Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for February 2006
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	69	51	8	2.11		Maximum			64.0	-1.5
2	72	52	10	0.01		Minimum			42.2	-1.2
3	61	43	0			Monthly			53.1	-1.4
4	67	34	-1.5			EXTREMES				DATE
5	77	41	7			Highest			79	16th
6	63	45	1			Lowest			26	12th
7	63	35	-4
8	71	36	0.5			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	68	40	1	T		Heating			335	26
10	61	45	0	0.67		Cooling			7	-7
11	49	32	-13.5
12	65	26	-8.5			PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	59	30	-9.5			Total Monthly			3.70	1.32
14	74	37	1.5			Total for 2006			6.35	0.65
15	74	54	9			Precipitation Days			10	2
16	79	64	16.5			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	68	42	0	0.06		24-hour Maximum			2.11	1st
18	42	33	-17.5	0.03
19	36	32	-21	T		Maximum Wind Gust			37	11th
20	43	34	-17.5	0.01
21	56	42	-7	T		NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	71	50	4.5	0.02		TEMPERATURE
23	70	46	2			Maximum 90 or higher			0	0
24	60	49	-2.5	0.01		Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	59	51	-2	0.77		Minimum 32 or lower			4	-2
26	65	44	-2.5	0.01
27	72	41	-0.5			RECORD BOOK FOR FEBRUARY**
28	78	52	7			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
19th	Lowest Maximum Temperature					36		43		1958
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
5th	3rd Highest Maximum Temperature					77		80		1957
16th	2nd Highest Minimum Temperature					64		67		1976
18th	2nd Lowest Maximum Temperature					42		34		1979
19th	2nd Lowest Minimum Temperature					32		22		1978
20th	2nd Lowest Maximum Temperature					43		40		1955
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
This February saw the return of winter and precipitation to the Bryan/College Station area.  The month started off
with record setting rainfall.  The rainfall total of 2.11" on the 1st was a daily record for total rainfall and represented
88% of the normal rainfall total for the month (2.39").  More rainfall and colder temperatures reached the Brazos
Valley on the 9th and10th.  Avergage temperatures were 13.5° below normal on the 11th and the lowest temperature
of the month was set on the morning of the 12th at 26°.  In the three day period after the cold front, the 11th, 12th,
and 13th, the average departure from normal was -10.5°. Temperatures increased on the 15th and 16th
as an approaching front triggered warm south winds.  The cold front brought very cold temperatures and winter
precipitation along with it.  Light snow was reported in College Station on the 18th.  Temperatures during the 3 days
after the front moved through were, on average, 18.7° below normal.  The 19th reported a high temperature of 36°
which was a record low maximum for the day.  The highest temperature of the month was recorded on the 16th at
79°.  Precipitation for the month was 1.32" above average, the first above average rainfall total average since August
2005, which was 0.63" above average.  The rainfall was concentrated on three days, the1st, 10th, and 25th. Those
three days accounted for 96% of the month's total rainfall.  Hopefully, the trend of cooler temperature and more
precipitation will continue into Spring.
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:			Matt Mosier (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