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College Station Monthly Summary: August 2015

  Daily Temperature Daily Precipitation Monthly Temperature Summary
Day Maximum Minimum *Departure Total Mean Value *Departure
1 99°F 74°F +0°F   Maximum 97.1°F +0.9°F
2 100°F 72°F 0°F   Minimum 74.7°F +0.2°F
3 98°F 74°F 0°F   Average 85.9°F +0.6°F
4 97°F 75°F 0°F   Degree Days Total *Departure
5 99°F 77°F +2°F   Heating 0 0
6 100°F 78°F +3°F   Cooling 654 +23
7 99°F 78°F +2°F   Numberof Days: Total *Departure
8 100°F 76°F +2°F   Maximum ≥ 90°F 30 +2
9 101°F 75°F +2°F   Maximum ≤ 32°F 0 0
10 104°F 76°F +4°F   Minimum ≤ 32°F 0 0
11 106°F 76°F +5°F 0.01"  
12 104°F 76°F +4°F T Monthly Precipitation Summary
13 101°F 79°F +4°F   Precipitation Value *Departure
14 100°F 78°F +3°F   Monthly Total 1.36" ‑1.32"
15 100°F 76°F +2°F   Year-to-date Total 34.65" +9.13"
16 96°F 75°F 0°F 0.02" Days ≥ 0.01" 6 0
17 94°F 73°F ‑2°F 0.01"  
18 99°F 75°F +1°F   Monthly Extremes
19 99°F 77°F +2°F   Extreme Value Date(s)
20 82°F 73°F ‑8°F 0.13" Highest Temperature 106°F 11th
21 90°F 73°F ‑4°F 0.03" Lowest Temperature 70°F 27th, 28th
22 98°F 76°F +2°F   Max. 24-hour Precip. 1.16" 25th
23 99°F 77°F +3°F   Maximum Wind Gust 68 mph 25th
24 99°F 76°F +2°F    
25 96°F 73°F 0°F 1.16" Record Book for August
26 93°F 72°F ‑2°F   Highest Temperature 109°F 2011
27 92°F 70°F ‑4°F   Lowest Temperature 58°F 1940
28 93°F 70°F ‑4°F   Highest Minimum 82°F 1915
29 91°F 71°F ‑3°F   Lowest Maximum 74°F 1945
30 90°F 74°F ‑2°F   Wettest Month 11.25" 1915
31 91°F 72°F ‑2°F   Driest Month 0.00" 1947
  Wettest 24 Hours 6.19" 1915
"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
11th Tied highest maximum temperature 106°F 106°F 1936

*Near Records Set

Day Parameter Value Record Year
6th Tied 2nd highest minimum temperature 78°F 80°F 1951
7th Tied 4th highest minimum temperature 78°F 80°F 2011
10th Tied 3rd highest maximum temperature 104°F 107°F 1962
12th Tied 2nd highest maximum temperature 104°F 105°F 2000
13th Tied 2nd highest minimum temperature 79°F 80°F 2011
20th 4th lowest maximum temperature 82°F 80°F 1953
*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.


September Normals for College Station

Beginning of the month: 93°F/72°F Monthly precipitation: 3.18"
Middle of the month: 90°F/69°F Precipitation days: 7
End of the month: 86°F/65°F Days ≥ 90°F:  18
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