Easterwood Field

College Station, Texas


Monthly Summary for June 1998


	TEMPERATURE      PRECIP.                       TEMPERATURE

  Day   Max  Min  *DEPART   TOTAL         MEANS            ACTUAL       DEPART.

   1    99   71      7                    Maximum           98.0          7.7
   2    99   74      8	                  Minimum           75.3          4.3 
   3    99   79     10	                  Monthly	    86.7          6.0
   4    98   79     10                                  
   5    96   69      4       T            EXTREMES           TEMP         DATE
                                          Highest           107F          14th
   6    78   65     -7                    Lowest             64F           7th
   7    89   64     -2                       
   8    95   75      5                    DEGREE DAYS       TOTAL        DEPART.
   9    97   78      8                    Heating              0            0
  10    97   79      8                    Cooling            655          184
                                          
  11    95   77      6       T             
  12    98   79      9                    PRECIPITATION       AMOUNT     DEPART.  
  13   100   77      8               
  14   107   77     11                    Total Monthly       Trace      -3.68
  15   102   73      7       T            Total for 1998      12.75      -6.96
                                          Precipitation Days      0         -6
  16   101   73      6                
  17   100   78      8                    EXTREMES            AMOUNT     DATE 
  18    99   81      9                    24-hour Maximum     Trace      6 days
  19   101   80     10           
  20   101   78      8                    MAXIMUM WIND GUST    30 mph     8th

  21   101   76      7                    NUMBER OF DAYS      AMOUNT     DEPART.
  22    99   75      5                    TEMPERATURE
  23    99   74      4                    Maximum 90 or higher    28       7
  24   100   74      5                    Maximum 32 or lower     0        0
  25   100   72      4                    Minimum 32 or lower     0        0

  26    98   76      5                           RECORD BOOK FOR JUNE
  27    99   79      7                    Highest Temperature    107F    1998
  28    96   77      5       T            Lowest Temperature      53F    1970
  29    97   73      3       T            Wettest Month        12.63"    1968
  30   100   78      7       T            Driest Month         Trace     1998
                                          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 or Tied

  DAY             PARAMETER                   VALUE    OLD RECORD       YEAR
  1st     Highest Maximum Temperature - Tied   99F        99F           1911 
  2nd     Highest Maximum Temperature          99F        98F           1913
  3rd     Highest Minimum Temperature          79F        78F           1927
  4th     Highest Minimum Temperature          79F        78F           1985
 10th     Highest Minimum Temperature          79F        78F           1964
 12th     Highest Minimum Temperature - Tied   79F        79F           1970
 14th     Highest Maximum Temperature         107F       106F           1911
 18th     Highest Minimum Temperature - Tied   81F        81F           1915
 19th     Highest Minimum Temperature          80F        79F           1980
 25th     Highest Maximum Temperature - Tied  100F       100F           1990
 27th     Highest Minimum Temperature          79F        78F           1972

          Lowest Monthly Precipitation       Trace      0.04"           1934
          Highest Monthly Minimum Temp       75.3F      74.3F           1925
          Highest Monthly Mean Temp          86.7F      86.2F           1925
          Highest Daily Max Temp in June      107F       106F           1911

Monthly Review

Another month with shattered records was observed in the Brazos Valley during June. This month was the driest June ever recorded in the Bryan/College Station area, with only a trace of precipitation falling at Easterwood Field. Other locations in the area did receive measurable precipitation amounts on the 28th and 29th. With the trace of rainfall at Easterwood Field however, this marks the second month in a row in which the lowest monthly precipitation record was broken, based on records dating back to 1911. College Station has received only 0.12" of rainfall since April 28th.

Concerning temperatures, this month was the warmest June ever recorded in the area. The monthly mean temperature of 86.7F broke the previous record by 0.5F. There were also 11 days in which the maximum temperature was greater than or equal to 100F, a total for June which is second only to the total of 13 days observed in 1925. 

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