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College Station Monthly Summary: February 2006

This February saw the return of cold weather, and for that matter, precipitation to the Bryan/College Station area. The month started off with record setting rainfall, totaling 2.11" on the 1st, which was a daily record and represented 88 percent of the normal rainfall total for the month (2.38"). More rainfall and colder temperatures reached the Brazos Valley on the 10th. Average temperatures were 14°F below normal on the 11th and the lowest temperature of the month was set on the morning of the 12th at 26°F. In the three day period after the cold front, the 11th, 12th, and 13th, the average departure from normal was 11°F below normal. Temperatures increased on the 15th and 16th as an approaching front triggered warm south winds. The cold front brought very cold temperatures and winter precipitation along with it. Light snow was reported in College Station on the 18th. The 19th reported a high temperature of 36°F, which was a record low maximum for the day. The highest temperature of the month was recorded on the 16th at 79°F. Precipitation for the month was 1.32" above average, the first above average monthly rainfall total since August 2005. The rainfall was concentrated on three days, the 1st, 10th, and 25th, with those three days accounted for 96 percent of the month's total rainfall.

  Daily Temperature Daily Precipitation Monthly Temperature Summary
Day Maximum Minimum *Departure Total Mean Value *Departure
1 69°F 51°F +8°F 2.11" Maximum 64.0°F ‑1.5°F
2 72°F 52°F +10°F 0.01" Minimum 42.2°F ‑1.2°F
3 61°F 43°F 0°F   Average 53.1°F ‑1.4°F
4 67°F 34°F ‑2°F   Degree Days Total *Departure
5 77°F 41°F +7°F   Heating 335 +26
6 63°F 45°F +1°F   Cooling 7 ‑7
7 63°F 35°F ‑4°F   Numberof Days: Total *Departure
8 71°F 36°F +0°F   Maximum ≥ 90°F 0 0
9 68°F 40°F +1°F T Maximum ≤ 32°F 0 0
10 61°F 45°F 0°F 0.67" Minimum ≤ 32°F 4 ‑2
11 49°F 32°F ‑14°F    
12 64°F 26°F ‑9°F   Monthly Precipitation Summary
13 59°F 30°F ‑10°F   Precipitation Value *Departure
14 74°F 37°F +2°F   Monthly Total 3.70" +1.32"
15 74°F 54°F +9°F   Year-to-date Total 6.33" +0.63"
16 79°F 64°F +16°F   Days ≥ 0.01" 9 +1
17 68°F 42°F 0°F 0.06"  
18 42°F 33°F ‑18°F 0.03" Monthly Extremes
19 36°F 32°F ‑21°F T Extreme Value Date(s)
20 43°F 34°F ‑18°F 0.01" Highest Temperature 79°F 16th
21 56°F 42°F ‑7°F T Lowest Temperature 26°F 12th
22 71°F 50°F +4°F 0.02" Max. 24-hour Precip. 2.12" 1st-2nd
23 70°F 46°F +2°F   Maximum Wind Gust 37 mph 11th
24 60°F 49°F ‑2°F 0.01"  
25 59°F 51°F ‑2°F 0.78" Record Book for February
26 65°F 44°F ‑2°F   Highest Temperature 99°F 1996
27 72°F 41°F 0°F   Lowest Temperature 5°F 1951
28 78°F 52°F +7°F   Highest Minimum 70°F 1922
  Lowest Maximum 5°F 1951
  Wettest Month 9.82" 1992
  Driest Month 0.01" 1916
  Wettest 24 Hours 6.26" 2012
"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 1971‑2000 normal.


*New Records Set

Day Parameter Value Old Record Year
1st Tied most daily precipitation 2.11" 2.11" 2006

*Near Records Set

Day Parameter Value Record Year
16th Tied 3rd highest minimum temperature 64°F 67°F 1911
18th Tied 4th lowest maximum temperature 42°F 34°F 1979
19th Tied 2nd lowest maximum temperature 36°F 36°F 2006
20th Tied 4th lowest maximum temperature 43°F 34°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.


March Normals for College Station

Beginning of the month: 69°F/47°F Monthly precipitation: 2.84"
Middle of the month: 73°F/50°F Precipitation days: 7
End of the month: 76°F/54°F Days ≤ 32°F:  2
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