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College Station Monthly Summary: September 2013

Spotty showers and thunderstorms for much of the month gave the Brazos Valley a relatively wet yet warm month. Just shy of three inches of rain fell on September 20th when a slow moving cold front and the remnants of Hurricane Manuel combined to give a soaking rain for not just the Brazos Valley but all of Texas. Another cold front pushed through the Brazos Valley late on the 28th and brought some more well needed precipitation. The rainfall that fell this month was helpful for the drought, because at the beginning of the month all of the Brazos Valley was under Extreme drought conditions, but towards the end the drought had improved to Moderate drought status.

  Daily Temperature Daily Precipitation Monthly Temperature Summary
Day Maximum Minimum *Departure Total Mean Value *Departure
1 100°F 75°F +4°F   Maximum 94.1°F +3.6°F
2 100°F 77°F +4°F   Minimum 72.4°F +3.0°F
3 100°F 78°F +6°F T Average 83.2°F +3.2°F
4 98°F 76°F +4°F T Degree Days Total *Departure
5 99°F 75°F +4°F   Heating 0 ‑2
6 99°F 74°F +4°F   Cooling 556 +106
7 97°F 74°F +2°F 0.10" Numberof Days: Total *Departure
8 95°F 71°F +1°F T Maximum ≥ 90°F 24 +6
9 95°F 72°F +2°F T Maximum ≤ 32°F 0 0
10 95°F 75°F +3°F   Minimum ≤ 32°F 0 0
11 98°F 72°F +4°F    
12 98°F 72°F +4°F   Monthly Precipitation Summary
13 99°F 72°F +4°F   Precipitation Value *Departure
14 96°F 75°F +4°F   Monthly Total 5.19" +2.01"
15 96°F 74°F +5°F   Year-to-date Total 24.91" ‑3.79"
16 96°F 75°F +6°F   Days ≥ 0.01" 6 ‑1
17 98°F 75°F +6°F    
18 98°F 74°F +7°F   Monthly Extremes
19 96°F 75°F +6°F 0.11" Extreme Value Date(s)
20 78°F 71°F ‑4°F 2.97" Highest Temperature 100°F 3 times
21 85°F 70°F 0°F 0.01" Lowest Temperature 62°F 22nd
22 87°F 62°F ‑4°F   Max. 24-hour Precip. 2.98" 20th-21st
23 89°F 69°F +1°F   Maximum Wind Gust 33 mph 7th
24 96°F 71°F +6°F    
25 96°F 67°F +4°F   Record Book for September
26 93°F 67°F +3°F   Highest Temperature 112°F 2000
27 91°F 72°F +4°F T Lowest Temperature 42°F 1942
28 93°F 74°F +8°F 0.84" Highest Minimum 82°F 1916
29 76°F 68°F ‑4°F 1.16" Lowest Maximum 62°F 1985
30 86°F 70°F +2°F   Wettest Month 12.13" 1958
  Driest Month 0.00" 1947
  Wettest 24 Hours 6.83" 1896
"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
No new records were set or tied in September 2013.

*Near Records Set

Day Parameter Value Record Year
3rd Tied 2nd highest minimum temperature 78°F 79°F 1985
13th Tied 4th highest maximum temperature 99°F 104°F 2011
18th Tied 4th highest maximum temperature 98°F 103°F 1927
*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.


October Normals for College Station

Beginning of the month: 86°F/65°F Monthly precipitation: 4.91"
Middle of the month: 81°F/60°F Precipitation days: 8
End of the month: 76°F/55°F Days ≥ 90°F:  3
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