Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for January 2006
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	81	62	21.5			Maximum			69.8	9.2
2	79	45	12			Minimum			44.7	4.9
3	81	42	11.5			Monthly			57.3	7.1
4	78	51	14.5			EXTREMES				DATE
5	68	45	6.5			Highest			81	1st,3rd
6	63	38	0.5			Lowest			32	14th
7	76	38	7
8	77	54	15.5			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	78	55	16.5			Heating			242	-230
10	60	36	-2	T		Cooling			11	-2
11	69	33	1
12	74	52	13			PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	66	40	3			Total Monthly			2.63	-0.69
14	65	32	-1.5			Total for 2006			2.63	-0.69
15	72	50	11	T		Precipitation Days			4	-5
16	67	55	11	0.20		EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	57	37	-3			24-hour Maximum			1.66	22nd
18	72	35	3.5
19	73	51	12			Maximum Wind Gust			43mph	16th
20	76	55	15.5	0.08
21	63	42	2.5	T		NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	52	46	-1	1.66		TEMPERATURE
23	60	47	3.5	T		Maximum 90 or higher			0	0
24	69	36	2.5			Maximum 32 or lower			0	-1
25	71	36	3.5			Minimum 32 or lower			1	-10
26	59	47	2
27	71	43	6	T		RECORD BOOK FOR JANUARY**
28	67	58	11.5	0.69		Highest Temperature			86°F	1972
29	79	42	9.5			Lowest Temperature			7°F	1973
30	70	45	6.5			Lowest Max Temp			19°F	1962
31	71	38	3.5			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
1st	Tied Highest Maximum Temperature					81		81		1952
3rd	Tied Highest Maximum Temperature					81		81		2005
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
1st	4th Highest Minimum Temperature					62		67		1966
2nd	2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					76		81		2000
4th	Tied 2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					78		82		1997
8th	Tied 3rd Highest Minimum Temperature					55		62		1965
8th	Tied 4th Highest Maximum Temeperature					77		80		1957
9th	Tied 2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					78		80		1957
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
2006 got off to a warm start as the average departure from normal for the first five day of the month was 13.2°, and
the mean temperature on the 1st over 21° above average.  Also, record highs of 81 on the 1st and 3rd were
reported.  The monthly mean was 57.3° which is 7.1° above normal, which continues the trend of this winter being
very warm.  As for precipitation, the Brazos Valley finally got some much needed rainfall.  While it wasn't much,
2.63" for the month, which is 0.69" below normal, any kind of precipitation is welcome.  The 16th reported the area's
first measurable rainfall since the 17th of December and the 1.66" that fell on the 22nd was the first rainfall total over
1.00" since March 18, 2005 when 1.61" fell at Easterwood Field.  Another front moved through on the 28th bringing
the region more precipitation with 0.69" falling at Easterwood Field.  The end of the month was slightly cooler than
the beginning with the first ten days having an average daily temperature of 60° compared to 55° for the last ten days
of the month.  Hopefully, February will bring cooler temperature and more precipitation to ease the drought
that has been affecting the entire region.
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)
		Matt Mosier (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