Easterwood Field

College Station, Texas


Monthly Summary for February 1997


	TEMPERATURE      PRECIP.                       TEMPERATURE

  Day   Max  Min  *DEPART   TOTAL         MEANS           ACTUAL        DEPART.

   1    79   51     15                    Maximum           60.9         -2.0
   2    83   63     23	                  Minimum           45.0          3.1
   3    77   63     20	       T          Monthly	    52.9          0.5
   4    68   50      9                                  
   5    59   43      1                    EXTREMES          TEMP         DATE
                                          Highest            83F          2nd
   6    51   46     -1         T          Lowest             31F         11th
   7    48   43     -5      0.28             
   8    44   40     -9                    DEGREE DAYS       TOTAL        DEPART.
   9    46   38     -9      0.04          Heating            354          -7
  10    52   34     -8                    Cooling             17           9
                                          
  11    60   31     -6      0.01           
  12    48   44     -6      1.60          PRECIPITATION      AMOUNT      DEPART.  
  13    46   42     -8                    
  14    50   38     -8      0.05          Total Monthly        3.96       1.34
  15    60   33     -5                    Total for 1996       6.84       1.57
                                          Precipitation Days     11          3
  16    67   34     -3                
  17    68   37      0                    EXTREMES           AMOUNT      DATE 
  18    70   52      8                    24-hour Maximum      1.60      12th
  19    75   62     16      0.01    
  20    72   58     12      1.34          MAXIMUM WIND GUST    30mph    (12th)

  21    64   46      1      0.01          NUMBER OF DAYS     AMOUNT      DEPART.
  22    61   35     -6                    TEMPERATURE
  23    58   50     -1                    Maximum 90 or higher    0        0
  24    53   47     -5      0.10          Maximum 32 or lower     0        0
  25    50   46     -7      0.10          Minimum 32 or lower     1       -5

  26    66   42     -1      0.42             RECORD BOOK FOR FEBRUARY
  27    56   41     -7                    Highest Temperature     99F    1996
  28    74   50      7         T          Lowest Temperature       5F    1951
                                          Wettest Month         9.82"    1992
                                          Driest Month          0.01"    1916
                                          Wettest 24 hours      3.81"    1927
  


Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
Precipitation in inches
"T" denotes less than or equal to 0.005"
BOLDFACE indicates extreme values for the month
ITALICS indicate a record was set or tied
* Departure of the daily mean temperature, as calculated from the average
of the maximum and minimum temperatures, from the 1961-1990 normals.













New Records Set

  DAY             PARAMETER                   VALUE    OLD RECORD       YEAR
  13th    Lowest Maximum Temperature           46F        47F           1958  



Near Records

  DAY             PARAMETER                   VALUE      RECORD         YEAR
   1st  Tied 3rd Highest Maximum Temperature   79F        83F          1911,63
   2nd  2nd Highest Maximum Temperature        83F        84F           1911
   3rd  3nd Highest Minimum Temperature        63F        65F           1943
   3rd  Tied 3rd Highest Maximum Temperature   77F        82F           1911
  19th  Tied 3rd Highest Minimum Temperature   62F        66F           1917

Monthly Review

February began with temperatures averaging 15F to 20F above normal as dry and partly cloudy skies persisted through the 7th. Temperatures fell on the 7th and remained slightly below normal through the 16th as nearly 2" of preciptation fell over this period. Thunderstorms moved through the Brazos Valley on the 20th totaling 1.34" of precipitation at Easterwood Field. There were 11 precipitation days this month: A noticable difference from last February. For the year, we are now just over an inch and a half above normal as many locations in Central Texas have been threatened by flooding. On a whole, the rains have been good for growing since the precipitation has fallen steadily throughout the past couple of months. It is probably safe to assume we will have a very green spring in the near future! 
March Normals for College Station

                           Temperature
Beginning of the month       67 / 45         Monthly Precipitation:      2.58"
Middle of the month          71 / 49         Precipitation days:            7
End of the month             75 / 54         90F Days                       0


Prepared by:    John F. Griffiths (State Climatologist)
                Karin L. Gleason (Assistant to the State Climatologist)
                kgleason@ariel.tamu.edu