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College Station Monthly Summaries: May 2017

Monthly Summary for College Station

  Daily Temperature Daily Precipitation Monthly Temperature Summary
Day Maximum Minimum *Departure Total Mean Value *Departure
1 86°F 49°F ‑4°F   Maximum 85.5°F ‑0.3°F
2 89°F 57°F 0°F   Minimum 64.0°F ‑2.6°F
3 91°F 60°F +2°F 0.10" Average 74.7°F ‑1.5°F
4 75°F 55°F ‑8°F   Degree Days Total *Departure
5 80°F 51°F ‑8°F   Heating 0 ‑2
6 86°F 52°F ‑5°F   Cooling 309 ‑40
7 85°F 59°F ‑2°F   Numberof Days: Total *Departure
8 83°F 63°F ‑1°F   Maximum ≥ 90°F 7 0
9 82°F 64°F ‑2°F T Maximum ≤ 32°F 0 0
10 85°F 68°F +2°F   Minimum ≤ 32°F 0 0
11 86°F 70°F +3°F 0.86"  
12 83°F 62°F ‑2°F 0.20" Monthly Precipitation Summary
13 85°F 60°F ‑4°F   Precipitation Value *Departure
14 87°F 64°F 0°F   Monthly Total 4.91" +0.58"
15 89°F 63°F 0°F   Year-to-date Total 16.59" +0.34"
16 88°F 67°F +2°F   Days ≥ 0.01" 10 +2
17 80°F 72°F ‑1°F 0.06"  
18 91°F 76°F +6°F T Monthly Extremes
19 91°F 73°F +5°F   Extreme Value Date(s)
20 83°F 68°F ‑2°F 0.91" Highest Temperature 93°F 27th
21 80°F 66°F ‑5°F 0.10" Lowest Temperature 49°F 1st
22 73°F 61°F ‑11°F 2.20" Max. 24-hour Precip. 2.22" 21st-22nd
23 82°F 59°F ‑8°F 0.22" Maximum Wind Gust 40 mph 3rd
24 83°F 55°F ‑9°F    
25 90°F 62°F ‑2°F   Record Book for May
26 91°F 73°F +3°F   Highest Temperature 100°F 1998
27 93°F 77°F +6°F   Lowest Temperature 42°F 2013
28 92°F 70°F +2°F 0.21" Highest Minimum 82°F 1988
29 84°F 69°F ‑2°F T Lowest Maximum 62°F 1979
30 88°F 69°F ‑2°F   Wettest Month 14.70" 1929
31 88°F 71°F 0°F 0.05" Driest Month 0.11" 1998
  Wettest 24 Hours 7.91" 2016
"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
18th Highest minimum temperature 76°F 75°F 1927
22nd Most daily precipitation 2.20" 1.76" 1940
27th Tied highest minimum temperature 77°F 77°F 1924
*Near Records
Day Parameter Value Record Year
3rd Tied 4th highest maximum temperature 91°F 93°F 1920
19th Tied 4th highest minimum temperature 73°F 77°F 1960
22nd 2nd lowest maximum temperature 73°F 0°F 2016
24th Tied 2nd lowest minimum temperature 55°F 0°F 2016
*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
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