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Texas Climate Report: March 1993

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 67.2 ‑1.7 88 42.3 ‑1.0 21 54.7 ‑1.4 8 1.03 76% 0.44 328 19
Amarillo 60.3 ‑1.3 78 31.8 ‑0.9 9 46.0 ‑1.1 10 1.29 134% 0.43 577 0
Austin 71.3 ‑0.6 84 50.4 ‑0.7 28 60.9 ‑0.6 10 2.09 112% 0.77 163 44
Brownsville 78.6 +0.2 89 58.5 ‑0.6 39 68.5 ‑0.3 6 1.68 317% 0.55 48 166
College Station 69.3 ‑1.7 84 49.3 ‑0.4 27 59.3 ‑1.0 9 4.61 179% 1.73 200 32
Corpus Christi 75.2 ‑0.5 86 55.4 +0.1 36 65.3 ‑0.3 7 2.83 301% 2.15 83 98
Dallas‑Fort Worth 65.8 ‑2.0 88 46.4 +0.8 30 56.1 ‑0.6 7 3.03 109% 0.99 290 19
Del Rio 77.9 +2.2 94 52.1 +1.2 31 65.0 +1.7 6 0.47 68% 0.25 102 110
El Paso 72.3 +2.4 82 43.5 +3.3 26 57.9 +2.8 1 0.01 3% 0.01 222 11
Galveston 67.3 +0.6 78 57.1 +0.4 38 62.2 +0.5 8 4.92 221% 1.29 105 27
Houston 71.5 +0.4 84 50.6 +0.6 29 61.1 +0.5 11 6.41 220% 3.49 157 42
Lubbock 66.6 +0.6 85 35.6 ‑0.8 13 51.1 ‑0.1 9 0.37 42% 0.16 421 0
Midland 70.0 ‑1.2 87 39.1 ‑1.1 14 54.6 ‑1.1 2 0.26 45% 0.22 322 6
Port Arthur 70.8 ‑0.7 83 50.9 ‑0.4 27 60.9 ‑0.5 7 5.56 172% 1.71 152 32
San Angelo 71.1 ‑1.5 88 42.6 ‑0.9 21 56.8 ‑1.3 7 0.28 31% 0.10 273 28
San Antonio 72.9 ‑0.6 88 50.0 +0.3 27 61.5 ‑0.2 10 1.56 103% 0.79 147 45
Victoria 74.4 +0.7 88 53.6 +0.8 33 64.0 +0.7 8 2.80 181% 1.85 101 80
Waco 67.4 ‑2.2 88 46.5 ‑0.3 29 57.0 ‑1.2 8 4.31 185% 1.89 262 24
Wichita Falls 64.8 ‑1.6 85 40.1 ‑0.5 21 52.5 ‑1.0 5 2.80 127% 1.40 394 13
Shreveport, LA 66.2 ‑3.0 84 44.1 ‑1.7 22 55.2 ‑2.3 13 5.94 165% 2.04 307 10
*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.

mar 1993 average temperatures
mar 1993 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
DRYDEN 10 NE TERRELL 0.00
EL PASO 32 ENE HUDSPETH 0.00
LA TUNA 1 S EL PASO 0.00
SALT FLAT HUDSPETH 0.00
SIERRA BLANCA 2 E HUDSPETH 0.00
TORNILLO 2 SSE EL PASO 0.00
YSLETA EL PASO 0.00
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
KOUNTZE HARDIN 11.35
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
KOUNTZE HARDIN 6.25
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 43.0
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 70.3
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 55.7
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
LAJITAS BREWSTER 82.9
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
LAREDO 2 WEBB 98
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
HEREFORD DEAF SMITH 26
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DALHART 6 SW HARTLEY 27.0
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
CORPUS CHRISTI NAS NUECES 60.9
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PORT MANSFIELD WILLACY 73
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MULESHOE NWR BAILEY 5

New Monthly Records

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
DRYDEN 10 NE TERRELL 0.00 0.00 (1988) 11
EL PASO 32 ENE HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00&nbnbsp;(1988) 10
LA TUNA 1 S EL PASO 0.00 0.00 (1991) 48
SALT FLAT HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (1982) 15
SIERRA BLANCA 2 E HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (1982) 27
TORNILLO 2 SSE EL PASO 0.00 0.00 (1988) 14
YSLETA EL PASO 0.00 0.00 (1982) 54
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CORPUS CHRISTI NAS NUECES 6.49 4.69 (1945) 46
PALACIOS MUNI AP MATAGORDA 9.24 9.01 (1944) 51
ALICE JIM WELLS 4.75 4.74 (1935) 75
ARANSAS WR ARANSAS 8.05 5.45 (1990) 50
BAYTOWN HARRIS 7.64 7.24 (1990) 10
CHOKE CANYON DAM LIVE OAK 3.92 2.67 (1992) 10
DELL CITY 5 SSW HUDSPETH 0.55 0.47 (1985) 12
KATY WOLF HILL HARRIS 4.65 4.65 (1985) 19
LAJITAS BREWSTER 0.88 0.40 (1983) 13
LAREDO 2 WEBB 2.89 2.08 (1981) 30
LOCKHART CALDWELL 6.46 5.25 (1983) 50
LUFKIN 11 NW ANGELINA 7.86 6.05 (1989) 11
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 8.14 6.75 (1992) 19
NEW CANEY 2 E MONTGOMERY 9.82 7.52 (1957) 38
PINELAND SABINE 7.73 7.71 (1980) 17
PORT MANSFIELD WILLACY 3.00 2.75 (1981) 35
ROCKPORT ARANSAS 6.70 6.16 (1974) 35
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours Ever in the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CORPUS CHRISTI NAS NUECES 5.81 2.33 (1945) 46
PALACIOS MUNI AP MATAGORDA 5.15 5.01 (1985) 51
ARANSAS WR ARANSAS 4.74 3.46 (1992) 50
BAYTOWN HARRIS 2.95 2.50 (1990) 10
CHOKE CANYON DAM LIVE OAK 3.25 1.40 (1992) 10
CROWELL FOARD 2.50 2.10 (1934) 73
DELL CITY 5 SSW HUDSPETH 0.55 0.33 (1991) 12
GOLIAD GOLIAD 4.21 3.56 (1923) 78
GRANGER DAM WILLIAMSON 1.56 1.55 (1992) 13
LAJITAS BREWSTER 0.80 0.30 (1983) 13
LAREDO 2 WEBB 2.71 0.91 (1981) 30
LOCKHART CALDWELL 3.28 2.08 (1969) 50
MISSION 4 W HIDALGO 2.67 2.34 (1940) 75
VERNON WILBARGER 2.50 2.38 (1961) 58
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
JEFFERSON MARION 51.9 53.0 (1906) 13
LAKE TAWAKONI RAINS 53.0 53.2 (1983) 15
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 54.1 54.7 (1978) 19
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
LONGVIEW 11 SE RUSK 65.9 67.6 (1988) 17
EAGLE MTN LAKE TARRANT 66.3 66.3 (1983) 15
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 66.6 66.6 (1980) 19
TOLEDO BEND DAM NEWTON 64.7 65.5 (1978) 17
TYLER SMITH 65.8 68.1 (1984) 10
Highest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HOUSTON SAN JACINTO HARRIS 90 88 (1980) 11
Lowest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BENAVIDES 2 DUVAL 46 46 (1968) 20
FREER DUVAL 44 47 (1968) 20
SINTON 3 NW SAN PATRICIO 47 47 (1990) 25
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
GLEN ROSE 2 W SOMERVELL 35.3 37.0 (1969) 28
JEFFERSON MARION 38.7 40.4 (1988) 14
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 41.5 42.8 (1978) 19
PEARSALL FRIO 43.8 45.4 (1969) 39
SAM RAYBURN DAM JASPER 39.5 41.2 (1978) 26
Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
TORNILLO 2 SSE EL PASO 56 56 (1991) 12
Lowest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BAKERSFIELD PECOS 12 12 (1980) 27
DEKALB BOWIE 20 22 (1989) 11
JEFFERSON MARION 21 22 (1989) 14
PANDALE 1 N VAL VERDE 18 18 (1980) 22
PANDALE 11 NE VAL VERDE 17 20 (1989) 11

Climatic Averages for April

  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 77.8 102 (1925) 52.9 25 (1973) 1.90 9.80 (1890) 4.63 (1914) 2.9 0.4 5.8 94 106
Amarillo 71.5 98 (1989) 42.1 13 (1920) 0.99 5.47 (1900) 2.68 (1911) 1.0 3.5 4.9 266 20
Austin 79.4 99 (1939) 59.8 30 (1926) 2.56 19.82 (1915) 10.00 (1915) 1.7 0.0 6.9 28 166
Brownsville 84.0 102 (1984) 66.5 37 (1903) 1.56 10.35 (1991) 9.37 (1991) 3.5 0.0 3.4 0 312
College Station 78.3 98 (1893) 58.0 28 (1973) 3.38 12.50 (1957) 5.30 (1953) 0.5 0.1 6.9 39 135
Corpus Christi 81.7 102 (1984) 63.2 33 (1987) 1.72 8.04 (1956) 7.19 (1956) 1.9 0.0 4.8 9 234
Dallas‑Fort Worth 76.3 100 (1925) 54.7 29 (1989) 3.50 17.64 (1922) 8.81 (1922) 1.0 0.2 7.6 75 90
Del Rio 83.4 106 (1984) 59.2 33 (1987) 1.98 7.51 (1981) 4.57 (1969) 6.7 0.0 5.2 14 203
El Paso 78.7 98 (1989) 48.0 23 (1983) 0.20 2.24 (1931) 1.08 (1966) 2.0 0.9 1.5 110 62
Galveston 73.5 92 (1953) 65.0 38 (1938) 2.43 11.04 (1904) 9.23 (1904) 0.0 0.0 5.1 16 145
Houston 78.4 95 (1987) 58.1 31 (1987) 3.21 10.92 (1976) 8.16 (1976) 0.8 0.1 6.9 36 135
Lubbock 75.4 100 (1989) 46.7 18 (1920) 0.97 6.18 (1915) 2.18 (1982) 1.7 1.5 4.4 161 44
Midland 79.8 101 (1989) 49.4 20 (1973) 0.83 3.59 (1931) 2.00 (1931) 3.7 0.7 3.1 108 96
Port Arthur 78.3 94 (1987) 59.5 32 (1987) 3.51 15.30 (1973) 10.09 (1973) 0.3 0.0 6.1 32 149
San Angelo 81.2 107 (1925) 52.7 23 (1926) 1.67 5.10 (1977) 3.32 (1971) 5.0 0.6 4.9 70 130
San Antonio 80.3 100 (1984) 58.4 31 (1987) 2.50 11.64 (1915) 6.78 (1915) 2.1 0.0 7.3 32 161
Victoria 80.2 100 (1920) 61.0 33 (1987) 2.41 11.09 (1991) 9.87 (1991) 1.0 0.0 5.8 15 183
Waco 78.0 101 (1963) 56.2 27 (1975) 3.19 13.37 (1957) 5.09 (1957) 1.5 0.2 7.0 66 129
Wichita Falls 75.8 102 (1972) 50.3 24 (1975) 3.01 8.50 (1957) 4.09 (1967) 2.5 0.7 6.8 125 68
Shreveport, LA 77.1 96 (1887) 54.1 31 (1989) 3.75 21.84 (1991) 10.44 (1991) 0.1 0.2 8.2 69 87
Climatic averages are based on 1961-1990 monthly normals, which are provided by the National Climatic Data Center.
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