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College Station Monthly Summary: March 2012

March was very warm in College Station with average temperatures nearly 6 degrees above normal, while several daily temperature records were approaced in the unseasonable heat. March 2012 will also go into the record books as the wettest March on record with 6.66” of rain recorded. Half of this rain came on two dates, the first on the 20th when a slow moving lower level system rolled across the state breaking the daily precipitation record for the month of March. This same system caused flooding all across the state, while in northern Brazos County the Navasota River crested two feet below major flood stage. The second event occurred on the 28th where 2.17” fell in College Station. For the first time since October 2010 Brazos County dropped completely out of any form of drought according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

  Daily Temperature Daily Precipitation Monthly Temperature Summary
Day Maximum Minimum *Departure Total Mean Value *Departure
1 76°F 65°F +12°F   Maximum 76.2°F +4.5°F
2 83°F 60°F +14°F   Minimum 58.1°F +7.1°F
3 66°F 45°F ‑2°F 0.01" Average 67.1°F +5.7°F
4 73°F 38°F ‑4°F   Degree Days Total *Departure
5 77°F 45°F +2°F   Heating 61 ‑111
6 75°F 52°F +4°F   Cooling 139 +80
7 75°F 64°F +10°F 0.03" Numberof Days: Total *Departure
8 74°F 51°F +2°F 0.28" Maximum ≥ 90°F 0 0
9 54°F 46°F ‑10°F 0.88" Maximum ≤ 32°F 0 0
10 56°F 47°F ‑8°F 1.74" Minimum ≤ 32°F 0 ‑1
11 65°F 54°F 0°F 1.07"  
12 75°F 58°F +6°F   Monthly Precipitation Summary
13 80°F 65°F +12°F   Precipitation Value *Departure
14 81°F 66°F +12°F   Monthly Total 8.66" +5.49"
15 81°F 68°F +14°F   Year-to-date Total 20.74" +11.48"
16 79°F 68°F +12°F T Days ≥ 0.01" 9 +1
17 81°F 67°F +12°F    
18 79°F 68°F +12°F T Monthly Extremes
19 81°F 70°F +14°F T Extreme Value Date(s)
20 72°F 56°F +2°F 2.38" Highest Temperature 85°F 25th, 31st
21 71°F 54°F 0°F T Lowest Temperature 38°F 4th
22 81°F 51°F +3°F   Max. 24-hour Precip. 2.43" 10th-11th
23 79°F 50°F +2°F   Maximum Wind Gust 46 mph 19th
24 81°F 56°F +6°F    
25 85°F 58°F +8°F   Record Book for March
26 83°F 58°F +6°F   Highest Temperature 96°F 1946
27 81°F 59°F +6°F   Lowest Temperature 17°F 2002
28 77°F 62°F +6°F 2.17" Highest Minimum 77°F 1921
29 74°F 67°F +6°F 0.10" Lowest Maximum 30°F 1932
30 81°F 67°F +9°F   Wettest Month 8.66" 2012
31 85°F 67°F +11°F   Driest Month 0.29" 1971
  Wettest 24 Hours 4.20" 1980
"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
10th Tied most daily precipitation 1.74" 1.74" 2012
19th Tied highest minimum temperature 70°F 70°F 1982
20th Tied most daily precipitation 2.38" 2.38" 2012

*Near Records Set

Day Parameter Value Record Year
1st Tied 3rd highest minimum temperature 65°F 67°F 1997
2nd Tied 4th highest maximum temperature 83°F 86°F 1956
15th Tied 2nd highest minimum temperature 68°F 70°F 1982
16th Tied 2nd highest minimum temperature 68°F 69°F 1921
17th Tied 4th highest minimum temperature 67°F 72°F 1982
18th Tied 3rd highest minimum temperature 68°F 69°F 1920
*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.


April Normals for College Station

Beginning of the month: 75°F/55°F Monthly precipitation: 2.66"
Middle of the month: 79°F/58°F Precipitation days: 7
End of the month: 82°F/62°F Days ≥ 90°F:  1
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