Galveston Top 10 List - September

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GALVESTON'S SEPTEMBER TOP 10 LISTS

The following is a list of Galveston's Top 10 wettest, driest, warmest, and coolest Septembers (see note below table).

Galveston's September Lists (1872 to 2022)

Wettest
26.01	1885
24.32	2018
18.68	1913
18.41	1875
18.06	2019
15.41	1961
15.32	1941
14.64	1908
14.31	1970
13.85	1877

Driest
0.04	1924
0.28	1969
0.32	2017
0.44	1929
0.56	1953
0.58	1892
0.64	1876
0.94	1931
0.98	1952
1.04	1912

Warmest
86.0	2019
84.8	2005
84.6	1995
84.1	1900
84.0	2016
83.8	2008
83.8	1933
83.6	1998
83.6	1911
83.5	2022

Coolest
76.0	1979
76.0	1974
76.8	1984
76.8	1943
76.9	1918
77.6	1913
77.2	1875
77.4	1975
77.5	1889
77.7	1940

Other Months
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual

Note: Galveston was the first weather office west of the Mississippi River. The office was commissioned by the Signal Corps on April 1, 1871 (weather data for 1871 is incomplete).

The first weather office and climatological gathering point for the city of Galveston was located at 67-69 Strand. Data was collected at this location through August 31, 1874.

The weather office moved to 23rd and Strand on September 1, 1874 and remained at this location through July 29, 1878. This location is 1.75 miles west-southwest of the previous location.

On July 30, 1878 the weather office moved to the Custom House, located at Bath Street and Strand, and remained there through May 8, 1882. The weather office briefly moved to the Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Building located at 25th and Strand from May 9, 1882 through March 14, 1883.

On March 15, 1883 the weather office moved back to the Custom House which was now located at 21st and Mechanic or about a third of a mile east of the previous Custom House location. The Custom House became the Cotton Exchange Building and the weather office remained at this location through June 24, 1898.

The Levy Building located at 2223 Market Street became the new home for the weather office on June 25, 1898. The office weathered the Great 1900 Hurricane at this location before being relocated to the Trust Building, located at Tremont and Post Office streets, on November 27, 1900. It remained at this location through June 24, 1946. The Trust Building was about a quarter mile south of the Levy Building.

The weather office was moved to the U.S. Post Office Building, located at 601 Rosenberg, on June 25, 1946. The full service Weather Service Office (WSO) was consolidated with the Houston office in December 1994. Data collection continues at Scholes Field located about six miles southwest of the U.S. Post Office Building.

ASOS was established at Scholes Field in 1994 and climatological data collection began at this location in January 1995. A co-op site was established at KGBC radio station located on Pelican Island in 1995 and was moved to the U.S. Coast Guard located at the Bolivar Roads in June 2000.

Questions/Comments concerning this data should be sent to Jimmy Fowler.