Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for December 2002
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	59	39	-6			Maximum			62.6	-0.2
2	73	42	3			Minimum			43.0	1.5
3	70	62	11	0.18		Monthly			52.8	0.6
4	70	39	0	2.35		EXTREMES				DATE
5	49	36	-13			Highest			76	17th, 18th
6	53	31	-13			Lowest			29	25th
7	57	36	-9
8	61	50	1	0.16		DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	50	44	-6	0.98		Heating			388	-23
10	51	44	-5	0.01		Cooling			10	-4
11	55	37	-7
12	55	48	-1	1.05		PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	58	39	-5			Total Monthly			7.58	4.35
14	63	33	-5			Total for 2002			42.86	3.19
15	72	42	5			Precipitation Days			10	2
16	73	58	13			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	76	61	17			24-hour Maximum			2.35	4th
18	76	65	20	T
19	65	48	5	0.54		Maximum Wind Gust			45mph	23rd
20	65	36	-1
21	72	41	5			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	67	42	4	T		TEMPERATURE
23	75	45	9	1.36		Maximum 90 or higher			0	0
24	45	35	-10	T		Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	47	29	-12			Minimum 32 or lower			2	-6
26	51	36	-6
27	64	35	0			RECORD BOOK FOR DECEMBER
28	66	37	2			Highest Temperature			89°F	1922
29	72	47	9	T		Lowest Temperature			2°F	1989
30	71	55	13	0.93		Highest Minimum			74°F	1982
31	60	41	1	0.02		Lowest Maximum			23°F	1990
						Wettest Month			12.66"	1913
	Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit					Driest Month			0.10"	1950
	Precipitation in inches					Wettest 24 hours			7.50"	1913
	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 or Tied
DAY	PARAMETER				VALUE			RECORD		YEAR
18th	Tied Highest Minimum				65°F			65°F		1957
Near Records
DAY	PARAMETER				VALUE			RECORD		YEAR
17th	3rd Highest Maximum Temperature				76°F			79°F		1990
18th	4th Highest Maximum Temperature				76°F			78°F		1980
3rd	3rd Highest Minimum Temperature				62°F			66°F		1998
16th	4th Highest Minimum Temperature				58°F			64°F		1957
17th	4th Highest Minimum Temperature				61°F			66°F		1957
Monthly Review
	December temperatures were close to normal, despite some considerable fluctuations
	from day to day.  The 5th and 6th saw mean temperatures 13 degrees below normal,
	while the 17th and 18th means were between 17 and 20 degrees above normal.  For the
	month, College Station was only 0.6 degrees above normal, but precipitation was above
	normal with 7.58 inches for the month, and an annual rainfall total of 42.86 inches,
	which is 3.19 inches greater than normal.
	Brazos county, as well as several areas around the state, experienced some strong to
	severe weather on the 23rd, with a reported tornado in Navasota, 1.75 inch hail in Bryan
	and 1.36 inches of precipitation recorded at Easterwood.  Prior to a weak frontal
	passage on the 19th, College Station experienced a warm spell, with temperatures
	reaching 20 degrees above normal on the 18th. But the greatest precipitation for a single
	day fell on the 4th as a front passed through, delivering 2.35 inches of rain, and
	dropping temperatures over 20 degrees between the 4th and 5th.
January Normals for College Station
		Temperature
Beginning of the month			60 / 39			Monthly precipitation:			3.32"
Middle of the month			60 / 40			Precipitation days:			9
End of the month			62 / 41			days < 32°F			11
		John Nielsen-Gammon  (State Climatologist)
Prepared by:		Andrew Odins (Graduate Assistant)
Internet address:		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