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Friday, October 29, 2010

NOAA: Record high (94 °F) in Houston, TX, October 28, 2010; hottest temperature this late in the year


Hat tip to Climate Progress commenter Adam R.
SXUS74 KHGX 280752 CCA
RERHOU

RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
250 AM CDT THU OCT 28 2010

...HOTTEST TEMPERATURES FOR SO LATE IN THE SEASON AT HOUSTON
INTERCONTINENTAL AND HOUSTON/HOBBY...

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 94 DEGREES WAS SET AT HOUSTON
INTERCONTINENTAL ON WEDNESDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 91
DEGREES SET IN 1995. THIS IS ALSO THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER
RECORDED THIS LATE IN THE FALL SEASON AT HOUSTON. PREVIOUSLY...THE
LATEST THAT A TEMPERATURE THIS WARM OCCURRED IN HOUSTON WAS ON
OCTOBER 19TH...IN 2004.

THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL ON WEDNESDAY WAS
ONLY 76 DEGREES. THIS TIES THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR
THE DATE LAST SET IN 1939.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 92 DEGREES WAS SET AT HOUSTON/HOBBY
AIRPORT ON WEDNESDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 90 DEGREES SET
IN 1970. THIS IS ALSO THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED THIS
LATE IN THE FALL SEASON AT HOBBY. PREVIOUSLY...THE LATEST THAT A
TEMPERATURE THIS WARM OCCURRED AT HOBBY WAS OCTOBER 25TH...IN 1942.

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