Easterwood Field										College Station, Texas
Monthly Summary for March 2009
	TEMPERATURE						PRECIP.		TEMPERATURE
Day	Maximum		Minimum		*Depart.		Total		MEANS			ACTUAL				DEPART.
1	59		32		-13				Maximum			73.2				+0.6
2	66		31		-10				Minimum			51.1				+0.6
3	71		42		-3				Monthly			62.2				+0.6
4	80		50		+6				EXTREMES							DATE
5	85		57		+12				Highest			86				10th
6	85		64		+16				Lowest			31				2nd
7	81		68		+15
8	82		69		+16				DEGREE DAYS			TOTAL				DEPART.
9	85		67		+16				Heating			165				+16
10	86		69		+18				Cooling			86				+44
11	70		47		-3		T
12	47		43		-16		1.37		PRECIPITATION			AMOUNT				DEPART.
13	43		41		-19		1.02		Total Monthly			5.07				+2.23
14	50		41		-16		0.02		Total for YEAR			6.45				-2.09
15	57		45		-10		T		Precipitation Days			7				0
16	80		43		-1				EXTREMES			AMOUNT				DATE
17	76		50		+1				24-hour Maximum			1.59				24th-25th
18	79		51		+3				Maximum Wind Gust			45				11th
19	79		54		+5
20	81		50		+3
21	80		54		+4				NUMBER OF DAYS TEMP:			AMOUNT				DEPART.
22	81		58		+7				Maximum 90 or higher			0				0
23	81		67		+11				Maximum 32 or lower			0				0
24	77		64		+8		0.05		Minimum 32 or lower			2				0
25	75		54		+1		1.55
26	73		56		+1		T		RECORD BOOK FOR MARCH
27	76		43		-5		1.00		Highest Temperature			96				1949
28	65		37		-13				Lowest Temperature			17				2002
29	72		36		-10				Highest Minimum			72				1985
30	76		51		-2				Lowest Maximum			30				1932
31	71		51		-4		0.06		Wettest Month			8.03				1926
									Driest Month			0.29				1971
									Wettest 24 Hours			4.20				1980
Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit									* Departure of the daily mean temperature,
Precipitation in inches									as calculated from the average of the
"T" denotes less than or equal to 0.005"									maximum and minimum temperatures, from
BOLDFACE indicates extreme values for the month									the 1971-2000 normals.
ITALICS indicate a record was set or tied
New Records Set*
DAY		PARAMETER						VALUE			OLD RECORD				YEAR
7th		Highest Minimum Temperature						68			67				2000
8th		Highest Minimum Temperature						69			68				1990
12th		Most Daily Precipitation						1.37			1.33				1997
13th		Lowest Maximum Temperature						43			44				1956
14th		Lowest Maximum Temperature						50			51				1976
25th		Most Daily Precipitation						1.55			0.54				2003
Near Records*
DAY		PARAMETER						VALUE			RECORD			YEAR
2nd		Tied 4th Lowest Minimum Temperature						31			19			1980
4th		Tied 2nd Highest Maximum Temperature						80			82			1976
5th		2nd Highest Maximum Temperature						85			89			1991
6th		Tied 3rd Highest Minimum Temperature						64			69			1956
6th		2nd Highest Maximum Temperature						85			89			1991
8th		Tied 2nd Highest Maximum Temperature						82			86			1974
9th		2nd Highest Maximum Temperature						85			87			2000
10th		2nd Highest Minimum Temperature						69			70			1974
10th		3rd Highest Maximum Temperature						86			88			1980
12th		Tied 2nd Lowest Maximum Temperature						47			42			1970
23rd		2nd Highest Minimum Temperature						67			68			1995
23rd		Tied 4th Highest Maximum Temperature						81			91			1995
28th		Tied 2nd Lowest Minimum Temperature						37			30			1955
29th		Tied 2nd Lowest Minimum Temperature						36			35			1975
*NOTE: All records are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field (1952-present)
Monthly Review
Remarkably, College Station remained relatively close to normal temperature throughout March. With an extensive range of high temperatures, from 43 degrees to 86 degrees, March has been a month of transition for the area. The first days of the month were cooled from the remnants of a cold front from late February. Temperatures then remained very high, peaking on the 10th when average temperatures were almost 18 degrees above normal. A strong cold front then dropped high temperatures to the low 40s to low 50s for several days. Temperatures remained slightly above average following this period and increased until a few more cold fronts (and rainy days) kept temperatures below average. For the first time since August of 2008, College Station has recorded above normal monthly precipitation. In fact, College Station has received over 2 inches more than usual for March. Although this cannot break the drought in College Station, this rainfall has given needed moisture to local farmers. Though College Station still remains more than two inches below average for the year, the area has gained (and greened) lost ground.
April Normals for College Station
						Temperature
Beginning of the month:						76 / 54				Monthly precipitation:			3.20
Middle of the month:						79 / 57				Precipitation days:			7
End of the month:						82 / 61				Days ≥ 90°F:			1
Prepared by:				Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon (State Climatologist)
				Zachary Adian (Undergraduate Assistant)
E-mail address:				osc@ariel.met.tamu.edu
Web address:				http://atmo.tamu.edu/osc/
OFFICE OF THE TEXAS STATE CLIMATOLOGIST
DEPARTMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE STATION, TX 77843-3150