Texas Climate Data

Texas Climate

Map displaying average annual rainfall, record Texas temperatures and average first / last Texas freeze dates

Interesting climate descriptions for Texas cities, includes averages in temperature, rainfall and severe weather.

Texas Top 10 cities including extremes in temperature and precipitation

Interesting Texas weather facts in temperature, precipitation, hurricanes and tornadoes

U.S. and Texas weather records in temperature, rainfall and wind, including the most damaging storms

Average annual number of tornado and severe thunderstorm watches for 49 Texas cities

U.S. map displaying current drought conditions and interactive map of average first and last freeze dates

Interactive Texas USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, can zoom in to display 16 major Texas cities

Charts displaying monthly/annual wind speed and direction for 19 Texas cities

Monthly and annual climate extremes for Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio from coolweather.net

Complete in-depth climate information for [Dallas , Ft. Worth , Waco],   [Austin , San Antonio , Del Rio], [Midland , Odessa],  

[Tyler , Longview , Lufkin],  [Corpus Christi , Victoria , Laredo],   [El Paso], [Lubbock],  [Amarillo],  [San Angelo , Abilene],  

[Brownsville , McAllen],  [Wichita Falls], [Houston , Galveston , College Station]

Current annual and monthly tornado statistics from 2002 to the current month

Texas tornadoes from 1950 -1995, tornado data for individual Texas counties

Map displaying average number of tornadoes in Texas and the Top 10 Texas counties reporting tornadoes

Maps indicating average probabilities of F2 and F4 tornadoes and 2-inch hail and highest frequency of tornadoes

Interesting U.S. and European weather facts and extremes in temperature and precipitation

Abilene, Tx

Abilene	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Avg High	54.8	59.7	68.9	77.8	84.4	91.4	95.2	94.5	86.7	71.9	66.3	57.0	76.2
Avg Low	30.8	35.1	43.3	52.9	61.1	68.9	72.7	71.7	65.3	54.8	43.4	33.9	52.8
Avg Rain	1.03	1.16	1.36	1.90	2.97	2.86	2.09	2.80	3.21	2.51	1.48	1.03	24.4
Avg Snowfall	1.2	1.0	0.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.2	2.7
Avg Wind	S/ 12.7	S/ 13.8	SE/ 15.0	SE/ 15.0	SE/ 15.0	SE/ 15.0	SE/ 11.5	SE/ 10.4	SE/ 11.5	S/ 12.7	S/ 12.7	S/ 12.7	SE/ 13.2
Max Wind speed	48	52	49	68	62	60	60	67	49	47	46	51	68
Avg T-storm Days	-	-	2	3	8	9	9	9	4	2	1	-	56
# Tornadoes in county 1950-2009	-	-	12	10	20	12	5	1	1	1	-	-	62
Incidents in county w / hail => 1.75", 1950-2009	-	3	11	27	52	34	7	-	7	5	-	-	146
Avg relative humidity 3pm	44	44	37	38	43	41	38	37	43	43	42	43	41
Discomfort from heat/ humidity	-	-	-	-	Med	High	High	High	Mod	-	-	-
Max UV Index	Mod	Mod	High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High	High	Mod	Mod
% possible sunshine	61	64	70	71	70	78	79	77	70	72	67	62	70
Clear Days	11	10	12	11	10	13	14	14	14	15	13	12	150
Partly cloudy days	14	12	12	11	11	7	7	7	8	9	11	13	94
Cloudy days	11	10	12	11	10	13	14	14	14	15	13	12	121
Days with fog	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	7
Highest Temperature	89	93	97	99	109	109	110	109	107	103	92	89	110
Record hottest month, mean temp	2006 52.2	1976 56.0	1967 63.5	1967 71.9	1998 79.1	1953 87.7	1980 89.4	1952 90.0	1977 82.5	1963 73.0	1965 62.3	1970 51.5	Aug 1952, 90.0 F
Lowest Temperature	-9	-7	7	25	36	47	55	50	35	23	14	-7	-9
Record coldest month, mean temp	1978 34.5	1978 38.7	1958 47.2	1973 58.6	1954 68.2	1989 75.9	1976 77.7	1971 76.8	1974 66.2	1976 56.9	1976 45.6	1983 34.2	Dec 1983, 34.2 F
Avg Days above 90	-	-	-	1	5	21	28	27	15	3	-	-	100
Avg Days below 32	14	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	39

Amarillo	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Avg High	49.0	52.8	61.6	71.5	79.1	87.6	91.7	89.1	81.8	72.5	59.7	50.1	70.5
Avg Low	21.2	25.5	32.7	42.7	51.6	60.7	65.5	63.8	56.4	44.5	32.3	23.7	43.3
Avg Rain	.50	.61	.96	.99	2.48	3.70	2.62	3.22	1.99	1.37	.69	.43	19.56
Avg Snowfall	4.8	4.1	1.7	0.8	-	-	-	-	-	0.4	2.4	3.7	17.9
Avg Wind	SW/ 13.8	SW/ 13.8	SW/ 16.1	S/ 16.1	S/ 16.1	S/ 15.0	S/ 13.8	S/ 12.7	S/ 13.8	SW/ 13.8	SW/ 13.8	SW/ 13.8	S/ 14.8
Max Wind speed	56	58	63	74	61	68	60	59	52	64	63	57	68
Avg T-storm Days	-	-	2	3	8	9	9	9	4	2	1	-	49
# Tornadoes in county 1950-2009	-	-	1	3	10	13	1	2	2	1	-	-	33
Incidents in county w / hail => 1.75", 1950-2009	-	-	5	14	39	64	8	7	5	9	-	-	151
Avg relative humidity 3pm	41	41	34	31	36	37	36	38	40	36	38	40	37
Discomfort from heat/humidity	-	-	-	-	-	Mod	High	High	-	-	-	-
Max UV Index	Mod	Mod	High	Very High	Very High	Extr	Extr	Very High	High	High	Mod	Low
% possible sunshine	71	70	72	77	75	79	80	78	72	76	68	66	74
Clear days	13	11	12	12	11	13	13	14	15	16	14	13	157
Partly cloudy days	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	10	7	7	7	7	104
Cloudy days	11	10	11	9	10	6	6	7	8	8	9	11	104
Days with fog	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	27
Highest Temperature	81	88	94	98	103	108	105	105	103	99	87	81	108
Record hottest month, mean temp	1953 44.7	1954 48.6	2007 53.4	1981 63.0	1996 72.5	1953 83.3	2001 83.9	2000 81.8	1998 75.7	1963 66.1	1949 52.8	1970 43.4	July 2001, 83.9 F
Lowest Temperature	-11	-14	-3	17	28	41	51	49	30	12	-7	-8	-14
Record coldest month, mean temp	1979 24.9	1978 30.0	1958 37.0	1997 48.8	1976 60.2	1989 69.4	1950 74.3	1971 72.2	1974 62.8	1976 49.9	1972 36.9	1983 24.7	Dec 1983, 24.7 F
Avg Days above 90	-	-	-	1	5	14	21	17	7	1	-	-	65
Avg Days below 32	27	21	15	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	15	26	112

Austin (climate records)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Avg High	58.9	63.4	71.9	79.4	84.7	91.1	95.0	95.5	90.5	82.1	71.8	62.0	78.9
Avg Low	38.6	42.1	51.1	59.8	66.5	71.5	73.9	73.9	69.8	60.0	49.9	41.2	58.2
Avg Rain	1.89	1.99	2.14	2.51	5.03	3.81	1.97	2.31	2.91	3.97	2.68	2.44	33.60
Avg Snowfall	0.5	0.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	0.9
Avg Wind	N/ 9.2	S/ 10.4	S/ 11.5	S/ 11.5	SE/ 11.5	SE/ 10.4	S/ 9.2	S/ 8.1	S/ 8.1	S/ 8.1	S/ 9.2	N/ 9.2	S/ 9.7
Max Wind speed	52	55	56	51	63	54	44	47	81	46	49	63	81
Avg T-storm Days	1	2	3	5	7	5	4	5	4	3	2	1	41
# Tornadoes in county 1950-2009	1	-	10	6	17	3	2	5	7	2	6	1	60
Incidents in county w/ hail => 1.75" 1950-2009	-	3	32	23	45	8	-	1	4	5	-	-	121
Avg relative humidity 3pm	53	51	47	50	53	49	43	42	47	47	47	49	48
Discomfort from heat/humidity	-	-	-	Mod	Med	High	High	High	High	Med	-	-
Max UV Index	Mod	High	Very High	Very High	Extr	Extr	Extr	Extr	Very High	High	Mod	Mod
% possible Sunshine	48	51	55	54	56	69	75	75	66	64	55	49	60
Clear days	9	8	9	8	7	8	12	12	11	13	11	10	116
Partly cloudy days	6	6	8	8	11	15	13	14	11	9	7	6	114
Cloudy days	16	14	14	14	13	7	6	5	8	9	12	15	135
Days with fog	3	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	3	3	21
Highest Temperature	90	98	98	98	104	108	108	110	112	100	91	90	112
Record hottest month, mean temp	1952 59.1	1999 62.3	1967 67.3	1967 75.9	1996 80.6	2008 87.4	2009 89.5	2009 89.1	2005 84.4	1931 77.2	1973 65.1	1933 58.9	July 2009, 89.5
Lowest Temperature	-2	-1	18	30	40	51	57	58	41	30	20	4	-2
Record coldest month, mean temp	1940 38.6	1978 45.0	1965 53.4	1931 62.8	1979 71.4	1940 76.6	1976 80.2	1971 81.2	1974 72.2	1976 61.3	1976 51.6	1983 41.9	Jan 1940, 38.6
Avg Days above 90	-	-	1	2	7	22	28	28	18	4	-	-	111
Avg Days below 32	8	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	19

Brownsville	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Avg High	68.9	66.1	74.5	81.4	87.0	92.4	96.2	97.2	91.2	83.3	73.5	64.3	80.7
Avg Low	49.9	52.5	59.1	66.5	72.0	74.9	75.7	75.4	73.2	66.1	59.0	52.4	64.7
Avg Rain	1.36	1.18	.93	1.96	2.48	2.99	1.77	2.99	5.31	3.78	1.75	1.11	27.55
Avg Snowfall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Avg Wind	NW/ 12.7	SE/ 17.3	SE/ 17.3	SE/ 17.3	SE/ 15.0	SE/ 13.8	SE/ 12.7	SE/ 11.5	SE/ 10.4	SE/ 10.4	SE/ 13.8	NW/ 12.7	SE/ 13.7
Max Wind speed	47	38	44	43	45	36	37	36	55	40	44	39	55
Avg T-storm Days	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	5	5	2	1	-	26
# Tornadoes in county 1950-2009	-	1	-	6	12	5	3	11	8	1	5	1	53
Incidents in county w/ hail => 1.75" 1950-2009	-	2	5	14	14	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	36
Avg relative humidity 3pm	62	60	57	58	60	59	54	55	60	58	59	61	59
Discomfort from heat/humidity	-	-	-	Mod	High	High	High	High	High	High	-	-
Max UV Index	Mod	High	Very High	Extr	Extr	Extr	Extr	Extr	Very High	Very High	High	Mod
% possible Sunshine	41	48	53	58	64	73	80	76	68	65	51	42	60
Clear days	6	7	7	5	6	9	11	10	9	11	9	7	96
Partly cloudy days	7	6	8	10	14	15	14	14	13	12	9	7	131
Cloudy days	18	15	16	15	11	6	6	7	8	8	12	17	138
Days with fog	6	5	4	2	1	-	-	-	0	1	3	5	27
Highest Temperature	91	94	106	102	102	103	103	104	105	99	98	94	106
Record hottest month, mean temp	1950 68.7	1962 70.4	1953 74.9	1967 80.1	1978 83.2	1998 87.2	1980 87.5	2010 87.1	1900 84.9	2004 80.4	1909 74.7	1984 70.2	July 1980, 87.5 F
Lowest Temperature	18	12	28	37	41	56	57	63	51	35	27	16	12
Record coldest month, mean temp	1966 54.3	1905 52.9	1915 59.1	1931 67.9	1901 73.8	1913 78.3	1901 81.0	1973 81.5	1979 77.7	1976 70.1	1976 60.8	1989 51.8	Dec 1989, 51.8 F
Avg Days above 90	-	-	1	3	9	23	28	28	19	5	-	-	116
Avg Days below 32	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2

CorpusChristi	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Avg High	65.0	69.0	75.7	81.7	86.2	90.4	93.3	93.4	89.7	83.9	75.8	68.3	81.0
Avg Low	45.3	48.0	55.3	63.2	69.5	73.4	74.8	75.0	72.3	63.9	55.6	48.4	62.1
Avg Rain	1.62	1.84	1.74	2.05	3.48	3.538	2.00	3.54	5.03	3.94	1.74	1.75	32.26
Avg Snowfall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Avg Wind	N/ 15.0	SE/ 16.1	SE/ 17.3	SE/ 15.0	SE/ 13.8	SE/ 12.7	SE/ 12.7	SE/ 12.7	SE/ 11.5	SE/ 10.4	SE/ 13.8	SE/ 15.0	SE/ 13.8
Max Wind Speed	52	60	54	67	60	61	49	48	61	53	60	54	67
Avg T-storm Days	1	1	2	2	5	3	3	4	5	2	1	1	29
# Tornadoes in county 1950-2009	-	1	3	8	14	12	8	19	17	11	1	1	95
Incidents in county w hail => 1.75", 1950-2009	-	-	1	-	14	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	19
Avg relative humidity 3pm	62	59	57	61	64	62	56	56	60	57	58	60	59
Discomfort from heat/humidity	-	-	-	Mod	High	High	High	High	High	High	-	-
Max UV Index	High	High	Very High	Extr	Extr	Extr	Extr	Extr	Very High	Very High	High	Mod
% possible Sunshine	44	49	55	56	59	72	80	77	68	68	54	44	61
Clear Days	7	7	7	6	6	9	11	11	10	13	9	8	103
Partly cloudy days	7	6	8	9	12	14	14	13	12	10	9	6	121
Cloudy days	17	15	16	15	13	7	6	7	8	8	12	17	142
Days with fog	6	5	4	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	4	5	29
Highest Temperature	94	97	102	102	103	106	105	104	109	98	98	91	109
Record hottest month, mean temp	1950 65.9	1962 67.5	1953 71.8	2006 77.6	1989 81.9	1998 85.8	2009 87.9	2009 87.6	1977 85.4	2004 80.0	1973 72.9	1970 66.9	July 2009, 87.9
Lowest Temperature	14	11	24	33	44	56	64	64	52	28	28	13	13
Record coldest month, mean temp	1978 49.1	1978 51.7	1969 57.8	1959 68.1	1976 74.4	1966 79.5	1976 81.2	1967 81.4	1967 81.4	1976 67.3	1976 57.3	1989 48.0	Dec 1989, 48.0
Avg Days above 90	-	-	1	2	5	20	28	28	17	5	-	-	106
Avg Days below 32	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5

Dallas (climate records	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Avg High	54.1	58.9	67.8	76.3	82.9	91.9	96.5	96.2	87.8	78.5	66.8	57.5	76.3
Avg Low	32.7	36.9	45.6	54.7	62.6	70.0	74.1	73.6	66.9	55.8	45.4	36.3	54.6
Avg Rain	1.83	2.18	2.77	3.50	4.88	2.98	2.31	2.21	3.39	3.52	2.29	1.84	33.70
Avg Snowfall	0.8	1.2	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2	0.2	2.5
Avg Wind	S/ 10.8	S/ 11.2	S/ 12.1	S/ 12.1	S/ 11.3	S/ 10.3	S/ 10.0	S/ 8.6	S/ 8.7	S/ 9.7	S/ 10.7	S/ 10.4	S/ 10.5
Max wind speed	54	78	74	75	67	64	53	47	49	54	54	48	78
Avg T-storm Days	1	2	4	6	8	6	5	5	3	3	2	1	46
# Tornadoes in county 1950-2009	8	1	9	18	18	4	2	1	2	11	2	7	83
Incidents in county w / hail => 1.75", 1950-2009	1	8	23	50	41	9	7	3	3	16	3	0	164
Avg relative humidity 3pm	52	51	48	50	53	47	42	41	46	47	49	51	48
Discomfort from heat/humidity	-	-	-	Mod	Med	High	High	High	Med	Mod	-	-
Max UV Index	Mod	Mod	High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High	High	Mod	Mod
% possible Sunshine	52	54	58	61	57	67	75	73	67	63	57	52	61
Clear days	10	10	10	9	8	11	15	15	13	14	12	11	136
Partly cloudy days	6	5	8	8	10	11	10	10	9	7	6	6	97
Cloudy days	15	13	13	13	13	8	6	6	8	10	12	14	133
Days with fog	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	12
Highest Temperature	93	96	100	101	107	113	110	112	111	106	89	90	113
Record hottest month, mean temp	2006 55.8	1976 59.3	1907 66.9	2006 72.7	1996 80.7	1953 87.6	1980 90.9	2010 90.8	2005 84.6	1963 73.1	1913 62.9	1970 55.5	July 1980, 90.9
Lowest Temperature	-2	-8	10	29	34	48	56	55	40	24	19	-1	-8
Record coldest month, mean temp	1978 34.7	1905 35.8	1915 46.4	1983 60.4	1907 65.9	1903 73.3	1905 79.5	1906 80.0	1974 69.2	1976 61.0	1959 49.8	1983 35.6	Jan 1978, 34.7
Avg Days above 90	-	-	-	1	5	21	28	27	15	3	-	-	100
Avg Days below 32	14	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	39

Houston (climate records)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Avg High	61.5	65.2	72.4	79.2	84.8	89.9	92.3	92.3	88.1	81.4	72.4	64.7	78.7
Avg Low	42.9	45.5	52.7	60.7	67.0	72.6	74.6	74.6	71.2	61.2	52.8	45.4	60.1
Avg Rain	3.63	3.11	2.80	3.07	5.20	6.41	4.82	4.53	5.45	4.19	4.22	3.40	50.83
Avg Snowfall	0.2	0.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4
Avg Wind	N/ 9.2	N/ 9.2	SE/ 11.5	SE/ 11.5	SE/ 10.4	SE/ 10.4	S/ 8.1	S/ 9.2	SE/ 6.9	SE/ 9.2	SE/ 8.1	N/ 9.2	NE/ 9.4
Max Wind speed	44	61	51	56	52	68	52	78	44	58	46	56	78
Avg T-storm Days	2	2	4	3	7	8	11	10	7	4	3	2	61
# Tornadoes in county 1950-2009	9	17	10	19	34	17	7	20	15	22	33	10	213
Incidents in county w / hail => 1.75", 1950-2009	1	3	9	23	37	3	2	-	1	4	1	1	84
Avg relative humidity 3pm	58	55	54	54	57	56	55	55	57	53	55	57	55
Discomfort from heat/humidity	-	-	-	Mod	Med	High	High	High	High	Med	-	-
Max UV Index	Mod	High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Extr	Extr	Extr	Very High	High	High	Mod
% possible Sunshine	43	49	52	56	60	66	68	67	65	63	51	50	58
Clear days	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	8	11	9	8	91
Partly cloudy days	5	6	7	7	11	13	16	17	12	9	7	5	114
Cloudy days	19	15	17	16	14	10	8	8	10	11	14	18	160
Days with fog	4	3	3	2	2	1	-	-	1	3	3	4	26
Highest Temperature	84	91	91	95	97	103	105	107	109	96	89	85	109
Record hottest month, mean temp	2006 58.5	2000 62.2	1907 72.2	2006 72.2	2003 78.9	1998 83.5	2009 84.9	2010 85.7	2005 81.9	2004 75.7	1994 65.7	2007 59.2	Aug 2010, 85.7
Lowest Temperature	12	20	22	31	44	52	62	60	48	29	19	7	7
Record coldest month, mean temp	1906 47.7	2010 48.4	1906 55.7	1907 62.8	1907 67.6	1995 78.4	2007 80.2	1992 78.3	1994 75.1	1906 62.5	1992 55.4	2000 48.9	Jan 1906, 47.7
Avg Days above 90	-	-	-	1	5	20	27	26	15	3	-	-	97
Avg Days below 32	7	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	19

Lubbock	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Avg High	52.9	57.6	66.0	75.4	83.1	90.0	91.9	89.6	82.9	74.7	63.2	54.1	73.5
Avg Low	24.6	28.6	36.4	46.7	55.8	64.3	68.0	66.2	59.4	48.1	36.5	27.2	46.8
Avg Rain	.39	.68	.89	.97	2.35	2.75	2.37	2.51	2.60	1.86	.75	.53	18.65
Avg Snowfall	2.4	2.9	1.5	0.2	-	-	-	-	-	0.2	1.2	1.9	10.3
Avg Wind	SW/ 11.5	SW/ 12.7	SW/ 13.8	S/ 15.0	SE/ 15.0	S/ 13.8	S/ 12.7	S/ 11.5	S/ 11.5	S/ 11.5	SW/ 11.5	SW/ 12.7	S/ 12.8
Max Wind speed	59	64	77	71	74	85	72	59	58	52	63	64	85
Avg T-storm Days	-	-	2	4	9	9	8	7	5	3	1	-	47
# Tornadoes in county 1950-2009	-	-	9	16	30	16	5	6	2	-	3	2	89
Incidents in county w / hail => 1.75", 1950-2009	0	2	13	24	93	81	7	4	12	5	0	0	240
Discomfort from heat/humidity	-	-	-	-	-	High	High	High	-	-	-	-
Max UV Index	Mod	Mod	High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Extr	Very High	Very High	High	Mod	Mod
Avg relative humidity 3pm	41	40	32	30	35	36	39	41	44	39	38	40	38
% possible Sunshine	65	66	73	74	71	75	77	76	71	75	68	65	71
Clear days	13	11	12	12	11	13	14	15	14	17	15	13	160
Partly cloudy days	6	7	9	9	11	11	11	10	8	6	7	7	102
Cloudy days	12	10	10	9	9	6	6	6	8	8	8	11	103
Days with fog	7	7	5	4	6	3	2	3	6	6	6	6	61
Highest Temperature	87	89	95	100	109	114	109	107	105	98	89	83	114
Record hottest month, mean temp	1914 48.5	1932 51.5	1974 58.5	1946 67.1	1996 76.7	1990 84.4	1966 85.4	1943 82.3	1931 77.5	1934 66.2	1965 57.3	1933 48.0	July 1966, 85.4
Lowest Temperature	-16	-17	-2	18	29	39	49	43	33	18	-1	-2	-17
Record coldest month, mean temp	1930 30.7	1978 33.9	1915 39.5	1920 53.5	1917 63.2	1920 68.5	1976 75.0	1920 73.0	1974 63.9	1976 5.0	1972 42.4	1983 31.7	Jan 1930, 30.7
Avg Days above 90	-	-	-	2	8	18	23	20	9	1	-	-	80
Avg Days below 32	25	19	11	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	12	23	92

Midland-Odessa	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Avg High	56.5	61.6	71.2	79.8	87.4	93.4	95.4	94.1	85.4	71.3	66.2	58.4	77.2
Avg Low	28.5	32.6	40.2	49.4	58.1	65.7	68.5	67.5	61.1	50.6	38.9	30.8	49.3
Avg Rain	.40	.62	.58	.83	1.98	1.55	1.70	1.69	2.62	1.74	.69	.56	14.96
Avg Snowfall	1.8	0.9	0.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4	0.8	4.3
Avg Wind	S/ 9.2	S/ 10.4	S/ 12.7	S/ 12.7	S/ 13.8	S/ 12.7	SE/ 11.5	SE/ 10.4	S/ 10.4	S/ 11.5	S/ 10.4	S/ 10.4	S/ 11.3
Max Wind speed	59	55	74	67	74	71	82	63	82	69	59	47	82
Avg T-storm Days	-	-	1	3	7	6	6	6	4	3	1	-	37
# Tornadoes in county 1950-2009	-	-	2	3	12	5	1	3	3	1	-	-	30
Incidents in county w/ hail => 1.75" 1950-2009	1	-	5	9	38	21	2	2	4	13	-	-	95
Discomfort from heat/humidity	-	-	-	-	-	High	High	High	Mod	-	-	-
Avg relative humidity 3pm	38	35	27	28	30	32	34	35	40	37	36	38	34
% possible Sunshine	66	68	76	77	79	79	78	74	76	72	72	64	73
Clear days	13	11	13	13	13	15	13	14	14	17	15	14	165
Partly cloudy days	6	7	8	8	10	9	11	11	8	6	6	6	96
Cloudy days	12	10	10	9	8	6	7	6	8	8	9	11	104
Days with fog	7	6	4	3	3	1	1	1	4	5	5	7	47
Highest Temperature	84	90	97	101	108	116	112	107	107	100	90	85	116
Record hottest month, mean temp	1953 51.9	1976 56.2	1974 62.7	1972 69.7	1996 81.1	1990 86.5	1998 86.9	1964 87.2	1977 82.1	1963 71.0	1965 57.4	1970 50.6	Aug 1964, 87.2
Lowest Temperature	-8	-11	9	20	34	47	49	52	36	24	10	-1	-11
Record coldest month, mean temp	1949 35.2	1960 42.5	1969 47.5	1973 57.0	1992 68.0	1987 75.7	1976 75.8	1971 74.4	1974 67.8	1976 58.4	1972 46.4	1983 37.4	Jan 1949, 35.2
Avg Days above 90	-	-	-	4	12	22	26	24	12	3	-	-	102
Avg Days below 32	19	12	6	1	-	-	-	-	-		7	17	62

San Antonio (climate records)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Avg High	60.8	65.7	73.5	80.3	85.3	91.8	95.0	95.3	89.3	81.7	71.9	63.5	79.5
Avg Low	37.9	41.3	49.7	58.4	65.7	72.6	75.0	74.5	69.2	58.8	48.8	40.8	57.7
Avg Rain	1.71	1.81	1.52	2.50	4.22	3.81	2.16	2.54	3.41	3.17	2.62	1.51	30.98
Avg Snowfall	0.5	0.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7
Avg Wind	NE/ 10.4	NE/ 11.5	SE/ 11.5	SE/ 11.5	SE/ 11.5	SE/ 11.5	SE/ 10.4	SE/ 10.4	SE/ 9.2	SE/ 10.4	S/ 10.4	NE/ 10.4	SE/ 10.8
Max Wind speed	51	56	64	47	55	51	54	49	71	44	52	48	71
Avg T-storm Days	1	2	3	4	7	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	37
# Tornadoes in county 1950-2009	-	5	10	7	10	2	4	4	8	3	5	1	59
Incidents in county w/ hail => 1.75" 1950-2009	-	9	10	25	46	7	3	2	2	4	-	2	110
Avg relative humidity 3pm	51	48	45	48	51	48	43	42	47	46	48	49	47
Discomfort from heat/humidity	-	-	-	Mod	High	High	High	High	High	-	-	-
Max UV Index	Mod	High	Very High	Very High	Extr	Extr	Extr	Extr	Very High	High	Mod	Mod
% possible Sunshine	47	51	57	56	56	67	75	74	67	64	54	48	60
Clear days	9	8	9	7	6	7	9	10	9	12	10	10	106
Partly cloudy days	6	6	7	8	11	15	15	15	12	10	7	6	118
Cloudy days	16	14	15	15	14	8	7	6	9	9	13	15	141
Days with fog	14	12	12	12	11	6	3	4	7	10	12	12	115
Highest Temperature	89	100	100	100	103	107	106	108	111	99	94	90	111
Record hottest month, mean temp	1952 59.4	2009 62.9	1974 67.9	2006 76.7	1996 81.9	1990 87.4	2009 88.7	2009 88.3	2005 84.3	2004 76.9	1973 65.7	1970 60.1	July 2009, 88.7
Lowest Temperature	0	4	19	31	43	53	61	57	41	27	21	6	0
Record coldest month, mean temp	1978 43.3	1978 46.4	1969 54.9	1997 63.9	1976 71.3	1966 78.8	1976 79.8	1974 81.1	1974 72.3	1976 61.0	1976 52.1	1983 43.0	Dec 1983, 43.0
Avg Days above 90	-	-	1	2	9	22	28	28	18	4	-	-	113
Avg Days below 32	8	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	22

Data source: National Climatic Data Center
Interesting Texas climate facts

An average of 153 tornadoes touch down in Texas each year. Tornadoes may occur in any month, but occur most often during April, May and June between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. In the period 1959-2000, 6417 tornadoes were reported in Texas, with 63% of tornadoes occurring from April-June and 33% occurring in May. From 1950-2007, Texas encountered 84 tornadoes with a strength of F4 or higher (winds > 207 mph). Texas ranks 11th among the 50 states in density of tornadoes with an average of 5.7 tornadoes per 10,000 square miles per year. The U.S. record for the fastest tornado winds occurred at Wichita Falls on April, 2 1958 with a top wind speed of 258 mph.

Hail is common with severe thunderstorms during the spring, mainly in North and Northwest Texas where 2.5 inch hail (tennis ball size) or greater occurs on the average of 2.5 days per year. During the period 1950-2007, Texas experienced 348 incidents of 4.0 inch hail (grapefruit size) or greater, causing $578 million in damage.

The coldest location in Texas is Stratford in the Texas Panhandle with an annual temperature of 55.0 F degrees. The hottest location is Mc Allen in the Texas Valley with an annual temperature of 74.6 F. The highest monthly average maximum temperature occurs during June in Presidio with 102.1 F, and the lowest monthly average minimum temperature occurs in Stratford during January with 18.7 F degrees. Texas has experienced 98 degrees or higher during every month of the year, The record highs for Texas from May through September are 116 degrees or above.

The average number of days between the first and last freeze of the winter season in Brownsville averages only 44 days, while Dalhart in the Texas Panhandle averages over four times as long with 189 days

The wettest location in Texas is Orange in southeast Texas with an annual precipitation average of 59.76 inches. The driest location is Socorro in Far West Texas, with an annual average of 7.68 inches.

Temperature and precipitation records/averages for each U.S. state from coolweather.net

10 Sunniest Texas Cities Annual percent of possible sunshine
1. El Paso	84%
2. Amarillo	74%
3. Lubbock	72%
4. Abilene	70%
5. Dallas/Ft. Worth	61%
6. San Antonio	60%
7. Corpus Christi	60%
8. Austin	60%
9. Houston	59%
10. Beaumont/Pt Arthur	58%

10 Windiest Texas Cities
Avg annual wind speed in mph

1.    Amarillo 14.3

2.    Corpus Christi 13.8

3.    Brownsville 13.7

4.    Abilene 13.2

5.    Lubbock 12.8

6.    Dallas/Fort Worth 12.7

7.    Wichita Falls 11.6

8.    Waco 11.4

9.    Midland/Odessa 11.3

10. San Antonio 10.8

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10 Windiest Texas Cities Avg annual wind speed in mph
1. Amarillo	14.3
2. Corpus Christi	13.8
3. Brownsville	13.7
4. Abilene	13.2
5. Lubbock	12.8
6. Dallas/Fort Worth	12.7
7. Wichita Falls	11.6
8. Waco	11.4
9. Midland/Odessa	11.3
10. San Antonio	10.8