College Station Summary: March 2018

College Station Monthly Summaries: March 2018

	Daily Temperature			Daily Precipitation	Monthly Temperature Summary
Day	Maximum	Minimum	*Departure	Total	Mean	Value	*Departure
1	75°F	54°F	+6°F	0.05"	Maximum	76.1°F	+4.4°F
2	76°F	51°F	+6°F		Minimum	54.8°F	+3.8°F
3	75°F	52°F	+6°F		Average	65.5°F	+4.1°F
4	77°F	63°F	+11°F	0.06"	Degree Days	Total	*Departure
5	84°F	59°F	+12°F	0.07"	Heating	80	‑92
6	74°F	46°F	+1°F		Cooling	102	+43
7	65°F	44°F	‑4°F		Numberof Days:	Total	*Departure
8	68°F	46°F	‑3°F		Maximum ≥ 90°F	0	0
9	73°F	49°F	+1°F	T	Maximum ≤ 32°F	0	0
10	83°F	64°F	+14°F	T	Minimum ≤ 32°F	0	‑1
11	72°F	52°F	+2°F
12	65°F	43°F	‑6°F		Monthly Precipitation Summary
13	70°F	45°F	‑4°F		Precipitation	Value	*Departure
14	70°F	42°F	‑5°F		Monthly Total	6.16"	+2.99"
15	73°F	48°F	0°F	T	Year-to-date Total	9.08"	‑0.18"
16	85°F	64°F	+14°F	T	Days ≥ 0.01"	8	0
17	82°F	69°F	+14°F	T
18	81°F	63°F	+10°F	0.97"	Monthly Extremes
19	78°F	57°F	+6°F	0.02"	Extreme	Value	Date(s)
20	68°F	48°F	‑4°F		Highest Temperature	85°F	16th, 26th
21	74°F	42°F	‑5°F		Lowest Temperature	42°F	14th, 21st
22	78°F	50°F	+1°F		Max. 24-hour Precip.	4.70"	28th-29th
23	81°F	58°F	+6°F		Maximum Wind Gust	39 mph	1st
24	83°F	67°F	+12°F
25	81°F	68°F	+10°F	T	Record Book for March
26	85°F	67°F	+12°F		Highest Temperature	96°F	1946
27	84°F	64°F	+10°F	0.29"	Lowest Temperature	17°F	2002
28	67°F	60°F	0°F	4.52"	Highest Minimum	77°F	1921
29	78°F	57°F	+4°F	0.18"	Lowest Maximum	30°F	1932
30	74°F	54°F	‑1°F		Wettest Month	8.66"	2012
31	80°F	53°F	+2°F		Driest Month	0.29"	1971
					Wettest 24 Hours	*4.70"*	*2018*
"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

*New Records Set

Day	Parameter	Value	Old Record	Year
16th	Highest maximum temperature	85°F	84°F	1921
28th	**Most daily precipitation	4.52"	2.87"	2006
**Set record for the entire month.
*Near Records
Day	Parameter	Value	Record	Year
5th	Tied 4th highest maximum temperature	84°F	89°F	1991
17th	2nd highest minimum temperature	69°F	72°F	1982
25th	Tied 3rd highest minimum temperature	68°F	69°F	1929
*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

College Station Monthly Summaries: March 2018

New Records Set

April Normals for College Station

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