Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for November 2006
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	66	53	-5.5	0.01		Maximum			72.8	1.9
2	63	46	-10.5			Minimum			50.0	0.9
3	65	41	-11			Monthly			61.4	1.4
4	72	47	-4.5			EXTREMES				DATE
5	71	60	2.5			Highest			87	10th
6	74	55	1.5	0.04		Lowest			33	21st,30th
7	74	53	0.5
8	81	54	5.5			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	84	64	12			Heating			156	-47
10	87	60	11.5			Cooling			56	3
11	65	46	-5.5
12	67	41	-7			PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	77	57	6			Total Monthly			0.62	-2.56
14	81	65	13			Total for 2006			44.11	7.67
15	73	45	-1			Precipitation Days			3	-4
16	62	40	-9			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	71	37	-5			24-hour Maximum			0.39	30th
18	74	44	0
19	67	41	-5			Maximum Wind Gust			48mph	15th
20	63	39	-7
21	66	33	-8.5			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	73	41	-1			TEMPERATURE
23	76	47	3.5			Maximum 90 or higher			0	0
24	76	51	6.5			Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	74	52	6			Minimum 32 or lower			0	0
26	78	57	10.5
27	70	64	11	0.17		RECORD BOOK FOR NOVEMBER
28	81	66	17.5	0.01		Highest Temperature			97°F	1955
29	80	69	18.5	T		Lowest Temperature			19°F	1976
30	72	33	-3.5	0.39		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
10th	Highest Maximum Temperature					87		86		1995
28th	Highest Minimum Temperature					66		64		1991
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
21st	2nd Lowest Minimum Temperature					33		32		1975
27th	3rd Highest Minimum Temperature					64		66		1960
28th	2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					81		82		1975
29th	2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					80		81		1998
29th	2nd Highest Minimum Temperature					69		71		1975
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
November 2006 brought warm temperatures and dry conditions to the Brazos Valley.  The monthly mean
temperature was 61.4°F, 1.4°F above normal.  The monthly rainfall total was 0.62", 2.56" below normal.  The
monthly rainfall total was only 20% of the normal rainfall for November.  That is the lowest percentage of normal
rainfall this year.  However, College Station is still 7.67" above average for the yearly total, due in part to the heavy
rains last month.  During the first 26 days of the month only 0.05" of rain was reported.  The bulk of the monthly
rainfall fell on the 30th.  0.39" was reported, which is 63% of the month's total precipitation.  On the 30th, a strong
cold front moved through the area dropped the low from 69°F on the 29th to 33°F on the 30th.  A record high
temperature was set on the 10th with a high of 87°F.  Also, a record highest minimum temperature was reported on
28th with a low of 66°F.  The inflow of gulf moisture due to the encroaching front lead to very warm temperatures
on the 28th and 29th.  The departure from the average temperature was +17.5°F and +18.5°F on the 28th and 29th
respectively.   An El Nino is forecast for this winter, so temperatures are expected to be slightly cooler than normal
with an increase in precipitation.  That is the opposite of what occurred this November.
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)
		Matt Mosier (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