Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for October 2007
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	90	74	7	0.59		Maximum			84.0	2.0
2	90	71	5.5	0.01		Minimum			60.4	1.4
3	90	66	3			Monthly			72.2	1.7
4	92	66	4			EXTREMES				DATE
5	89	72	6.5	0.08		Highest			92	8th
6	90	76	9	0.02		Lowest			40	26th
7	90	75	8.5	T
8	92	74	10	T		DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	91	73	9	T		Heating			38	13
10	88	67	4.5			Cooling			269	73
11	89	60	2.5
12	88	60	2			PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	87	62	2.5			Total Monthly			2.68	-1.54
14	89	64	5.5	0.45		Total for YEAR			34.07	0.81
15	85	64	3.5	1.02		Precipitation Days			7	1
16	78	66	1			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	90	69	9.5	T		24-hour Maximum			1.02	15th
18	91	67	9			Maximum Wind Gust			35 mph	22nd
19	86	53	-0.5
20	88	56	3
21	87	63	6			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	71	52	-6.5	0.51		TEMPERATURE
23	70	48	-9			Maximum 90 or higher			10	7
24	77	46	-6.5			Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	69	43	-11			Minimum 32 or lower			0	0
26	73	40	-10.5
27	75	46	-6.5			RECORD BOOK FOR OCTOBER
28	76	48	-4			Highest Temperature			102°F	1938
29	76	52	-2			Lowest Temperature			29°F	1993
30	78	49	-2.5			Highest Minimum			81°F	1914
31	80	50	0			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		OLD RECORD		YEAR
6th	Highest Minimum Temperature					76		74		1981
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
1st	2nd Highest Minimum Temperature					74		77		1995
7th	2nd Highest Minimum Temperature					75		77		1962
8th	Tied 3rd Highest Maximum Temperature					92		95		1999
8th	Tied 2nd Highest Minimum Temperature					74		75		1982
9th	Tied 2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					91		92		1954
9th	2nd Highest Minimum Temperature					73		74		1961
17th	Tied 2nd Highest Maximum Temperature					90		91		2004
26th	2nd Lowest Minimum Temperature					40		38		2005
*NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
Like the end of September, October 2007 started off unseasonably warm to say the least. In fact, the first 18 days
of the month experienced above average daily mean temperatures. A new record for highest minimum temperature
(76º on the 6th) was set, and several near records for highest minimum and maximum temperature were set as well.
Overall, the month saw 10 days with high temperatures of 90º or higher, well above the average. The first
significant cold front of the season arrived on the 22nd, putting an end to the above average temperatures. The
rest of the month saw pleasant weather conditions with highs in the low to mid 70's and lows in the mid 40's. A near
record was established on the morning of the 26th when the low temperature dipped to 40º F. Temperatures
slowly moderated to seasonal normals by the end of the month. Despite the passage of the cold front, the
average monthly temperature of 72.2º F was still close to 2 º above normal. The monthly precipitation total of
2.68" was 1.54" below 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
	Adam Wiley (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