| Easterwood Field | College Station, Texas | |||||||||
| Monthly Summary for November 2002 | ||||||||||
| TEMPERATURE | PRECIP. | TEMPERATURE | ||||||||
| Day | Maximum | Minimum | *Depart. | Total | MEANS | ACTUAL | DEPART. | |||
| 1 | 67 | 52 | -6 | 0.01 | Maximum | 67.4 | -3.5 | |||
| 2 | 57 | 51 | -10 | 0.35 | Minimum | 46.2 | -2.9 | |||
| 3 | 60 | 54 | -7 | 0.23 | Monthly | 56.8 | -3.2 | |||
| 4 | 54 | 51 | -11 | 4.56 | EXTREMES | DATE | ||||
| 5 | 70 | 49 | -5 | 0.01 | Highest | 86 | 10th | |||
| 6 | 67 | 43 | -8 | Lowest | 33 | 28th | ||||
| 7 | 69 | 40 | -8 | |||||||
| 8 | 76 | 46 | -1 | T | DEGREE DAYS | TOTAL | DEPART. | |||
| 9 | 82 | 62 | 10 | Heating | 327 | 126 | ||||
| 10 | 86 | 63 | 12 | 0.01 | Cooling | 16 | -36 | |||
| 11 | 75 | 55 | 4 | |||||||
| 12 | 67 | 46 | -5 | PRECIPITATION | AMOUNT | DEPART. | ||||
| 13 | 67 | 41 | -7 | Total Monthly | 6.00 | 2.82 | ||||
| 14 | 76 | 47 | 1 | Total for 2002 | 35.28 | -1.16 | ||||
| 15 | 65 | 49 | -3 | Precipitation Days | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | 61 | 41 | -9 | EXTREMES | AMOUNT | DATE | ||||
| 17 | 69 | 38 | -6 | 24-hour Maximum | 4.56 | 4th | ||||
| 18 | 76 | 48 | 3 | |||||||
| 19 | 73 | 47 | 1 | Maximum Wind Gust | 32mph | 18th | ||||
| 20 | 74 | 42 | 0 | |||||||
| 21 | 74 | 46 | 2 | NUMBER OF DAYS | AMOUNT | DEPART. | ||||
| 22 | 68 | 45 | -2 | TEMPERATURE | ||||||
| 23 | 71 | 41 | -2 | Maximum 90 or higher | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | 75 | 49 | 5 | Maximum 32 or lower | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | 59 | 46 | -4 | 0.07 | Minimum 32 or lower | 0 | -2 | |||
| 26 | 46 | 41 | -13 | 0.76 | ||||||
| 27 | 49 | 40 | -12 | RECORD BOOK FOR NOVEMBER | ||||||
| 28 | 58 | 33 | -10 | Highest Temperature | 94°F | 1921 | ||||
| 29 | 62 | 34 | -8 | Lowest Temperature | 19°F | 1976 | ||||
| 30 | 70 | 46 | 2 | T | Highest Minimum | 75°F | 1994 | |||
| Lowest Maximum | 36°F | 1976 | ||||||||
| Wettest Month | 9.28" | 1994 | ||||||||
| BOLDFACE indicates extreme monthly values | Driest Month | 0.06" | 1952 | |||||||
| ITALICS indicate a record was set or tied | Wettest 24 hours | 4.56" | 2002 | |||||||
| Precipitation in inches | ** Based on incomplete data | |||||||||
| * Est. Values | * Departure of the daily mean temperature, | |||||||||
| as calculated from the average of the | ||||||||||
| maximum and minimum temperatures, from | ||||||||||
| the 1971-2000 normals. | ||||||||||
| New Records Set Or Tied | ||||||||||
| DAY | PARAMETER | VALUE | RECORD | YEAR | ||||||
| 10th | Tied Highest Maximum Temperature | 86°F | 86°F | 1995 | ||||||
| Near Records | ||||||||||
| DAY | PARAMETER | VALUE | RECORD | YEAR | ||||||
| 2nd | Tied 4th Lowest Maximum Temperature | 57°F | 45°F | 1951 | ||||||
| 4th | 4th Lowest Maximum Temperature | 54°F | 52°F | 1995 | ||||||
| 10th | Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature | 63°F | 69°F | 1985 | ||||||
| 26th | 4th Lowest Maximum Temperature | 46°F | 44°F | 1980 | ||||||
| 27th | 4th Lowest Maximum Temperature | 49°F | 46°F | 1952 | ||||||
| Monthly Review | ||||||||||
| The month of November was dry for the most part in the College Station area. A low pressure | ||||||||||
| system situated in Deep South Texas lingered in the area beginning on the 2nd of the month, | ||||||||||
| then developed into a warm front on the 3rd, and finally into a stationary front on the 4th. This | ||||||||||
| area of disturbed weather increased the chance of thunderstorms and showers developing in | ||||||||||
| South Central, Southeastern, and Southern Texas. Easterwood Airport received abundant rainfall | ||||||||||
| on the 4th of November, with a record 24-hour precipitation total of 4.56 inches reported. This | ||||||||||
| exceeded the previous record of 3.61 inches from 1914. The rain-cooled air on the 2nd-4th kept | ||||||||||
| high temperatures below normal, and a record of the 4th lowest maximum temperature of 57 | ||||||||||
| degrees was tied on the 2nd. On the 4th, another near record for the 4th lowest maximum temp- | ||||||||||
| erature was reached at 54 degrees F. The stationary front cleared the area of rain on the 5th, and | ||||||||||
| allowed for a warming trend to occur, reporting temperatures in the 70's on the 5th, and in the | ||||||||||
| 80's on the 9th and 10th. On the 9th of November, College Station tied it's highest maximum | ||||||||||
| temperature of 86 degrees. The record high for the 10th is 86 degrees, which was set in 1995. | ||||||||||
| A temperature of 63 degrees was also reported on the 10th which tied the 4th highest minimum | ||||||||||
| temperature. The record highest minimum temperature is 69 degrees, and was reported in 1985. | ||||||||||
| Toward the middle of the month, temperatures were decreased slightly by weak cold front | ||||||||||
| passages on the 11th, and the 15th. A major cold front was finally felt on the night of the 24th, | ||||||||||
| as highs on the 25th topped off at about 59 degrees Fahrenheit, a near 16 degree drop from the | ||||||||||
| previous day. | ||||||||||
| November Normals for College Station | ||||||||||
| Temperature | ||||||||||
| Beginning of the month | 76 / 54 | Monthly precipitation: | 3.18" | |||||||
| Middle of the month | 71 / 49 | Precipitation days: | 7 | |||||||
| End of the month | 66 / 45 | 90° days | 0 | |||||||
| Prepared by: | John Nielsen-Gammon (State Climatologist) | |||||||||
| Kelsey Curtiss (Undergraduate Assistant) | ||||||||||
| E-mail Address: osc@ariel.met.tamu.edu | Web Address: http://www.met.tamu.edu/osc/ | |||||||||
| OFFICE OF THE TEXAS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST | ||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | ||||||||||
| TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY | ||||||||||
| COLLEGE STATION, TX 77843-3150 | ||||||||||