Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for February 2008
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	60	28	-8			Maximum			70.8	5.3
2	73	39	4			Minimum			45.0	1.6
3	77	63	18	T		Monthly			57.9	3.4
4	78	69	21.5			EXTREMES				DATE
5	80	51	13.5			Highest			85	25th
6	57	37	-6			Lowest			28	1st
7	66	36	-2
8	77	39	5			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	78	50	11			Heating			212	-97
10	76	50	10			Cooling			23	9
11	73	58	11.5	T
12	68	44	2	0.27		PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	62	35	-5.5			Total Monthly			3.29	0.91
14	73	44	4.5			Total for 2007			5.35	-0.35
15	76	61	13.5	1.28		Precipitation Days			6	-2
16	71	45	3	1.66		EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	66	43	-0.5			24-hour Maximum			1.92	15th-16th
18	62	41	-3.5
19	68	41	-1.5			Maximum Wind Gust			37 mph	26th
20	72	50	5	0.04
21	76	47	5.5	0.03		NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	61	43	-4	T		TEMPERATURE
23	69	38	-2.5			Maximum 90 or higher			0	0
24	75	54	7.5	0.01		Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	85	46	8.5	T		Minimum 32 or lower			2	-4
26	68	39	-3.5
27	61	30	-11.5			RECORD BOOK FOR FEBRUARY**
28	73	40	-1.5			Highest Temperature			99°F	1996
29	78	56	9			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
3rd	Tied Highest Maximum Temperature					77		77		1997
3rd	Tied Highest Minimum Temperature					63		63		1957
4th	Highest Minimum Temperature					69		65		1957
5th	Tied Highest Maximum Temperature					80		80		1957
25th	Tied Highest Maximum Temperature					85		85		1954
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
4th	Tied 2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					78		82		1957
15th	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature					61		65		1954
27th	2nd Lowest Minimum Temperature					30		17		2002
29th	4th Highest Minimum Temperature					56		62.0		1972
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
A continued La Nina weather pattern across the southeast United States kept the Brazos Valley much warmer
than normal throughout the month of February. The first week of the month was highlighted by several records
either tied or broken. The maximum high temperature for the month occurred on the 25th when the thermometer
topped out at 85º F. A series of cold fronts managed to moderate temperatures for brief periods, but warmer
than normal temperatures prevailed almost the entire month. The average monthly temperature of 57.9º F was
3.4º F above normal. The total monthly precipitation of 3.29" was 0.91"above normal.
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:			Adam Wiley (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