December Temperature/Precipitation (thru 2007) 
                     Normals (1971-2000) and Extremes for Galveston
                           (Temperature Records from 1875)
                          (Precipitation Records from 1871)
                               (last update 12/23/07)

    ------------- TEMPERATURE -------------------   ----- PRECIPITATION ----
     NORMAL   RECORD     LOW     RECORD    HIGH      RECORD  CUMULATIVE PCPN 
    MAX MIN  MAX YEAR    MAX    MIN YEAR   MIN        PCPN    DAILY  YEARLY 
    ---------------------------------------------   ------------------------
 1  67  55   76  1954  43 1876  33  1876  68 1982*  1.23 1929  0.12   40.43 
 2  67  55   79  2007  44 1876  34  1929  69 1978*  2.17 1923  0.24   40.55 
 3  67  55   79  1983  43 1929  29  1929  70 1998*  2.64 1965  0.36   40.67 
 4  67  55   79  1998  42 1897  30  1897* 71 1998*  2.11 1887  0.47   40.78 
 5  67  54   78  1998  47 1964  25  1886  71 1998   3.30 1944  0.58   40.89 
 
 6  67  53   79  1998  36 1950  23  1950  71 1998   2.82 1915  0.69   41.00 
 7  67  53   79  1998  50 1891  29  1950  69 1924   1.61 1927  0.80   41.11 
 8  67  53   77  2007* 42 1927  29  1927  70 1922   1.42 1886  0.91   41.22 
 9  67  53   78  2007* 42 1978  31  1917  68 2007   1.54 1980  1.02   41.33 
10  66  53   80  1918  41 1898  28  1898  68 2007   4.74 1936  1.13   41.44 
 
11  65  52   78  2007  43 1986* 30  1898  70 2007   3.19 1935  1.24   41.55 
12  65  52   78  2007* 40 1962  29  1962  69 1933   3.27 2003  1.35   41.66 
13  64  52   77  1933  43 1985  32  1919* 69 1933   3.86 1940  1.46   41.77 
14  64  52   75  1922  40 1914  28  1914  69 1933   2.10 2005  1.57   41.88 
15  64  52   75  1969* 40 1926* 25  1901  70 1933   1.29 1929  1.68   41.99 
 
16  64  51   75  2006* 38 1932  29  1989* 68 1933   2.08 1937  1.79   42.10 
17  64  51   75  2006* 37 1989* 28  1932  69 1990   3.86 1949  1.90   42.21 
18  64  51   73  1941  44 1964  29  1884  66 1924*  3.81 1965  2.01   42.32 
19  63  51   76  2007* 35 1929  23  1929  66 1970*  3.60 1878  2.12   42.43 
20  63  51   80  2007  34 1924  28  1945* 68 1967*  2.21 1881  2.23   42.54 
 
21  63  51   76  1971  33 1924  28  1924  68 1889   2.85 1907  2.34   42.65 
22  62  50   74  2007* 34 1887  19  1989* 67 1889   3.81 1875  2.45   42.76 
23  62  50   74  1933* 26 1989* 14  1989* 67 1982*  2.90 1887  2.56   42.87 
24  62  50   75  1933  30 1983  17  1983  68 1948*  2.55 1926  2.68   42.99 
25  62  50   73  1982* 26 1983  14  1983  68 1875   2.01 1982  2.80   43.11 
 
26  62  50   73  1875  34 1878  24  1879  66 1875   1.71 1982  2.92   43.23 
27  62  50   74  1971  40 1878  25  1892  67 1889   2.21 1884  3.04   43.35 
28  62  50   72  1993* 32 1894  21  1894  67 1889   4.50 1884  3.16   43.47 
29  62  50   75  1889  34 1925  18  1880  67 1984   1.82 1895  3.28   43.59 
30  62  50   75  1971  27 1880  20  1880  67 1984*  2.29 1911  3.40   43.71 

31  62  50   74  1921  34 1880  25  1880  66 1875   1.76 1949  3.53   43.84 

* indicates a record that has been tied on a previous year

DECEMBER Normals
 MEAN TEMPERATURE.....58.1F
 MEAN PRECIPITATION...3.53"
 HEATING DEGREE DAYS..289
 COOLING DEGREE DAYS..22 

ALLTIME DECEMBER RECORDS
 HIGH  80  12/10/1918
 LOW   14  12/23/1989