JUNE 1997

Easterwood Field

College Station, Texas

Monthly Summary for June 1997

	TEMPERATURE      PRECIP.                       TEMPERATURE

  Day   Max  Min  *DEPART   TOTAL         MEANS            ACTUAL       DEPART.

   1    84   58     -7                    Maximum           88.0         -2.3
   2    88   60     -4	                  Minimum           70.5         -0.5 
   3    89   66     -1	                  Monthly	    79.3         -1.4
   4    87   71      0                                  
   5    86   71      0                    EXTREMES           TEMP         DATE
                                          Highest            92F          19th
   6    84   68     -3      0.56          Lowest             58F          1st
   7    83   69     -3      0.16             
   8    85   68     -4                    DEGREE DAYS       TOTAL        DEPART.
   9    86   69     -2      1.31          Heating              0            0
  10    82   67     -6      2.02          Cooling            428          -43
                                          
  11    88   67     -3                     
  12    90   71      1                    PRECIPITATION       AMOUNT     DEPART.  
  13    89   76      1               
  14    91   76      2      T             Total Monthly        6.66       2.98
  15    90   75      1      T             Total for 1997      24.55       4.84
                                          Precipitation Days      7          1
  16    89   77      2                
  17    88   69     -2      T             EXTREMES            AMOUNT     DATE 
  18    91   68     -1                    24-hour Maximum      2.02      10th
  19    92   70      0           
  20    91   73      0                    MAXIMUM WIND GUST    29mph     21st

  21    82   70     -6      1.12          NUMBER OF DAYS      AMOUNT     DEPART.
  22    85   72     -4      0.73          TEMPERATURE
  23    90   75      0                    Maximum 90 or higher    12      -9
  24    89   73     -1                    Maximum 32 or lower     0        0
  25    90   72     -1                    Minimum 32 or lower     0        0

  26    91   72      0      0.76                 RECORD BOOK FOR JUNE
  27    90   73      0                    Highest Temperature    106F    1911
  28    89   73     -1                    Lowest Temperature      53F    1970
  29    91   73      0                    Wettest Month        12.63"    1968
  30    90   74      0                    Driest Month          0.04"    1934
                                          Wettest 24 hours      6.00"    1936
  


Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
Precipitation in inches
"T" denotes less than or equal to 0.005"
BOLDFACE indicates extreme values for the month
ITALICS indicate a record was set or tied
* Departure of the daily mean temperature, as calculated from the average
of the maximum and minimum temperatures, from the 1961-1990 normals.











New Records Set
  DAY             PARAMETER                   VALUE    OLD RECORD       YEAR
No new records were set

Near Records
  DAY             PARAMETER                   VALUE      RECORD         YEAR
  1st     Tied 4th Lowest Minimum Temperature  58F        56F           1964
  7th     Tied 3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature  83F        81F           1983
  8th     Tied 4th Lowest Maximum Temperature  85F        75F           1922
 10th     Tied 4th Lowest Maximum Temperature  82F        76F           1955  
 21st     Tied 2nd Lowest Maximum Temperature  80F        79F           1924

Monthly Review

June was a very wet month for College Station as precipitation for the month reached nearly three inches above normal. This brought the total for 1997 to above 24 inches -- nearly 5 inches above normal. It is easy to see how things can change from one year to the next when comparing this year with 1996. At this time last year, College Station had not even reached 10 inches of rainfall as the area was experiencing serious drought conditions. The 10th brought us our most significant rain event of the month as very heavy showers and thunderstorms occurred throughout the entire morning.

Temperatures were again cooler than normal this month. A departure of -1.4F in the mean monthly temperature, although small, is quite significant for late spring and summer months. Temperatures finally passed the 90F mark for the first time in 1997 on the 14th when 91F was observed. This was the third latest date in history for the first yearly exceedence of 90F. Although seriously threatened this year, the all-time record is still June 18th, set back in 1979.

July Normals for College Station
                           Temperature
Beginning of the month       92 / 73         Monthly Precipitation:      2.29"
Middle of the month          94 / 73         Precipitation days:            5
End of the month             95 / 74         90F Days                      27

Prepared by:    John F. Griffiths (State Climatologist)
                Brian N. Belcher (Graduate Assistant to the State Climatologist)
                belcher@tamu.edu