Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for October 2006
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	90	70	5			Maximum			81.2	-0.8
2	89	69	4			Minimum			59.9	0.9
3	89	69	4			Monthly			70.5	0.0
4	90	68	4			EXTREMES				DATE
5	93	69	7			Highest			93	5th
6	92	68	6			Lowest			44	23rd
7	84	61	-1.5
8	85	55	-3			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	87	60	0.5			Heating			31	6
10	74	64	-4	2.32		Cooling			208	12
11	82	61	-0.5
12	85	56	-1.5	0.81		PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	77	56	-5.5	T		Total Monthly			12.88	8.66
14	82	63	1.5			Total for 2006			43.49	10.23
15	77	68	1.5	0.08		Precipitation Days			8	2
16	77	67	1	5.28		EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	89	63	6			24-hour Maximum			5.34	15th-16th
18	90	64	7	2.55		Maximum Wind Gust			35mph	27th
19	68	52	-10	0.48
20	73	46	-9.5
21	80	58	0			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	68	47	-10.5			TEMPERATURE
23	70	44	-11			Maximum 90 or higher			5	2
24	75	52	-4.5			Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	73	67	3	1.20		Minimum 32 or lower			0	0
26	86	72	12	0.16
27	74	55	-2.5			RECORD BOOK FOR OCTOBER
28	75	47	-5			Highest Temperature			102°F	1938
29	78	49	-2.5			Lowest Temperature			29°F	1993
30	81	59	4			Highest Minimum			81°F	1914
31	83	57	5			Lowest Maximum			40°F	1925
						Wettest Month			18.77"	1994
	Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit					Driest Month			0.00"	1952
	Precipitation in inches					Wettest 24 hours			14.96"	1994
	"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
No New Temperature Records Set
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
5th	3rd Highest Maximum Temperature					93		95		2000*
18th	3rd Highest Maximum Temperature					90		92		2004
23rd	3rd Lowest Minimum Temperature					44		40		1996*
*: Record occurs on more than one date
NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
While October 2006 was an average month in terms of temperatures, it was far from average in terms of precipitation.
Record daily maximum rainfall was reported on two days of the month.  A daily record of 2.32" was reported on
the 10th.  This was the first measurable rainfall since September 23rd.  Another daily record was set on the 18th, when
2.55" was reported.  However, the month's largest daily rainfall total of 5.28" on the 16th was NOT a daily record.  In
1994, 13.39" was reported on the same day.  Even though it was not a record, the rainfall total of 5.28" on the 16th
was greater than the normal monthly total of 4.22".  This led to street flooding in and around the Bryan/College
Station area.  Before the soil even had a chance to dry out another 3.03" fell on the 18th-19th, which also lead to
some flooding problems.  The month's precipitation was rounded out by a total of 1.36" on the 25th-26th.  Overall, the
station received 12.88" during the month, which is 305% of normal, or three times the normal rainfall total.  As for
temperature, the monthly mean was 70.5°F, which is exactly the normal monthly mean.  The mean maximum was
81.2°F, 0.8°F below normal, and the mean minimum was 59.9°F , 0.9°F above normal.
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)						OFFICE OF THE TEXAS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST
	Matt Mosier (Undergraduate Assistant)					DEPARTMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
E-mail Address:  osc@ariel.met.tamu.edu						TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Web Address:  http://www.met.tamu.edu/osc/						COLLEGE STATION, TX 77843-3150