Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for February 2005
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	45	42	-7	0.52		Maximum			64.6	-0.9
2	46	41	-8			Minimum			49.6	6.2
3	55	39	-5			Monthly			57.1	2.6
4	58	36	-5			EXTREMES				DATE
5	58	43	-2			Highest			81	14th
6	66	54	7	1.21		Lowest			36	4th
7	66	54	7	1.39
8	61	48	2	T		DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	58	43	-3			Heating			310	3
10	59	39	-4			Cooling			24	10
11	58	42	-4	T
12	69	47	4	T		PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	79	55	13	0.04		Total Monthly			5.07	2.69
14	81	49	11			Total for 2005			8.99	3.29
15	80	57	14			Precipitation Days			9	1
16	65	55	5			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	65	54	4	T		24-hour Maximum			1.39	7th
18	63	50	1	0.02
19	68	55	6	T		Maximum Wind Gust			32 mph	12th
20	74	65	13
21	76	63	13			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	77	63	14			TEMPERATURE
23	78	61	13	0.38		Maximum 90 or higher			0	0
24	65	49	0	0.91		Maximum 32 or lower			1	1
25	61	44	-4			Minimum 32 or lower			1	-5
26	52	47	-8	0.42
27	63	47	-2	0.18		RECORD BOOK FOR FEBRUARY**
28	64	46	-3			Highest Temperature			99°F	1996
						Lowest Temperature			14°F	1985
						Lowest Max Temp			24°F	1985
						Highest Min Temp			75°F	1991
						Wettest Month			9.82"	1992
	Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit					Driest Month			0.16"	1999
	Precipitation in inches					Wettest 24 hours			3.30"	1955
	"T" denotes less than or equal to 0.005"					** Based on records (1952-present)
	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*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		OLD RECORD		YEAR
20th	Highest Minimum Temperature					65°F		61°F		1976
21st	Highest Minimum Temperature					63°F		61°F		1985
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
6th	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature					54°F		67°F		1999
14th	Tied 2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					81°F		82°F		1956
22nd	Tied 3rd Highest Minimum Temperature					63°F		68°F		1985
23rd	Tied 4th Highest Maximum Temperature					78°F		90°F		1996
24th	Tied 3rd Highest Minimum Temperature					61°F		64°F		1991
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
Although it wasn't one of the wettest, February 2005 was a warm, wet month for the Brazos Valley.  The month
began with the departure of a low pressure system that brought some light rain and cooler-than-normal temperatures
to the area.  The monthly minimum of 36° was set on the 4th, and temperatures remained cool until a warm front
brought temperatures up a bit.  However, the heaviest rain of the month came with it as Easterwood Field recorded
2.60" of rain over the 6th and 7th.  Temperatures fell back to just below normal until a high pressure system moved
in behind a weak cold front.  Temperatures soared to over 80° on Valentine's Day, and temperatures remained
above normal for weeks.  There were some very weak showers behind another frontal system, but temperatures
soared back to well above normal during the third week of the month.  Beginning on the 22nd, a low pressure
system from the southwest met a slow-moving frontal system to the north, and heavy rains were the result.  Over 1"
of rain fell at Easterwood Field, and temperatures fell back to just below their normal levels.  February ended with
temperatures hovering around normal and cloudy skies before a high pressure system looked to improve things for
March.  For the month, the average high temperatures was only 64.6°, but the average low was over 6° above
normal at 49.6°.  5.07" of precipitation fell at Easterwood Field, just missing the top ten list for February in College
Station.  For the year, College Station is already 3.29" of rain above normal continuing the wet trend from 2004.
March Normals for College Station
		Temperature
Beginning of the month			67 / 45			Monthly precipitation:			2.84"
Middle of the month			71 / 49			Precipitation days:			7
End of the month			75 / 54			90° days			0
State Climatologist:			Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon
Prepared by:			Michael Hammer (Undergraduate Assistant)
Email:  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