Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for November 2004
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	75	63	4	1.02		Maximum			69.2	-1.7
2	64	56	-4	0.35		Minimum			51.5	2.4
3	59	46	-11			Monthly			60.4	0.4
4	71	42	-7			EXTREMES				DATE
5	72	45	-6			Highest			83	10th
6	78	46	-1			Lowest			36	30th
7	81	49	2
8	80	54	5			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	76	54	3			Heating			222	21
10	83	55	7			Cooling			20	-32
11	68	50	-2
12	55	49	-9			PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	54	52	-8			Total Monthly			9.23	6.05
14	61	52	-4	T		Total for 2002			55.20	18.76
15	68	57	3			Precipitation Days			11	4
16	74	63	9	0.05		EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	69	59	4	1.89		24-hour Maximum			2.94	17th
18	68	57	4
19	70	55	4	0.01		Maximum Wind Gust			43 mph	23rd
20	67	61	6	1.05
21	75	63	11	1.03		NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	68	64	8	2.94		TEMPERATURE
23	77	56	8	0.65		Maximum 90 or higher			0	0
24	56	42	-8			Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	62	37	-7			Minimum 32 or lower			1	-2
26	74	47	3
27	71	43	1			RECORD BOOK FOR NOVEMBER
28	71	42	1			Highest Temperature			97°F	1955
29	78	50	8	0.03		Lowest Temperature			19°F	1976
30	51	36	-12	0.21		Highest Minimum			75°F	1994
						Lowest Maximum			36°F	1976
						Wettest Month			9.72"	2000
	Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit					Driest Month			0.06"	1949
	Precipitation in inches					Wettest 24 hours			4.56"	2002
	"T" denotes less than or equal to 0.005"					** Based on incomplete data
	BOLDFACE indicates extreme values for the month					* Departure of the daily mean temperature,
	ITALICS indicate a record was set or tied					as calculated from the average of the
						maximum and minimum temperatures, from
						the 1971-2000 normals.
New Records Set*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
10th	4th Highest Maximum Temperature					83°F		86°F		1995
12th	3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature					55°F		51°F		1976
13th	3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature					54°F		39°F		1976
21st	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature					63°F		67°F		1982
22nd	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature					64°F		74°F		1983
29th	4th Highest Maximum Temperature					78°F		81°F		1998
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
November was a wet month for the Brazos Valley continuing the already-wet year.  The month began with a cold
front that dropped over an inch of rain and lowered temperatures dramatically.  A high pressure system settled over
the state, and temperatures warmed back up to their November normals.  Rainfall was at a minimum with only a
trace being recorded over two weeks.  A second cold front did pass over the area, but temperatures did not drop
much lower than the 50s.  Beginning on the third week of the month, rainfall started to increase dramatically.  Two
frontal systems stalled over the state, and heavy rainfall was the result.  From the 17th through the 23rd, 7.57" of
rain fell on College Station including a 24-hour maximum of 2.94" on the 22nd.  A cold front moved through on
the 24th effectively ending the week of storms.  Things returned to normal until the final week of the month when
another cold front brought more rain and near-freezing temperatures to the area.  For the month, 9.23" of rain fell
at Easterwood Airport making this the 5th wettest November in College Station history and the 2nd wettest in the
past 50 years.  Through November 30th, College Station has received 55.20" of rain making this the 5th wettest
year in College Station history.  Only 5.84" are needed in December to break the annual precipitation record.
November Normals for College Station
			Temperature
Beginning of the month			76 / 54			Monthly precipitation:			3.18"
Middle of the month			71 / 49			Precipitation days:			7
End of the month			66 / 45			90° days			0
Prepared by:		John Nielsen-Gammon  (State Climatologist)
		Michael Hammer (Undergraduate Assistant
E-mail Address:  osc@ariel.met.tamu.edu
Web Address:  http://www.met.tamu.edu/osc/
OFFICE OF THE TEXAS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST
DEPARTMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE STATION, TX 77843-3150