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Houston has occasional severe weather, mostly flooding. Hurricanes that have the potential to landfall bring severe damage to the area. Seven major hurricanes have hit the Galveston and Houston areas in the past 100 years. Four have done significant damage to Houston.
The NOAA estimates a $125 billion damage toll for Harvey, making it the second costliest hurricane in U.S. history when adjusting for inflation and the costliest hurricane in Texas history. [154] [160] September 17–19, 2019 – Tropical Storm Imelda makes landfall near Freeport, Texas with winds of 40 mph (64 km/h). [161]
Climate data for Houston (Intercontinental Airport), 1991–2020 normals, [a] extremes 1888–present [b]Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °F (°C)
Gusts as high as 170 mph (270 km/h) were estimated at Port Lavaca. Carla killed 31 people in Texas. The low death toll is credited to what was then the largest peacetime evacuation in United States history up until that time. One half million residents headed inland from exposed coastal areas. Carla caused a total of $325 million in damage. [37 ...
Get the Houston, TX local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Flooding has inundated a swath of Southern states over the past 48 hours after more than 6 inches of rain fell in ...
Weather History- A room with artifacts from the past hundreds of years of weather forecasting, and how weather forecasting technology has evolved. Weather Sphere - A 3-D globe where visitors can view satellite images of current weather conditions and past Hurricanes, plate tectonics, satellite tracking, and the planets of the Solar System .
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Get the Houston, TX local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Last year was the planet’s hottest in recorded history, NASA announced, marking two years in a row that global ...