College Station Monthly Summary: January 1998
Positive anomalies of both temperature and precipitation the Brazos Valley greeted in the new year. With a mean monthly temperature of 55.6°F, 1998 boasted the third warmest January on record at Easterwood Field. The mean daily temperature dropped below its daily normal temperature on only five days throughout the month. There were actually five days on which the daily minimum temperature surpassed the daily normal maximum temperature. Interestingly enough however, despite the warmer than normal temperatures, the total for cooling degree days during the month was just 12 (only one above normal). Severe weather blew through East Texas on the 21st as extremely intense thunderstorms spawned seven different confirmed tornadoes in Southeast Texas. While observations at Easterwood reported 0.69" of rain during the evening, baseball-sized hail was reported in Lyons (Burleson County), 0.88 inches" diameter hail between Millican and Wellborn (Brazos County), and tornadoes in Lee, Bastrop, Leon, Grimes and Madison Counties.
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Daily Temperature |
Daily Precipitation |
Monthly Temperature Summary |
| Day |
Maximum |
Minimum |
*Departure |
Total |
Mean |
Value |
*Departure |
| 1 |
66°F |
35°F |
+2°F |
0.01" |
Maximum |
65.9°F |
+7.5°F |
| 2 |
71°F |
58°F |
+16°F |
0.07" |
Minimum |
45.4°F |
+6.7°F |
| 3 |
73°F |
58°F |
+16°F |
0.01" |
Average |
55.6°F |
+7.1°F |
| 4 |
75°F |
64°F |
+20°F |
0.01" |
Degree Days |
Total |
*Departure |
| 5 |
75°F |
65°F |
+22°F |
0.04" |
Heating |
294 |
‑228 |
| 6 |
69°F |
60°F |
+16°F |
2.54" |
Cooling |
12 |
+1 |
| 7 |
60°F |
42°F |
+3°F |
0.04" |
Numberof Days: |
Total |
*Departure |
| 8 |
60°F |
36°F |
0°F |
T |
Maximum ≥ 90°F |
0 |
0 |
| 9 |
67°F |
32°F |
+2°F |
|
Maximum ≤ 32°F |
0 |
‑1 |
| 10 |
61°F |
49°F |
+7°F |
|
Minimum ≤ 32°F |
2 |
‑9 |
| 11 |
70°F |
50°F |
+12°F |
0.20" |
|
| 12 |
73°F |
58°F |
+18°F |
0.01" |
Monthly Precipitation Summary |
| 13 |
62°F |
44°F |
+5°F |
|
Precipitation |
Value |
*Departure |
| 14 |
51°F |
44°F |
0°F |
0.10" |
Monthly Total |
3.81" |
+1.16" |
| 15 |
57°F |
37°F |
‑1°F |
|
Year-to-date Total |
3.81" |
+1.16" |
| 16 |
70°F |
37°F |
+6°F |
|
Days ≥ 0.01" |
14 |
+5 |
| 17 |
65°F |
39°F |
+4°F |
|
|
| 18 |
72°F |
51°F |
+14°F |
0.01" |
Monthly Extremes |
| 19 |
59°F |
37°F |
0°F |
|
Extreme |
Value |
Date(s) |
| 20 |
68°F |
45°F |
+8°F |
|
Highest Temperature |
76°F |
21st |
| 21 |
76°F |
53°F |
+16°F |
0.69" |
Lowest Temperature |
31°F |
24th |
| 22 |
53°F |
40°F |
‑2°F |
|
Max. 24-hour Precip. |
2.57" |
7th |
| 23 |
58°F |
33°F |
‑4°F |
|
Maximum Wind Gust |
34 mph |
6th |
| 24 |
58°F |
31°F |
‑4°F |
|
|
| 25 |
62°F |
37°F |
+0°F |
T |
Record Book for January |
| 26 |
66°F |
45°F |
+6°F |
0.01" |
Highest Temperature |
86°F |
1972 |
| 27 |
64°F |
34°F |
0°F |
|
Lowest Temperature |
‑3°F |
1949 |
| 28 |
70°F |
40°F |
+6°F |
|
Highest Minimum |
70°F |
1950 |
| 29 |
73°F |
45°F |
+10°F |
|
Lowest Maximum |
19°F |
1962 |
| 30 |
74°F |
52°F |
+14°F |
|
Wettest Month |
15.60" |
1991 |
| 31 |
65°F |
55°F |
+10°F |
0.07" |
Driest Month |
0.00" |
1910 |
| |
Wettest 24 Hours |
7.13" |
1896 |
"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 1961‑1990 normal. |
*New Records Set
| Day |
Parameter |
Value |
Old Record |
Year |
| 5th |
Tied highest minimum temperature |
65°F |
65°F |
1998 |
| 6th |
Tied highest minimum temperature |
60°F |
60°F |
1965 |
| 6th |
Tied most daily precipitation |
2.54" |
2.54" |
1998 |
*Near Records Set
| Day |
Parameter |
Value |
Record |
Year |
| 4th |
Tied 2nd highest minimum temperature |
64°F |
68°F |
1917 |
| 12th |
Tied 4th highest minimum temperature |
58°F |
66°F |
1911 |
*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. |
February Normals for College Station
| Beginning of the month: |
61°F/40°F |
Monthly precipitation: |
2.62" |
| Middle of the month: |
63°F/42°F |
Precipitation days: |
8 |
| End of the month: |
67°F/46°F |
Days ≤ 32°F: |
6 |
