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College Station Monthly Summary: December 2015

  Daily Temperature Daily Precipitation Monthly Temperature Summary
Day Maximum Minimum *Departure Total Mean Value *Departure
1 59°F 49°F ‑1°F   Maximum 68.1°F +5.8°F
2 66°F 42°F ‑1°F   Minimum 47.2°F +5.0°F
3 63°F 39°F ‑4°F   Average 57.6°F +5.4°F
4 62°F 40°F ‑3°F   Degree Days Total *Departure
5 65°F 38°F ‑2°F   Heating 255 ‑156
6 69°F 42°F +2°F   Cooling 36 +20
7 68°F 43°F +2°F   Numberof Days: Total *Departure
8 73°F 44°F +6°F   Maximum ≥ 90°F 0 0
9 75°F 49°F +9°F   Maximum ≤ 32°F 0 0
10 78°F 56°F +14°F   Minimum ≤ 32°F 0 ‑5
11 80°F 64°F +19°F    
12 75°F 70°F +20°F 3.43" Monthly Precipitation Summary
13 75°F 49°F +10°F 1.69" Precipitation Value *Departure
14 71°F 44°F +6°F   Monthly Total 8.08" +4.85"
15 72°F 51°F +10°F T Year-to-date Total 58.31" +18.25"
16 67°F 43°F +3°F 0.01" Days ≥ 0.01" 8 ‑1
17 61°F 38°F ‑2°F    
18 57°F 34°F ‑6°F   Monthly Extremes
19 64°F 39°F 0°F   Extreme Value Date(s)
20 67°F 46°F +6°F T Highest Temperature 80°F 11th, 23rd
21 75°F 54°F +14°F   Lowest Temperature 34°F 18th
22 77°F 48°F +12°F   Max. 24-hour Precip. 5.11" 12th-13th
23 80°F 58°F +18°F   Maximum Wind Gust 44 mph 12th
24 76°F 52°F +13°F    
25 78°F 60°F +18°F   Record Book for December
26 78°F 73°F +24°F 0.09" Highest Temperature 89°F 1922
27 75°F 42°F +8°F 2.77" Lowest Temperature 2°F 1989
28 44°F 37°F ‑10°F 0.01" Highest Minimum 74°F 1982
29 53°F 36°F ‑6°F T Lowest Maximum 23°F 1990
30 54°F 43°F ‑2°F 0.07" Wettest Month 12.66" 1913
31 54°F 40°F ‑4°F 0.01" Driest Month 0.00" 1947
  Wettest 24 Hours 7.54" 1913
"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
12th Tied highest minimum temperature 70°F 70°F 1927
12th Most daily precipitation 3.43" 2.16" 1928
26th Highest minimum temperature 73°F 70°F 2008
27th Most daily precipitation 2.77" 2.05" 1927

*Near Records Set

Day Parameter Value Record Year
23rd Tied 3rd highest maximum temperature 80°F 82°F 1917
25th 3rd highest minimum temperature 60°F 62°F 1942
26th Tied 3rd highest maximum temperature 78°F 80°F 1916
*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.

January Normals for College Station

Beginning of the month: 62°F/42°F Monthly precipitation: 3.24"
Middle of the month: 61°F/41°F Precipitation days: 8
End of the month: 63°F/43°F Days ≤ 32°F:  5
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