Easterwood Field					College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for March 2005


	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.	TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total	MEANS		ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	67	46	-2		Maximum		71.1	-1.5
2	55	44	-8	0.64	Minimum		49.6	-0.9
3	61	48	-4		Monthly		60.4	-1.2
4	64	46	-4		EXTREMES			DATE
5	68	55	3	T	Highest		86	30th
6	65	57	2	0.11	Lowest		36	17th
7	77	55	6	0.13
8	69	47	-2		DEGREE DAYS		TOTAL	DEPART.
9	70	48	-1		Heating		172	25
10	77	42	0		Cooling		30	-12
11	73	49	0
12	82	48	4		PRECIPITATION		AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	84	52	7		Total Monthly		3.81	0.97
14	67	45	-5	0.02	Total for 2005		12.80	4.26
15	56	47	-10	0.04	Precipitation Days		12	5
16	54	43	-14		EXTREMES		AMOUNT	DATE
17	62	36	-13		24-hour Maximum		1.61	17th
18	74	44	-3	1.61
19	78	57	6	0.01	Maximum Wind Gust		36 mph	27th
20	76	51	2	0.57
21	72	57	1		NUMBER OF DAYS		AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	76	54	2		TEMPERATURE
23	74	46	-3		Maximum 90 or higher		0	0
24	80	53	3		Maximum 32 or lower		0	0
25	83	62	9	T	Minimum 32 or lower		0	-2
26	67	51	-5	0.07
27	57	43	-14	0.22	RECORD BOOK FOR MARCH**
28	76	38	-7		Highest Temperature		94°F	1971
29	74	54	0		Lowest Temperature		17°F	2002
30	86	58	7	0.03	Lowest Maximum		32°F	1989
31	82	60	6	0.36	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
12th	Tied 3rd Highest Maximum Temperature				84°F	87°F		1967
16th	Tied 2nd Lowest Minimum Temperature				36°F	33°F		1962
25th	Tied 3rd Highest Maximum Temperature				83°F	85°F		1955
27th	4th Lowest Maximum Temperature				57°F	43°F		1955
28th	3rd Lowest Minimum Temperature				38°F	30°F		1955
30th	Tied 3rd Highest Maximum Temperature				86°F	89°F		1996
*NOTE: All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
The month of March was a bit cooler and wetter than normal for the Brazos Valley. The month began with a cold
front that passed through on the 2nd bringing 0.64" of rain and below normal temperatures. Temperatures rose to
above normal levels, but a low pressure system kept the area wet through the first week of the month. The second
week was much warmer as temperatures climbed over 80° on the 12th before a cold front passed over on the 14th
bringing light rain and well below normal temperatures. Temperatures were 10° below normal to start the third
week of March, and they even dropped to near freezing on the 17th. The Brazos Valley saw severe weather on
the 18th and 19th with reports of hail up to 2.00" in diameter. College Station reported over 2" of rain between the
18th-20th as a result of the low pressure system in the area. The following week saw another warming trend as
temperatures peaked in the low 80s before another cold front came through on the 25th. Temperatures again
dropped to 14° below normal before rebounding to the monthly maximum of 86° on the 30th. The month ended
with warm temperatures and a bit of rain due to a low pressure system. For the month, College Station received
3.81" of precipitation which brings the 2005 total to 12.80", over 4" above normal for the year.
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:			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