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Texas Climate Report: December 1994

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 58.2 +1.2 77 37.6 +3.7 28 47.9 +2.4 9 1.04 101% 0.65 521 0
Amarillo 55.0 +4.9 73 28.3 +4.6 19 41.6 +4.7 4 0.30 70% 0.12 716 0
Austin 64.9 +2.9 81 46.5 +5.3 33 55.7 +4.1 11 5.67 302% 2.31 301 18
Brownsville 74.2 +2.5 86 57.1 +4.7 41 65.6 +3.5 15 1.54 123% 0.75 89 114
College Station 64.5 +3.0 82 45.8 +4.6 32 55.1 +3.7 10 10.72 379% 5.79 316 19
Corpus Christi 70.9 +2.6 85 54.8 +6.4 40 62.9 +4.6 8 8.02 637% 2.63 149 90
Dallas‑Fort Worth 57.8 +0.3 73 40.2 +3.9 30 49.0 +2.1 9 2.42 132% 0.77 487 1
Del Rio 67.0 +3.5 81 47.5 +6.9 37 57.3 +5.2 9 3.14 515% 2.40 251 20
El Paso 61.3 +3.8 71 37.5 +6.8 27 49.4 +5.3 8 1.61 282% 0.76 475 0
Galveston N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Houston 66.1 +1.4 83 48.3 +6.1 34 57.2 +3.7 10 4.90 142% 1.70 268 33
Lubbock 59.2 +5.1 74 31.4 +4.2 23 45.3 +4.7 5 0.15 28% 0.05 603 0
Midland 61.3 +2.9 76 36.0 +5.2 26 48.6 +4.0 5 0.46 82% 0.40 500 0
Port Arthur 65.5 +1.3 80 48.1 +3.8 36 56.8 +2.5 8 6.86 143% 3.38 263 18
San Angelo 61.8 +2.8 79 37.9 +4.9 28 49.9 +3.9 5 1.21 153% 0.76 463 1
San Antonio 67.7 +4.2 83 46.2 +5.4 31 56.9 +4.7 10 3.28 217% 1.70 267 27
Victoria 68.4 +2.4 82 49.5 +4.3 34 59.0 +3.4 9 5.03 247% 3.63 232 53
Waco 59.3 76 41.5 +4.2 29 50.4 +2.1 11 5.02 270% 1.44 448 3
Wichita Falls 56.7 +1.8 75 35.8 +5.0 25 46.3 +3.5 7 0.86 67% 0.41 572 0
Shreveport, LA 60.2 +1.7 80 41.9 +4.6 26 51.1 +3.1 13 8.00 195% 2.34 440 13
Bold-italics indicate a value broke or tied the record from a previous year.
*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.

dec 1994 average temperatures
dec 1994 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
ANDREWS ANDREWS 0.00
BROWNFIELD 2 TERRY 0.00
DENVER CITY YOAKUM 0.00
FT HANCOCK 8 SSE HUDSPETH 0.00
GAIL BORDEN 0.00
LOOP GAINES 0.00
MCALLEN HIDALGO 0.00
MIDKIFF UPTON 0.00
PLAINS YOAKUM 0.00
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
CORRIGAN 1 ENE POLK 11.79
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
HUNTSVILLE WALKER 6.55
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 37.4
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PORT ISABEL CAMERON 66.1
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 50.1
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
RAYMONDVILLE WILLACY 75.3
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
FALCON DAM STARR 93
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
PERRYTON OCHILTREE 30
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DALHART 6 SW HARTLEY 21.1
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 60.5
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 75
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DALHART 6 SW HARTLEY 13

New Monthly Records

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ANDREWS ANDREWS 0.00 0.00 (1989) 34
BROWNFIELD 2 TERRY 0.00 0.00 (1993) 42
FT HANCOCK 8 SSE HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (1973) 25
GAIL BORDEN 0.00 0.00 (1985) 51
JASPER JASPER 0.56 0.95 (1950) 47
LOOP GAINES 0.00 0.00 (1993) 44
MCALLEN HIDALGO 0.00 0.00 (1977) 52
MIDKIFF UPTON 0.00 0.00 (1993) 11
PLAINS YOAKUM 0.00 0.00 (1993) 53
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HUNTSVILLE WALKER 10.73 10.65 (1923) 86
LONG LAKE ANDERSON 9.66 7.96 (1991) 24
MIDWAY 4 NE MADISON 10.95 8.59 (1991) 17
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 9.16 8.73 (1982) 22
OAKWOOD FREESTONE 9.66 7.96 (1991) 24
RICHARDS GRIMES 8.75 7.93 (1991) 41
WRIGHT PATMAN DAM CASS 7.46 7.41 (1960) 41
WELDER W'LIFE FOUND SAN PATRICIO 4.96 4.10 (1965) 29
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours Ever in the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HOUSTON HOBBY AP HARRIS 3.43 3.26 (1964) 53
DEL RIO INTL AP VAL VERDE 2.40 1.42 (1937) 90
AMISTAD DAM VAL VERDE 2.16 1.82 (1984) 31
BAYTOWN HARRIS 2.98 2.67 (1991) 12
DIME BOX LEE 4.32 4.15 (1965) 53
EDNA HWY 59 BRG JACKSON 4.70 3.91 (1991) 24
EL INDIO MAVERICK 1.64 1.25 (1991) 17
FREER 18 WNW WEBB 2.10 1.50 (1991) 16
HUNTSVILLE WALKER 6.55 4.40 (1913) 86
JOURDANTON ATASCOSA 2.83 2.74 (1991) 53
LAREDO 2 WEBB 2.41 1.60 (1974) 31
LEAKEY REAL 3.00 3.00 (1991) 10
LUFKIN 11 NW ANGELINA 3.06 2.87 (1991) 12
MADISONVILLE MADISON 5.02 4.10 (1992) 59
MIDWAY 4 NE MADISON 5.67 4.10 (1992) 17
STILLHOUSE HOLLOW DAM BELL 2.63 2.10 (1985) 26
WELDER W'LIFE FOUND SAN PATRICIO 2.04 1.91 (1964) 29
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ANDREWS ANDREWS 49.8 49.5 (1981) 28
BAYTOWN HARRIS 58.0 55.7 (1991) 11
BOYS RANCH OLDHAM 41.8 41.8 (1981) 11
CHOKE CANYON DAM LIVE OAK 59.2 58.6 (1991) 10
DELL CITY 5 SSW HUDSPETH 47.2 46.1 (1981) 15
GRANDFALLS 3 SSE WARD 48.7 48.6 (1946) 30
MIDKIFF UPTON 48.7 48.5 (1984) 13
MORTON COCHRAN 44.8 44.8 (1970) 31
MT LOCKE JEFF DAVIS 48.2 48.0 (1984) 45
MULESHOE NWR BAILEY 43.0 42.8 (1980) 13
PLAINS YOAKUM 45.6 45.6 (1970) 34
RED BLUFF DAM REEVES 50.1 50.1 (1955) 26
TORNILLO 2 SSE EL PASO 46.6 45.4 (1984) 13
WELLINGTON COLLINGSWORTH 46.0 45.4 (1993) 29
YSLETA EL PASO 48.9 48.4 (1980) 38
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BAYTOWN HARRIS 67.5 66.3 (1988) 11
DELL CITY 5 SSW HUDSPETH 63.7 63.6 (1981) 15
HOUSTON SAN JACINTO HARRIS 69.0 68.5 (1984) 12
MULESHOE NWR BAILEY 59.7 59.4 (1980) 15
PORT O CONNOR CALHOUN 72.9 72.7 (1970) 33
Highest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BAYTOWN HARRIS 81 81 (1983) 11
CANYON DAM COMAL 81 81 (1990) 25
GROVETON TRINITY 82 80 (1993) 22
HOUSTON SAN JACINTO HARRIS 84 82 (1993) 12
HUNTSVILLE WALKER 85 85 (1916) 73
LA GRANGE FAYETTE 84 83 (1977) 33
MADISONVILLE MADISON 83 83 (1982) 46
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 82 80 (1982) 20
PERSIMMON GAP BREWSTER 83 83 (1983) 11
PORT O CONNOR CALHOUN 85 83 (1977) 33
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
PRESIDIO PRESIDIO 42.5 42.3 (1984) 37
CORNUDAS SVC STN HUDSPETH 32.2 31.8 (1984) 29
CRANE 2E CRANE 40.0 39.6 (1984) 28
EL PASO 32 ENE HUDSPETH 35.9 33.1 (1984) 12
LA TUNA 1 S EL PASO 34.2 34.0 (1977) 47
MATHIS 4 SSW JIM WELLS 53.6 53.6 (1970) 29
RED BLUFF DAM REEVES 35.0 33.7 (1984) 29
SEMINOLE GAINES 33.7 33.1 (1984) 64
SPEARMAN HANSFORD 29.6 29.3 (1991) 66
VALENTINE JEFF DAVIS 33.0 31.6 (1992) 14
YSLETA EL PASO 37.0 35.8 (1984) 40
Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BEEVILLE 5 NE BEE 73 73 (1913) 87
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 74 74 (1990) 34
DEL RIO INTL AP VAL VERDE 67 67 (1980) 90
ARANSAS WR ARANSAS 71 70 (1942) 28
BAYTOWN HARRIS 69 69 (1984) 12
BRACKETTVILLE KINNEY 67 65 (1993) 53
CHARLOTTE 5 NNW ATASCOSA 71 70 (1982) 32
CHOKE CANYON DAM LIVE OAK 72 69 (1987) 10
CRANE 2E CRANE 61 60 (1980) 28
CRYSTAL CITY ZAVALA 70 69 (1985) 43
DILLEY FRIO 70 70 (1933) 68
FALCON DAM STARR 71 68 (1991) 31
FLORESVILLE WILSON 72 70 (1982) 28
FREDERICKSBURG GILLESPIE 65 65 (1975) 58
GROVETON TRINITY 68 65 (1975) 22
HEBBRONVILLE JIM HOGG 72 70 (1982) 32
MATHIS 4 SSW JIM WELLS 74 71 (1982) 29
MC COOK HIDALGO 73 73 (1982) 45
MEDINA 1NE BANDERA 65 65 (1985) 19
PORT MANSFIELD WILLACY 74 73 (1991) 29
POTEET ATASCOSA 70 70 (1984) 50
PRADE RCH REAL 66 63 (1980) 30
RED ROCK BASTROP 68 68 (1980) 27
ROBSTOWN NUECES 72 70 (1984) 38
SHEFFIELD PECOS 63 63 (1984) 24
SINTON 3 NW SAN PATRICIO 71 71 (1971) 27
ZAPATA 1 S ZAPATA 72 70 (1975) 26

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 54.8 90 (1911) 30.8 ‑9 (1947) 1.03 4.35 (1968) 2.18 (1961) 0.0 17.7 4.5 688 0
Amarillo 49.0 83 (1927) 21.2 ‑11 (1984) 0.50 2.51 (1939) 1.74 (1968) 0.0 27.5 3.9 927 0
Austin 58.9 90 (1971) 38.6 ‑2 (1949) 1.71 9.21 (1991) 4.41 (1991) 0.0 8.7 7.3 514 12
Brownsville 68.9 93 (1971) 49.9 18 (1881) 1.56 5.11 (1945) 3.00 (1988) 0.1 1.2 8.0 232 59
College Station 58.4 88 (1897) 38.7 ‑3 (1949) 2.65 15.60 (1991) 5.63 (1991) 0.0 9.1 8.5 522 11
Corpus Christi 65.0 91 (1971) 45.3 14 (1962) 1.71 10.78 (1958) 6.38 (1958) 0.1 3.5 8.3 338 31
Dallas‑Fort Worth 54.1 93 (1911) 32.7 ‑2 (1949) 1.83 9.07 (1932) 3.11 (1990) 0.0 15.7 6.7 670 0
Del Rio 61.9 92 (1911) 38.5 12 (1918) 0.56 4.12 (1931) 1.91 (1994) 0.0 7.2 4.8 465 6
El Paso 56.1 80 (1970) 29.4 ‑8 (1962) 0.40 1.84 (1949) 1.28 (1896) 0.0 19.6 4.3 688 0
Galveston 58.3 78 (1989) 47.1 11 (1886) 3.26 10.75 (1991) 5.38 (1923) 0.0 2.5 9.6 396 15
Houston 61.0 87 (1902) 39.7 5 (1930) 3.29 13.11 (1891) 5.89 (1891) 0.0 6.5 10.0 468 16
Lubbock 52.9 87 (1914) 24.6 ‑16 (1963) 0.39 4.05 (1949) 1.96 (1939) 0.0 25.4 3.5 812 0
Midland 56.5 84 (1974) 28.5 ‑8 (1962) 0.40 4.99 (1939) 2.56 (1939) 0.0 20.4 3.4 698 0
Port Arthur 60.3 84 (1909) 41.5 11 (1930) 4.77 14.87 (1991) 4.92 (1961) 0.0 6.5 9.9 450 13
San Angelo 56.8 91 (1911) 30.6 1 (1947) 0.80 3.65 (1961) 2.49 (1961) 0.0 17.7 4.5 660 0
San Antonio 60.8 89 (1971) 37.9 0 (1949) 1.71 8.52 (1968) 3.18 (1968) 0.0 9.5 7.7 494 8
Victoria 62.8 88 (1971) 42.5 12 (1949) 2.16 7.76 (1991) 4.70 (1991) 0.0 5.3 8.0 403 21
Waco 56.1 90 (1943) 34.2 ‑5 (1949) 1.65 6.56 (1932) 3.19 (1945) 0.0 13.6 6.6 620 6
Wichita Falls 52.0 87 (1969) 27.6 ‑12 (1947) 1.04 4.48 (1968) 2.25 (1919) 0.0 21.6 4.4 781 0
Shreveport, LA 55.4 85 (1950) 34.8 ‑2 (1930) 3.88 12.11 (1885) 7.52 (1885) 0.0 14.1 9.4 623 6
Climatic averages are based on 1961-1990 monthly normals, which are provided by the National Climatic Data Center.
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