Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for December 2006
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	53	27	-15			Maximum			63.6	0.8
2	56	36	-9			Minimum			44.2	2.7
3	53	34	-11.5			Monthly			53.9	1.7
4	53	26	-15.5			EXTREMES				DATE
5	59	31	-9			Highest			80	17th
6	69	48	4.5	T		Lowest			26	4th
7	62	39	-3.5
8	46	29	-16.5			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	54	29	-11.5			Heating			360	-53
10	61	43	-1	0.21		Cooling			27	13
11	69	58	10.5	0.13
12	73	46	6.5			PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	73	38	3.5			Total Monthly			4.57	1.34
14	74	41	5.5			Total for YEAR			48.68	9.01
15	75	61	16			Precipitation Days			10	2
16	78	65	19.5			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	80	67	21.5			24-hour Maximum			2.07	29th-30th
18	74	66	19	0.05
19	70	65	16.5	0.53		Maximum Wind Gust			49 mph	29th
20	72	55	12.5	0.04
21	65	50	6.5	T		NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	61	39	-1			TEMPERATURE
23	58	39	-2.5	0.21		Maximum 90 or higher			0	0
24	49	46	-3.5	1.31		Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	53	34	-7.5	0.02		Minimum 32 or lower			6	-2
26	55	30	-8.5
27	65	35	0			RECORD BOOK FOR DECEMBER
28	72	51	11.5			Highest Temperature			89°F	1922
29	74	55	14.5	1.97		Lowest Temperature			2°F	1989
30	58	45	1.5	0.10		Highest Minimum			74°F	1982
31	59	41	0			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
	"T" denotes less than or equal to 0.005"					* Departure of the daily mean temperature,
	BOLDFACE indicates extreme values for the month					as calculated from the average of the
	ITALICS indicate a record was set or tied					maximum and minimum temperatures, from
						the 1971-2000 normals.
New Records Set*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
4th	Lowest Minimum Temperature					26		28		1989
16th	Tied Highest Maximum Temperature					78		78		1957,77
16th	Highest Minimum Temperature					65		64		1957
17th	Highest Maximum Temperature					80		79		1990
17th	Highest Minimum Temperature					67		64		1957
18th	Highest Minimum Temperature					66		65		1957
19th	Highest Minimum Temperature					65		61		1978
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
1st	Tied 2nd Lowest Minimum Temperature					27		25.0		1979
3rd	Tied 3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature					53		43		1971
5th	2nd Lowest Minimum Temperature					31		27		1990
8th	4th Lowest Minimum Temperature					29		24		2005
8th	2nd Lowest Maximum Temperature					46		35		1978
9th	4th Lowest Minimum Temperature					29		24		1978
15th	4th Highest Minimum Temperature					61		69		1984
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
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
Prepared by:		John Nielsen-Gammon  (State Climatologist)
		Matt Mosier (Undergraduate 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