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College Station Monthly Summaries: October 2017

Monthly Summary for College Station

  Daily Temperature Daily Precipitation Monthly Temperature Summary
Day Maximum Minimum *Departure Total Mean Value *Departure
1 88°F 66°F +2°F   Maximum 82.5°F +1.1°F
2 90°F 70°F +5°F   Minimum 59.2°F ‑1.1°F
3 91°F 73°F +7°F 0.52" Average 70.8°F 0.0°F
4 89°F 74°F +8°F   Degree Days Total *Departure
5 89°F 70°F +6°F   Heating 48 +13
6 87°F 67°F +3°F   Cooling 237 +21
7 91°F 66°F +6°F   Numberof Days: Total *Departure
8 90°F 69°F +6°F T Maximum ≥ 90°F 8 +5
9 93°F 72°F +10°F   Maximum ≤ 32°F 0 0
10 76°F 61°F ‑4°F   Minimum ≤ 32°F 0 0
11 81°F 57°F ‑3°F    
12 88°F 61°F +2°F   Monthly Precipitation Summary
13 90°F 73°F +10°F   Precipitation Value *Departure
14 90°F 72°F +10°F   Monthly Total 2.94" ‑1.97"
15 81°F 63°F +1°F   Year-to-date Total 48.08" +14.47"
16 79°F 54°F ‑4°F   Days ≥ 0.01" 4 ‑4
17 79°F 52°F ‑6°F    
18 82°F 49°F ‑4°F   Monthly Extremes
19 86°F 57°F +2°F T Extreme Value Date(s)
20 87°F 67°F +7°F 0.01" Highest Temperature 93°F 9th
21 90°F 73°F +12°F   Lowest Temperature 34°F 29th
22 78°F 58°F ‑1°F 1.46" Max. 24-hour Precip. 1.46" 22nd
23 80°F 49°F ‑4°F   Maximum Wind Gust 38 mph 3rd
24 77°F 53°F ‑4°F    
25 77°F 44°F ‑8°F   Record Book for October
26 82°F 50°F ‑2°F   Highest Temperature 102°F 1938
27 65°F 42°F ‑14°F   Lowest Temperature 29°F 1993
28 63°F 37°F ‑17°F   Highest Minimum 81°F 2009
29 72°F 34°F ‑14°F   Lowest Maximum 40°F 1925
30 79°F 45°F ‑5°F   Wettest Month 18.77" 1994
31 66°F 57°F ‑4°F 0.95" Driest Month 0.00" 1952
  Wettest 24 Hours 13.39" 1994
"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
No new records were set or tied in October 2017.
*Near Records
Day Parameter Value Record Year
9th Tied 4th highest maximum temperature 93°F 98°F 1931
13th Tied 3rd highest minimum temperature 73°F 76°F 1981
14th Tied 3rd highest minimum temperature 72°F 76°F 2009
21st Tied 4th highest minimum temperature 73°F 76°F 1949
29th 4th lowest minimum temperature 34°F 0°F 2015
*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.


November Normals for College Station

Beginning of the month: 76°F/55°F Monthly precipitation: 3.22"
Middle of the month: 71°F/50°F Precipitation days: 8
End of the month: 67°F/46°F Days ≤ 32°F:  1
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