Easterwood Field

College Station, Texas


Monthly Summary for October 1997


	TEMPERATURE      PRECIP.                       TEMPERATURE

  Day   Max  Min  *DEPART   TOTAL         MEANS            ACTUAL       DEPART.

   1    92   66      5                    Maximum           79.2         -1.0
   2    90   68      5                    Minimum           59.8          1.2 
   3    87   60      1                    Monthly	    69.5          0.1
   4    88   61      1      0.01                        
   5    88   69      6      0.25          EXTREMES           TEMP         DATE
                                          Highest            92F            1 
   6    86   69      5      0.05          Lowest             39F           27
   7    82   71      4      0.19     
   8    84   72      6      0.04          DEGREE DAYS       TOTAL        DEPART.
   9    82   73      6      0.03          Heating             58           27
  10    81   74      6      0.04          Cooling            199           32
                                          
  11    79   73      5      0.41           
  12    86   74      9      0.14          PRECIPITATION       AMOUNT     DEPART.  
  13    72   58     -5      3.20     
  14    72   51     -8                    Total Monthly        4.87       1.06
  15    76   47     -9                    Total for 1997      35.09       1.99
                                          Precipitation Days     12          6
  16    76   49     -7                
  17    76   48     -7                    EXTREMES            AMOUNT     DATE 
  18    78   51     -4                    24-hour Maximum      3.34     12th-13th
  19    82   55      1           
  20    81   56      0                    MAXIMUM WIND GUST    33mph    13th

  21    81   59      2                    NUMBER OF DAYS      AMOUNT     DEPART.
  22    67   56     -7                    TEMPERATURE
  23    78   58      1      0.41          Maximum 90 or higher    2        2
  24    88   69     12                    Maximum 32 or lower     0        0
  25    83   58      4                    Minimum 32 or lower     0        0

  26    61   45    -13       T                   RECORD BOOK FOR OCTOBER
  27    63   39    -15                    Highest Temperature    102F    1938
  28    62   44    -13                    Lowest Temperature      29F    1993
  29    70   53     -3      0.10          Wettest Month        18.77"    1994
  30    78   61      5                    Driest Month          0.00"    1952
                                          Wettest 24 hours     14.96"    1994
  31    86   67     11    


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
 10th     Tied 3rd Highest Minimum Temperature 74F        76F           1973 
 11th     4th Highest Minimum Temperature      73F        76F           1969
 12th     3rd Highest Minimum Temperature      74F        76F           1981
 27th     4th Lowest Minimum Temperature       39F        34F           1957

Monthly Review

The first half of October was warm and wet across the Brazos Valley. The month's highest temperature of 92F was reached on the 1st and maximum daily temperatures remained in the upper 80s throughout most of the first week. With a high pressure system set up to our east and a low pressure system set up to our west, persistent southerly flow brought warm air and an abundance of moisture to the region from the Gulf of Mexico. Ten consecutive rain days resulted from this persistent flow, starting on the 4th(0.01") and ending on the 13th(3.20"). The string of days was ended as a cold front passed through the region, sparking intense storms on the 13th followed by much cooler and drier air during the third week of the month.

Another cold air mass moved over the Brazos Valley during the last week of October, dropping maximum daily temperatures into the lower 60s and daily minimum temperatures below 40F for the first time since early April. 

November Normals for College Station

                           Temperature
Beginning of the month       75 / 54         Monthly Precipitation:      3.15"
Middle of the month          70 / 50         Precipitation days:            7
End of the month             65 / 45         90F Days                       0


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