 106
August 23 107
August 24 105
August 25 101
September 4 100
1985 September 1 102
1986 July 27 100
July 28 100
July 29 100
July 30 101
July 31 100
August 1 100
August 2 100
August 18 101
1987 August 5 100
August 6 100
1988 July 27 100
August 7 100
August 8 102
August 9 102
1990 June 22 100
August 21 100
August 25 100
August 26 102
August 27 104
August 30 100
August 31 100
1993 August 1 100
August 6 100
August 7 100
August 12 100
August 14 100
August 15 100
August 16 101
August 17 100
August 18 100
August 19 100
August 20 100
August 21 100
August 23 100
August 24 100
1994 August 15 101
1995 July 25 100
July 26 101
July 27 101
July 28 103
August 21 100
September 2 101
September 3 100
September 4 100
September 17 100
1998 June 14 102
June 21 100
July 6 100
July 9 100
July 10 101
July 11 102
July 12 103
July 14 102
July 16 100
July 17 101
July 26 100
July 27 100
July 28 100
July 30 100
July 31 103
Aug 1 103
Aug 2 104
Aug 3 103
Aug 4 101
Aug 5 101
Aug 9 100
Aug 12 101
Aug 29 100
1999 Aug 5 100
Aug 12 100
Aug 13 100
Aug 14 102
Aug 15 100
Aug 19 103
Aug 20 105
Aug 26 100
Aug 27 100
Aug 30 101
2000 JUL 12 100
JUL 13 101
JUL 14 102
JUL 15 103
JUL 16 102
JUL 19 101
JUL 20 102
JUL 21 101
JUL 22 101
JUL 23 100
AUG 16 100
AUG 17 100
AUG 29 101
AUG 30 104
AUG 31 107
SEP 1 107
SEP 2 104
SEP 3 105
SEP 4 109
SEP 5 108
2001 AUG 5 101
2002 AUG 3 100
2003 AUG 7 104
AUG 8 102
2004 AUG 3 100
2005 JUL 1 101
JUL 2 100
JUL 6 101
SEP 21 100
SEP 22 100
SEP 27 100
Weather Research Center was founded in 1987 by Jill F. Hasling and her father, Dr. John C. Freeman, both Certified Consulting Meteorologists and Fellows of the American Meteorological Society. Weather Research Center is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation and was founded to respond to a need to educate the public about weather and weather safety. WRC is the successor organization to the Institute of Storm Research founded in 1966 at the University of St. Thomas.
Freeman and Hasling’s groundbreaking research in orbital influences on the atmosphere, long range predication, marine and tropical weather forecasting for the community and the corporate clients provides the WRC with the solid experience for its operations.
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