Easterwood Field |
College Station, Texas |
TEMPERATURE PRECIP. TEMPERATURE Day Max Min *DEPART TOTAL MEANS** ACTUAL DEPART.
1 88 52 -2 Trace Maximum 91.1 7.1 2 89 54 0 0.04 Minimum 67.5 2.5 3 84 65 2 Monthly 79.3 4.8 4 M M M 5 81 69 3 EXTREMES** TEMP DATE Highest 100F 31st 6 90 72 9 Lowest 52F 1st 7 99 69 11 8 92 70 8 DEGREE DAYS** TOTAL DEPART. 9 94 68 8 Heating 0 0 10 88 58 0 Cooling 429 131 11 91 56 0 12 89 67 4 PRECIPITATION AMOUNT DEPART. 13 84 68 2 14 88 75 8 Total Monthly 0.11 -4.69 15 87 74 7 Total for 1998 12.75 -3.28 Precipitation Days 2 -6 16 86 68 2 17 92 63 2 EXTREMES AMOUNT DATE 18 92 63 2 24-hour Maximum 0.07 27th 19 93 59 1 20 90 70 5 MAXIMUM WIND GUST 26mph 8th 21 92 72 6 NUMBER OF DAYS** AMOUNT DEPART. 22 93 70 6 TEMPERATURE 23 90 73 6 Maximum 90 or higher 20 14 24 92 73 6 Maximum 32 or lower 0 0 25 92 75 6 Minimum 32 or lower 0 0 26 93 74 6 Trace RECORD BOOK FOR MAY 27 93 68 4 0.07 Highest Temperature 100F 1998 28 96 69 6 Lowest Temperature 42F 1954 29 97 69 6 Wettest Month 14.70" 1929 30 98 69 6 Driest Month 0.11" 1998 31 100 72 8 Wettest 24 hours 6.23" 1983
Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit Precipitation in inches "T" denotes less than or equal to 0.005" "M" denotes missing data BOLDFACE indicates extreme values for the month ITALICS indicate a record was set or tied * Departure of the daily mean temperature, as calculated from the average of the maximum and minimum temperatures, from the 1961-1990 normals. ** Averages/Totals formulated from incomplete data
New Records Set
DAY PARAMETER VALUE OLD RECORD YEAR 7th Highest Maximum Temperature 99F 94F 1984 30th Highest Maximum Temperature 98F 97F 1911 Lowest Total Monthly Precipitation 0.11" 0.12" 1925
Near Records
DAY PARAMETER VALUE RECORD YEAR 8th 2nd Highest Maximum Temp - Tied 92F 93F 1945 9th 2nd Highest Maximum Temp 94F 95F 1937 14th 2nd Highest Minimum Temp - Tied 75F 77F 1995 15th 3rd Highest Minimum Temp - Tied 74F 75F 1995 19th 3rd Highest Maximum Temp - Tied 93F 94F 1960 21st 4th Highest Maximum Temp - Tied 92F 96F 1996 22nd 4th Highest Maximum Temp - Tied 93F 97F 1996 28th 4th Highest Maximum Temp 96F 98F 1958 29th 2nd Highest Maximum Temp 97F 100F 1996 31st Highest Maximum Temp - Tied 100F 100F 1911 2nd Highest Monthly Mean Max Temp 91.1F 91.5F 1996 2nd Highest Monthly Mean Temp 79.3F 81.5F 1996
The month began with scattered showers and a negative temperature departure on the first -- conditions quite atypical of the following 4 weeks. Twenty days reached a high temperature of 90F or more, an astounding 14 days above normal. College Station observed its driest May on record as only 0.11" of rain reached the ground at Easterwood Field throughout the month.
Smoke, transported from forest fires in Mexico and Central America, engulfed
the Brazos Valley on the 13th and limited visibility throughout periods in the
second half of the month. Health watches were issued across the entire state
of Texas and numerous outdoor activities were cancelled as a result of the
smoke. With a lack of rainfall in the region, the particulate matter was
allowed to linger in the atmosphere for an extended period of time.
June Normals for College Station
Temperature Beginning of the month 88 / 69 Monthly Precipitation: 3.68" Middle of the month 91 / 71 Precipitation days: 7 End of the month 92 / 73 90F Days 21
Prepared by: John F. Griffiths (State Climatologist) Brian N. Belcher (Graduate Assistant) belcher@tamu.edu