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College Station Monthly Summaries: March 2018

 

  Daily Temperature Daily Precipitation Monthly Temperature Summary
Day Maximum Minimum *Departure Total Mean Value *Departure
1 75°F 54°F +6°F 0.05" Maximum 76.1°F +4.4°F
2 76°F 51°F +6°F   Minimum 54.8°F +3.8°F
3 75°F 52°F +6°F   Average 65.5°F +4.1°F
4 77°F 63°F +11°F 0.06" Degree Days Total *Departure
5 84°F 59°F +12°F 0.07" Heating 80 ‑92
6 74°F 46°F +1°F   Cooling 102 +43
7 65°F 44°F ‑4°F   Numberof Days: Total *Departure
8 68°F 46°F ‑3°F   Maximum ≥ 90°F 0 0
9 73°F 49°F +1°F T Maximum ≤ 32°F 0 0
10 83°F 64°F +14°F T Minimum ≤ 32°F 0 ‑1
11 72°F 52°F +2°F    
12 65°F 43°F ‑6°F   Monthly Precipitation Summary
13 70°F 45°F ‑4°F   Precipitation Value *Departure
14 70°F 42°F ‑5°F   Monthly Total 6.16" +2.99"
15 73°F 48°F 0°F T Year-to-date Total 9.08" ‑0.18"
16 85°F 64°F +14°F T Days ≥ 0.01" 8 0
17 82°F 69°F +14°F T  
18 81°F 63°F +10°F 0.97" Monthly Extremes
19 78°F 57°F +6°F 0.02" Extreme Value Date(s)
20 68°F 48°F ‑4°F   Highest Temperature 85°F 16th, 26th
21 74°F 42°F ‑5°F   Lowest Temperature 42°F 14th, 21st
22 78°F 50°F +1°F   Max. 24-hour Precip. 4.70" 28th-29th
23 81°F 58°F +6°F   Maximum Wind Gust 39 mph 1st
24 83°F 67°F +12°F    
25 81°F 68°F +10°F T Record Book for March
26 85°F 67°F +12°F   Highest Temperature 96°F 1946
27 84°F 64°F +10°F 0.29" Lowest Temperature 17°F 2002
28 67°F 60°F 0°F 4.52" Highest Minimum 77°F 1921
29 78°F 57°F +4°F 0.18" Lowest Maximum 30°F 1932
30 74°F 54°F ‑1°F   Wettest Month 8.66" 2012
31 80°F 53°F +2°F   Driest Month 0.29" 1971
  Wettest 24 Hours 4.70" 2018
"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

*New Records Set
Day Parameter Value Old Record Year
16th Highest maximum temperature 85°F 84°F 1921
28th **Most daily precipitation 4.52" 2.87" 2006
**Set record for the entire month.
*Near Records
Day Parameter Value Record Year
5th Tied 4th highest maximum temperature 84°F 89°F 1991
17th 2nd highest minimum temperature 69°F 72°F 1982
25th Tied 3rd highest minimum temperature 68°F 69°F 1929
*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.


April Normals for College Station

Beginning of the month: 75°F/55°F Monthly precipitation: 2.66"
Middle of the month: 79°F/58°F Precipitation days: 7
End of the month: 82°F/62°F Days ≥ 90°F:  1
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