Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for January 2005
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	73	64	19			Maximum			63.3	2.7
2	76	67	21	0.87		Minimum			46.0	6.2
3	81	69	25			Monthly			54.6	4.4
4	76	67	21	0.01		EXTREMES				DATE
5	71	39	5	0.27		Highest			81	3rd
6	39	35	-13	T		Lowest			29	23rd
7	49	36	-8	0.07
8	60	41	1			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	70	48	9			Heating			364	-107
10	75	66	21	T		Cooling			42	29
11	78	64	21	0.01
12	74	62	18	1.27		PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	63	39	1	0.01		Total Monthly			3.92	0.60
14	58	35	-4			Total for 2005			3.92	0.60
15	57	38	-3			Precipitation Days			11	2
16	51	33	-8			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	54	34	-6			24-hour Maximum			1.27	12th
18	49	37	-7
19	68	38	3			Maximum Wind Gust			37 mph	22nd
20	73	46	10
21	74	48	11			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	68	39	4			TEMPERATURE
23	46	29	-13			Maximum 90 or higher			0	0
24	61	33	-3			Maximum 32 or lower			0	-1
25	75	46	10			Minimum 32 or lower			1	-10
26	80	51	15
27	62	44	2	0.61		RECORD BOOK FOR JANUARY**
28	51	41	-5	0.59		Highest Temperature			86°F	1972
29	51	47	-2			Lowest Temperature			7°F	1973
30	50	45	-4	0.20		Lowest Max Temp			19°F	1962
31	48	45	-5	0.01		Highest Min Temp			69°F	1969
						Wettest Month			15.60"	1991
	Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit					Driest Month			0.21"	1971
	Precipitation in inches					Wettest 24 hours			5.63"	1991
	"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
	T indicates "Trace"					maximum and minimum temperatures, from
						the 1971-2000 normals.
New Records Set or Tied*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
3rd	Highest Maximum Temperature					81°F		80°F		1971
3rd	Highest Minimum Temperature					69°F		66°F		1997, 2004
4th	Highest Minimum Temperature					67°F		64°F		1997, 1998
10th	Highest Minimum Temperature					66°F		63°F		1995
26th	Tied Highest Maximum Temperature					80°F		80°F		1952
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
1st	2nd Highest Minimum Temperature					64°F		67°F		1966
2nd	Tied 3rd Highest Maximum Temperature					76°F		81°F		2000
2nd	2nd Highest Minimum Temperature					67°F		68°F		2000
4th	3rd Highest Maximum Temperature					76°F		82°F		1997
6th	4th Lowest Maximum Temperature					39°F		33°F		1970
11th	3rd Highest Minimum Temperature					64°F		66°F		1995
12th	3rd Highest Minimum Temperature					62°F		66°F		1960
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
The beginning of 2005 was a roller coaster for the Brazos Valley.  The month began with extremely warm
temperatures for this time of the year.  The average temperature was about 22° above normal, and new records
were set on the 3rd and 4th for highest minimum and maximum temperatures.  A cold front began to pass through
on the night of the 5th, and temperatures plummeted.  The high on the 6th was only 39°, a 32° drop from the
previous day.  A high pressure system moved over the state, and temperatures warmed back up to the 70s.  On the
11th, a cold front associated with a low pressure system moved across Texas, and a line of severe storms popped
up ahead of the front.  College Station received 1.27" of rain on the 12th, a 24-hour maximum for January.
Temperatures remained consistenly cool until a high pressure system moved in warming things up.  Temperatures
cooled down with another front on the 22nd, and the minimum extreme for the month was reached on the 23rd.
Temperatures rose again, and even reached 80° at Easterwood Field on the 26th tying an old record.  The month
ended with another cold front which brought temperatures down just below normal as well as some heavy rain.
Over the last five days of January, College Station received 1.41" of rain for a monthly total of 3.92" - 0.60" above
normal.  The average daily temperature of 54.6° was 4.4° above normal, but not near any records.
February Normals for College Station
			Temperature
Beginning of the month			63 / 42			Monthly precipitation:			2.38"
Middle of the month			66 / 44			Precipitation days:			8
End of the month			68 / 46			90° days			0
Prepared By:		Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon (State Climatologist)
		Michael Hammer (Undergraduate Assistant)
Email address:		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