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College Station Monthly Summary: July 2010

July 2010 was not nearly as warm as July of last year, which was the hottest month ever recorded in the histories of both Easterwood Airport and the city of College Station. The temperature failed to reach 100°F during the entire month (compared to 23 days in July 29). Thought the mean average temperature for the month was slightly above normal, the average maximum temperature was 1.5°F below normal. However, the monthly average minimum temperature was nearly three degrees above average with four records for highest daily minimum were tied during the month. Low temperatures were consistently in the middle to upper 70s as a humid air mass was in place for most of the month. The abundance of moisture in the air did not translate into a great deal of precipitation, as only 1.23" fell during the month, about two-thirds of normal. However, College Station was an anomaly compared to most of Central and Southeast Texas, with most areas receiving well above normal precipitation. The 24-hour maximum occurred during the first two days of the month in association with the remnants of Hurricane Alex, which came onshore on the northern Mexico Gulf Coast. The rainfall deficit this month left the year-to-date precipitation deficit of 0.80".

  Daily Temperature Daily Precipitation Monthly Temperature Summary
Day Maximum Minimum *Departure Total Mean Value *Departure
1 86°F 76°F ‑3°F 0.16" Maximum 94.1°F ‑1.5°F
2 88°F 76°F ‑2°F 0.82" Minimum 76.5°F +2.9°F
3 87°F 77°F ‑2°F T Average 85.3°F +0.7°F
4 94°F 77°F +2°F T Degree Days Total *Departure
5 93°F 76°F +0°F   Heating 0 0
6 95°F 77°F +2°F   Cooling 636 +29
7 92°F 76°F 0°F T Numberof Days: Total *Departure
8 87°F 77°F ‑2°F 0.02" Maximum ≥ 90°F 27 0
9 93°F 77°F +1°F   Maximum ≤ 32°F 0 0
10 93°F 77°F +1°F   Minimum ≤ 32°F 0 0
11 93°F 76°F +0°F    
12 94°F 78°F +2°F   Monthly Precipitation Summary
13 95°F 79°F +2°F   Precipitation Value *Departure
14 97°F 78°F +2°F   Monthly Total 1.23" ‑0.69"
15 96°F 76°F +1°F   Year-to-date Total 21.70" ‑0.80"
16 97°F 77°F +2°F   Days ≥ 0.01" 6 +1
17 97°F 76°F +2°F    
18 95°F 76°F +0°F   Monthly Extremes
19 92°F 76°F ‑1°F T Extreme Value Date(s)
20 96°F 78°F +2°F   Highest Temperature 99°F 25th, 31st
21 96°F 76°F +1°F   Lowest Temperature 74°F 31st
22 97°F 78°F +2°F T Max. 24-hour Precip. 0.97" 1st-2nd
23 96°F 79°F +2°F   Maximum Wind Gust 45 mph 26th
24 94°F 76°F 0°F    
25 99°F 75°F +2°F   Record Book for July
26 97°F 76°F +2°F 0.01" Highest Temperature 110°F 1917
27 94°F 75°F 0°F 0.01" Lowest Temperature 58°F 1967
28 94°F 76°F 0°F 0.21" Highest Minimum 82°F 1998
29 95°F 75°F 0°F   Lowest Maximum 73°F 1929
30 97°F 76°F +2°F   Wettest Month 7.06" 1958
31 99°F 74°F +2°F   Driest Month Trace 2000
  Wettest 24 Hours 5.09" 1968
"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
12th Tied highest minimum temperature 78°F 78°F 1998
14th Tied highest minimum temperature 78°F 78°F 1925
20th Tied highest minimum temperature 78°F 78°F 1925
23rd Tied highest minimum temperature 79°F 79°F 1934

*Near Records Set

Day Parameter Value Record Year
3rd Tied 2nd highest minimum temperature 77°F 78°F 1972
4th Tied 4th highest minimum temperature 77°F 79°F 2009
6th Tied 3rd highest minimum temperature 77°F 80°F 2009
10th Tied 2nd highest minimum temperature 77°F 80°F 2009
13th Tied 2nd highest minimum temperature 79°F 80°F 1998
22nd Tied 3rd highest minimum temperature 78°F 79°F 1995
*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.


August Normals for College Station

Beginning of the month: 96°F/73°F Monthly precipitation: 2.63"
Middle of the month: 96°F/73°F Precipitation days: 6
End of the month: 94°F/71°F Days ≥ 90°F:  28
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