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Texas Climate Report: April 1992

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 76.1 ‑1.7 91 53.7 +0.8 38 64.9 ‑0.5 5 2.02 106% 1.03 88 92
Amarillo 72.7 +1.2 89 44.6 +2.5 31 58.6 +1.8 8 1.60 162% 0.48 203 19
Austin 77.7 ‑1.7 86 58.3 ‑1.5 44 68.0 ‑1.6 4 1.90 74% 1.17 39 137
Brownsville 81.1 ‑2.9 88 64.4 ‑2.1 50 72.7 ‑2.6 9 4.15 266% 1.64 10 249
College Station 77.6 ‑0.7 86 57.5 ‑0.5 40 67.5 ‑0.7 8 3.75 111% 2.01 47 131
Corpus Christi 79.7 ‑2.0 90 62.4 ‑0.8 48 71.1 ‑1.4 7 3.73 217% 1.28 24 214
Dallas‑Fort Worth 76.2 ‑0.1 87 55.7 +1.0 38 66.0 +0.5 7 2.46 70% 1.40 73 109
Del Rio 79.9 ‑3.5 97 58.7 ‑0.5 45 69.3 ‑2.0 10 1.27 64% 0.53 36 173
El Paso 83.5 +4.8 97 52.2 +4.2 38 67.9 +4.5 3 0.30 150% 0.28 49 144
Galveston 72.7 ‑0.8 81 64.2 ‑0.8 50 68.5 ‑0.8 7 5.59 230% 2.76 25 134
Houston 78.7 +0.3 88 58.7 +0.6 46 68.7 +0.4 7 3.74 117% 1.85 37 155
Lubbock 76.4 +1.0 94 48.4 +1.7 34 62.4 +1.3 8 1.26 130% 0.63 134 61
Midland 77.3 ‑2.5 98 49.1 ‑0.3 34 63.2 ‑1.4 6 1.03 124% 0.74 113 68
Port Arthur 77.3 ‑1.0 87 58.4 ‑1.1 46 67.8 ‑1.1 7 5.78 165% 2.12 34 126
San Angelo 77.1 ‑4.1 91 52.5 ‑0.2 33 64.8 ‑2.2 4 1.00 60% 0.91 88 86
San Antonio 79.1 ‑1.2 90 58.8 +0.4 46 69.0 ‑0.3 5 3.03 121% 1.72 31 158
Victoria 80.5 +0.3 89 60.7 ‑0.3 47 70.6 7 7.81 324% 5.29 24 202
Waco 78.3 +0.3 89 56.3 +0.1 38 67.3 +0.2 6 1.27 40% 0.54 59 137
Wichita Falls 76.3 +0.5 89 50.4 +0.1 33 63.4 +0.3 7 1.08 36% 0.58 107 68
Shreveport, LA 76.8 ‑0.3 89 53.4 ‑0.7 34 65.1 ‑0.5 5 3.26 87% 2.47 84 93
*Dep.: Departure of the monthly average temperature from the 1961-1990 monthly normal, which is provided by the National Climatic Data Center.
*Perc. Norm.: Monthly precipitation total divided by 1961-1990 monthly normal, which is provided by the National Climatic Data Center.
*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.

apr 1992 average temperatures
apr 1992 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
CANDELARIA PRESIDIO 0.00
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
VICTORIA CP&L VICTORIA 11.76
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
VICTORIA CP&L VICTORIA 7.83
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DALHART 6 SW HARTLEY 55.3
STRATFORD SHERMAN 55.3
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 74.0
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
TEMPLE BELL 68.9
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PRESIDIO PRESIDIO 89.0
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
BOQUILLAS RS BREWSTER 103
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
MT LOCKE JEFF DAVIS 39
PINE SPRINGS CULBERSON 39
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DALHART 6 SW HARTLEY 39.3
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
CORPUS CHRISTI NAS NUECES 67.6
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
CORPUS CHRISTI NAS NUECES 77
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PERRYTON OCHILTREE 24

New Monthly Records

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CANDELARIA PRESIDIO 0.00 0.00 (1989) 51
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BEEVILLE 5 NE BEE 8.85 8.68 (1949) 90
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 5.90 4.22 (1976) 32
CALLIHAM MCMULLEN 5.56 4.79 (1990) 14
SPEAKS 2 LAVACA 9.33 8.19 (1979) 24
STERLING CITY 8 NE STERLING 4.84 4.26 (1981) 17
TILDEN 4 SSE MCMULLEN 5.38 4.89 (1990) 39
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours Ever in the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HOUSTON BARKER HARRIS 3.74 3.68 (1991) 45
NEW GULF WHARTON 3.60 3.58 (1991) 43
PADUCAH 10S COTTLE 2.36 1.65 (1988) 22
RICHMOND FORT BEND 4.68 3.60 (1979) 45
SAM RAYBURN DAM JASPER 4.02 3.34 (1982) 25
SPEAKS 2 LAVACA 4.18 3.47 (1990) 24
STERLING CITY 8 NE STERLING 3.30 2.15 (1950) 17
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
TEMPLE BELL 58.3 60.0 (1973) 91
TILDEN 4 SSE MCMULLEN 66.7 67.2 (1959) 32
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HONDO MUNI AP MEDINA 76.4 77.3 (1987) 18
CAMP WOOD REAL 73.6 75.0 (1990) 29
FREER DUVAL 79.0 80.5 (1985) 22
HEBBRONVILLE JIM HOGG 80.5 81.0 (1973) 30
JOHNSON CITY BLANCO 76.2 76.2 (1990) 24
KARNES CITY 2 N KARNES 75.6 78.4 (1990) 13
LAREDO 2 WEBB 83.8 84.0 (1977) 25
MCALLEN HIDALGO 81.1 82.0 (1959) 48
MC COOK HIDALGO 82.5 82.6 (1973) 45
RIO GRANDE CITY STARR 82.2 84.2 (1968) 64
SINTON 3 NW SAN PATRICIO 76.9 77.5 (1973) 29
ZAPATA 1 S ZAPATA 82.2 84.2 (1987) 30
Highest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BIG SPRING HOWARD 99 99 (1972) 36
BIG SPRING HOWARD 99 99 (1972) 38
CRANE 2E CRANE 99 98 (1965) 28
FT DAVIS JEFF DAVIS 91 91 (1989) 15
GARDEN CITY GLASSCOCK 98 96 (1982) 12
TOLEDO BEND DAM NEWTON 88 87 (1990) 16
Lowest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ALICE JIM WELLS 52 56 (1982) 63
AMISTAD DAM VAL VERDE 54 55 (1987) 27
ANSON JONES 45 46 (1989) 29
BENAVIDES 2 DUVAL 56 59 (1982) 26
CAMP WOOD REAL 50 51 (1982) 29
CHAPMAN RCH NUECES 59 61 (1987) 34
EVANT 1 SSW CORYELL 47 52 (1989) 25
FALFURRIAS BROOKS 53 53 (1928) 83
FREER DUVAL 50 60 (1982) 22
GLEN ROSE 2 W SOMERVELL 52 54 (1980) 28
GONZALES 1N GONZALES 50 51 (1980) 28
GRANGER DAM WILLIAMSON 49 52 (1982) 12
HEBBRONVILLE JIM HOGG 52 53 (1987) 30
JOHNSON CITY BLANCO 49 51 (1980) 24
KARNES CITY 2 N KARNES 50 56 (1987) 13
LANGTRY VAL VERDE 54 54 (1980) 22
LEXINGTON LEE 49 49 (1980) 31
MATHIS 4 SSW JIM WELLS 53 56 (1982) 28
MC GREGOR MCLENNAN 44 48 (1980) 33
NAVARRO MILLS DAM NAVARRO 46 51 (1982) 29
GEORGETOWN LAKE WILLIAMSON 48 51 (1982) 11
POINT COMFORT CALHOUN 63 63 (1979) 31
POTEET ATASCOSA 51 53 (1982) 48
PROCTOR RSVR COMANCHE 45 46 (1980) 27
PUTNAM CALLAHAN 50 50 (1989) 29
ROBSTOWN NUECES 52 58 (1959) 34
RUSK CHEROKEE 48 48 (1980) 46
SINTON 3 NW SAN PATRICIO 51 59 (1961) 29
STILLHOUSE HOLLOW DAM BELL 48 48 (1980) 25
TILDEN 4 SSE MCMULLEN 54 54 (1982) 35
WACO DAM MCLENNAN 46 50 (1980) 27
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
TEMPLE BELL 47.7 49.3 (1907) 93
Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BOYS RANCH OLDHAM 59 59 (1990) 10
Lowest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
WRIGHT PATMAN DAM CASS 31 31 (1988) 22

Climatic Averages for May

  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 84.4 107 (1967) 61.1 33 (1907) 2.97 13.19 (1957) 6.78 (1908) 8.3 0.0 7.5 7 245
Amarillo 79.1 102 (1953) 51.6 26 (1907) 2.48 9.81 (1951) 6.75 (1951) 4.7 0.1 7.9 89 102
Austin 84.7 104 (1925) 66.5 40 (1925) 4.78 14.10 (1895) 6.16 (1929) 6.7 0.0 9.3 0 329
Brownsville 87.8 102 (1974) 72.0 41 (1895) 2.94 9.12 (1982) 7.38 (1929) 9.2 0.0 5.2 0 462
College Station 84.0 101 (1906) 65.0 42 (1954) 4.80 14.70 (1929) 7.36 (1983) 4.5 0.0 8.0 0 298
Corpus Christi 86.2 103 (1984) 69.5 45 (1925) 3.33 10.44 (1941) 6.60 (1926) 5.1 0.0 6.4 0 400
Dallas‑Fort Worth 82.9 107 (1927) 62.6 34 (1903) 4.88 13.66 (1982) 6.99 (1908) 4.5 0.0 8.7 0 246
Del Rio 88.2 108 (1927) 66.3 45 (1970) 2.03 10.23 (1957) 3.97 (1942) 13.7 0.0 6.9 0 381
El Paso 87.1 104 (1951) 56.5 31 (1967) 0.25 2.28 (1893) 2.07 (1895) 12.8 0.0 2.1 7 217
Galveston 79.8 94 (1984) 71.8 52 (1954) 3.59 11.03 (1991) 7.71 (1975) 0.1 0.0 6.4 0 335
Houston 84.6 98 (1928) 64.4 44 (1978) 5.24 15.87 (1907) 10.36 (1989) 4.7 0.0 8.0 0 295
Lubbock 83.1 104 (1989) 55.8 29 (1917) 2.35 12.69 (1941) 5.14 (1949) 8.1 0.1 6.8 25 162
Midland 87.4 108 (1989) 58.1 34 (1970) 1.98 6.27 (1941) 4.75 (1968) 11.7 0.0 5.6 10 252
Port Arthur 84.1 101 (1905) 66.3 45 (1917) 5.71 20.58 (1923) 12.76 (1923) 2.7 0.0 7.5 0 316
San Angelo 87.4 107 (1989) 61.1 35 (1967) 3.00 11.24 (1987) 3.12 (1987) 11.7 0.0 7.3 7 292
San Antonio 85.3 103 (1989) 65.7 43 (1984) 4.22 14.07 (1935) 6.82 (1937) 7.7 0.0 8.9 0 326
Victoria 85.3 102 (1928) 67.7 45 (1954) 4.50 14.08 (1968) 8.45 (1972) 5.8 0.0 7.1 0 360
Waco 84.4 102 (1985) 64.2 37 (1981) 4.58 15.00 (1965) 7.18 (1953) 7.5 0.0 8.6 0 288
Wichita Falls 83.3 107 (1927) 59.1 36 (1979) 4.07 13.22 (1982) 5.70 (1975) 8.3 0.0 8.6 10 202
Shreveport, LA 83.2 101 (1886) 62.0 42 (1960) 5.18 14.47 (1884) 8.35 (1908) 3.7 0.0 9.0 0 239
Climatic averages are based on 1961-1990 monthly normals, which are provided by the National Climatic Data Center.
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