Texas Climate Data

Texas Climate

Map showing average annual rainfall and the average dates of first and last freeze for 47 Texas cities

Interesting climate descriptions for Texas cities and unique facts about Texas climate and weather

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

Monthly climate statistics for Texas, includes daily statistics, maps of severe weather, departures from normal 
precipitation and temperatures

Monthly climate statistics in temperature and precipitation for 20 major Texas cities, from 1997 to the current
previous month

Statewide text climatic summaries, describes monthly climatic highlights from across Texas, issued every six months 
from 2005 to current.

The Climate of Texas - explains climatic aspects of each region in Texas from Texas A&M

The most significant all-time weather events to strike Texas / Oklahoma from Texas A&M

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

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 and memorable Texas tornadoes

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, 2-inch hail and highest frequency of tornadoes

Current statistics on the 2009 South Texas drought.

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 Wind	12.7	13.8	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	11.5	10.4	11.5	12.7	12.7	12.7	13.2
Max Wind speed	48	52	49	68	62	60	60	67	49	47	46	51	68
T-storm Days	-	-	2	3	8	9	9	9	4	2	1	-	56
% 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 heavy fog	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	7
Highest Temperature	89	93	97	99	109	109	110	109	107	103	92	89	110
Lowest Temperature	-9	-7	7	25	36	47	55	50	35	23	14	-7	-9
Avg Days above 90	-	-	-	1	5	21	28	27	15	3	-	-	100
Avg Days below 32	14	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	39
Avg Snowfall	1.2	1.0	0.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.2	2.7

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 Wind	13.8	13.8	16.1	16.1	16.1	15.0	13.8	12.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	14.8
Max Wind speed	56	58	63	74	61	68	60	59	52	64	63	57	68
T-storm Days	-	-	2	3	8	9	9	9	4	2	1	-	49
% possible Sunshine	69	68	72	74	72	78	78	77	73	75	72	67	73
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 heavy fog	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	27
Highest Temperature	81	88	94	98	102	108	105	104	103	95	87	81	108
Lowest Temperature	-11	-14	-3	17	28	42	51	49	30	12	6	-8	-14
Avg Days above 90	-	-	-	1	5	14	21	17	7	1	-	-	65
Avg Days below 32	27	21	15	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	15	26	112
Avg Snowfall	3.9	3.6	2.5	0.6	-	-	-	-	-	0.3	1.8	2.7	15.4

Austin	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	1.71	2.17	1.87	2.56	4.78	3.72	2.04	2.05	3.30	3.43	2.37	1.88	31.88
Avg Wind	9.2	10.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	10.4	9.2	8.1	8.1	8.1	9.2	9.2	9.7
T-storm Days	1	2	3	5	7	5	4	5	4	3	2	1	41
% 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 heavy fog	3	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	3	3	21
Highest Temperature	90	97	98	98	100	105	109	109	112	98	91	90	112
Lowest Temperature	-2	7	18	35	43	53	64	58	41	30	20	4	-2
Avg Days above 90	-	-	1	2	7	22	28	28	18	4	-	-	111
Avg Days below 32	8	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	19
Avg Snowfall	0.5	0.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	0.9

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	1.56	1.06	.53	1.56	2.94	2.73	1.90	2.77	6.00	2.80	1.51	1.25	26.61
Avg Wind	12.7	17.3	17.3	17.3	15.0	13.8	12.7	11.5	10.4	10.4	13.8	12.7	13.7
T-storm Days	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	5	5	2	1	-	26
% 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 heavy fog	6	5	4	2	1	-	-	-	0	1	3	5	27
Highest Temperature	93	94	106	102	102	103	103	107	102	97	98	94	107
Lowest Temperature	18	12	30	38	41	56	57	63	51	35	27	18	12
Avg Days above 90	-	-	1	3	9	23	28	28	19	5	-	-	116
Avg Days below 32	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
Avg Snowfall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

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	1.71	1.96	.94	1.72	3.33	3.38	2.39	3.31	5.52	3.02	1.59	1.26	30.13
Avg Wind	15.0	16.1	17.3	15.0	13.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	11.5	10.4	13.8	15.0	13.8
T-storm Days	1	1	2	2	5	3	3	4	5	2	1	1	29
% 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 heavy fog	6	5	4	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	4	5	29
Highest Temperature	91	97	102	102	103	101	101	103	103	98	98	91	103
Lowest Temperature	14	18	24	33	47	58	64	64	54	28	28	13	13
Avg Days above 90	-	-	1	2	5	20	28	28	17	5	-	-	106
Avg Days below 32	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5
Avg Snowfall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

Dallas	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 Wind	12.7	12.7	16.1	15.0	13.8	12.7	10.4	10.4	11.5	11.5	12.7	12.7	12.7
T-storm Days	1	2	4	6	8	6	5	5	4	3	2	1	46
% possible Sunshine	53	54	60	62	59	67	76	73	69	62	57	52	62
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 heavy fog	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	12
Highest Temperature	93	96	100	100	107	113	110	112	111	106	89	90	113
Lowest Temperature	-2	-8	10	29	34	48	56	55	40	24	19	-1	-8
Avg Days above 90	-	-	-	1	5	21	28	27	15	3	-	-	100
Avg Days below 32	14	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	39
Avg Snowfall	1.2	1.0	0.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.2	2.7

Houston	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 Wind	9.2	9.2	11.5	11.5	10.4	10.4	8.1	9.2	6.9	9.2	8.1	9.2	9.4
T-storm Days	2	2	4	3	7	8	11	10	7	4	3	2	61
% 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 heavy 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
Lowest Temperature	12	20	22	31	44	52	62	60	48	29	19	7	7
Avg Days above 90	-	-	-	1	5	20	27	26	15	3	-	-	97
Avg Days below 32	7	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	19
Avg Snowfall	0.2	0.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4

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 Wind	11.5	12.7	13.8	15.0	15.0	13.8	12.7	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	12.7	12.8
T-storm Days	-	-	2	4	9	9	8	7	5	3	1	-	47
% 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
Highest Temperature	87	89	95	100	109	114	109	107	105	98	89	83	114
Lowest Temperature	-16	-17	-2	18	29	39	49	43	33	18	-1	-2	-17
Avg Days above 90	-	-	-	2	8	18	23	20	9	1	-	-	80
Avg Days below 32	25	19	11	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	12	23	92
Avg Snowfall	2.4	2.9	1.5	0.2	-	-	-	-	-	0.2	1.2	1.9	10.3

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 Wind	9.2	10.4	12.7	12.7	13.8	12.7	11.5	10.4	10.4	11.5	10.4	10.4	11.3
T-storm Days	-	-	1	3	7	6	6	6	4	3	1	-	37
% 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
Highest Temperature	84	90	97	101	108	116	112	107	107	100	90	85	116
Lowest Temperature	-8	-11	9	20	34	47	49	52	36	24	10	-1	-11
Avg Days above 90	-	-	-	4	12	22	26	24	12	3	-	-	102
Avg Days below 32	19	12	6	1	-	-	-	-	-		7	17	62
Avg Snowfall	1.8	0.9	0.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4	0.8	4.3

San Antonio	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 Wind	10.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	10.4	10.4	9.2	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.8
T-storm Days	1	2	3	4	7	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	37
% 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
Highest Temperature	89	100	100	100	103	107	106	108	111	99	94	90	111
Lowest Temperature	0	4	19	31	43	53	61	57	41	27	21	6	0
Avg Days above 90	-	-	1	2	9	22	28	28	18	4	-	-	113
Avg Days below 32	8	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	22
Avg Snowfall	0.5	0.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7

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 Dalhart in the Texas Panhandle with an annual temperature of 56.1 F degrees. The hottest location is Mc Allen in the Texas Valley with an annual temperature of 74.1 F. The highest monthly average occurs during June in Presidio with 102.1 F, and the lowest occurs in Dalhart during January with an average temperature of 19.4 F.

Individual Texas city climate descriptions

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

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