Easterwood Field |
College Station, Texas |
TEMPERATURE PRECIP. TEMPERATURE Day Max Min *DEPART TOTAL MEANS ACTUAL DEPART.
1 106 73 6 Maximum 96.3 1.5 2 105 73 4 Minimum 74.1 0.9 3 106 76 6 Monthly 85.2 1.2 4 102 75 4 T 5 99 74 1 T EXTREMES TEMP DATE Highest 106F 1st 6 88 74 -4 0.10 Lowest 72F 4 days 7 91 75 -2 0.14 8 99 74 1 DEGREE DAYS TOTAL DEPART. 9 100 72 1 Heating 0 0 10 101 75 3 Cooling 623 34 11 101 75 3 12 102 76 5 PRECIPITATION AMOUNT DEPART. 13 91 78 1 14 81 72 -8 0.89 Total Monthly 3.83 1.41 15 95 72 -1 0.01 Total for 1998 17.31 -7.11 Precipitation Days 11 5 16 93 73 -1 17 91 75 -1 0.25 EXTREMES AMOUNT DATE 18 95 75 1 24-hour Maximum 1.05 21st-22nd 19 97 74 1 20 98 74 2 0.12 MAXIMUM WIND GUST 28mph 12th 21 92 75 -1 0.98 NUMBER OF DAYS AMOUNT DEPART. 22 86 74 -4 0.08 TEMPERATURE 23 92 74 -1 0.37 Maximum 90 or higher 28 0 24 94 75 1 Maximum 32 or lower 0 0 25 95 76 2 Minimum 32 or lower 0 0 26 96 74 2 RECORD BOOK FOR AUGUST 27 97 72 1 Highest Temperature 108F 1951 28 100 73 4 Lowest Temperature 58F 1940 Highest Minimum 82F 1915 Lowest Maximum 74F 1945 29 103 73 5 Wettest Month 12.60" 1947 30 97 73 3 0.88 Driest Month TRACE 1952 Wettest 24 hours 9.89" 1947 31 92 73 0 0.01
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 1st Highest Maximum Temperature 106F 105F 1944 2nd Highest Maximum Temperature 105F 104F 1913 3rd Highest Maximum Temperature 106F 105F 1937 14th Lowest Maximum Temperature 81F 86F 1997 27th Tied Highest Maximum Temperature 103F 103F 1913
Near Records
DAY PARAMETER VALUE RECORD YEAR 4th 3rd Highest Maximum Temperature-Tied 102F 107F 1951 6th 4th Lowest Maximum Temperature 88F 83F 1971 13th 2nd Highest Minimum Temperature-Tied 78F 79F 1962 22nd 3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature 86F 81F 1919 25th 2nd Highest Minimum Temperature-Tied 76F 77F 1941 28th 4th Highest Maximum Temperature-Tied 100F 102F 1995
Finally, after 30 consecutive days where the max. temperature in College Station reached 100F or higher, the mercury was only able to rise to 99F and then to a relatively cool 88F for the days of August 5th and 6th respectively. Once the extreme heat wave broke on the 6th, the temperatures for the Brazos Valley were only able to reach the century mark six other times throughout the month of August. Another climate variable that made a change for the better was precipitation. August was the first month since February to bring above normal precipitation to the water starved residents of Bryan/College Station. The 3.83 inches of rain that fell over the eleven precipitation days were 1.41 inches above the normal precipitation for the month of August.
Despite the fact that August was somewhat of a moist month, our annual precipitation total is still around 7 inches below 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) Chris J. Gordon (Graduate Assistant to the State Climatologist) cgordon@ariel.met.tamu.edu