Volume 17 Number 1                                                                                               JANUARY 2004

 

2004 began with a warmer, wetter January than average for the state of Texas.  All 19 first order stations reported mean temperatures above normal, and only El Paso had below average precipitation for the month.  Abilene (170%), Dallas/Fort Worth (160%), Houston (163%), Lubbock (380%), San Angelo (169%) and Waco (214%) were all well above the average amount of precipitation.  A frontal system passed over the state on the 15th-18th and brought copious amounts of rain to several stations.  24-hour precipitation amounts include over 1” in Abilene, Austin, College Station, Corpus Christi, Galveston, Houston, Lubbock, and San Angelo; over 2” in Dallas/Fort Worth and Port Arthur; and over 3” in Waco.  On the 17th there were also five reports of hail over 1” in diameter in East Texas in Montgomery and Madison counties. 

 

Temperatures also took a roller coaster ride for the month with record highs and lows set throughout the month.  Record highs were set in several stations the first week of January before an arctic air mass brought freezing temperatures to much of the state.  An additional front at the end of the month brought colder temperatures to most of the state as well as more precipitation in the Eastern and Upper Coastal regions.  College Station, Houston, Galveston, and Port Arthur all received over 1.5”of rain from this system.  The month of January concluded with below average temperatures for most of the state.

 

Michael Hammer (Undergraduate Assistant)

 

 

JANUARY 2004


* Based on the 1971-2000 normals.

* Complete temperature data were unavailable.  Temperatures are rounded to the nearest whole degree.

*HDD - Heating degree-day: Refer to the Monthly Average chart for a definition                                                           T = Trace (<0.005")

*CDD - Cooling degree-day: Refer to the Monthly Average chart for a definition                                           M:  Information not available.

 

 

 


 

 

CLIMATIC AVERAGES FOR FEBRUARY


Records are at the current site, other records may have occurred at previous sites.

*CDD - Cooling degree-day:  The difference between the mean individual daily temperature and 65°F, with one

CDD resulting for each degree above the standard 65°F during one day.

*HDD - Heating degree-day:  The difference between the mean individual daily temperature and 65°F, with one

HDD resulting for each degree below the standard 65°F during one day.

 

 

 

 

 

Agricultural Weather Highlights

AgNews - Texas A&M University Agriculture Program > News and Public Affairs      

 

 

 

 

Past Weather Events in February

 

February 20-22, 1971:  Blizzard.  Panhandle.  Paralyzing blizzard, worst since March 22-25, 1957. Storm transformed Panhandle into one vast snowfield as six to 26 inches of snow were whipped by 40 to 60 miles per hour winds into drifts up to 12 feet high.  At Follet, three-day snowfall was 26 inches.  Three persons killed; property and livestock losses were $3.1 million.

 

February 21, 1996:  Anomalously high temperatures were reported over the entire state, breaking records in nearly every region of the state.  Temperatures near 100ºF shattered previous records by as many as 10ºF as Texans experienced heat more characteristic of mid-summer than winter.

 

 

 

Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon (State Climatologist)

Andrew Odins (Graduate Assistant)

Kelsey Curtiss (graduate Assistant)

Michael Hammer (Undergraduate Assistant)