Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for July 2003
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	93	75	0			Maximum			92.2	-3.4
2	94	72	-1			Minimum			73.9	0.3
3	92	74	-1	0.33		Monthly			83.1	-1.5
4	87	72	-5	1.07		EXTREMES				DATE
5	88	74	-3	0.02		Highest			96	5 days
6	92	76	0	0.20		Lowest			70	11th
7	90	73	-2	0.12
8	90	73	-2	0.13		DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	90	73	-2	0.18		Heating			0	0
10	92	74	-1	0.01		Cooling			559	-48
11	91	70	-3	1.42
12	92	72	-2	0.01		PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	93	75	0			Total Monthly			4.06	2.14
14	94	75	-1			Total for 2003			20.77	-1.73
15	86	75	-5	0.08		Precipitation Days			13	8
16	89	75	-3	0.33		EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	93	74	-2			24-hour Maximum			1.42	11th
18	93	74	-2
19	91	75	-2			Max. Wind Gust			56mph	11th
20	94	73	-2
21	96	76	1			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	96	76	1			TEMPERATURE
23	87	71	-6	0.16		Maximum 90 or higher			23	-4
24	92	75	-2			Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	93	73	-2			Minimum 32 or lower			0	0
26	95	74	-1
27	94	74	-1			RECORD BOOK FOR JULY
28	95	74	-1			Highest Temp.			110°F	1917
29	96	73	0			Lowest Temp.			58°F	1967
30	96	76	1			Wettest Month			7.06"	1958
31	96	75	1			Driest Month			0.00"	2000
						Wettest 24 hours			5.09"	1968
	Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit
	Precipitation in inches					* Departure of the daily mean temperature,
	"T" denotes less than or equal to 0.005"					as calculated from the average of the
	BOLDFACE indicates extreme values for the month					maximum and minimum temperatures, from
	ITALICS indicate a record was set or tied					the 1971-2000 normals.
New Records Set
DAY	PARAMETER				VALUE			OLD RECORD		YEAR
Near Records
DAY	PARAMETER				VALUE			RECORD		YEAR
6th	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature				76°F			78°F		1993
11th	4th Lowest Minimum Temperature				70°F			69°F		1972
15th	Tied 4th Lowest Maximum Temperature				86°F			76°F		1983
21st	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature				76°F			78°F		1953
22nd	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature				76°F			79°F		1995
23rd	3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature				87°F			87°F		1990
Monthly Review
	The month of July was a warm and quite dry month in Texas.  However, in the College Station area
a monthly total of 4.06 inches was reported, which is 2.14 inches above normal.   For a period of
ten days, College Station received anywhere from 0.01 to 1.42 inches each day due to a convective
pattern in the atmosphere. However College Station is still 1.73 inches below normal for the year.
July brought 6 near record temperatures to the College Station area.  The low maximum
temperatures can be attributed to the rain cooled air caused by showers and thunderstorms.
The latter half of the month was quite predictable precipitation and temperature wise, with the exception
of the 23rd, with a high of 87 degrees reported.   The pattern assumed for the latter half of the month
was little precipitation, and hot temperatures.  College Station has been quite lucky this summer as
temperatures have not yet reached the century mark, which was reached numerous times last summer.
A frontal system on the 23rd passed through the state which helped to keep humidity levels down
slightly, and lowered temperatures by a few degrees as well.
The month of July concluded with high temperatures in the upper 90's and lows in the mid to upper 70's.
August Normals for College Station
			Temperature
Beginning of the month			97 / 74			Monthly precipitation:			2.63"
Middle of the month			96 / 73			Precipitation days:			5
End of the month			94 / 72			90° days			28
State Climatologist:  John Nielsen-Gammon
Prepared by:    Kelsey Curtiss (Undergraduate Assistant)
E-mail address:  osc@ariel.met.tamu.edu					Web address:  www.met.tamu.edu/osc/
OFFICE OF THE TEXAS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST
DEPARTMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE STATION, TX 77843-3150