Easterwood Field

College Station, Texas


Monthly Summary for August 1997


	TEMPERATURE      PRECIP.                       TEMPERATURE

  Day   Max  Min  *DEPART   TOTAL         MEANS            ACTUAL       DEPART.

   1    94   75      0                    Maximum           95.4          0.6
   2    94   75     -1	                  Minimum           73.1         -0.1 
   3    95   75      0	                  Monthly	    84.3          0.3
   4    96   73      0                                  
   5   100   74      2                    EXTREMES           TEMP         DATE
                                          Highest           102F           21 
   6    98   75      2                    Lowest             63F           26
   7    96   74      0      0.32     
   8    81   68    -11      0.46          DEGREE DAYS       TOTAL        DEPART.
   9    93   76     -1        T           Heating              0            0
  10    96   78      2                    Cooling            600           11
                                          
  11    94   76      0                     
  12    96   75      2                    PRECIPITATION       AMOUNT     DEPART.  
  13    96   77      3               
  14    95   75      1                    Total Monthly        0.78      -1.64
  15    97   77      3                    Total for 1997      26.56       2.14
                                          Precipitation Days      2         -4
  16    98   78      4                
  17    99   79      5                    EXTREMES            AMOUNT     DATE 
  18    98   75      3                    24-hour Maximum      0.78      7th-8th
  19    98   75      3           
  20    98   74      2                    MAXIMUM WIND GUST    26mph     16th

  21   102   76      5                    NUMBER OF DAYS      AMOUNT     DEPART.
  22    98   73      2                    TEMPERATURE
  23    87   72     -4         T          Maximum 90 or higher    29       1
  24    93   69     -2                    Maximum 32 or lower     0        0
  25    91   66     -4                    Minimum 32 or lower     0        0

  26    93   63     -5                           RECORD BOOK FOR AUGUST
  27    96   65     -2                    Highest Temperature    108F    1951
  28    96   70      0                    Lowest Temperature      58F    1940
  29    97   72      1                    Wettest Month        12.60"    1947
  30    96   68      0                    Driest Month          TRACE    1952
                                          Wettest 24 hours      9.89"    1947
  31    97   69      1        
  


Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
Precipitation in inches
"T" denotes less than or equal to 0.005"
BOLDFACE indicates extreme values for the month
ITALICS indicate a record was set or tied
* Departure of the daily mean temperature, as calculated from the average
of the maximum and minimum temperatures, from the 1961-1990 normals.













New Records Set

  DAY             PARAMETER                   VALUE    OLD RECORD       YEAR
  8th     Lowest Maximum Temperature           81F        84F           1983 
 15th     Tied Highest Minimum Temperature     77F        77F           1968
 17th     Highest Minimum Temperature          79F        78F           1932
 26th     Lowest Minimum Temperature           63F        65F           1966
 27th     Tied Lowest Minimum Temperature      65F        65F           1970



Near Records

  DAY             PARAMETER                   VALUE      RECORD         YEAR
  8th     Tied 2nd Lowest Minimum Temperature  68F        67F           1914 
 10th     Tied 2nd Highest Minimum Temperature 78F        79F           1980
 16th     3rd Highest Minimum Temperature      78F        79F           1987
 21st     Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature 76F        78F           1964
 23rd     Tied 3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature  87F        83F           1961

Monthly Review

The month of August turned out to be even drier than July as the Brazos Valley received less than an inch of rain for the second straight month. All of the measurable precipitation fell during a 24-hour period on the 7th and 8th as a stationary front sat over East Texas. Combined with moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, this event produced steady rainfall starting in the evening of the 7th which continued through the next morning. The cool temperatures accompanying the rain brought relief to the residents of Bryan/College Station, and set a new record for the lowest maximum temperature ever observed on the 8th of August -- one of many records which were broken or threatened during the month.

Despite the dry summer conditions that we have experienced, our annual precipitation total is still over two inches above normal. 

September Normals for College Station

                           Temperature
Beginning of the month       92 / 72         Monthly Precipitation:      4.87"
Middle of the month          89 / 69         Precipitation days:            8
End of the month             85 / 65         90F Days                      17


Prepared by:    John F. Griffiths (State Climatologist)
                Brian N. Belcher (Graduate Assistant to the State Climatologist)
                belcher@tamu.edu