Easterwood Field							College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for April 2003
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	76	50	-2			Maximum			80.2	1.4
2	78	55	2			Minimum			59.4	2.5
3	77	61	3			Monthly			69.8	1.9
4	81	66	7			EXTREMES				DATE
5	84	67	9			Highest			91	24th
6	78	67	7	0.03		Lowest			36	10th
7	84	65	8
8	65	47	-10			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	67	38	-14			Heating			35	-7
10	74	36	-11			Cooling			177	49
11	77	50	-2
12	82	52	0			PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	83	54	0			Total Monthly			0.17	-3.03
14	83	59	3			Total for 2003			9.49	-2.25
15	82	64	5			Precipitation Days			3	-9
16	86	65	7			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	84	63	5	T		24-hour Maximum			0.13	22nd
18	84	66	7
19	76	68	3	0.01		Maximum Wind Gust			37 mph	23rd
20	75	63	0	T
21	81	63	3			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	73	58	-4	0.13		TEMPERATURE
23	80	64	3	T		Maximum 90 or higher			1	0
24	91	71	11	T		Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	83	61	2			Minimum 32 or lower			0	0
26	85	57	1
27	87	60	4	T		RECORD BOOK FOR APRIL**
28	83	62	3			Highest Temperature			94°F	1987
29	83	63	2			Lowest Temperature			28°F	1973
30	85	66	4			Lowest Maximum			45°F	1980
						Highest Minimum			75°F	1994
						Wettest Month			12.50"	1957
	Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit					Driest Month			0.08"	1984
	Precipitation in inches					Wettest 24 hours			5.17"	1969
	"T" denotes less than or equal to 0.005"					** Based on records 1952 - Present
	BOLDFACE indicates extreme values for the month					* Departure of the daily mean temperature,
	ITALICS indicate a record was set or tied					as calculated from the average of the
						maximum and minimum temperatures, from
						the 1971-2000 normals.
New Records Set*
DAY	PARAMETER				VALUE			OLD RECORD		YEAR
24th	Highest Maximum Temperature				91°F			89°F		1955
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER				VALUE			RECORD		YEAR
9th	3rd Lowest Minimum Temperature				38°F			34°F		1983
10th	2nd Lowest Minimum Temperature				36°F			28°F		1973
22nd	4th Lowest Maximum Temperature				73°F			56°F		1982
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
	This month saw very little precipitation in the Brazos Valley with the monthly total
standing at 0.17 inches, which is 3.03 inches below the normal.  This puts the yearly total at
2.25 inches below normal. We hope to see a wetter month of May.
High temperatures were 1.4 degrees, and lows 2.5 degrees above normal, respectively.
A record high temperatures was reported on the 24th of the month of April with a
temperature of 91 degrees Fahrenheit. A very late season cold front passed through the area
on the 8th, dropping high temperatures almost 20 degrees from the previous day. A 3rd
lowest minimum temperature of 38 degrees was reported on the 9th, and another near record
on the 10th with a 2nd lowest minimum temperature of 36 degrees.  An additional front
on the 21st dropped temperatures on the 22nd, and a 4th lowest maximum temperature
of 73 degrees was reported. The month of April concluded with high temperatures slightly
above normal with dry conditions as well.
May Normals for College Station
			Temperature
Beginning of the month			82 / 62			Monthly precipitation:			5.05"
Middle of the month			85 / 65			Precipitation days:			8
End of the month			88 / 68			90° days			6
State Climatologist:  John Nielsen-Gammon
Prepared by:  Kelsey Curtiss (Undergraduate Assistant)
E-mail:  osc@ariel.met.tamu.edu						Web address:  http://www.met.tamu.edu/osc/