| Temperature
(F)
|
|
|
|
|
| Coldest |
-23 |
|
Tulia
(40 miles S of
Amarillo) |
Feb. 12, 1899 |
| |
|
|
Seminole
(65 miles SW of Lubbock) |
Feb. 8, 1933 |
| Hottest |
120 |
|
Seymour
(180 miles NW of Dallas) |
Aug. 12, 1936 |
| |
|
|
Monahans
(45 miles SW of Midland) |
Jun. 28, 1994 |
| Warmest year statewide |
68.6 |
|
|
1921 |
| Coldest year statewide |
63.2 |
|
|
1976 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Highest monthly average |
102.4 |
|
Presidio
(210 miles SE of El Paso) |
June 1962 |
| Lowest monthly average |
19.4 |
|
Dalhart
(60 miles NW of Amarillo) |
January 1959 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Highest annual average |
74.1 |
|
McAllen
(60 mi NW of Brownsville) |
1988 |
| Lowest annual average |
56.1 |
|
Dalhart
(60 miles NW of Amarillo) |
1959 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Rainfall
(inches) |
|
|
|
|
| Greatest in a 24-hour period |
29.05 |
|
Albany
(105 miles W of Ft. Worth) |
Aug. 4, 1978 |
| Greatest in one month |
35.70 |
|
Alvin
(20 miles SE of Houston) |
July 1979 |
| Greatest in one year |
109.38 |
|
Clarksville
(105 miles NE of Dallas) |
1873 |
| Least in one year |
1.64 |
|
Presidio
(210 SE of El Paso) |
1956 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Snowfall
(inches) |
|
|
|
|
| Greatest in a 24-hour period |
24.0 |
|
Plainview
(45 miles N of Lubbock) |
Feb.3-5, 1956 |
| Greatest maximum depth |
33.0 |
|
Hale Center
(35 mi N of Lubbock) |
Feb. 4, 1956 |
| |
|
|
Vega
(25 miles w of Amarillo) |
Feb. 4, 1956 |
| Greatest in a single storm |
61.0 |
|
Vega |
Feb. 1-8, 1956 |
| Greatest in one month |
61.0 |
|
Vega |
Feb. 1956 |
| Greatest in one season |
65.0 |
|
Romero |
1923-24 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Wind
(miles per hour) |
|
|
|
|
| Highest sustained speed |
SE 145 |
Hurricane Carla |
Matagorda
(70 mi SW of Houston) |
Sep. 11, 1961 |
| |
NE 145 |
Hurricane Carla |
Port Lavaca
(70 mi NE of C. Christi) |
Sep. 11, 1961 |
| Highest peak gust |
SW 180 |
Hurricane Celia |
Aransas Pass
(20 m E of C. Christi) |
Aug. 3, 1970 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Hazardous
Weather |
|
|
|
|
| Longest and worst drought |
|
|
|
1950-1956 |
| Worst heat wave |
|
|
|
1980 |
| Most damage from 1 tornado |
442M |
|
Wichita Falls
(120 mi NW of Dallas) |
April 10, 1979 |
| Most tornadoes in 1 year |
232 |
|
|
1967 |
| Most tornadoes in 1 month |
124 |
|
|
Sep. 1967 |
| Most damage from 1 hailstorm |
1.2B |
**U.S. record |
Parker, Tarrant counties |
May 5, 1995 |
| Deadliest hurricane |
6,000-8,000 |
|
Galveston |
Sep. 8, 1900 |
| Most damaging hurricane |
3.0
Billion |
|
Hurricane Alicia |
Aug. 18, 1983 |
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Texas Weather Records
