Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for August 2003
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	96	75	1			Maximum			95.1	-1.1
2	96	75	1			Minimum			74.5	1.3
3	95	77	1			Monthly			84.8	0.1
4	98	74	0			EXTREMES				DATE
5	97	75	0			Highest			103	7th, 8th
6	98	76	2			Lowest			68	13th
7	103	76	4
8	103	78	6	T		DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	94	76	0	T		Heating			0	0
10	98	75	2	T		Cooling			617	6
11	93	69	-4	0.73
12	86	69	-7	0.10		PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	89	68	-6			Total Monthly			4.46	1.83
14	90	73	-3	0.03		Total for 2003			25.23	0.10
15	96	73	0			Precipitation Days			5	-1
16	98	77	3			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	97	75	1	T		24-hour Maximum			2.12"	21st
18	98	77	3	T		Maximum Wind Gust			39mph	9th
19	97	75	1
20	97	75	1			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
21	98	72	0	2.12		TEMPERATURE
22	90	72	-4			Maximum 90 or higher			26	-2
23	94	74	0			Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
24	96	74	1	T		Minimum 32 or lower			0	0
25	96	76	2	T
26	95	76	1	T		RECORD BOOK FOR AUGUST
27	96	75	2	T		Highest Temperature			109°F	2000
28	96	77	3			Lowest Temperature			58°F	1940
29	95	76	1			Highest Minimum			82°F	1915
30	93	76	1			Lowest Maximum			74°F	1945
31	79	74	-7	1.48		Wettest Month			12.60"	1947
						Driest Month			TRACE	1952
	Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit					Wettest 24 hours			9.89"	1947
	Precipitation in inches
	"T" denotes less than or equal to 0.005"					* Departure of the daily mean temperature,
	BOLDFACE indicates extreme values for the month					as calculated from the average of the
	ITALICS indicate a record was set or tied					maximum and minimum temperatures, from
						the 1971-2000 normals.
New Records Set
DAY	PARAMETER				VALUE			OLD RECORD		YEAR
31st	Lowest Maximum Temperature				79°F			80°F		1981
Near Records
DAY	PARAMETER				VALUE			RECORD		YEAR
7th	Tied 3rd Highest Maximum Temperature				103°F			105°F		1988
8th	Tied 3rd Highest Maximum Temperature				103°F			106°F		1988
8th	4th Highest Minimum Temperature				78°F			78°F		1952
11th	3rd Lowest Minimum Temperature				69°F			66°F		1989
12th	2nd Lowest Maximum Temperature				86°F			84°F		1973
13th	3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature				89°F			86°F		1960
13th	3rd Lowest Minimum Temperature				68°F			61°F		1967
16th	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature				77°F			79°F		1987
18th	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature				77°F			81°F		1982
25th	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature				76°F			76°F		1960
28th	2nd Highest Minimum Temperature				77°F			77°F		1964
Monthly Review
	The month of August was cooler than normal, with the exception of the 7th and 8th, when
	temperatures reached 103 degrees Fahrenheight.  College Station has lucked out this summer,
	as the city has only reached the century mark 2 times during the summer season to date.
	This month was dry for the most part until the 11th, when 0.73 inches of precipitation fell
	as a result of a frontal system that made its way across Texas triggering precipitation in its
	wake.  Temperatures rebounded from rain-cooled air on the 11th, and remained in the mid to
	upper 90's until the next precipitation event on the 21st.  A stray sea-breeze shower trekked
	toward the northwest and stalled over College Station, dumping 2.12 inches of rain on the city
	in a matter of a few hours.  The sea-breeze phenomenon contributed to almost half of the
	precipitation received for the month of August.  The latter half of the month was quite
	predictable with high temperatures in the upper 90's and lows in the middle 70's.
	Dry conditions persisted until the end of the month when 1.48 inches of precipitation fell as
	a result of the remnants of Tropical Storm Grace.
September Normals for College Station
			Temperature
Beginning of the month			94 / 72			Monthly precipitation:			3.91"
Middle of the month			91 / 69			Precipitation days:			8
End of the month			87 / 64			90° days			17
Prepared by:		John Nielsen-Gammon  (State Climatologist)
		Kelsey Curtiss(Undergraduate Assistant)
E-mail address:		osc@ariel.met.tamu.edu
Internet 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