Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for February 2007
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	53	41	-5	0.01		Maximum			63.5	-2.0
2	48	34	-11			Minimum			42.9	-0.5
3	51	25	-14			Monthly			53.2	-1.3
4	65	33	-3			EXTREMES				DATE
5	66	38	0			Highest			83	26th
6	70	39	1.5			Lowest			21	16th
7	74	47	7.5
8	64	47	2.5	T		DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	49	44	-6.5	T		Heating			340	31
10	46	42	-9			Cooling			17	3
11	53	44	-5.5	T
12	69	53	7	0.03		PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	56	37	-7.5			Total Monthly			0.08	-2.30
14	40	33	-17.5			Total for 2007			5.06	-0.64
15	41	29	-20			Precipitation Days			4	-4
16	50	21	-19.5			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	64	32	-7			24-hour Maximum			0.04	23rd-24th
18	62	28	-10
19	72	40	0			Maximum Wind Gust			36 mph	17th, 24th
20	69	60	8.5
21	82	56	13			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	81	53	11			TEMPERATURE
23	69	60	8.5	0.01		Maximum 90 or higher			0	0
24	78	59	11.5	0.03		Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	68	43	-1.5			Minimum 32 or lower			5	-1
26	83	48	8.5
27	81	50	8.5			RECORD BOOK FOR FEBRUARY**
28	75	65	12			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
14th	Tied Lowest Maximum Temperature					40		40		2004
15th	Lowest Minimum Temperature					29		30		2004
15th	Lowest Maximum Temperature					41		45		1968
16th	Lowest Minimum Temperature					21		27		1958
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
18th	2nd Lowest Minimum Temperature					28		27.0		1978
20th	3rd Highest Minimum Temperature					60		65.0		2005
21st	3rd Highest Maximum Temperature					82		99.0		1996
22nd	4th Highest Maximum Temperature					81		96.0		1996
26th	3rd Highest Maximum Temperature					83		88.0		1954
27th	2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					81		83.0		1999
28th	2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					65		66.0		1991
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
February 2007 continued the cooler trend of January.  The monthly mean temperature was 53.2°F, which is 1.3°F
below normal.   The month started off cold with temperatures averaging 8°F below normal for the first four days of
the month.  Temperatures warmed up for a few days before a series of strong cold fronts moved through the area
and dropped the temperatures.  The first of these fronts moved through on the 9th and dropped temperatures to 9°F
below normal on the 10th.  The area was dry and only reported a trace of rainfall with the passage of this front.  The
next front proved to be the coldest of the year when it moved through on the 12th.  0.03" of precipitation was
reported with this front, but the cold air was the main factor.  Temperatures plunged for the next 6 days.  During this
span the temperature averaged 13.5°F below normal.  Record low highs were reported on the 14th and 15th, while
record lows were reported on the 15th and 16th.  The low temperature of 21°F was the lowest temperature reported
this winter.  Temperatures began to warm up as the month went on.  Highs in the low 80s were reported on the 21st,
22nd, 26th, and 27th.  The highest temperature of the month was reported on the 26th at 83°F.  Overall, February
was much drier than normal.  Only 0.08" of rainfall was reported for the entire month, 2.30" below normal.  The
fronts that moved through the area brought only cold air since there was not much moisture in the atmosphere.  The
total precpitation for 2007 is 5.06", 0.64" below normal.  February 2007 was the second driest February ever
reported.
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