Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for March 2004
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	67	56	3	0.23		Maximum			75.6	3.0
2	71	56	6	T		Minimum			56.9	6.4
3	78	69	15	0.01		Monthly			66.2	4.6
4	74	56	6	0.59		EXTREMES				DATE
5	74	55	5			Highest			83	18th, 30th
6	72	52	3			Lowest			45	10th
7	80	50	5
8	72	46	-1			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	77	47	2			Heating			45	-102
10	72	45	-2			Cooling			86	44
11	73	50	1
12	66	53	-1	T		PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	66	53	-1	0.12		Total Monthly			2.78	-0.06
14	71	59	4	0.02		Total for 2004			13.24	4.70
15	74	62	7	T		Precipitation Days			11	4
16	78	59	7	0.35		EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	81	62	10	0.84		24-hour Maximum			0.84	17th
18	83	65	12
19	82	67	12	T		Maximum Wind Gust			40 mph	4th
20	82	64	11	T
21	75	57	3	0.04		NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	71	52	-1			TEMPERATURE
23	73	50	-1			Maximum 90 or higher			0	0
24	73	64	5	0.42		Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	80	66	9	T		Minimum 32 or lower			0	-2
26	79	66	9	T
27	81	66	9	T		RECORD BOOK FOR MARCH**
28	79	65	8	0.05		Highest Temperature			94°F	1971
29	75	55	1	0.11		Lowest Temperature			17°F	2002
30	83	49	1			Lowest Maximum			32°F	1989
31	81	48	-1			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
3rd	Tied Highest Minimum Temperature				69°F			69°F		1976
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER				VALUE			RECORD		YEAR
18th	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature				65°F			69°F		1982
19th	2nd Highest Minimum Temperature				67°F			70°F		1982
20th	Tied 3rd Highest Minimum Temperature				64°F			71°F		1982
25th	Tied 3rd Highest Minimum Temperature				66°F			68°F		1995
26th	Tied 2nd Highest Minimum Temperature				66°F			70°F		1991
27th	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature				66°F			70°F		1975
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
March was quite warm for the Brazos Valley.  The average daily temperature of 66.2° was 4.6
degrees above normal.  The minimum temperature on the 3rd tied the record of 69° set back in
1979.  Six other near records occurred during the month, all for high minimum temperatures.
Precipitation was normal for the month in the Brazos Valley as 2.78" fell.  There were 11 days
with measurable precipitation, however, four more than the average.  There were also 8 days in
which a trace amount of precipitation fell.  The largest rainfall came on the 16th and 17th as a
total of 1.19" fell over those two days.  The rain fall was due to several cold fronts that made
their way across the state throughout the month.  For the year, the Brazos Valley has received
13.24" which is 155% of the normal rainfall total up to this point.  The second half of the month
was much warmer as the high never dropped below 71° after the 14th of March.
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:			Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon
Prepared by:			Kelsey Curtiss (Graduate Assistant)
			Michael Hammer (Undergraduate Assistant)
Email:  osc@ariel.met.tamu.edu
Web address:  http://www.met.tamu.edu/osc/
OFFICE OF THE TEXAS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST
DEPARTMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE STATION, TX 77843-3150