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College Station Monthly Summary: May 2015

  Daily Temperature Daily Precipitation Monthly Temperature Summary
Day Maximum Minimum *Departure Total Mean Value *Departure
1 83°F 57°F ‑2°F   Maximum 83.6°F ‑2.2°F
2 82°F 58°F ‑3°F   Minimum 67.5°F +0.9°F
3 83°F 58°F ‑2°F   Average 75.5°F ‑0.7°F
4 84°F 63°F +0°F   Degree Days Total *Departure
5 85°F 63°F +1°F 0.03" Heating 0 ‑2
6 85°F 66°F +2°F 1.95" Cooling 332 ‑17
7 86°F 72°F +5°F   Numberof Days: Total *Departure
8 84°F 74°F +5°F 0.01" Maximum ≥ 90°F 0 ‑7
9 88°F 74°F +6°F 0.03" Maximum ≤ 32°F 0 0
10 88°F 76°F +7°F T Minimum ≤ 32°F 0 0
11 78°F 67°F ‑2°F 0.82"  
12 72°F 67°F ‑6°F 0.32" Monthly Precipitation Summary
13 75°F 67°F ‑5°F 0.30" Precipitation Value *Departure
14 84°F 68°F 0°F 0.69" Monthly Total 9.73" +5.40"
15 77°F 69°F ‑3°F 0.33" Year-to-date Total 27.77" +11.52"
16 88°F 68°F +2°F T Days ≥ 0.01" 17 +9
17 78°F 70°F ‑3°F 0.77"  
18 86°F 71°F +2°F 0.18" Monthly Extremes
19 87°F 73°F +3°F 0.01" Extreme Value Date(s)
20 89°F 73°F +4°F   Highest Temperature 89°F 20th, 30th
21 77°F 65°F ‑7°F   Lowest Temperature 57°F 1st
22 80°F 65°F ‑6°F T Max. 24-hour Precip. 2.32" 25th
23 87°F 67°F ‑1°F 0.12" Maximum Wind Gust 41 mph 14th
24 81°F 67°F ‑4°F 0.74"  
25 85°F 66°F ‑2°F 2.31" Record Book for May
26 87°F 66°F ‑2°F   Highest Temperature 100°F 1998
27 86°F 65°F ‑4°F 0.55" Lowest Temperature 42°F 2013
28 87°F 71°F 0°F T Highest Minimum 82°F 1988
29 87°F 67°F ‑2°F 0.57" Lowest Maximum 62°F 1979
30 89°F 71°F 0°F   Wettest Month 14.70" 1929
31 84°F 67°F ‑4°F   Driest Month 0.11" 1998
  Wettest 24 Hours 6.23" 1983
"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 highest minimum temperature 76°F 76°F 1933
25th Most daily precipitation 2.31" 1.61" 1987

*Near Records Set

Day Parameter Value Record Year
9th Tied 3rd highest minimum temperature 74°F 76°F 1933
13th Tied 4th lowest maximum temperature 75°F 65°F 1953
19th Tied 4th highest minimum temperature 73°F 77°F 1960
21st Tied 3rd lowest maximum temperature 77°F 68°F 1967
*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.


June Normals for College Station

Beginning of the month: 89°F/70°F Monthly precipitation: 4.45"
Middle of the month: 92°F/73°F Precipitation days: 9
End of the month: 93°F/74°F Days ≥ 90°F:  21
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