Easterwood Field							College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for May 2007
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS**			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	76	65	-0.5	0.57		Maximum			83.9	-1.4
2	82	63	0.5	0.78		Minimum			66.9	1.6
3	78	63	-1.5	0.12		Monthly			75.4	0.1
4	83	69	4	T		EXTREMES**				DATE
5	88	73	7.5			Highest			92	14th
6	89	74	8.5			Lowest			59	17th
7	88	73	7.5
8	84	70	4	0.14		DEGREE DAYS**			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	84	66	1			Heating			0	-5
10	82	66	0			Cooling			329	5
11	84	62	-1	0.05
12	89	64	2.5			PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	89	67	3	T		Total Monthly			4.02	-1.03
14	92	67	4.5			Total for 2007			18.69	1.90
15	89	68	3.5			Precipitation Days			11	3
16	82	65	-1.5			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	80	59	-6.5			24-hour Maximum			1.55	30-1
18	81	63	-4
19	81	61	-5			Maximum Wind Gust			40 mph	2nd
20	83	63	-3
21	82	66	-3	T		NUMBER OF DAYS**			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	81	64	-4.5	0.83		TEMPERATURE
23	88	69	1.5	T		Maximum 90 or higher			2	-4
24	90	70	3	0.01		Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	82	68	-2	0.40		Minimum 32 or lower			0	0
26	74	70	-6	0.75
27	78	68	-5	0.19		RECORD BOOK FOR MAY
28	78	68	-5	0.18		Highest Temperature			100°F	1998
29	86	70	0			Lowest Temperature			42°F	1954
30	88	72	1			Lowest Maximum			62°F	1953
31	89	68	-0.5			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
No New Records Set This Month
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER				VALUE			RECORD		YEAR
5th	2nd Highest Minimum Temperature				73			74		2003
6th	2nd Highest Minimum Temperature				74			76		2003
14th	4th Highest Maximum Temperature				94			94		1955
17th	4th Lowest Minimum Temperature				59.0			51		1967
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
May 2007 started off very wet as heavy rains from April carried into May.  1.16" fell on April 30th which combined
with 0.57" on the 1st for the highest 24-hour total for the entire month.  The four day precipitation total for April
30th through May 3rd was 2.63" inches.  Precipitation was the main story for this May.  In all there were 11
precipitation days (days with more than a trace of rainfall) but the monthly total was 1.03" short of normal.
Temperatures rose during the middle portion of the month as a ridge of high pressure built in.  Temperatures
were a few degrees above average from the 4th through 15th, with the exception of the 11th.  As this ridge moved
east it gained strength.  It remained over the eastern US as a series of low-pressure systems and shortwaves
brought rainfall from the 22nd through 28th.  2.36" fell during this period.  For the month, 4.02" was reported, which
is 1.03" below normal.  The average temperature for the month was 75.4°F, which is 0.1°F above normal.
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