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College Station Monthly Summary: January 2017

  Daily Temperature Daily Precipitation Monthly Temperature Summary
Day Maximum Minimum *Departure Total Mean Value *Departure
1 70°F 56°F +12°F   Maximum 66.9°F +5.9°F
2 74°F 50°F +11°F 0.51" Minimum 46.9°F +5.7°F
3 74°F 42°F +7°F   Average 56.9°F +5.8°F
4 47°F 37°F ‑9°F   Degree Days Total *Departure
5 64°F 37°F 0°F   Heating 278 ‑164
6 37°F 23°F ‑21°F T Cooling 35 +24
7 42°F 17°F ‑22°F   Numberof Days: Total *Departure
8 51°F 22°F ‑14°F   Maximum ≥ 90°F 0 0
9 70°F 41°F +4°F   Maximum ≤ 32°F 0 0
10 79°F 60°F +18°F   Minimum ≤ 32°F 3 ‑2
11 79°F 65°F +21°F    
12 81°F 68°F +24°F   Monthly Precipitation Summary
13 82°F 67°F +24°F 0.01" Precipitation Value *Departure
14 71°F 54°F +12°F 0.01" Monthly Total 3.74" +0.50"
15 71°F 53°F +11°F 0.26" Year-to-date Total 3.74" +0.50"
16 73°F 59°F +15°F 1.21" Days ≥ 0.01" 10 +2
17 59°F 53°F +5°F 0.64"  
18 54°F 51°F +2°F 1.04" Monthly Extremes
19 61°F 52°F +6°F 0.04" Extreme Value Date(s)
20 71°F 58°F +14°F   Highest Temperature 82°F 13th
21 77°F 57°F +16°F 0.01" Lowest Temperature 17°F 7th
22 67°F 51°F +8°F T Max. 24-hour Precip. 1.26" 17th-18th
23 71°F 44°F +6°F   Maximum Wind Gust 48 mph 22nd
24 80°F 50°F +14°F    
25 70°F 48°F +7°F 0.01" Record Book for January
26 60°F 40°F ‑2°F   Highest Temperature 86°F 1972
27 57°F 40°F ‑4°F T Lowest Temperature ‑3°F 1949
28 61°F 40°F ‑2°F   Highest Minimum 70°F 1950
29 68°F 33°F ‑2°F   Lowest Maximum 19°F 1962
30 78°F 39°F +6°F   Wettest Month 15.60" 1991
31 76°F 46°F +9°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
12th Highest minimum temperature 68°F 66°F 1911
12th Highest maximum temperature 81°F 80°F 2000
13th Tied highest minimum temperature 67°F 67°F 1950
13th Highest maximum temperature 82°F 79°F 1952

*Near Records Set

Day Parameter Value Record Year
6th 4th lowest minimum temperature 23°F 21°F 1970
7th 4th lowest minimum temperature 17°F 15°F 1912
10th Tied 2nd highest maximum temperature 79°F 81°F 1963
10th Tied 3rd highest minimum temperature 60°F 66°F 2005
11th Tied 3rd highest minimum temperature 65°F 67°F 1916
11th Tied 4th highest maximum temperature 79°F 81°F 1911
24th 4th highest maximum temperature 80°F 84°F 1943
*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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