Easterwood Field

College Station, Texas


Monthly Summary for October 1998


	TEMPERATURE      PRECIP.                       TEMPERATURE

  Day   Max  Min  *DEPART   TOTAL         MEANS            ACTUAL       DEPART.

   1    92   70      7                    Maximum           80.5          0.3
   2    85   71      4      0.25          Minimum**         61.4          2.8 
   3    90   75      9      0.01          Monthly**	    71.0          1.6
   4    89   77     10      0.03                        
   5    92   77     11                    EXTREMES           TEMP         DATE
                                          Highest            92F         1st,5th 
   6    81   59     -3      0.87          Lowest             49F         3 days
   7    79   53     -7           
   8    81   52     -6                    DEGREE DAYS       TOTAL        DEPART.
   9    79   54     -6                    Heating             15          -16
  10    79   56     -4                    Cooling**          190           23
                                          
  11    83   55     -2      0.01           
  12    86   67      5                    PRECIPITATION       AMOUNT     DEPART.  
  13    83    M      M
  14    82   58      0                    Total Monthly        8.84       5.03
  15    85   61      3                    Total for 1998      33.93       0.83
                                          Precipitation Days     12          6
  16    89   68     10                
  17    77   71      5      5.13          EXTREMES            AMOUNT     DATE 
  18    74   64      0      1.05          24-hour Maximum      6.06     17th-18th
  19    66   62     -4      0.86     
  20    68   64     -2      0.38          MAXIMUM WIND GUST    23mph    5th

  21    65   59     -6      0.20          NUMBER OF DAYS      AMOUNT     DEPART.
  22    72   59     -3                    TEMPERATURE
  23    68   49     -9                    Maximum 90 or higher    2        2
  24    74   49     -6                    Maximum 32 or lower     0        0
  25    82   53      2                    Minimum 32 or lower     0        0

  26    82   59      5                          RECORD BOOK FOR OCTOBER
  27    79   60      4                    Highest Temperature    102F    1938
  28    83   63      7                    Lowest Temperature      29F    1993
  29    83   49      1      0.04          Wettest Month        18.77"    1994
  30    85   65     10                    Driest Month          0.00"    1952
                                          Wettest 24 hours     14.96"    1994
  31    84   63      8      0.01          Highest Minimum         81F    1914
                                          Lowest Maximum          40F    1925   


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
** Based on incomplete data
* 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 Or Tied

  DAY             PARAMETER                   VALUE    OLD RECORD       YEAR
  4th     Highest Minimum Temperature          77F        75F           1981
  5th     Highest Minimum Temperature          77F        76F           1951
 21st     Lowest Maximum Temperature Tied      65F        65F           1982 



Near Records

  DAY             PARAMETER                   VALUE      RECORD         YEAR
  3rd     Tied 2nd Highest Minimum Temperature 75F        78F           1959 
 19th     3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature Tied  66F        59F           1989
 23rd     3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature Tied  68F        60F           1984

Monthly Review

Once again both temperatures and precipitation were above normal during the month of October for the residents of the Brazos Valley. The first week of October began with warmer than normal temperatures setting two highest minimum temperature records on the 4th and the 5th with the low temperatures only reaching 77F for both days. With the passage of a cold front on the 6th, temperatures dropped to below normal values for the following 6 days. A similar situation occurred on the 19th when a cold front passed and kept the daily mean temperatures below normal up until the 25th of October.

The bulk of the precipitation during October occurred from the 17th to the 21st. A long wave over the Western United States with the help of two tropical systems (Madeline and Lester) in the Eastern Pacific sent extremely deep water vapor across mexico and over Texas. With an area of upper level diffluence situated over South Central Texas extreme amounts of rain fell on the Brazos with 6.06 inches falling at Easterwood Field on the 17th and 18th alone. The total monthly precipitation was 5.03 inches above normal with the total yearly precipitation finally reaching above normal status with a departure from normal of 0.83 inches. 

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)
                Chris J. Gordon   (Graduate Assistant to the State Climatologist)
                cgordon@ariel.tamu.edu