| Easterwood Field |
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College Station, Texas |
| Monthly Summary for October
2004 |
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TEMPERATURE |
PRECIP. |
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TEMPERATURE |
| Day |
Maximum |
Minimum |
*Depart. |
Total |
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MEANS |
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ACTUAL |
DEPART. |
| 1 |
92 |
67 |
4 |
0.13 |
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Maximum |
85.7 |
3.7 |
| 2 |
82 |
70 |
1 |
0.94 |
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Minimum |
68.3 |
9.3 |
| 3 |
90 |
69 |
5 |
0.31 |
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Monthly |
77.0 |
6.5 |
| 4 |
87 |
67 |
3 |
0.42 |
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EXTREMES |
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DATE |
| 5 |
82 |
66 |
0 |
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Highest |
92 |
1, 18, 19, 21, 22 |
| 6 |
87 |
68 |
4 |
0.22 |
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Lowest |
51 |
15th |
| 7 |
83 |
70 |
3 |
0.04 |
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| 8 |
86 |
70 |
5 |
T |
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DEGREE DAYS |
TOTAL |
DEPART. |
| 9 |
80 |
67 |
0 |
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Heating |
4 |
-22 |
| 10 |
79 |
64 |
-1 |
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Cooling |
378 |
182 |
| 11 |
78 |
60 |
-3 |
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| 12 |
78 |
60 |
-3 |
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PRECIPITATION |
AMOUNT |
DEPART. |
| 13 |
84 |
62 |
1 |
0.01 |
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Total Monthly |
3.80 |
-0.42 |
| 14 |
70 |
52 |
-11 |
0.41 |
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Total for 2004 |
45.97 |
12.71 |
| 15 |
83 |
51 |
-4 |
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Precipitation
Days |
12 |
6 |
| 16 |
87 |
58 |
2 |
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EXTREMES |
AMOUNT |
DATE |
| 17 |
91 |
71 |
11 |
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24-hour
Maximum |
0.94 |
2nd |
| 18 |
92 |
79 |
15 |
T |
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| 19 |
92 |
76 |
15 |
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Maximum Wind
Gust |
36 mph |
4th |
| 20 |
90 |
77 |
14 |
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| 21 |
92 |
75 |
14 |
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NUMBER OF DAYS |
AMOUNT |
DEPART. |
| 22 |
92 |
76 |
15 |
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TEMPERATURE |
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| 23 |
79 |
70 |
5 |
0.78 |
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Maximum 90 or
higher |
6 |
3 |
| 24 |
88 |
71 |
12 |
T |
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Maximum 32 or
lower |
0 |
0 |
| 25 |
88 |
72 |
13 |
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Minimum 32 or
lower |
0 |
0 |
| 26 |
87 |
70 |
12 |
0.14 |
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| 27 |
89 |
73 |
14 |
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RECORD BOOK FOR OCTOBER |
| 28 |
88 |
73 |
15 |
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Highest
Temperature |
102°F |
1938 |
| 29 |
89 |
70 |
14 |
0.01 |
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Lowest
Temperature |
29°F |
1993 |
| 30 |
88 |
73 |
16 |
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Highest
Minimum |
81°F |
1914 |
| 31 |
84 |
71 |
13 |
0.39 |
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Lowest
Maximum |
40°F |
1925 |
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Wettest Month |
18.77" |
1994 |
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Temperatures in degrees
Fahrenheit |
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Driest Month |
0.00" |
1952 |
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Precipitation in inches |
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Wettest 24
hours |
14.96" |
1994 |
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"T" denotes
less than or equal to 0.005" |
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** Based on incomplete
data |
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BOLDFACE indicates extreme values for the month |
* Departure of the daily mean temperature, |
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ITALICS indicate a record was set or tied |
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as calculated from the
average of the |
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maximum
and minimum temperatures, from |
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the 1971-2000 normals. |
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| New Records Set* |
| DAY |
PARAMETER |
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VALUE |
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RECORD |
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YEAR |
| 17th |
Tied Highest Maximum Temperature |
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91°F |
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91°F |
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1993, 96 |
| 18th |
Highest Maximum Temperature |
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92°F |
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91°F |
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1972 |
| 18th |
Highest Minimum Temperature |
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79°F |
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75°F |
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1971, 93 |
| 19th |
Highest Maximum Temperature |
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92°F |
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89°F |
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1958, 77 |
| 19th |
Highest Minimum Temperature |
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76°F |
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75°F |
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1983 |
| 20th |
Highest Maximum Temperature |
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90°F |
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89°F |
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1979 |
| 20th |
Highest Minimum Temperature |
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77°F |
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73°F |
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1979 |
| 21st |
Highest Maximum Temperature |
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92°F |
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91°F |
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1979 |
| 21st |
Tied Highest Minimum Temperature |
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75°F |
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75°F |
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1979 |
| 22nd |
Highest Maximum Temperature |
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92°F |
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91°F |
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1951 |
| 22nd |
Highest Minimum Temperature |
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76°F |
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73°F |
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2001 |
| 28th |
Tied Highest Maximum Temperature |
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88°F |
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88°F |
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1963 |
| 29th |
Highest Maximum Temperature |
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89°F |
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88°F |
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1991 |
| 29th |
Tied Highest Minimum Temperature |
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70°F |
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70°F |
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1961, 74, 84 |
| Near Records* |
| DAY |
PARAMETER |
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VALUE |
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RECORD |
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YEAR |
| 23rd |
Tied 3rd Highest Minimum Temperature |
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70°F |
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74°F |
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2001 |
| 24th |
4th Highest Maximum Temperature |
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88°F |
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93°F |
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2001 |
| 24th |
2nd Highest Minimum Temperature |
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71°F |
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74°F |
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1991 |
| 25th |
Tied 3rd Highest Maximum Temperature |
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88°F |
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91°F |
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1992 |
| 25th |
2nd Highest Minimum Temperature |
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72°F |
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73°F |
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1991 |
| 26th |
Tied 2nd Highest Minimum Temperature |
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70°F |
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74°F |
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1970 |
| 27th |
Tied 2nd Highest Maximum Temperature |
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89°F |
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92°F |
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1995 |
| 27th |
2nd Highest Minimum Temperature |
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73°F |
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75°F |
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1996 |
| 28th |
Tied 2nd Highest Minimum Temperature |
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73°F |
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74°F |
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1991 |
| 30th |
2nd Highest Maximum Temperature |
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88°F |
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89°F |
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1996 |
| 30th |
2nd Highest Minimum Temperature |
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73°F |
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74°F |
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1974 |
| 31st |
Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature |
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71°F |
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73°F |
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1984 |
| *NOTE: All records are
based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present) |
| Monthly Review |
| What began as a wet month turned into an
extension of summer for the Brazos Valley.
A frontal system passed over the state during
the |
| first week, dropping 2.06" of rain
through the first seven days.
Temperatures hovered around their normal levels until a cold front cooled |
| things down on the 9th. The weather was much drier during the
second week of October when the third cold front of the month came |
| through the area. Temperatures cooled dramatically, and
0.42" of rain fell in 24 hours.
Following the passage of the front, a high pressure |
| system formed over the state. Temperatures soared as a result. There was only one day during the final two
weeks of October in which |
| the average daily temperature was less than
10° above normal. The maximum
temperature reached 90° for six consecutive days during |
| the third week of the month. Between the 17th and 31st, at least one new
or near record was set every day. This
included a five-day |
| stretch (18th-22nd) in which new records were
set for both highest maximum and highest minimum. A cold front briefly cooled things |
| down on the 23rd, but the month ended with
seven days of near 90° temperatures.
The average daily temperature of 77.0° makes this the |
| warmest October in College Station
history. While it did get down to 51°
on the 15th, the average daily minimum temperature was over |
| 9° above normal for October. Despite 12 days with measurable
precipitation, College Station was 0.42" below normal and never received |
| more than 0.94" in a day. For the year, College Station is
12.71" above normal and only needs 3.38" over the final two months
to have |
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of its ten wettest years ever. |
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| November Normals for
College Station |
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Temperature |
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| Beginning
of the month |
76 / 54 |
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Monthly precipitation: |
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3.18" |
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| Middle
of the month |
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71 / 49 |
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Precipitation days: |
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7 |
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| End
of the month |
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66 / 45 |
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90° days |
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| Prepared
by: John Nielsen-Gammon (State
Climatologist) |
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OFFICE
OF THE TEXAS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST |
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Michael Hammer (Undergraduate Assistant) |
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DEPARTMENT
OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES |
| E-mail
Address: osc@ariel.met.tamu.edu |
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY |
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| Web
Address: http://www.met.tamu.edu/osc/ |
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COLLEGE STATION, TX
77843-3150 |
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