Easterwood Field

College Station, Texas


Monthly Summary for November 1997


	TEMPERATURE      PRECIP.                       TEMPERATURE

  Day   Max  Min  *DEPART   TOTAL         MEANS            ACTUAL       DEPART.

   1    80   49     -1      0.01          Maximum           64.8         -5.3
   2    74   43     -6                    Minimum           45.4         -4.0 
   3    73   39     -7                    Monthly	    55.1         -4.7
   4    79   42     -2                                  
   5    80   59      7      0.15          EXTREMES           TEMP         DATE
                                          Highest            80F          1,5 
   6    65   43     -9                    Lowest             32F           17
   7    63   38    -12               
   8    68   41     -7                    DEGREE DAYS       TOTAL        DEPART.
   9    65   54     -3      0.73          Heating            379          175
  10    56   45    -12      0.36          Cooling             17          -31
                                          
  11    50   44    -14      0.22           
  12    53   50     -9      0.62          PRECIPITATION       AMOUNT     DEPART.  
  13    55   45    -11      0.17     
  14    61   44     -7                    Total Monthly        4.22       1.07
  15    50   34    -18      0.11          Total for 1997      39.31       3.06
                                          Precipitation Days     12          4
  16    52   33    -17                
  17    47   32    -20                    EXTREMES            AMOUNT     DATE 
  18    47   44    -13      0.06          24-hour Maximum      1.75      28th 
  19    57   42     -9      0.01 
  20    65   50     -1                    MAXIMUM WIND GUST    30mph    1st

  21    67   44     -3                    NUMBER OF DAYS      AMOUNT     DEPART.
  22    69   41     -3                    TEMPERATURE
  23    69   42     -1                    Maximum 90 or higher    0        0
  24    71   43      0                    Maximum 32 or lower     0        0
  25    72   58      8                    Minimum 32 or lower     1       -2

  26    78   63     14                           RECORD BOOK FOR NOVEMBER
  27    76   66     15                    Highest Temperature     94F    1921
  28    70   49      3      1.75          Lowest Temperature      19F    1976
  29    68   44      0      0.03          Wettest Month         9.28"    1929
  30    63   41     -3                    Driest Month          0.06"    1949


Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
Precipitation in inches
"T" denotes less than or equal to 0.005"
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.













New Records Set

  DAY             PARAMETER                   VALUE    OLD RECORD       YEAR

No new records set.




Near Records

  DAY             PARAMETER                   VALUE      RECORD         YEAR
 11th     2nd Lowest Maximum Temperature       50F        48F           1935
 12th     Tied 3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature  53F        47F           1920
 17th     Tied 4th Lowest Minimum Temperature  32F        28F           1959
 17th     Tied 4th Lowest Maximum Temperature  47F        40F           1930
 18th     3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature       47F        45F           1951
 27th     Tied Highest Minimum Temperature     66F        66F           1960

Monthly Review

November began with high pressure over the Brazos Valley. As this high moved out of the region to the east, a frontal system pushed its way into Texas from the Northwest and much cooler than normal temperatures were observed starting on the 6th. Another high pressure system set up on the 9th over Louisiana and Mississippi, pushing moisture into Texas from the Gulf of Mexico. Combined with an approaching cold front which crossed our region on the 10th, storms formed over a good portion of East Texas. It was the start of five consecutive rain days in College Station.

Another cold air mass moved over the Brazos Valley on the 14th. By the 17th, average daily temperatures dropped to as much as 20F below normal.

Average daily temperatures were unseasonably warm during the final week of November. Strong thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall across the region on the 28th, when College Station received 1.60" of rain between 9AM and 12PM. 

December Normals for College Station

                           Temperature
Beginning of the month       65 / 45         Monthly Precipitation:      2.83"
Middle of the month          61 / 41         Precipitation days:            8
End of the month             59 / 39         32F Days                       8


Prepared by:    John F. Griffiths (State Climatologist)
                Brian N. Belcher (Graduate Assistant to the State Climatologist)
                belcher@tamu.edu