Easterwood Field							College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for May 2004
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS**			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	75	56	-6	0.80		Maximum			85.3	0.0
2	75	48	-9			Minimum			67.3	2.0
3	82	51	-5			Monthly			76.3	1.0
4	83	58	-2			EXTREMES**				DATE
5	83	59	-2			Highest			96	31st
6	84	60	-1			Lowest			48	2nd
7	84	63	0
8	80	68	0	0.34		DEGREE DAYS**			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	81	68	0	0.53		Heating			3	-1
10	85	71	4	0.04		Cooling			352	28
11	82	67	0	0.54
12	86	70	3	0.05		PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	78	64	-4	5.04		Total Monthly			7.83	3.03
14	73	61	-8	0.10		Total for 2004			25.28	8.49
15	79	61	-5	T		Precipitation Days			9	1
16	86	63	-1	T		EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	86	70	2	0.39		24-hour Maximum			5.04	13th
18	88	74	5
19	89	72	5			Maximum Wind Gust			43 mph	13th
20	89	73	5
21	88	71	3	T		NUMBER OF DAYS**			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	89	73	4			TEMPERATURE
23	89	71	3			Maximum 90 or higher			7	1
24	90	71	4			Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	91	74	5			Minimum 32 or lower			0	0
26	90	72	3
27	92	73	4			RECORD BOOK FOR MAY
28	92	75	5			Highest Temperature			100°F	1998
29	91	76	5			Lowest Temperature			42°F	1954
30	89	80	6			Lowest Maximum			62°F	1953
31	96	73	6			Highest Minimum			82°F	1988
						Wettest Month			14.70"	1929
	Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit					Driest Month			0.11"	1998
	Precipitation in inches					Wettest 24 hours			6.23"	1983
	"T" denotes less than or equal to 0.005"					* Departure of the daily mean temperature,
	"M" denotes missing data					as calculated from the average of the
	BOLDFACE indicates extreme values for the month					maximum and minimum temperatures, from
	ITALICS indicate a record was set or tied					the 1970-2000 normals.
	** Averages/Totals formulated from incomplete data
New Records Set*
DAY	PARAMETER				VALUE			OLD RECORD		YEAR
2nd	Tied Lowest Minimum Temperature				48°F			48°F		1967
18th	Tied Highest Minimum Temperature				74°F			74°F		2000
29th	Tied Highest Minimum Temperature				76°F			76°F		1980
30th	Highest Minimum Temperature				80°F			77°F		2001
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER				VALUE			RECORD		YEAR
14th	Tied 3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature				73°F			62°F		1953
19th	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature				72°F			77°F		1960
20th	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature				73°F			76°F		1990
22nd	Tied 3rd Highest Minimum Temperature				73°F			76°F		1957
28th	Tied 3rd Highest Minimum Temperature				75°F			77°F		1962
31st	Tied 3rd Highest Maximum Temperature				96°F			100°F		1998
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
The month of May was warm and wet for the Brazos Valley.  The month began with some showers and cold
temperatures due to a cold front moving out of the area.  On the 2nd, the 37 year old record for lowest minimum
temperature was tied at 48°F.  A high pressure system moved across the state warming up the area.  Beginning
on the 8th, College Station had seven consecutive days with measurable precipitation, and ten days with at least a
trace of rainfall.  The heaviest rain fell on the 13th due to a slow-moving cold frontal boundary with 5.04" recorded
at Easterwood Field.  In the nearby city of Hearne in Robertson County, 17.5" fell in 9 hours and two dams broke,
flooding large parts of Robertson and Brazon Counties.  After the passage of the cold front, temperatures warmed
up with highs above 86 for the entire second half of the month.  Only a trace of rain was recorded after the 17th,
and the area hit 90 for the first time on the 24th.  The minimum temperatures were also very high with records tied
on the 18th, 29th, and 30th.  The month finished by reaching its highest temperature at 96°F.  The average
temperature was only 1° above normal, but 7.83" of rain were recorded which is about 3" above normal.  This
added to the already-high precipitation for 2004, which is nearly 8.5" above normal at 25.28".
June Normals for College Station
Temperature
Beginning of the month			90 / 69			Monthly precipitation:			3.79"
Middle of the month			92 / 72			Precipitation days:			7
End of the month			93/ 73			90° days			21
Prepared by:		Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon (State Climatologist)
		Michael Hammer (Undergraduate Assistant)
Email:		osc@ariel.met.tamu.edu
Web Address:		http://www.met.tamu.edu/osc