Easterwood Field							College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for May 2006
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS**			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	89	61	4			Maximum			87.0	1.7
2	87	72	7.5			Minimum			66.5	1.2
3	89	71	8			Monthly			76.7	1.4
4	85	70	5.5	0.24		EXTREMES**				DATE
5	88	67	4.5	0.14		Highest			95	27th
6	81	64	-0.5	1.22		Lowest			53	12th
7	82	68	2
8	86	66	3	0.47		DEGREE DAYS**			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	91	75	9			Heating			0	-5
10	90	65	3.5			Cooling			370	46
11	80	56	-6
12	85	53	-5			PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	90	59	-0.5			Total Monthly			2.65	-2.40
14	77	63	-5	0.32		Total for 2006			16.23	-0.56
15	78	60	-6			Precipitation Days			7	-1
16	82	55	-6.5			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	84	55	-6.5			24-hour Maximum			1.22	6th
18	90	56	-3
19	94	66	4			Maximum Wind Gust			43mph	14th
20	90	69	3.5
21	90	64	0			NUMBER OF DAYS**			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	91	73	5			TEMPERATURE
23	91	72	4.5			Maximum 90 or higher			13	7
24	93	73	6			Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	94	74	7			Minimum 32 or lower			0	0
26	94	73	5.5
27	95	76	7.5			RECORD BOOK FOR MAY
28	84	74	1			Highest Temperature			100°F	1998
29	84	72	0	0.11		Lowest Temperature			42°F	1954
30	84	69	-2.5	T		Lowest Maximum			62°F	1953
31	78	70	-5	0.15		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		RECORD		YEAR
9th	Highest Minimum Temperature					75		73.0		1996
19th	Tied Highest Maximum Temperature					94		94		1960, 2003
27th	Tied Highest Minimum Temperature					76		76		1995
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
1st	3rd Highest Maximum Temperature					89		93		2002
2nd	Tied 3rd Highest Minimum Temperature					72		73		1958
3rd	Tied 2nd Highest Minimum Temperature					71		72		2003
3rd	Tied 3rd Highest Maximum Temperature					89		90		1971
4th	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature					70		74		2003
9th	Tied 2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					92		94		1998
22nd	Tied 3rd Highest Minimum Temperature					73		76		1957
24th	4th Highest Maximum Temperature					93		97		1955
25th	2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					94		96		1996
26th	Tied 4th Highest Maximum Temperature					94		97		1996
27th	2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					95		98		1958
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
This May proved to be very dry.  The storms that normally affect the area in May were held off by a very strong ridge
and the precipitation for the month is much less than normal.  May is normally the wettest month in the Bryan/College
station area, with a normal total of 5.05", but this May only 2.65" fell during the month.  That is only 52% of the normal
total.  However, thanks to the wet March and April, the annual total rainfall is only 0.56" below normal.  Almost half
of the month's total rainfall fell on the 6th, with a daily total of 1.22". No precipitation was reported between the
15th and the 28th and temperatures climbed into the mid-90s.  Temperatures for the month were 1.4°F above normal.
A record high was tied on the 19th with a temperature of 94°F.  Overall, there were 13 days where the temperature
was 90°F or higher, 7 more days than the normal total of 6 days.  Some relief to the hot, dry weather came at the end
of the month as an upper-level trough combined with the moist atmosphere and produced light showers and cloudy
conditions during the last 3 days of the month.
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)
		Matt Mosier (Undergraduate Assistant)
Email:		osc@ariel.met.tamu.edu
Web Address:		http://www.met.tamu.edu/osc