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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1149 PM CST Wed Jan 1 2025

...Warmest Year on Record for 2024 at Corpus Christi...

...2nd and 3rd Warmest Year on Record for 2024 at Laredo and
Victoria respectively...

...7th Driest Year on Record for 2024 at Laredo...

...Top 7 Warmest December for 2024 at all sites...

...Drier than Normal December and Year for 2024 at all sites...


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 Corpus Christi (Record Period 1887 - 2024)
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Rankings                                           Annual
 Monthly Mean Temp................65.2              75.8
 Ranking Warmest..................7th                1st
 Ranking Coldest..................132nd            135th
 Record Warmest (Temp/Year).......68.8/2021         75.8/2024
 Record Coldest (Temp/Year).......48.0/1989         68.7/1895
 Normal Mean Temp.................59.7              73.0

 Precipitation Total (in.)........0.55             26.77
 Ranking Wettest..................104th             70th
 Ranking Driest...................35th              68th
 Record Wettest (Precip/Year).....9.80/1991        48.16/1888
 Record Driest (Precip/Year)......T/1917            5.38/1917
 Normal Precipitation (in.).......1.93             31.74

 New Records
  Date     Record      Value   Previous Record
  12/28    Max Temp     87       85/2021
  12/29    Max Temp     85       84/1996
  12/30    Max Temp     91       86/1973

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Victoria (Record Period 1893 - 2024)
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Rankings                                           Annual
 Monthly Mean Temp................63.2              73.3
 Ranking Warmest..................4th                3rd
 Ranking Coldest..................110th             87th
 Record Warmest (Temp/Year).......67.5/2021         73.6/1933
 Record Coldest (Temp/Year).......46.0/1989         68.0/1979
 Normal Mean Temp.................56.2              70.8

 Precipitation Total (in.)........2.20             35.89
 Ranking Wettest..................59th              67th
 Ranking Driest...................71st              61st
 Record Wettest (Precip/Year).....8.67/1923        73.65/2004
 Record Driest (Precip/Year)......T/1894           11.15/1917
 Normal Precipitation (in.).......2.34             40.41

 New Records
  Date     Record      Value   Previous Record
  12/15    Max Temp     86       83/2012
  12/16    Max Temp     86       85/1933
  12/17    Max Temp     86       84/1939
  12/18    Max Temp     85       84/1924
  12/24    Max Temp     84       84/1964
  12/25    Precip     0.83     0.53/1954
  12/28    Max Temp     85       83/1921
  12/30    Max Temp     87       82/1973

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Laredo (Record Period 1887 - 2024)
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Rankings                                           Annual
 Monthly Mean Temp................65.1              77.6
 Ranking Warmest..................3rd                2nd
 Ranking Coldest..................117th            102nd
 Record Warmest (Temp/Year).......70.1/2021         78.1/2011
 Record Coldest (Temp/Year).......47.8/1930         64.3/1923
 Normal Mean Temp.................58.6              74.7

 Precipitation Total (in.)........0.13              9.61
 Ranking Wettest..................93rd             109th
 Ranking Driest...................28th               7th
 Record Wettest (Precip/Year).....4.65/1960        45.63/1919
 Record Driest (Precip/Year)......0.00/2001         6.65/2011
                                       1973
                                       1917
 Normal Precipitation (in.).......1.07             21.35

 New Records
  Date     Record      Value   Previous Record
  12/30    Max Temp     93       93/1973

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