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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
440 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2026
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..THE GALVESTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 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 93 2:17 PM 97 2020 92 1 91
MINIMUM 82 6:12 AM 70 1957 80 2 84
AVERAGE 88 86 2 88
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.00 6.28 1983 0.17 -0.17
MONTH TO DATE 0.09 2.03 -1.94
SINCE JUN 1 10.08 9.67 0.41
SINCE JAN 1 23.97 24.23 -0.26
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 23 21 2 23
MONTH TO DATE 395 378 17 375
SINCE JUN 1 1602 1578 24 1642
SINCE JAN 1 2502 2315 187 2583
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 82
LOWEST 64
AVERAGE 73
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THE GALVESTON CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 92 96 1995
2024
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 71 1910
1967
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 18 2026........SUNRISE 6:50 AM CDT SUNSET 7:56 PM CDT
AUGUST 19 2026........SUNRISE 6:50 AM CDT SUNSET 7:55 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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