Skip Nav

Texas Climate Report: December 1990

This bulletin has been created on 06-01-2012 from historical climate data. No climate narrative is available.

Monthly Summary for Selected Cities

  TMAX (°F) TMIN (°F) TAVG (°F) PRCP *Deg. Days
Station Mean *Dep. Max. Mean *Dep. Min. Mean *Dep. Days ≥ 0.01" Mo. Total *Perc. Norm. Gr'st 24 hr. *HDD *CDD
Abilene 54.7 ‑3.7 78 31.0 ‑3.3 6 42.8 ‑3.5 7 0.81 95% 0.53 680 0
Amarillo 48.0 ‑3.8 69 18.3 ‑6.5 -6 33.1 ‑5.2 5 0.23 47% 0.14 980 0
Austin 62.9 +0.1 82 39.6 ‑1.8 15 51.3 ‑0.8 7 0.72 35% 0.44 430 11
Brownsville 72.8 +0.9 84 50.7 ‑1.9 29 61.8 ‑0.5 3 0.05 4% 0.02 194 100
College Station 62.1 79 38.9 ‑2.7 16 50.5 ‑1.4 8 1.92 65% 1.73 458 16
Corpus Christi 69.3 +0.3 87 46.8 ‑1.9 25 58.1 ‑0.7 5 0.43 31% 0.23 274 69
Dallas‑Fort Worth 54.3 ‑4.2 80 33.7 ‑3.2 10 44.0 ‑3.7 10 1.46 84% 0.45 646 2
Del Rio 64.6 +0.4 83 40.2 ‑0.6 19 52.4 ‑0.1 4 0.22 41% 0.13 388 4
El Paso 57.8 ‑0.5 70 31.8 +0.5 17 44.8 3 0.34 87% 0.24 617 0
Galveston 63.3 +1.0 74 51.4 +0.2 24 57.3 +0.6 6 1.81 50% 0.68 268 38
Houston 64.6 ‑0.3 81 42.6 ‑3.3 19 53.6 ‑1.8 9 1.81 54% 1.23 395 47
Lubbock 53.4 ‑2.1 75 24.4 ‑3.0 3 38.9 ‑2.6 5 0.42 98% 0.37 801 0
Midland 58.3 ‑1.0 78 28.4 ‑3.8 8 43.4 ‑2.4 4 0.69 153% 0.63 662 0
Port Arthur 65.5 +1.2 80 45.0 +0.6 19 55.3 +0.9 12 3.82 84% 1.74 338 42
San Angelo 59.2 ‑1.8 80 30.9 ‑4.0 9 45.0 ‑2.9 8 0.21 33% 0.12 610 0
San Antonio 64.4 ‑0.2 82 39.4 ‑2.0 16 51.9 ‑1.1 3 0.20 14% 0.11 422 23
Victoria 66.8 +0.2 82 43.3 ‑2.3 20 55.1 ‑1.0 6 0.81 39% 0.57 349 47
Waco 58.3 ‑2.0 82 35.7 ‑2.8 11 47.0 ‑2.4 6 1.35 70% 0.52 555 5
Wichita Falls 50.8 ‑5.3 72 27.5 ‑4.2 6 39.2 ‑4.7 8 0.97 80% 0.60 793 0
Shreveport, LA 59.8 +0.7 77 37.1 ‑1.1 14 48.4 ‑0.3 13 3.99 102% 2.39 509 3
*Dep.: Departure of the monthly average temperature from the mean monthly average temperature, computed using monthly data from 1951-1980.
*Perc. Norm.: Monthly precipitation total divided by the mean monthly precipitation, computed using monthly data from 1951-1980.
*Deg. Days: Computed daily as the departure of the daily average temperature from 65°F and aggregated over the entire month.
*Heating degree day (HDD): Each unit corresponds to a -1°F departure of a daily average temperature from 65°F.
*Cooling degree day (HDD): Each unit corresponds to a +1°F departure of a daily average temperature from 65°F.

dec 1990 average temperatures
dec 1990 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 0.00
CATARINA DIMMIT 0.00
DALHART 6 SW HARTLEY 0.00
DRYDEN 10 NE TERRELL 0.00
ENCINAL WEBB 0.00
FOWLERTON LA SALLE 0.00
FREER DUVAL 0.00
FREER 18 WNW WEBB 0.00
FUNK RCH IRION 0.00
HUDSPETH RIVER RANCH VAL VERDE 0.00
HUMBLE PUMP STN 5 WN SUTTON 0.00
HUNT 3 SW KERR 0.00
JUNO 4 S VAL VERDE 0.00
LEAKEY REAL 0.00
PANDALE 1 N VAL VERDE 0.00
PANDALE 11 NE VAL VERDE 0.00
RIOMEDINA MEDINA 0.00
ROUND MTN BLANCO 0.00
SANDERSON TERRELL 0.00
UMBARGER RANDALL 0.00
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
DEKALB BOWIE 8.52
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
DEKALB BOWIE 3.90
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DALHART 6 SW HARTLEY 28.7
STRATFORD SHERMAN 28.7
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 63.4
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
STRATFORD SHERMAN 43.5
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 74.7
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 92
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
STRATFORD SHERMAN -1
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DALHART 6 SW HARTLEY 11.3
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PORT ISABEL CAMERON 53.5
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 74
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
BRAVO HARTLEY -12

New Monthly Records

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HONDO MUNI AP MEDINA 0.07 0.10 (1985) 16
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 0.00 0.00 (1985) 27
CATARINA DIMMIT 0.00 0.00 (1985) 30
ENCINAL WEBB 0.00 0.00 (1988) 76
FOWLERTON LA SALLE 0.00 0.00 (1988) 63
FREER DUVAL 0.00 0.00 (1954) 38
FREER 18 WNW WEBB 0.00 0.00 (1988) 12
FUNK RCH IRION 0.00 0.00 (1985) 42
HUMBLE PUMP STN 5 WN SUTTON 0.00 0.00 (1985) 32
HUNT 3 SW KERR 0.00 0.00 (1981) 46
PANDALE 1 N VAL VERDE 0.00 0.00 (1985) 39
PANDALE 11 NE VAL VERDE 0.00 0.00 (1985) 10
RIOMEDINA MEDINA 0.00 0.00 (1973) 58
ROUND MTN BLANCO 0.00 0.00 (1989) 42
SANDERSON TERRELL 0.00 0.00 (1985) 55
UMBARGER RANDALL 0.00 0.00 (1981) 48
Highest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CANYON DAM COMAL 81 81 (1970) 21
FLORESVILLE WILSON 89 89 (1984) 21
FREER DUVAL 88 88 (1981) 17
GRANGER DAM WILLIAMSON 80 80 (1983) 10
GROVETON TRINITY 80 80 (1989) 18
GEORGETOWN LAKE WILLIAMSON 82 82 (1983) 11
PROCTOR RSVR COMANCHE 83 83 (1966) 18
Lowest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CENTER SHELBY 20 22 (1989) 48
COLLEGE STN BRAZOS 23 23 (1983) 92
EASTLAND EASTLAND 11 12 (1983) 62
GRAHAM YOUNG 12 13 (1989) 58
STEPHENVILLE CLARK FLD ERATH 13 13 (1989) 38
WACO RGNL AP MCLENNAN 18 18 (1989) 90
ABILENE RGNL AP TAYLOR 12 12 (1983) 106
WICHITA FALLS MUNI AP WICHITA 11 11 (1989) 68
CHILDRESS MUNI AP CHILDRESS 10 11 (1983) 69
DALHART MUNI AP DALLAM 5 6 (1983) 40
ANSON JONES 12 13 (1989) 26
ARCHER CITY ARCHER 12 13 (1989) 22
BALLINGER 2 NW RUNNELS 14 15 (1989) 86
BELTON DAM BELL 16 20 (1983) 28
BENBROOK DAM TARRANT 14 15 (1989) 28
BORGER HUTCHINSON 4 4 (1983) 41
BRAVO HARTLEY 6 11 (1989) 24
BRIDGEPORT WISE 13 16 (1989) 53
BROWNWOOD 2ENE BROWN 15 16 (1989) 63
BURNET BURNET 16 20 (1989) 76
CANADIAN HEMPHILL 3 3 (1983) 59
CANYON RANDALL 1 6 (1989) 32
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 27 33 (1983) 21
CLAUDE ARMSTRONG 5 5 (1983) 25
CLEBURNE JOHNSON 15 18 (1983) 76
COLEMAN COLEMAN 13 14 (1989) 84
DIMMITT 2 N CASTRO 6 8 (1989) 28
DUBLIN 2SE ERATH 11 12 (1989) 78
DUMAS MOORE 1 1 (1983) 41
EAGLE MTN LAKE TARRANT 15 16 (1983) 13
FERRIS ELLIS 16 20 (1983) 26
FRANKLIN ROBERTSON 22 23 (1989) 21
FRIONA PARMER 7 8 (1989) 29
GATESVILLE 4 SSE CORYELL 18 20 (1983) 49
GLEN ROSE 2 W SOMERVELL 8 13 (1989) 28
GRANGER DAM WILLIAMSON 18 19 (1989) 10
GRUVER HANSFORD 2 6 (1983) 27
GUTHRIE KING 12 12 (1989) 19
HEREFORD DEAF SMITH 5 7 (1989) 54
HILLSBORO HILL 17 18 (1983) 71
HORDS CREEK DAM COLEMAN 12 14 (1989) 27
JACKSONVILLE CHEROKEE 21 21 (1983) 28
JAYTON KENT 11 12 (1983) 17
KAUFMAN 3 SE KAUFMAN 17 17 (1989) 85
KERRVILLE 3 NNE KERR 17 17 (1989) 16
LAKE COLORADO CITY MITCHELL 14 15 (1989) 23
LAMPASAS LAMPASAS 16 17 (1989) 86
LEXINGTON LEE 19 22 (1983) 28
LIPSCOMB LIPSCOMB 4 5 (1983) 24
LITTLEFIELD LAMB 10 10 (1989) 24
LLANO LLANO 18 18 (1989) 83
LONGVIEW GREGG 22 25 (1932) 62
MARLIN 3 NE FALLS 22 23 (1989) 38
MC GREGOR MCLENNAN 16 16 (1989) 31
MCKINNEY  MUNICIPAL AIRPORT COLLIN 15 17 (1983) 74
MC LEAN GRAY 3 5 (1983) 21
MEMPHIS HALL 10 10 (1983) 55
MEXIA LIMESTONE 19 19 (1983) 75
MIAMI ROBERTS 2 3 (1983) 74
GEORGETOWN LAKE WILLIAMSON 17 18 (1989) 11
OLNEY YOUNG 11 13 (1989) 25
PADUCAH COTTLE 10 12 (1989) 34
PAINT ROCK CONCHO 18 18 (1989) 28
PAMPA 2 GRAY 1 3 (1983) 25
PANHANDLE CARSON 2 3 (1983) 27
PERRYTON OCHILTREE 3 3 (1983) 21
PILOT POINT ISL DU BOI DENTON 12 17 (1989) 23
RISING STAR 1 S EASTLAND 11 13 (1989) 37
ROBERT LEE COKE 16 18 (1983) 30
ROSCOE NOLAN 9 10 (1983) 51
ROTAN FISHER 12 12 (1983) 29
O C FISHER DAM TOM GREEN 17 18 (1989) 29
SAN MARCOS HAYS 21 24 (1983) 75
SAN SABA SAN SABA 17 17 (1989) 44
SEYMOUR BAYLOR 10 12 (1989) 56
SHAMROCK 2 WHEELER 5 5 (1983) 23
SMITHVILLE BASTROP 23 24 (1983) 60
SPEARMAN HANSFORD 1 4 (1983) 62
SPUR DICKENS 11 13 (1989) 54
TOWN BLUFF DAM TYLER 23 23 (1989) 29
STEPHENVILLE 1 N ERATH 13 13 (1989) 39
STERLING CITY STERLING 16 16 (1989) 21
STILLHOUSE HOLLOW DAM BELL 17 19 (1989) 17
TAHOKA LYNN 12 12 (1989) 51
TAYLOR WILLIAMSON 18 19 (1989) 58
THROCKMORTON THROCKMORTON 11 12 (1983) 53
TRUSCOTT 3 W KNOX 11 11 (1983) 27
VERNON WILBARGER 10 12 (1989) 38
WACO DAM MCLENNAN 16 17 (1989) 17
WAXAHACHIE ELLIS 17 19 (1983) 75
WELLINGTON COLLINGSWORTH 8 10 (1983) 25
WHITNEY DAM BOSQUE 18 18 (1989) 40
WINTERS 1 NNE RUNNELS 13 15 (1983) 22
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BRAVO HARTLEY 13.8 14.4 (1989) 24
Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 74 74 (1985) 30
DRYDEN TERRELL 54 54 (1984) 22
POINT COMFORT CALHOUN 69 69 (1984) 21
Lowest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BRAVO HARTLEY -12 -7 (1978) 24
CANYON RANDALL -6 -6 (1989) 31
CLAUDE ARMSTRONG -7 -7 (1983) 27
LITTLEFIELD LAMB -4 -4 (1987) 25
MULESHOE #1 BAILEY -9 -9 (1987) 63
TULIA SWISHER -4 -4 (1989) 42

Climatic Averages for January

  TMAX (°F) TMIN (°F) PRCP (inches) No. Days in Month Deg. Days
Station Avg. Record Avg. Record Avg. Gr'st Mo. Gr'st 24 hr. ≥ 90°F ≤ 32°F PRCP ≥ 0.01" HDD CDD
Abilene 55.5 90 (1911) 31.2 ‑9 (1947) 0.97 4.35 (1968) 2.18 (1961) 0.0 17.3 4.6 666 1
Amarillo 49.1 83 (1927) 21.7 ‑11 (1984) 0.46 2.51 (1939) 1.74 (1968) 0.0 26.7 3.9 909 0
Austin 59.4 90 (1971) 38.8 ‑2 (1949) 1.60 9.13 (1934) 3.44 (1965) 0.0 8.7 7.6 494 9
Brownsville 69.7 93 (1971) 50.8 18 (1881) 1.25 5.11 (1945) 3.00 (1988) 0.1 1.1 7.1 204 64
College Station 59.0 88 (1897) 39.3 ‑3 (1949) 2.48 10.84 (1932) 2.97 (1934) 0.0 8.9 8.8 495 12
Corpus Christi 66.0 91 (1971) 46.2 14 (1962) 1.63 10.78 (1958) 6.38 (1958) 0.1 3.1 8.0 304 36
Dallas‑Fort Worth 54.3 93 (1911) 33.4 ‑2 (1949) 1.72 9.07 (1932) 3.11 (1990) 0.0 14.9 7.0 650 2
Del Rio 62.5 92 (1911) 39.3 12 (1918) 0.48 4.12 (1931) 1.53 (1947) 0.0 6.6 4.7 435 4
El Paso 57.7 80 (1970) 31.2 ‑8 (1962) 0.38 1.84 (1949) 1.28 (1896) 0.0 17.5 3.7 629 0
Galveston 59.1 78 (1989) 47.8 11 (1886) 2.96 10.39 (1899) 5.38 (1923) 0.0 2.3 9.3 356 6
Houston 61.6 87 (1902) 43.9 5 (1930) 3.43 13.11 (1891) 5.89 (1891) 0.0 5.6 9.9 392 20
Lubbock 53.2 87 (1914) 24.3 ‑16 (1963) 0.38 4.05 (1949) 1.96 (1939) 0.0 25.6 3.4 805 0
Midland 57.2 84 (1974) 29.7 ‑8 (1962) 0.42 4.99 (1939) 2.56 (1939) 0.0 19.2 3.5 660 0
Port Arthur 61.2 84 (1909) 42.2 11 (1930) 4.18 9.57 (1961) 4.92 (1961) 0.0 6.2 9.9 418 13
San Angelo 58.4 91 (1911) 32.4 1 (1947) 0.64 3.65 (1961) 2.49 (1961) 0.0 16.1 4.3 601 2
San Antonio 61.7 89 (1971) 39.0 0 (1949) 1.55 8.52 (1968) 3.18 (1968) 0.0 8.9 7.9 457 10
Victoria 63.6 88 (1971) 43.4 12 (1949) 1.81 5.21 (1979) 3.46 (1980) 0.0 5.1 8.1 372 23
Waco 56.6 90 (1943) 35.7 ‑5 (1949) 1.73 6.56 (1932) 3.19 (1945) 0.0 12.7 6.9 581 4
Wichita Falls 52.2 87 (1969) 28.3 ‑12 (1947) 0.93 4.48 (1968) 2.25 (1919) 0.0 20.8 4.7 760 0
Shreveport, LA 55.8 85 (1950) 36.1 ‑2 (1930) 4.03 12.11 (1885) 7.52 (1885) 0.0 12.2 9.9 590 8
Climatic averages are based on monthly means, computed from data available during the period 1951-1980.
  1. Home
  2. Products
  3. Texas Climate Reports
  5. 1990
  6. Texas Climate Report: December 1990
Geosciences TAMU Logo

Aggies can change the world. Geoscientists lead the way.