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College Station Monthly Summary: January 2016

  Daily Temperature Daily Precipitation Monthly Temperature Summary
Day Maximum Minimum *Departure Total Mean Value *Departure
1 49°F 44°F ‑4°F T Maximum 61.6°F +0.6°F
2 50°F 44°F ‑4°F 0.01" Minimum 40.2°F ‑1.0°F
3 61°F 42°F +0°F T Average 50.9°F ‑0.2°F
4 59°F 34°F ‑4°F   Degree Days Total *Departure
5 56°F 35°F ‑6°F   Heating 431 ‑11
6 58°F 44°F 0°F 0.93" Cooling 4 ‑7
7 61°F 49°F +4°F 0.03" Numberof Days: Total *Departure
8 61°F 47°F +3°F 0.07" Maximum ≥ 90°F 0 0
9 58°F 41°F ‑2°F 0.18" Maximum ≤ 32°F 0 0
10 49°F 32°F ‑10°F   Minimum ≤ 32°F 5 0
11 55°F 32°F ‑8°F    
12 64°F 33°F ‑2°F   Monthly Precipitation Summary
13 64°F 37°F 0°F   Precipitation Value *Departure
14 68°F 43°F +4°F   Monthly Total 1.30" ‑1.94"
15 68°F 45°F +6°F   Year-to-date Total 1.30" ‑1.94"
16 55°F 41°F ‑3°F 0.05" Days ≥ 0.01" 8 0
17 57°F 30°F ‑8°F    
18 59°F 34°F ‑4°F   Monthly Extremes
19 69°F 42°F +4°F T Extreme Value Date(s)
20 59°F 43°F 0°F 0.02" Highest Temperature 80°F 31st
21 66°F 41°F +2°F 0.01" Lowest Temperature 29°F 28th
22 51°F 37°F ‑7°F   Max. 24-hour Precip. 0.96" 6th-7th
23 54°F 30°F ‑9°F   Maximum Wind Gust 40 mph 9th
24 68°F 35°F +0°F    
25 74°F 56°F +13°F   Record Book for January
26 59°F 43°F ‑1°F T Highest Temperature 86°F 1972
27 59°F 34°F ‑6°F   Lowest Temperature ‑3°F 1949
28 68°F 29°F ‑4°F   Highest Minimum 70°F 1950
29 76°F 39°F +6°F   Lowest Maximum 19°F 1962
30 76°F 51°F +12°F   Wettest Month 15.60" 1991
31 80°F 58°F +17°F   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 1981‑2010 normal.

*New Records Set

Day Parameter Value Old Record Year
No new records were set or tied in January 2016.

*Near Records Set

Day Parameter Value Record Year
31st Tied 2nd highest maximum temperature 80°F 84°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: 63°F/43°F Monthly precipitation: 2.85"
Middle of the month: 65°F/44°F Precipitation days: 8
End of the month: 68°F/48°F Days ≤ 32°F:  3
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