WATCH: TDEM to distribute 3 million bottles of water by end of the day As a local government, we re going to have to get a lot better, TDEM Chief Nim Kidd said.
These numbers, however, provide another perspective, painting a picture of the true cost of the state s deep freeze physically, emotionally and financially.
This week s winter storm, by the numbers:
Coldest recorded temperature this week: 13 degrees on Feb. 16
Longest stretch of freezing temperatures: 44 consecutive hours from 6:53 p.m. Sunday to 1:53 p.m. Tuesday
Number of consecutive days 45 degrees or colder: 8 (longest since January 1940)
Normal average temperature on Feb. 15 in Houston: 56.4