Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for December 2003
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	73	55	9			Maximum			64.9	2.1
2	69	49	4			Minimum			40.3	-1.2
3	75	51	8			Monthly			52.6	0.4
4	65	43	-1			EXTREMES				DATE
5	57	38	-8			Highest			77	27th
6	52	29	-15			Lowest			28	14th, 17th
7	64	34	-6
8	75	48	8			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	72	46	6	0.09		Heating			386	-25
10	57	34	-7			Cooling			5	-9
11	60	32	-7
12	59	49	1	0.75		PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	49	34	-12	T		Total Monthly			1.22	-2.01
14	61	28	-8			Total for 2003			44.22	4.55
15	73	46	8			Precipitation Days			5	-3
16	63	37	-2			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	63	28	-5			24-hour Maximum			0.75	12th
18	65	33	-2
19	64	33	-2			Maximum Wind Gust			37 mph	9th
20	64	32	-3
21	72	46	8			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	75	52	13	0.06		TEMPERATURE
23	61	38	-2	0.01		Maximum 90 or higher			0	0
24	61	30	-4			Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	62	41	2	T		Minimum 32 or lower			5	-3
26	70	52	11
27	77	62	20			RECORD BOOK FOR DECEMBER
28	66	44	5	0.31		Highest Temperature			89°F	1922
29	58	34	-4			Lowest Temperature			2°F	1989
30	61	31	-4			Highest Minimum			74°F	1982
31	68	41	5	T		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
Near Records
DAY	PARAMETER				VALUE			RECORD		YEAR
27	3rd Highest max				77			79		1971
27	2nd Highest Min				62			67		1971
Monthly Review
The last month of the year was rather dry across the Brazos Valley, and temperatures
fluxuated considerably throughout the month.  Although no temperature
records were broken this month, highs were 2.1 degress above normal,
and the monthly mean was 0.8 above.  Very little rain fell at the Easterwood Airport
yielding a monthly deficit of 2.01 inches; but College Station finished the year over
four and a half inches above the 39.67 inch annual normal.  A cold front passed through
the area on the 4th, cooling temperatures but delivering no rain. The next front that
came through on the 10th, cooled temperatures and brought some light rainfall.  The
most significant precipitation came on the 12th with the passing of a warm front, followed by
a cold front that droped temperatures to the upper 40s for highs.  Following another weak
disturbance on the 16th, temperatures reached the mid 70s on the 22nd, followed by
some rain associated with a cold front.  Temperatures rebounded once again into the mid
70s, then moderating in the last few days of the year.
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