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College Station Monthly Summary: April 2016

  Daily Temperature Daily Precipitation Monthly Temperature Summary
Day Maximum Minimum *Departure Total Mean Value *Departure
1 65°F 46°F ‑10°F 0.09" Maximum 79.2°F +0.3°F
2 72°F 45°F ‑6°F   Minimum 59.1°F +1.0°F
3 75°F 42°F ‑8°F   Average 69.2°F +0.7°F
4 81°F 50°F 0°F   Degree Days Total *Departure
5 82°F 51°F +0°F   Heating 23 ‑24
6 80°F 53°F +0°F T Cooling 156 +4
7 83°F 46°F ‑2°F   Numberof Days: Total *Departure
8 80°F 53°F 0°F   Maximum ≥ 90°F 0 ‑1
9 77°F 56°F 0°F T Maximum ≤ 32°F 0 0
10 82°F 62°F +5°F T Minimum ≤ 32°F 0 0
11 78°F 68°F +6°F 0.06"  
12 72°F 63°F 0°F 0.17" Monthly Precipitation Summary
13 70°F 61°F ‑2°F 0.59" Precipitation Value *Departure
14 68°F 57°F ‑6°F   Monthly Total 5.42" +2.76"
15 78°F 56°F ‑1°F   Year-to-date Total 12.47" +0.55"
16 82°F 60°F +2°F 0.01" Days ≥ 0.01" 13 +6
17 76°F 68°F +3°F 0.60"  
18 78°F 66°F +3°F 1.17" Monthly Extremes
19 81°F 64°F +4°F T Extreme Value Date(s)
20 78°F 61°F 0°F 1.29" Highest Temperature 88°F 25th, 28th
21 78°F 61°F 0°F 0.24" Lowest Temperature 42°F 3rd
22 81°F 59°F 0°F   Max. 24-hour Precip. 1.60" 17th-18th
23 81°F 57°F ‑1°F   Maximum Wind Gust 56 mph 30th
24 77°F 59°F ‑3°F 0.03"  
25 88°F 67°F +6°F   Record Book for April
26 86°F 73°F +8°F   Highest Temperature 96°F 2011
27 85°F 63°F +3°F 0.57" Lowest Temperature 28°F 1973
28 88°F 64°F +4°F   Highest Minimum 76°F 2011
29 87°F 75°F +9°F 0.15" Lowest Maximum 42°F 1938
30 86°F 68°F +5°F 0.45" Wettest Month 12.50" 1957
  Driest Month Trace 2011
  Wettest 24 Hours 5.17" 1969
"T" indicates daily precipitation ≤ 0.005".
BOLDFACE indicates an extreme daily value for the month.
ITALICS indicates a daily record was set or tied.
*Departure from the 1981‑2010 normal.

*New Records Set

Day Parameter Value Old Record Year
26th Tied highest minimum temperature 73°F 73°F 1970
29th Tied highest minimum temperature 75°F 75°F 1970

*Near Records Set

Day Parameter Value Record Year
1st 2nd lowest maximum temperature 65°F 59°F 1915
*NOTE: Records from 1910 through July 1951 are based on observations taken at the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station main farm located 7 miles SW of College Station. Records from August 1951 through
the present are based on observations taken at Easterwood Field.

May Normals for College Station

Beginning of the month: 82°F/62°F Monthly precipitation: 4.33"
Middle of the month: 86°F/67°F Precipitation days: 8
End of the month: 89°F/70°F Days ≥ 90°F:  7
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