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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
830 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001

...SOME YEAR-TO-DATE RAINFALL STATISTICS COMPARING 2001 TO 2000...

WITH THE FIRST COLD FRONT OF THE FALL SEASON ON THE DOORSTEP OF 
SOUTHEAST TEXAS...SOME INTERESTING PRECIPITATION STATISTICS HAVE 
BEEN COMPILED. WITH THE HELP OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON IN JUNE AND A 
FEW OTHER HEAVY RAIN EVENTS DURING THE YEAR...SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAS 
BEEN MUCH WETTER SO FAR THIS YEAR THAN DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST 
YEAR. HERE ARE SOME NUMBERS TO PONDER. 

AT HOUSTON'S INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT (IAH)...
THE RAINFALL TOTAL SO FAR THIS YEAR (THROUGH SEPTEMBER 9) HAS BEEN 
50.19 INCHES. DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR...THE RAINFALL TOTAL 
WAS ONLY 29.85 INCHES. THE NORMAL RAINFALL YEAR TO DATE IS 31.05 
INCHES. SO LAST YEAR...IAH WAS RUNNING 1.20 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 
THIS YEAR...IAH IS RUNNING 19.14 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. IAH HAS 
ALREADY EXCEEDED ITS NORMAL RAINFALL TOTAL FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR 
(46.07 INCHES). TO MAKE THE TOP TEN LIST OF THE WETTEST YEARS ON 
RECORD...IAH WILL NEED TO REACH 61.99 INCHES...OR 11.80 MORE INCHES 
BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

AT GALVESTON'S SCHOLES FIELD (GLS)...
THE RAINFALL TOTAL SO FAR THIS YEAR (THROUGH SEPTEMBER 9) HAS BEEN 
45.34 INCHES. DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR...THE RAINFALL TOTAL 
WAS ONLY 16.29 INCHES. THE NORMAL RAINFALL YEAR TO DATE IS 28.48 
INCHES. SO LAST YEAR...GLS WAS RUNNING 12.19 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 
THIS YEAR...GLS IS RUNNING 16.86 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. GLS HAS 
ALREADY EXCEEDED ITS NORMAL RAINFALL TOTAL FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR 
(42.28 INCHES). TO MAKE THE TOP TEN LIST OF THE WETTEST YEARS ON 
RECORD...GLS WILL NEED TO REACH 62.56 INCHES...OR 17.22 MORE INCHES 
BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.  

AT COLLEGE STATION'S EASTERWOOD FILED (CLL)...
THE RAINFALL TOTAL SO FAR THIS YEAR (THROUGH SEPTEMBER 9) HAS BEEN 
35.22 INCHES. DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR...THE RAINFALL TOTAL 
WAS ONLY 17.12 INCHES. THE NORMAL RAINFALL YEAR TO DATE IS 25.75 
INCHES. SO LAST YEAR...CLL WAS RUNNING 8.63 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 
THIS YEAR...CLL IS RUNNING 9.47 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. CLL IS ONLY 
3.86 INCHES BELOW ITS NORMAL RAINFALL TOTAL FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR 
(39.08 INCHES). CLL'S SEPTEMBER 2001 RAINFALL TOTAL OF 8.51 INCHES 
MAKES THIS THE 5TH WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD AND IS ONLY 3.62 
INCHES AWAY FROM BEING THE ALL TIME WETTEST SEPTEMBER EVER. TO MAKE 
THE TOP TEN LIST OF THE WETTEST YEARS ON RECORD...CLL WILL NEED TO 
REACH 49.35 INCHES...OR 14.13 MORE INCHES BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.