Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for July 2006
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	90	71	-4	0.02		Maximum			92.7	-2.9
2	87	72	-5	0.69		Minimum			74.8	1.2
3	86	74	-4			Monthly			83.7	-0.9
4	82	73	-7	1.56		EXTREMES				DATE
5	85	74	-5	1.46		Highest			100	18th,22nd
6	90	74	-2	0.12		Lowest			71	1st
7	91	73	-2
8	93	75	0			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	90	76	-1			Heating			0	0
10	93	76	1	Trace		Cooling			588	-19
11	95	75	1
12	94	76	1			PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	95	75	0			Total Monthly			5.86	3.94
14	94	75	-1			Total for 2006			25.45	2.95
15	96	76	1			Precipitation Days			8	3
16	98	77	3			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	99	76	3			24-hour Maximum			2.09	4th-5th
18	100	77	4			Maximum Wind Gust			35mph	1st, 25th
19	96	74	0
20	96	78	2	Trace
21	97	74	1			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	100	75	3			TEMPERATURE
23	97	73	0	1.15		Maximum 90 or higher			24	-3
24	91	74	-3	0.41		Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	88	74	-4	Trace		Minimum 32 or lower			0	0
26	84	74	-6	0.44
27	88	76	-3	0.01		RECORD BOOK FOR JULY
28	94	76	0			Highest Temp.			110°F	1917
29	95	76	1			Lowest Temp.			58°F	1967
30	95	75	0			Wettest Month			7.06"	1958
31	94	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		RECORD		YEAR
20th	Highest Minimum Temperature					78		76.0		1995
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
9th	Tied 2nd Highest Minimum Temperature					76		78.0		1996
10th	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature					76		78.0		1996
12th	Tied 3rd Highest Minimum Temperature					76		78.0		1998
16th	Tied 2nd Highest Minimum Temperature					77		78.0		1992
17th	Tied 2nd Highest Minimum Temperature					76		79.0		1987
18th	Tied 4th Highest Maximum Temperature					100		102		1980
18th	Tied 2nd Highest Minimum Temperature					77		78		2004
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
July 2006 started off much cooler and wetter than normal.  The average departure from the normal mean temperature
for the first nine days was -3°F, and precipitation during that period totaled 3.85", over twice the normal monthly
total of 1.92".  While most of the nation was suffering from an extreme heat way, the Brazos Valley was right around
normal, with the highest departure from the normal mean temperature at +4°F on the 18th.  Overall, the mean
temperature for the month was 0.9°F below normal at 83.7°F.  The mean maximum temperature was 92.7°F, 2.9°F
below normal while the mean minimum temperature was 1.2°F above average at 74.8°F.  When speaking of
temperature the month of July 2006 was fairly average.  However,  precipitation in the area was not.  The monthly
total of 5.86" is the highest monthly total this year, during a month that normally yields the lowest yearly total.  Yearly
precipitation totals were below average until this month, which brought the yearly total to 25.45", 2.95" above normal.
The total precipitation for this month was 5.86", over three times the normal total.  Thanks to some tropical systems
this July proved to be a wet month, giving the area some much needed drought relief.
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
Prepared by:		Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon (State Climatologist)
		Matt Mosier (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