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Texas Climate Report: May 1995

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 80.9 ‑3.5 93 59.3 ‑1.8 47 70.1 ‑2.6 17 5.83 196% 1.93 17 183
Amarillo 74.4 ‑4.7 94 48.8 ‑2.8 40 61.6 ‑3.8 11 4.94 199% 1.28 146 47
Austin 85.2 +0.5 92 67.2 +0.7 54 76.2 +0.6 9 9.49 199% 3.05 2 355
Brownsville 89.9 +2.1 96 75.0 +3.0 62 82.5 +2.6 3 0.17 6% 0.10 0 549
College Station 87.0 +3.0 95 67.7 +2.7 53 77.3 +2.7 8 7.46 155% 2.49 1 389
Corpus Christi 87.2 +1.0 92 72.4 +2.9 60 79.8 +1.9 8 2.70 81% 1.51 0 465
Dallas‑Fort Worth 82.2 ‑0.7 93 64.1 +1.5 48 73.1 +0.3 11 7.50 154% 3.66 13 271
Del Rio 91.2 +3.0 104 67.5 +1.2 55 79.4 +2.1 10 7.33 361% 3.76 0 454
El Paso 87.8 +0.7 98 60.8 +4.3 48 74.3 +2.5 1 0.01 4% 0.01 6 304
Galveston 81.9 +2.1 89 73.9 +2.1 62 77.9 +2.1 6 4.91 137% 1.98 0 408
Houston 86.8 +2.2 93 68.9 +4.5 55 77.8 +3.3 8 3.83 73% 1.75 0 406
Lubbock 81.5 ‑1.6 98 54.7 ‑1.1 46 68.1 ‑1.3 8 2.31 98% 0.98 35 142
Midland 84.5 ‑2.9 100 59.1 +1.0 51 71.8 ‑1.0 9 2.51 127% 1.09 8 227
Port Arthur 85.6 +1.5 93 68.2 +1.9 56 76.9 +1.7 6 4.54 80% 1.79 0 377
San Angelo 87.1 ‑0.3 101 60.6 ‑0.5 48 73.9 ‑0.3 12 4.39 146% 2.01 2 283
San Antonio 88.9 +3.6 97 68.3 +2.6 57 78.6 +3.1 7 5.36 127% 1.91 0 429
Victoria 86.7 +1.4 93 69.1 +1.4 56 77.9 +1.3 5 4.42 98% 2.80 0 409
Waco 82.7 ‑1.7 93 63.5 ‑0.7 47 73.1 ‑1.2 13 7.84 171% 2.39 7 268
Wichita Falls 78.4 ‑4.9 92 58.4 ‑0.7 45 68.4 ‑2.8 16 7.46 183% 1.90 32 143
Shreveport, LA 83.9 +0.7 94 63.8 +1.8 50 73.8 +1.2 12 3.26 63% 1.41 10 290
*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.

may 1995 average temperatures
may 1995 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
CORNUDAS SVC STN HUDSPETH 0.00
FT HANCOCK 8 SSE HUDSPETH 0.00
LA JOYA HIDALGO 0.00
LA TUNA 1 S EL PASO 0.00
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
WOLFE CITY HUNT 13.30
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
HOUSTON NWSO GALVESTON 6.71
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 55.6
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
FALCON DAM STARR 86.1
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 66.2
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
BOQUILLAS RS BREWSTER 101.5
CASTOLON BREWSTER 101.5
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
FALCON DAM STARR 114
LAREDO 2 WEBB 114
ZAPATA 1 S ZAPATA 114
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 49
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DALHART 6 SW HARTLEY 43.3
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PORT ISABEL CAMERON 76.8
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
GALVESTON SCHOLES FLD GALVESTON 81
GALVESTON GALVESTON 81
CASTOLON BREWSTER 81
PLEASANTON ATASCOSA 81
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 34

New Monthly Records

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CORNUDAS SVC STN HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (1993) 51
FT HANCOCK 8 SSE HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (1990) 23
LA TUNA 1 S EL PASO 0.00 0.00 (1993) 49
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ITASCA HILL 8.85 6.75 (1994) 10
JAYTON KENT 10.35 7.52 (1950) 36
MATADOR MOTLEY 6.78 6.66 (1957) 47
MENARD MENARD 8.59 8.33 (1972) 89
TAYLOR WILLIAMSON 10.95 10.34 (1929) 67
THORNDALE MILAM 9.96 8.42 (1987) 27
WHEELER WHEELER 7.75 6.87 (1982) 16
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours Ever in the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
DALHART MUNI AP DALLAM 2.49 2.46 (1991) 45
ANDREWS ANDREWS 3.00 1.87 (1987) 36
BANKERSMITH GILLESPIE 4.71 3.87 (1990) 13
JAYTON KENT 2.55 2.50 (1994) 36
MERCEDES 6 SSE HIDALGO 6.04 5.20 (1929) 77
MID CITY 4 SE LAMAR 6.65 6.35 (1982) 23
NEGLEY 4 SSW RED RIVER 4.11 3.50 (1982) 41
PANDALE 11 NE VAL VERDE 2.50 1.83 (1989) 13
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BORGER HUTCHINSON 61.8 61.8 (1957) 46
CHANNING 2 HARTLEY 59.2 60.7 (1968) 13
CLAUDE ARMSTRONG 60.3 60.8 (1990) 28
DUMAS MOORE 59.1 59.3 (1983) 46
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 55.6 59.2 (1954) 51
GRUVER HANSFORD 58.8 61.7 (1983) 32
LIPSCOMB LIPSCOMB 59.7 59.8 (1976) 29
MIAMI ROBERTS 59.8 59.8 (1935) 85
PANHANDLE CARSON 59.4 61.8 (1983) 32
PERRYTON OCHILTREE 57.7 59.5 (1983) 23
STRATFORD SHERMAN 58.1 58.7 (1943) 39
TURKEY HALL 65.9 67.5 (1976) 23
VERNON WILBARGER 67.7 68.1 (1992) 47
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 83.8 83.7 (1989) 35
FALCON DAM STARR 86.1 85.5 (1989) 30
PORT ISABEL CAMERON 81.8 81.1 (1950) 55
PORT MANSFIELD WILLACY 81.0 80.1 (1989) 33
ZAPATA 1 S ZAPATA 85.7 85.6 (1980) 28
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BOYS RANCH OLDHAM 76.1 76.9 (1992) 14
BRAVO HARTLEY 74.7 76.5 (1980) 28
CHANNING 2 HARTLEY 72.9 74.2 (1968) 13
CLAUDE ARMSTRONG 73.0 73.9 (1968) 29
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 66.2 69.8 (1954) 52
GRUVER HANSFORD 71.3 75.3 (1992) 32
LIPSCOMB LIPSCOMB 71.8 74.4 (1976) 29
MIAMI ROBERTS 71.3 71.5 (1954) 86
OLNEY YOUNG 81.1 82.1 (1967) 24
PADUCAH COTTLE 78.1 78.2 (1992) 40
PAMPA 2 GRAY 71.8 74.3 (1968) 31
PANHANDLE CARSON 72.8 76.3 (1992) 32
PERRYTON OCHILTREE 70.0 72.2 (1980) 25
SHAMROCK 2 WHEELER 74.2 75.8 (1976) 27
TRUSCOTT 3 W KNOX 79.8 80.1 (1976) 30
TURKEY HALL 77.9 79.1 (1992) 24
VERNON WILBARGER 79.0 79.4 (1992) 47
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
FALCON DAM STARR 99.1 97.9 (1989) 31
HOUSTON SAN JACINTO HARRIS 88.1 87.0 (1989) 17
PORT MANSFIELD WILLACY 86.9 85.2 (1975) 34
TILDEN 4 SSE MCMULLEN 93.7 93.5 (1984) 38
Highest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
AMISTAD DAM VAL VERDE 108 105 (1979) 30
BENAVIDES 2 DUVAL 107 107 (1984) 22
CHOKE CANYON DAM LIVE OAK 106 106 (1989) 11
FALCON DAM STARR 114 109 (1983) 31
FREER DUVAL 111 105 (1971) 29
GROVETON TRINITY 96 96 (1991) 29
HEBBRONVILLE JIM HOGG 110 109 (1928) 30
LAREDO 2 WEBB 114 109 (1990) 31
MATHIS 4 SSW JIM WELLS 101 100 (1989) 29
MC COOK HIDALGO 108 108 (1946) 49
MONAHANS WARD 107 107 (1990) 31
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 95 93 (1989) 21
TOLEDO BEND DAM NEWTON 96 94 (1991) 20
ZAPATA 1 S ZAPATA 114 109 (1973) 29
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CHANNING 2 HARTLEY 45.6 46.0 (1983) 13
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 44.9 47.4 (1946) 52
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
FALCON DAM STARR 73.1 73.1 (1989) 31
GROVETON TRINITY 65.2 65.2 (1991) 28
PORT ISABEL CAMERON 76.8 76.1 (1946) 58
VALENTINE JEFF DAVIS 54.9 54.1 (1984) 15
Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
DALLAS FT WORTH AP TARRANT 78 78 (1927) 97
LONGVIEW 11 SE RUSK 76 75 (1989) 19
PORT ARTHUR SE TX AP JEFFERSON 79 79 (1935) 78
HOUSTON HOBBY AP HARRIS 78 78 (1974) 49
GALVESTON SCHOLES FLD GALVESTON 81 81 (1989) 121
GALVESTON GALVESTON 81 81 (1989) 121
HOUSTON INTERCONT AP HARRIS 80 80 (1893) 107
AUSTIN BERGSTROM AP TRAVIS 80 79 (1990) 48
DALLAS LOVE FLD DALLAS 80 78 (1927) 82
FT WORTH MEACHAM FLD TARRANT 78 75 (1949) 17
BAYTOWN HARRIS 79 78 (1991) 12
CANYON DAM COMAL 75 74 (1982) 32
CASTOLON BREWSTER 81 79 (1994) 17
CLEVELAND LIBERTY 77 76 (1989) 32
CRYSTAL CITY ZAVALA 80 80 (1990) 42
DEKALB BOWIE 75 73 (1991) 14
DENISON DAM GRAYSON 77 76 (1985) 53
EVANT 1 SSW CORYELL 76 75 (1974) 25
FALCON DAM STARR 80 80 (1991) 31
FERRIS ELLIS 76 76 (1985) 31
FREER DUVAL 80 79 (1990) 27
GLEN ROSE 2 W SOMERVELL 77 75 (1974) 30
GOLDTHWAITE 1 WSW MILLS 75 75 (1990) 32
HEBBRONVILLE JIM HOGG 78 78 (1989) 31
JEFFERSON MARION 77 76 (1984) 15
KERRVILLE 3 NNE KERR 74 74 (1990) 21
LAKE TAWAKONI RAINS 75 75 (1985) 19
LANGTRY VAL VERDE 78 78 (1991) 26
LIVINGSTON 2 NNE POLK 77 76 (1984) 57
MCALLEN HIDALGO 79 79 (1989) 47
MEDINA 1NE BANDERA 75 75 (1991) 23
MC GREGOR MCLENNAN 76 76 (1989) 35
MCKINNEY  MUNICIPAL AIRPORT COLLIN 78 77 (1985) 75
MT VERNON FRANKLIN 75 74 (1980) 26
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 76 75 (1991) 21
GEORGETOWN LAKE WILLIAMSON 75 75 (1991) 14
PANTHER JUNCTION BREWSTER 78 76 (1985) 32
SAN SABA SAN SABA 77 77 (1984) 49
STILLHOUSE HOLLOW DAM BELL 75 75 (1982) 27
TEXARKANA BOWIE 76 74 (1990) 25
TILDEN 4 SSE MCMULLEN 79 79 (1989) 37
TORNILLO 2 SSE EL PASO 69 69 (1989) 14
TYLER SMITH 76 74 (1990) 12
WHITNEY DAM BOSQUE 76 76 (1990) 44
Lowest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BOQUILLAS RS BREWSTER 44 44 (1982) 16
CHOKE CANYON DAM LIVE OAK 51 51 (1992) 12

Climatic Averages for June

  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 91.4 110 (1907) 68.9 44 (1919) 2.86 9.60 (1961) 4.35 (1941) 19.0 0.0 6.0 0 456
Amarillo 87.6 108 (1990) 60.7 38 (1917) 3.70 10.73 (1965) 6.15 (1960) 12.8 0.0 8.9 6 279
Austin 91.1 106 (1936) 71.5 51 (1926) 3.72 14.96 (1981) 8.65 (1941) 20.8 0.0 6.8 0 489
Brownsville 91.0 103 (1918) 74.9 56 (1919) 2.73 13.80 (1887) 8.18 (1942) 22.9 0.0 6.3 0 540
College Station 90.3 108 (1901) 71.0 53 (1970) 3.68 15.03 (1905) 6.70 (1905) 19.7 0.0 6.5 0 471
Corpus Christi 90.4 101 (1980) 73.4 56 (1919) 3.38 13.35 (1973) 8.26 (1924) 19.4 0.0 6.6 0 507
Dallas‑Fort Worth 91.9 113 (1980) 70.0 48 (1903) 2.98 11.58 (1928) 4.14 (1928) 19.5 0.0 6.4 0 480
Del Rio 93.6 112 (1988) 71.7 49 (1919) 2.11 13.71 (1935) 8.88 (1935) 24.7 0.0 5.2 0 531
El Paso 96.5 114 (1994) 64.3 46 (1988) 0.67 3.18 (1984) 1.82 (1897) 26.0 0.0 3.1 0 462
Galveston 85.0 99 (1918) 77.2 57 (1903) 4.44 15.49 (1919) 12.56 (1961) 1.1 0.0 7.2 0 483
Houston 90.1 103 (1980) 70.6 52 (1970) 4.96 16.28 (1989) 10.35 (1989) 18.4 0.0 8.5 0 462
Lubbock 90.0 114 (1994) 64.3 39 (1917) 2.75 7.95 (1967) 5.70 (1967) 16.9 0.0 6.7 0 366
Midland 93.4 116 (1994) 65.7 47 (1983) 1.55 5.10 (1940) 3.95 (1940) 20.9 0.0 5.2 0 438
Port Arthur 89.4 106 (1902) 72.0 53 (1903) 5.59 18.90 (1989) 10.20 (1961) 17.1 0.0 7.9 0 471
San Angelo 92.7 110 (1994) 66.4 40 (1912) 2.33 6.01 (1982) 2.86 (1961) 21.0 0.0 5.4 0 435
San Antonio 91.8 106 (1936) 72.6 48 (1919) 3.81 11.95 (1986) 6.30 (1986) 20.7 0.0 6.4 0 516
Victoria 90.7 107 (1934) 72.7 54 (1919) 4.89 12.68 (1973) 9.30 (1977) 20.1 0.0 7.5 0 501
Waco 92.0 109 (1980) 70.9 52 (1964) 3.28 12.06 (1961) 6.40 (1938) 22.1 0.0 6.7 0 495
Wichita Falls 91.5 117 (1980) 68.0 50 (1928) 3.52 8.60 (1989) 5.36 (1985) 20.8 0.0 6.6 0 444
Shreveport, LA 89.7 104 (1936) 69.0 52 (1977) 4.29 17.11 (1989) 8.00 (1902) 17.2 0.0 7.9 0 432
Climatic averages are based on 1961-1990 monthly normals, which are provided by the National Climatic Data Center.
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