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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
550 PM CDT TUE OCT 29 2002

...OCTOBER 2002 THIRD WETTEST OCTOBER AT HOUSTON...

...OCTOBER 2002 SIXTH WETTEST OCTOBER AT GALVESTON...

...OCTOBER 2002 FOURTH WETTEST OCTOBER AT BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION...

THE OLD PROVERB...WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS...COULD NEVER BE MORE 
APPROPRIATE. IT HAS RAINED AND IT HAS POURED OVER THE LAST TEN DAYS. 
INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT RECEIVED 13.45 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THIS 
TEN DAY WET SPELL WITH THE BULK OF THE RAIN (8.04 INCHES) FALLING ON 
THE 28TH. THE MONTHLY TOTAL IS NOW 14.65 INCHES WHICH MAKES THIS THE 
THIRD WETTEST OCTOBER IN RECORDED HISTORY. HERE ARE HOUSTON'S TEN 
WETTEST OCTOBERS:  

1949    17.64 INCHES
1984    16.05 
2002    14.65
1994    10.62
1941    10.23
1907     9.89
1913     9.86
1919     9.72
1973     9.31
1970     9.09

11.81 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT GALVESTON'S SCHOLES FIELD THIS 
OCTOBER. OCTOBER 2002 IS CURRENTLY RANKED AS THE SIXTH WETTEST 
OCTOBER IN RECORDED HISTORY. HERE ARE GALVESTON'S TEN WETTEST 
OCTOBERS: 

1871   17.78 INCHES
1877   17.39
1925   17.34
1913   15.37
1901   15.00
2002   11.81
1941   11.47
1906   10.88
1881   10.83
1910    9.36

ALTHOUGH COLLEGE STATION IS STILL RUNNING A RAINFALL DEFICIT FOR THE 
YEAR...THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH HAS FALLEN OVER THE REGION LAST TEN DAYS 
HAS HELPED THE BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION AREA MAKE UP MUCH OF THE ANNUAL
DIFFERENCE. HERE ARE THE TEN WETTEST OCTOBERS ON RECORD:

1984   12.91 INCHES
1925   12.21
1973   10.78
2002    9.79
1957    9.77
1998    8.85
1981    8.57
1919    8.54
1949    8.40
1941    6.75

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