George H. W. Bush Elected President

Tuesday, November 8, 1988George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, United States

fog all morning86°F

Warm and wet in the small hours, the air near 76°F and the humidity near the top. Cloud thickened toward dawn and the morning stayed grey. By early afternoon the sky had opened and the air was near 89°, the damp dropping as the heat rose and a south breeze gusting stiffly. Evening was clear and warm. The air eased toward 77° after dark with the wet coming back.

Humidity
87%
Wind
14 mph
Daylight
10.8 hrs
Day's character
fog
High / Low
86° / 68°F
Felt like
89° / 75°F
Rain
0.00"
Snowfall
0.0"
Pressure
30.00 inHg
Gusting to
19 mph
Wind from
south
Sunrise / Sunset
6:40 am / 5:29 pm

Close to what instruments recorded. From the William P Hobby station, 9 mi away.

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