Easterwood Field							College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for March 2003
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	54	46	-8	0.03		Maximum			69.4	-3.2
2	60	50	-3	T		Minimum			49.2	-1.3
3	55	47	-8	0.52		Monthly			59.3	-2.3
4	59	48	-5			EXTREMES				DATE
5	57	41	-10	0.02		Highest			84	13th
6	64	36	-9			Lowest			33	30th
7	77	38	-3
8	65	50	-3			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	74	51	3			Heating			200	53
10	75	47	1			Cooling			22	-20
11	74	57	4
12	78	64	10			PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	84	63	12	T		Total Monthly			1.72	-1.12
14	80	54	6	0.01		Total for 2003			9.33	0.79
15	78	54	5			Precipitation Days			11	4
16	78	60	7			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	77	55	4	0.01		24-hour Maximum			0.53	25th
18	67	54	-2	0.40
19	78	51	3			Maximum Wind Gust			39 mph	25th
20	64	51	-4
21	68	44	-7			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	62	46	-9	0.12		TEMPERATURE
23	72	43	-6			Maximum 90 or higher			0	0
24	77	51	0	0.01		Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	73	57	1	0.53		Minimum 32 or lower			0	-2
26	66	53	-4	0.06
27	77	51	0	0.01		RECORD BOOK FOR MARCH**
28	63	48	-9	T		Highest Temperature			94°F	1971
29	58	39	-16			Lowest Temperature			17°F	2002
30	65	33	-16			Lowest Maximum			32°F	1989
31	73	42	-7			Highest Minimum			72°F	1985
						Wettest Month			6.19"	2001
	Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit					Driest Month			0.29"	1971
	Precipitation in inches					Wettest 24 hours			4.20"	1980
	"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
						maximum and minimum temperatures, from
						the 1971-2000 normals.
New Records Set*
DAY	PARAMETER				VALUE			OLD RECORD		YEAR
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER				VALUE			RECORD		YEAR
28th	3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature				63°F			57°F		1955
29th	3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature				58°F			45°F		1975
30th	Tied Lowest Minimum Temperature				33°F			33°F		1987
*NOTE: All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Compared to numerous records and near records for February, March was
a fairly calm month with only 2 near records and one tied record. The near records
resulted from an early springtime cold front that trekked across Texas on the 28th of
March. The month of March brought cooler than normal temperatures to College Station
with an average monthly departure from normal of -2.3 degrees Fahrenheit. Rainfall was
quite scarce this month as only 1.72 inches of rain fell, a 1.12 inch deficit for the month.
Severe weather occurred on the evening of the 25th when a squall line moved across the area.
Wind reports at Texas A&M by a spotter were rated at 65 miles per hour, and caused some
damage to the retainment wall around the Eller O&M building. Hail up to 1.5 inches was
also reported in Bryan by a spotter.  The end of the month ended on a calm note with
temperatures in the lower 70's.
April Normals for College Station
Temperature
Beginning of the month			77 / 55			Monthly precipitation:			3.20"
Middle of the month			79 / 57			Precipitation days:			7
End of the month			81 / 59			90° days			1
State Climatologist:  John Nielsen-Gammon
Andrew Odins (Graduate Assistant)
Prepared by: Kelsey Curtiss (Undergraduate Assistant)
E-mail address:  osc@ariel.met.tamu.edu
Web address:  http://www.met.tamu.edu/osc/