Easterwood Field						College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for September 2006
	TEMPERATURE			PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Depart.	Total		MEANS			ACTUAL	DEPART.
1	99	72	2.5			Maximum			90.4	-0.5
2	94	75	1.5			Minimum			68.5	0.0
3	92	76	1			Monthly			79.5	-0.2
4	93	75	2			EXTREMES				DATE
5	77	67	-10	0.02		Highest			99	1st
6	91	64	-4.5			Lowest			57	26th
7	93	70	-0.5
8	92	69	-1.5	T		DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL	DEPART.
9	85	71	-3	0.01		Heating			0	0
10	94	73	2.5			Cooling			441	1
11	93	73	2	T
12	93	73	2			PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT	DEPART.
13	92	70	1			Total Monthly			2.69	-1.22
14	95	64	-0.5			Total for 2006			30.61	1.57
15	97	73	5			Precipitation Days			6	-2
16	96	77	6.5	0.01		EXTREMES			AMOUNT	DATE
17	96	74	5	0.23		24-hour Maximum			2.26	17th-18th
18	80	66	-6	2.03
19	88	60	-5			Maximum Wind Gust			37 mph	23rd
20	89	62	-3.5
21	93	63	0			NUMBER OF DAYS			AMOUNT	DEPART.
22	94	81	9.5	T		TEMPERATURE
23	94	73	5.5	0.39		Maximum 90 or higher			20	3
24	81	65	-5			Maximum 32 or lower			0	0
25	82	58	-7			Minimum 32 or lower			0	0
26	86	57	-5.5
27	90	60	-2			RECORD BOOK FOR SEPTEMBER
28	87	65	0			Highest Temperature			112°F	2000
29	86	60	-3	T		Lowest Temperature			42°F	1942
30	91	69	4			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*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
22nd	Highest Minimum Temperature					81		77		1955*
Near Records*
DAY	PARAMETER					VALUE		RECORD		YEAR
5th	3rd Lowest Maximum Temperature					77		75		1973
15th	3rd Highest Maximum Temperature					97		99		2005*
16th	4th Highest Maximum Temperature					96		103		1995
16th	2nd Highest Minimum Temperature					77		78		2005
18th	4th Lowest Maximum Temperature					80		73		1981
*: Record occurs on more than one date
NOTE:  All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
September 2006 was an average month in terms of temperature.  The mean minimum temperature was exactly on
the normal value, and the overall monthly mean temperature was just 0.2° below average.  However, despite a few
periods of heavy rain, the precipitation total was -1.22" below average.  The area received 69% of its normal rainfall.
Most of the rainfall for the month came in a three day span from the 16th-18th.  Over this period  2.27", of
precipitation was reported, which is 84% of the 2.69" reported for the entire month.  The 2.03" reported on the 18th
was a record daily maximum and accounted for 75% of the monthly rainfall.  Only one new temperature record was
reported, which was a record high minimum temperature on the 22nd with a value of 81°F.  A strong squall line
moved through the area on the 23rd, but there were no severe weather reported in the area.  The system only
produced precipitation along the frontal boundry, which resulted in a precipitation total of only 0.39".  After this
frontal boundry passed through, temperature cooled down for three days before warming back up into upper 80s
and lower 90s.
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
Prepared by:		Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon (State Climatologist)
		Matt Mosier (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