College Station Monthly Summary: May 2013
This was a cool and wet month for College Station with over 1.5 times normal precipitation falling and temperatures slightly cooler than normal. The majority of the rain that fell came during an event from May 9th to the 10th when a low pressure system centered near Corpus Christi slowly moved off to the east drawing up plenty of moisture into the area while divergence aloft set the stage for impressive rainfall amounts across the Brazos Valley. Record or near record low temperatures were recorded at the beginning of the month when the jet stream arcing into Canada shot down extremely cold air into the area breaking a standing 50 year record low. With the excess of precipitation for the month, Brazos County was downgraded from Severe to Moderate drought from the beginning to the end of the month.
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Daily Temperature |
Daily Precipitation |
Monthly Temperature Summary |
| Day |
Maximum |
Minimum |
*Departure |
Total |
Mean |
Value |
*Departure |
| 1 |
86°F |
66°F |
+4°F |
|
Maximum |
85.3°F |
‑0.5°F |
| 2 |
72°F |
47°F |
‑14°F |
T |
Minimum |
64.4°F |
‑2.2°F |
| 3 |
69°F |
43°F |
‑17°F |
|
Average |
74.8°F |
‑1.4°F |
| 4 |
82°F |
42°F |
‑11°F |
|
Degree Days |
Total |
*Departure |
| 5 |
73°F |
46°F |
‑14°F |
|
Heating |
24 |
+22 |
| 6 |
78°F |
48°F |
‑11°F |
|
Cooling |
337 |
‑12 |
| 7 |
86°F |
54°F |
‑4°F |
|
Numberof Days: |
Total |
*Departure |
| 8 |
87°F |
62°F |
+0°F |
|
Maximum ≥ 90°F |
9 |
+2 |
| 9 |
80°F |
66°F |
‑2°F |
3.28" |
Maximum ≤ 32°F |
0 |
0 |
| 10 |
84°F |
67°F |
+0°F |
1.15" |
Minimum ≤ 32°F |
0 |
0 |
| 11 |
83°F |
64°F |
‑2°F |
|
|
| 12 |
81°F |
59°F |
‑5°F |
|
Monthly Precipitation Summary |
| 13 |
84°F |
53°F |
‑8°F |
|
Precipitation |
Value |
*Departure |
| 14 |
85°F |
61°F |
‑3°F |
|
Monthly Total |
6.73" |
+2.40" |
| 15 |
79°F |
68°F |
‑2°F |
0.51" |
Year-to-date Total |
16.27" |
+0.02" |
| 16 |
86°F |
64°F |
‑1°F |
0.61" |
Days ≥ 0.01" |
6 |
‑2 |
| 17 |
91°F |
73°F |
+5°F |
|
|
| 18 |
93°F |
73°F |
+6°F |
|
Monthly Extremes |
| 19 |
91°F |
73°F |
+5°F |
|
Extreme |
Value |
Date(s) |
| 20 |
91°F |
74°F |
+6°F |
|
Highest Temperature |
94°F |
31st |
| 21 |
89°F |
66°F |
0°F |
1.13" |
Lowest Temperature |
42°F |
4th |
| 22 |
88°F |
63°F |
‑2°F |
|
Max. 24-hour Precip. |
3.41" |
9th-10th |
| 23 |
90°F |
74°F |
+4°F |
|
Maximum Wind Gust |
43 mph |
29th |
| 24 |
88°F |
73°F |
+2°F |
|
|
| 25 |
83°F |
72°F |
0°F |
T |
Record Book for May |
| 26 |
89°F |
74°F |
+2°F |
T |
Highest Temperature |
100°F |
1998 |
| 27 |
91°F |
72°F |
+2°F |
|
Lowest Temperature |
42°F |
2013 |
| 28 |
91°F |
73°F |
+3°F |
|
Highest Minimum |
82°F |
1988 |
| 29 |
87°F |
74°F |
+2°F |
0.05" |
Lowest Maximum |
62°F |
1979 |
| 30 |
92°F |
76°F |
+4°F |
T |
Wettest Month |
14.70" |
1929 |
| 31 |
94°F |
77°F |
+6°F |
|
Driest Month |
0.11" |
1998 |
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Wettest 24 Hours |
6.23" |
1983 |
"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 |
| 3rd |
Tied lowest minimum temperature |
43°F |
43°F |
2013 |
| 4th |
**Tied lowest minimum temperature |
42°F |
42°F |
1954 |
| 5th |
Tied lowest minimum temperature |
46°F |
46°F |
1944 |
| 6th |
Tied lowest minimum temperature |
48°F |
48°F |
1917 |
| 9th |
Tied most daily precipitation |
3.28" |
3.28" |
2013 |
| 31st |
Tied highest minimum temperature |
77°F |
77°F |
1927 |
| **Set record for the entire month. |
*Near Records Set
| Day |
Parameter |
Value |
Record |
Year |
| 2nd |
Tied 2nd lowest minimum temperature |
47°F |
46°F |
1929 |
| 13th |
Tied 4th lowest minimum temperature |
53°F |
49°F |
1960 |
| 18th |
Tied 3rd highest maximum temperature |
93°F |
96°F |
1925 |
| 19th |
Tied 4th highest minimum temperature |
73°F |
77°F |
1960 |
*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. |
June Normals for College Station
| Beginning of the month: |
89°F/70°F |
Monthly precipitation: |
4.45" |
| Middle of the month: |
92°F/73°F |
Precipitation days: |
9 |
| End of the month: |
93°F/74°F |
Days ≥ 90°F: |
21 |
