Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for April 2006
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	85	71	13	T		Maximum			83.4	4.6
2	85	69	12	T		Minimum			62.6	5.7
3	81	65	8			Monthly			73.0	5.1
4	83	61	6			EXTREMES				DATE
5	84	67	9.5			Highest			94	18th
6	82	67	8.5	T		Lowest			50	9th
7	89	62	9.5
8	73	52	-3.5			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	79	50	-1.5			Heating			3	-37
10	79	53	-1			Cooling			251	124
11	80	56	1
12	79	61	3			PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	82	64	6			Total Monthly			2.45	-0.75
14	85	63	7			Total for 2006			13.59	1.85
15	87	66	8.5			Precipitation Days			5	-2
16	91	70	12.5			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	93	70	13.5			24-hour Maximum			1.20	20th-21st
18	94	69	13.5	T
19	90	67	9.5			Maximum Wind Gust			37mph	29th
20	80	64	3	0.56
21	80	64	3	0.64		NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	86	63	5.5			TEMPERATURE
23	86	64	5			Maximum 90 or higher			4	3
24	85	70	7.5			Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	85	57	1	0.34		Minimum 32 or lower			0	0
26	73	55	-6	0.28
27	77	55	-5			RECORD BOOK FOR APRIL**
28	84	67	4.5	T		Highest Temperature			94°F	1987
29	81	62	0.5	0.63		Lowest Temperature			28°F	1973
30	85	55	-1			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
1st	Highest Minimum Temperature					71		68		1956
7th	Tied Highest Maximum Temperature					89		89		1960,72
16th	Highest Maximum Temperature					91		90		1987
17th	Highest Maximum Temperature					93		91		1987
18th	Highest Maximum Temperature					94		93		1996
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
1st	Tied 3rd Highest Maximum Temperature					85		87		1974
2nd	Tied 2nd Highest Minimum Temperature					69		71		1956,82
2nd	Tied 2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					85		88		1982
15th	Tied 2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					87		90		2001
16th	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature					70		73		1982
17th	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature					70		72		1995
19th	Tied 2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					90		92		1987
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
The Brazos Valley started off warm and dry for April 2006.  For the first seven days of the month, the average
departure for normal was +9.5°F with record or near record temperatures.  A record high minimum temperature was
set on the 1st with a minimum temperature of 71°F.  A dry cold front brought some relief to the on the 8th.  The
temperatures remained close to normal for the next few days until the heat came on again.  Temperatures were above
average from the 11th through the 25th.  The average departure for normal during this time was 6.6°F.  The month
reported its first measurable rainfall on the 20th as thunderstorms associated with a dryline moved across the area.
There was one storm report in Bryan related to wind damage caused by these storms.  A squall line also moved
through the area overnight between the 20th and 21st resulting in 0.64" of rainfall.  This front did not bring any relief
to the warm condition, but a strong cold front, which moved through the area on the 25th, did.  The cold front,
which reduced temperatures from a high of 85°F on the 25th to a high of 73°F on the 26th, also brought some severe
weather to the College Station area.  Ping-pong ball to golf ball size hail was reported in areas around the Texas A&M
campus. Rainfall from this system totaled 0.62".  Temperatures warmed up quickly after the front passed, but another
system pushed into the Bryan/College Station region on the 29th.  A squall line developed a.long a frontal boundary
and produced 0.63" of rainfall on the morning of the 29th.  The monthly average of 73°F was 5.1°F above normal,
while the precipitation total of 2.45" was 0.75" below normal.  The average minimum temperature was 62.6°F, which
is 5.7°F above normal.
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:			Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon
Prepared by:			Matt Mosier (Undergraduate Assistant)
E-mail:  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