The city of College Station endured a blistering month of August this year with only one day (25th) observing a high temperature less than 100 degrees. Everyday this month saw a record fall or came within a few degrees of a record with 21 new records made based on extreme temperature, the majority of which were highest minimum temperature records. Overall the average temperature for the month of August was 90.9 degrees, 6.2 degrees above average and the highest monthly average temperature on record. Only 0.29’’ of rain were recorded this month putting the monthly deficit to 2.34’’ and the yearly deficit to 14.21’’, thus keeping the county deep into a D4 exceptional drought.