Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for March 2008
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	80	59	11.5			Maximum			73.6	1.0
2	76	61	10.5	T		Minimum			50.9	0.4
3	71	38	-4.5	0.60		Monthly			62.3	0.6
4	63	33	-11			EXTREMES				DATE
5	73	41	-2			Highest			89	14th
6	59	39	-10	0.39		Lowest			32	8th
7	56	34	-15	0.02
8	59	32	-14.5			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	71	44	-2.5			Heating			159	10
10	59	53	-4	1.51		Cooling			80	38
11	68	48	-3
12	76	42	-2			PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	75	52	2.5			Total Monthly			3.81	0.97
14	89	67	17			Total for YEAR			9.16	0.62
15	81	57	8			Precipitation Days			8	1
16	79	53	4			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	83	67	13	T		24-hour Maximum			1.51	10th
18	76	53	2.5	1.21
19	68	47	-4.5	0.01		Maximum Wind Gust			41 mph	17th
20	73	41	-6
21	74	45	-3.5			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	78	51	1.5			TEMPERATURE
23	70	49	-3.5			Maximum 90 or higher			0	0
24	67	43	-8			Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	74	47	-3.5			Minimum 32 or lower			1	-1
26	78	58	4
27	82	64	9			RECORD BOOK FOR MARCH**
28	78	60	5	T		Highest Temperature			94°F	1971
29	83	57	6	0.02		Lowest Temperature			17°F	2002
30	83	70	11.5	0.05		Lowest Maximum			32°F	1989
31	80	72	11			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
14th	Tied Highest Maximum Temperature					89		89		1967
30th	Tied Highest Minimum Temperature					70		70		2007
31st	Highest Minimum Temperature					72		71		1982
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
10th	4th Lowest Maximum Temperature					59		48		1969
14th	Tied 3rd Highest Minimum Temperature					67		69		1982
17th	Tied 4th Highest Maximum Temperature					83		87		1972
17th	3rd Highest Minimum Temperature					67		72		1982
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
March 2008 was near normal temperature wise in Bryan/College Station. The month started out on the mild side
with average temperatures well above normal the first two days of the month. A cold front swept through the
region on the 6th, dropping high temperatures into the 50's and low temperatures into the 30's.  Temperatures
moderated through the middle of the month. The last week of the month saw temperatures well above
normal. For the month, precipitation totaled 3.81 inches which is nearly an inch above normal. A more active
jet stream brought a series of upper level disturbances across Texas, producing several bouts of moderate
to heavy heavy rain in the Brazos Valley. The average monthly temperature of 62.3º F was slightly above normal.
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:			Adam Wiley (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