Easterwood Field							College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for May 2005
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS**			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	75	47	-10			Maximum			85.0	-0.3
2	78	53	-6			Minimum			64.7	-0.6
3	75	57	-6	T		Monthly			74.9	-0.4
4	75	57	-6	0.02		EXTREMES**				DATE
5	81	53	-6			Highest			96	21st,22nd
6	84	60	-1			Lowest			47	1st
7	83	60	-1
8	71	60	-7	1.47		DEGREE DAYS**			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	83	57	-4	0.02		Heating			4	-1
10	87	69	4			Cooling			316	-8
11	87	69	4
12	85	69	3			PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	85	67	1			Total Monthly			2.48	-2.57
14	85	67	1			Total for 2004			16.54	-0.25
15	85	66	1			Precipitation Days			7	-1
16	76	64	-5	T		EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	86	60	-3			24-hour Maximum			1.47	8th
18	88	67	2
19	87	68	2			Maximum Wind Gust			41 mph	8th
20	90	72	5
21	96	70	6			NUMBER OF DAYS**			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	96	71	7			TEMPERATURE
23	92	71	5			Maximum 90 or higher			6	0
24	91	70	4			Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	94	69	5			Minimum 32 or lower			0	0
26	82	69	-2	0.08
27	89	66	0			RECORD BOOK FOR MAY
28	89	72	3	0.18		Highest Temperature			100°F	1998
29	86	68	-1	0.70		Lowest Temperature			42°F	1954
30	85	69	-2	0.01		Lowest Maximum			62°F	1953
31	88	70	0			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
1st	Tied Lowest Minimum Temperature				47°F			49°F		1994
8th	Tied Lowest Maximum Temperature				71°F			71°F		1976
21st	Tied Highest Maximum Temperature				96°F			96°F		1996
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER				VALUE			RECORD		YEAR
16th	Tied 2nd Lowest Maximum Temperature				76°F			75°F		1980
22nd	2nd Highest Maximum Temperature				96°F			97°F		1996
23rd	Tied 3rd Highest Maximum Temperature				92°F			97°F		1996
25th	2nd Highest Maximum Temperature				94°F			96°F		1966
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
The month of May was warm and dry for the Brazos Valley. Record highs and lows were recorded. A record
low was tied on the first of the month with a temperature of 47°F on the first.  A frontal passage on the 8th dumped
1.47" of rain on the area, 59% of the months total rainfall.  After this front, the area began to warm up, with the
highs at or above 85 all but three times from the 9th through the 31st. Between the 10th and the 25th only a trace of
rain was recorded and three record highs were observed.  The highest maximum temperature was tied on the 21st
and 25th with 96°F and 94°F, respectively, and a new high was set on the 22nd with 96°F, breaking the record set
in 1937 of 95°F. Seven days of precipation were recorded with only three over a tenth of an inch and with  87.5%
of the rain coming on two days, the 8th (1.47") and the 29th (.70"). The monthly rainfall total of 2.48" was 2.57"
below normal and brings the total yearly rainfall total to 16.24" which is a quarter of an inch below normal. This lack
of rainfall in April and May has offset the surplus of over 4" during the first three months of the year. Even with the
three days of record highs the average temperature was 0.4° below normal at 74.9°F.
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)
		Brent McRoberts (Graduate Assistant)
		Matt Mosier (Undergraduate Assistant)
Email:		osc@ariel.met.tamu.edu
Web Address:		http://www.met.tamu.edu/osc