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College Station Monthly Summaries: December 2017

Monthly Summary for College Station

  Daily Temperature Daily Precipitation Monthly Temperature Summary
Day Maximum Minimum *Departure Total Mean Value *Departure
1 76°F 49°F +8°F   Maximum 61.5°F ‑0.8°F
2 77°F 50°F +8°F   Minimum 41.9°F ‑0.3°F
3 75°F 55°F +10°F 0.12" Average 51.7°F ‑0.5°F
4 81°F 65°F +19°F 0.02" Degree Days Total *Departure
5 71°F 47°F +5°F 0.10" Heating 418 +7
6 47°F 40°F ‑10°F 0.84" Cooling 13 ‑3
7 48°F 32°F ‑14°F 0.45" Numberof Days: Total *Departure
8 48°F 32°F ‑13°F   Maximum ≥ 90°F 0 0
9 64°F 31°F ‑6°F   Maximum ≤ 32°F 0 0
10 66°F 33°F ‑4°F   Minimum ≤ 32°F 6 +1
11 74°F 35°F +2°F    
12 62°F 37°F ‑4°F   Monthly Precipitation Summary
13 60°F 32°F ‑6°F   Precipitation Value *Departure
14 64°F 44°F +2°F   Monthly Total 3.50" +0.27"
15 60°F 41°F ‑2°F   Year-to-date Total 52.17" +12.11"
16 54°F 38°F ‑6°F 1.06" Days ≥ 0.01" 11 +2
17 52°F 42°F ‑5°F    
18 64°F 51°F +6°F T Monthly Extremes
19 77°F 62°F +18°F 0.70" Extreme Value Date(s)
20 71°F 51°F +10°F   Highest Temperature 81°F 4th
21 78°F 48°F +12°F T Lowest Temperature 30°F 31st
22 75°F 41°F +7°F 0.10" Max. 24-hour Precip. 1.06" 16th
23 54°F 37°F ‑6°F   Maximum Wind Gust 33 mph 24th
24 60°F 36°F ‑3°F    
25 54°F 32°F ‑8°F   Record Book for December
26 50°F 42°F ‑5°F 0.09" Highest Temperature 89°F 1922
27 43°F 39°F ‑10°F 0.01" Lowest Temperature 2°F 1989
28 46°F 39°F ‑8°F   Highest Minimum 74°F 1982
29 50°F 41°F ‑6°F   Lowest Maximum 23°F 1990
30 59°F 47°F +2°F 0.01" Wettest Month 12.66" 1913
31 47°F 30°F ‑12°F T 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

*New Records Set
Day Parameter Value Old Record Year
No new records were set or tied in December 2017.
*Near Records
Day Parameter Value Record Year
19th 3rd highest minimum temperature 62°F 66°F 2008
19th Tied 4th highest maximum temperature 77°F 82°F 2012
21st 4th highest maximum temperature 78°F 84°F 2010
*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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