Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for September 2003
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	86	75	-2	T		Maximum			85.4	-5.5
2	86	73	-3	1.19		Minimum			67.6	-0.9
3	86	74	-3	1.84		Monthly			76.5	-3.2
4	92	74	1			EXTREMES				DATE
5	89	73	-1			Highest			92	4th
6	88	65	-6			Lowest			56	30th
7	87	61	-8
8	86	65	-7			DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	90	66	-3			Heating			0	0
10	91	74	1	0.11		Cooling			345	-95
11	91	68	-1	2.10
12	82	68	-6	0.39		PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	90	67	-2			Total Monthly			6.27	2.36
14	84	69	-3			Total for 2003			31.50	2.46
15	87	65	-4			Precipitation Days			10	2
16	89	69	-1			EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	88	67	-2	0.01		24-hour Maximum			2.10	11th
18	80	70	-4	0.10
19	84	69	-2			Maximum Wind Gust			43 mph	11th
20	83	68	-4	0.01
21	73	68	-7	0.51		NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	85	66	-3			TEMPERATURE
23	87	63	-3	0.01		Maximum 90 or higher			3	-14
24	83	68	-3			Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	87	68	1			Minimum 32 or lower			0	0
26	76	68	-5	T
27	89	66	1			RECORD BOOK FOR SEPTEMBER
28	85	65	-1			Highest Temperature			112°F	2000
29	80	59	-6			Lowest Temperature			42°F	1942
30	79	56	-9			Highest Minimum			82°F	1916
						Lowest Maximum			62°F	1985
						Wettest Month			12.13"	1958
						Driest Month			0.02"	1929
						Wettest 24 hours			5.23"	1974
	Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit
	Precipitation in inches					* Departure of the daily mean temperature,
	"T" denotes less than or equal to 0.005"					as calculated from the average of the
	BOLDFACE indicates extreme values for the month					maximum and minimum temperatures, from
	ITALICS indicate a record was set or tied					the 1971-2000 normals.
New Records Set Or Tied
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
7th	Lowest Minimum Temperature					61°F		62°F		1953
Near Records
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
1st	4th Lowest Maximum Temperature					86°F		78°F		1970
1st	Tied 4th Highest Minimum Temperature					75°F		76°F		1962
3rd	Tied 4th Lowest Maximum Temperature					86°F		73°F		1974
12th	Tied 4th Lowest Maximum Temperature					82°F		76°F		1998
18th	Tied 4th Lowest Maximum Temperature					80°F		73°F		1981
21st	3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature					73°F		72°F		1983
Monthly Review
College Station was fortunate this month to experience fall-like temperatures, in contrast
to the year 2000, with record high temperatures in the triple digits.  The average maximum
temperature for September topped off at 85.4 degrees Fahrenheit, which was 5.5 degrees below
normal for this time of the year.
September proved to be quite a wet month for College Station with a monthly precipitation total
of 6.27 inches.  This rainfall total was 2.36 inches above normal.  At Easterwood Airport
precipitation for the year to date stands at 31.50 inches, which is 2.46 inches above normal.
As a result of a cold front moving through the area on the 6th, a record low minimum of 61
was reported on the 7th, which beat the record low temperature of 62 degrees from 1953.
The bulk of the precipitation received during the month of September was contributed to
frontal systems stalling or becoming stationary.  On the 11th, 2.10 inches of rain fell in a matter
of a few hours in College Station, causing some very minor street flooding that quickly subsided.
No severe weather was reported in the College Station area this month.  There was however a
wind gust of 43 miles per hour reported on the 11th which was associated with the precipitation
that fell that evening.
The month of September came to a close on a cool note.  High temperatures were in the upper
70's and lows in the 50's.  Fall is definitely here.
Fall-like conditions will be felt in October, with normal monthly temperatures and precipitation.
October Normals for College Station
Temperature
Beginning of the month			87 / 64			Monthly precipitation:			4.22"
Middle of the month			82 / 59			Precipitation days:			6
End of the month			76 / 54			90° days			3
State Climatologist:			John Nielsen-Gammon
Prepared by:			Kelsey Curtiss (Undergraduate Assistant)
E-mail address:  osc@ariel.met.tamu.edu					Web address:  http://www.met.tamu.edu/osc/
OFFICE OF THE TEXAS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST
DEPARTMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE STATION, TX 77843-3150