Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for January 2007
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	53	35	-6			Maximum			55.2	-5.4
2	55	33	-6			Minimum			39.0	-0.8
3	55	40	-2.5	0.40		Monthly			47.1	-3.1
4	58	47	2.5	1.03		EXTREMES				DATE
5	73	51	12			Highest			74	12th
6	59	48	3.5	0.17		Lowest			29	16th
7	63	45	4	T
8	62	32	-3			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	66	36	1			Heating			553	81
10	67	42	4.5			Cooling			5	-8
11	71	52	11.5
12	74	65	19.5	0.01		PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	70	37	3.5	1.20		Total Monthly			4.98	1.66
14	44	37	-9.5	0.22		Total for 2007			4.98	1.66
15	37	30	-16.5	0.85		Precipitation Days			14	5
16	31	29	-20	0.20		EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	33	30	-18.5	0.18		24-hour Maximum			1.43	3rd-4th
18	41	33	-13	0.04
19	47	40	-6.5	T		Maximum Wind Gust			31 mph	27th
20	49	41	-5	0.24
21	62	37	-0.5			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	49	39	-6			TEMPERATURE
23	44	40	-8	0.11		Maximum 90 or higher			0	0
24	50	38	-6	0.12		Maximum 32 or lower			1	0
25	63	33	-2			Minimum 32 or lower			5	-6
26	63	33	-3
27	67	43	4	0.15		RECORD BOOK FOR JANUARY**
28	51	34	-8.5			Highest Temperature			86°F	1972
29	53	32	-8.5			Lowest Temperature			7°F	1973
30	55	41	-3	0.05		Lowest Max Temp			19°F	1962
31	47	35	-10	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
15th	Lowest Maximum Temperature					37		38		1972
16th	Lowest Maximum Temperature					31		33		1953
17th	Lowest Maximum Temperature					33		36		1978
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
12th	Tied 2nd Highest Minimum Temperature					65		66		1960
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
If you enjoy cold and wet weather then you should have enjoyed this January.  During the month, the Brazos Valley
felt the full effects of an El Nino year.  The average monthly temperature was 47.1°F, 3.1°F below normal.  For
three consecutive days (15th, 16th, 17th) record low high temperatures were reported with values of 37°F, 31°F,
and 33°F, respectively.  During two of those days, the 16th and 17th, the difference in the high and low temperature
was only 3°F and the average temperature was 19°F below normal.  Not only was this January colder than normal,
but the precipitation values were also above average.  For the month, 4.98" of precipitation was reported, 1.66"
above normal.  A record daily maximum rainfall total was  set on the 13th with a rainfall total of 1.20".  This wet
weather combined with the cold temperature brought icy conditions to the Brazos Valley on the 15th, 16th, and 17th.
This winter weather shut down the Brazos Valley for two days as temperature remained near freezing, allowing
the ice to stick around.  This area, and most of the state, benefitted greatly from this abudance of rainfall in a normally
dry month of the year.  As a result, East Texas is no longer listed under drought conditions by the U.S. Drought
Monitor.
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