Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for August 2005
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	96	75	0.5	0.04		Maximum			94.4	-1.8
2	96	74	0	0.56		Minimum			74.6	1.4
3	94	75	-0.5	0.01		Monthly			84.5	-0.2
4	94	74	-2	T		EXTREMES				DATE
5	94	72	-3			Highest			99	31st, 27th
6	96	71	-1.5	0.01		Lowest			71	9th, 6th
7	95	75	0	T
8	93	74	-1.5	0.16		DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	86	71	-6.5	0.04		Heating			0	0
10	83	72	-7.5	1.92		Cooling			614	3
11	93	73	-2
12	95	75	0			PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	94	75	-0.5	T		Total Monthly			3.26	0.63
14	89	77	-2	0.21		Total for YEAR			24.88	-0.25
15	93	74	-1.5	0.31		Precipitation Days			9	3
16	92	74	-2			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	93	74	-1.5			24-hour Maximum			1.92	10th
18	95	76	0.5			Maximum Wind Gust			45	2nd
19	93	76	-0.5
20	95	76	0.5			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
21	97	75	1			TEMPERATURE
22	97	76	1.5			Maximum 90 or higher			28	0
23	97	76	2.5			Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
24	97	76	2.5			Minimum 32 or lower			0	0
25	95	77	2
26	97	77	3			RECORD BOOK FOR AUGUST
27	99	78	4.5	T		Highest Temperature			109°F	2000
28	95	74	0.5	T		Lowest Temperature			58°F	1940
29	96	77	2.5	T		Highest Minimum			82°F	1915
30	98	72	2			Lowest Maximum			74°F	1945
31	99	73	3			Wettest Month			12.60"	1947
						Driest Month			TRACE	1952
						Wettest 24 hours			9.89"	1947
	Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit
	Precipitation in inches					* Departure of the daily mean temperature,
	"T" denotes less than or equal to 0.005"					as calculated from the average of the
	BOLDFACE indicates extreme values for the month					maximum and minimum temperatures, from
	ITALICS indicate a record was set or tied					the 1971-2000 normals.
New Records Set*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
10th	Lowest Maximum Temperature					83		87		1980,89
25th	Tied Highest Minimum Temperature					77		77		2004
27th	Highest Minimum Temperature					78		77		2004
29th	Tied Highest Minimum Temperature					77		77		1956,84, 95
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
9th	2nd Lowest Maximum					86		83		1989
19th	Tied 2nd Highest Minimum					76		77		1970,86, 2001
22nd	Tied 4th Highest Minimum					76		78		1970,77,88
24th	Tied 4th Highest Minimum					76		78		1970
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
As far as rainfall was concerned, the month of August came in like a lion and went out like a lamb. All of the 3.26" of rainfall recorded
in the month fell between the 1st and 15th of the month, with just a trace of precipitation the rest of the month. Even though
the rainfall was confined to a couple weeks, College Station still exceeded its normal August total for precipitation. The bulk of
the precipitation fell on the 10th, when 1.92" of rain was reported. Strong convection pushed trough on the 2nd, causing damage just
to the north in Robertson county, blowing trees down in Hearne. Most of August was a study in normalcy  with regards to
temperatures, with seemingly day after day of high temperatures in the middle 90s with lows in the middle 70s. Relief was provided
temporarily on the 9th and 10th with temperatures only in the middle 80s, although this relief came with a price on the 10th. For the
year, College Station is just a touch below average with 24.88" of precipitation.
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)				OFFICE OF THE TEXAS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST
		Brent McRoberts (Graduate Assistant)				DEPARTMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
		Matt Mosier (Undergraduate Assistant)				TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
E-mail address:		osc@ariel.met.tamu.edu				COLLEGE STATION, TX 77843-3150
Internet address:		http://www.met.tamu.edu/osc/