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CLIGLS
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
431 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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..THE GALVESTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 16 2026
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1874 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 90 2:59 PM 95 1988 92 -2 92
2020
MINIMUM 80 6:31 AM 70 1931 80 0 84
AVERAGE 85 86 -1 88
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 4.60 1915 0.15 -0.15
MONTH TO DATE 0.09 1.71 -1.62
SINCE JUN 1 10.08 9.35 0.73
SINCE JAN 1 23.97 23.91 0.06
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0
SINCE JUN 1 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUN 1 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0
COOLING
TODAY 20 21 -1 23
MONTH TO DATE 350 336 14 329
SINCE JUN 1 1557 1536 21 1596
SINCE JAN 1 2457 2273 184 2537
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 82
LOWEST 58
AVERAGE 70
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THE GALVESTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 96 2006
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 69 1915
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 16 2026........SUNRISE 6:49 AM CDT SUNSET 7:58 PM CDT
AUGUST 17 2026........SUNRISE 6:49 AM CDT SUNSET 7:57 PM CDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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