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Texas Climate Report: March 1996

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 66.1 ‑2.8 86 38.2 ‑5.1 17 52.1 ‑4.0 3 1.26 93% 1.11 414 23
Amarillo 61.6 81 26.8 ‑5.9 6 44.2 ‑2.9 3 0.24 25% 0.12 636 0
Austin 69.0 ‑2.9 87 45.4 ‑5.7 26 57.2 ‑4.3 5 0.60 32% 0.46 282 47
Brownsville 75.2 ‑3.2 90 55.1 ‑4.0 37 65.1 ‑3.7 0 0.00 0% 0.00 122 134
College Station 69.6 ‑1.4 89 44.5 ‑5.2 23 57.1 ‑3.2 8 0.95 37% 0.33 282 43
Corpus Christi 72.8 ‑2.9 92 49.9 ‑5.4 30 61.4 ‑4.2 1 0.05 5% 0.05 190 84
Dallas‑Fort Worth 65.8 ‑2.0 88 40.7 ‑4.9 20 53.3 ‑3.4 4 2.36 85% 1.17 384 27
Del Rio 74.8 ‑0.9 90 47.4 ‑3.5 30 61.1 ‑2.2 1 0.02 3% 0.02 205 90
El Paso 69.2 ‑0.7 80 40.0 ‑0.2 21 54.6 ‑0.5 0 0.00 0% 0.00 322 7
Galveston 66.8 +0.1 78 51.3 ‑5.4 33 59.1 ‑2.6 10 0.40 18% 0.10 197 21
Houston 69.8 ‑1.3 87 46.3 ‑3.7 28 58.1 ‑2.5 4 0.12 4% 0.06 259 53
Lubbock 64.5 ‑1.5 83 31.5 ‑4.9 11 48.0 ‑3.2 2 0.09 10% 0.08 518 2
Midland 67.9 ‑3.3 86 34.5 ‑5.7 12 51.2 ‑4.5 2 0.05 9% 0.04 423 6
Port Arthur 67.6 ‑3.9 82 46.0 ‑5.3 28 56.8 ‑4.6 7 0.45 14% 0.27 274 29
San Angelo 69.4 ‑3.2 86 37.8 ‑5.7 15 53.6 ‑4.5 2 0.28 31% 0.28 363 16
San Antonio 70.9 ‑2.6 89 44.3 ‑5.4 25 57.6 ‑4.1 4 0.30 20% 0.27 277 57
Victoria 69.5 ‑4.2 87 46.0 ‑6.8 29 57.8 ‑5.5 N/A N/A N/A 0.21 258 41
Waco 67.8 ‑1.8 86 40.1 ‑6.7 16 53.9 ‑4.3 5 0.93 40% 0.71 366 32
Wichita Falls 65.0 ‑1.4 87 35.1 ‑5.5 15 50.0 ‑3.5 5 2.33 105% 1.79 476 20
Shreveport, LA 65.5 ‑3.7 84 41.3 ‑4.5 22 53.4 ‑4.1 10 2.33 65% 1.04 372 23
*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 1996 average temperatures
mar 1996 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
BROWNSVILLE INTL AP CAMERON 0.00
PRESIDIO PRESIDIO 0.00
EL PASO INTL AP EL PASO 0.00
VAN HORN CULBERSON 0.00
ALPINE BREWSTER 0.00
BATESVILLE ZAVALA 0.00
BIG BEND RCH SP PRESIDIO 0.00
BOQUILLAS RS BREWSTER 0.00
BRAVO HARTLEY 0.00
BROWNFIELD 2 TERRY 0.00
CANDELARIA PRESIDIO 0.00
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 0.00
CASTOLON BREWSTER 0.00
CATARINA DIMMIT 0.00
CHISOS BASIN BREWSTER 0.00
CONROE MONTGOMERY 0.00
CORNUDAS SVC STN HUDSPETH 0.00
DELL CITY 5 SSW HUDSPETH 0.00
DIMMITT 2 N CASTRO 0.00
EL PASO 32 ENE HUDSPETH 0.00
ENCINAL WEBB 0.00
FALCON DAM STARR 0.00
FT HANCOCK 8 SSE HUDSPETH 0.00
FRIONA PARMER 0.00
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 0.00
HEREFORD DEAF SMITH 0.00
HUDSPETH RIVER RANCH VAL VERDE 0.00
LA JOYA HIDALGO 0.00
LA TUNA 1 S EL PASO 0.00
LANGTRY VAL VERDE 0.00
LITTLEFIELD LAMB 0.00
MARATHON BREWSTER 0.00
MCALLEN HIDALGO 0.00
MCCAMEY UPTON 0.00
MC LEAN GRAY 0.00
MIDLAND 4 ENE MIDLAND 0.00
MULESHOE #1 BAILEY 0.00
OLTON LAMB 0.00
PANTHER JUNCTION BREWSTER 0.00
PERSIMMON GAP BREWSTER 0.00
PINE SPRINGS CULBERSON 0.00
PORT O CONNOR CALHOUN 0.00
RED BLUFF DAM REEVES 0.00
RIO GRANDE CITY STARR 0.00
ROCKSPRINGS 26SSW EDWARDS 0.00
SALT FLAT HUDSPETH 0.00
SANDERSON TERRELL 0.00
SEALY AUSTIN 0.00
SHEFFIELD PECOS 0.00
SIERRA BLANCA 2 E HUDSPETH 0.00
STRATFORD SHERMAN 0.00
STUDY BUTTE BREWSTER 0.00
TERLINGUA RCH BREWSTER 0.00
TORNILLO 2 SSE EL PASO 0.00
TULIA SWISHER 0.00
UMBARGER RANDALL 0.00
VALENTINE JEFF DAVIS 0.00
VALENTINE 10 WSW PRESIDIO 0.00
YSLETA EL PASO 0.00
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
BOWIE MONTAGUE 4.45
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
BURLESON JOHNSON 2.75
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 38.8
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 66.4
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 53.0
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PRESIDIO PRESIDIO 80.4
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
RIO GRANDE CITY STARR 100
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
PERRYTON OCHILTREE 18
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DALHART 6 SW HARTLEY 22.0
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 57.5
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
WESLACO HIDALGO 73
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PERRYTON OCHILTREE -2

New Monthly Records

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BROWNSVILLE INTL AP CAMERON 0.00 0.00 (1986) 117
PRESIDIO PRESIDIO 0.00 0.00 (1995) 69
EL PASO INTL AP EL PASO 0.00 0.00 (1982) 117
VAN HORN CULBERSON 0.00 0.00 (1985) 53
ALPINE BREWSTER 0.00 0.00 (1982) 69
BATESVILLE ZAVALA 0.00 0.00 (1991) 27
BOQUILLAS RS BREWSTER 0.00 0.00 (1984) 44
BRAVO HARTLEY 0.00 0.00 (1972) 50
BROWNFIELD 2 TERRY 0.00 0.00 (1983) 42
CANDELARIA PRESIDIO 0.00 0.00 (1982) 53
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 0.00 0.00 (1988) 29
CASTOLON BREWSTER 0.00 0.00 (1995) 20
CATARINA DIMMIT 0.00 0.00 (1977) 35
CHISOS BASIN BREWSTER 0.00 0.00 (1995) 50
CONROE MONTGOMERY 0.00 0.23 (1955) 67
CORNUDAS SVC STN HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (1995) 53
DELL CITY 5 SSW HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (1982) 15
DEWEYVILLE NEWTON 0.86 1.07 (1978) 27
DIMMITT 2 N CASTRO 0.00 0.00 (1966) 35
EL PASO 32 ENE HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (1993) 13
EL INDIO MAVERICK 0.03 0.09 (1988) 17
ENCINAL WEBB 0.00 0.00 (1991) 84
FALCON DAM STARR 0.00 0.00 (1989) 34
FT HANCOCK 8 SSE HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (1982) 24
FRIONA PARMER 0.00 0.00 (1966) 57
HEREFORD DEAF SMITH 0.00 0.00 (1966) 63
KATY WOLF HILL HARRIS 0.35 0.90 (1987) 20
KIRBYVILLE JASPER 0.20 0.41 (1955) 54
KOUNTZE HARDIN 0.70 1.83 (1986) 12
LA TUNA 1 S EL PASO 0.00 0.00 (1993) 50
LANGTRY VAL VERDE 0.00 0.00 (1975) 45
LITTLEFIELD LAMB 0.00 0.00 (1983) 29
MARATHON BREWSTER 0.00 0.00 (1995) 58
MCALLEN HIDALGO 0.00 0.00 (1989) 53
MCCAMEY UPTON 0.00 0.00 (1991) 62
MC LEAN GRAY 0.00 0.00 (1972) 40
MIDLAND 4 ENE MIDLAND 0.00 0.00 (1986) 79
MULESHOE #1 BAILEY 0.00 0.00 (1966) 73
MULESHOE NWR BAILEY 0.01 0.03 (1983) 17
NEWTON NEWTON 1.20 1.96 (1987) 12
OLTON LAMB 0.00 0.00 (1972) 43
ORANGE 9 N ORANGE 0.86 1.07 (1978) 27
PANTHER JUNCTION BREWSTER 0.00 0.00 (1986) 41
PERSIMMON GAP BREWSTER 0.00 0.00 (1995) 12
PINE SPRINGS CULBERSON 0.00 0.01 (1944) 16
PORT ARTHUR CITY JEFFERSON 0.36 0.81 (1987) 21
PORT O CONNOR CALHOUN 0.00 0.10 (1959) 39
RED BLUFF DAM REEVES 0.00 0.00 (1988) 51
REFUGIO 2 NW REFUGIO 0.38 0.73 (1989) 10
RIO GRANDE CITY STARR 0.00 0.00 (1963) 89
SALT FLAT HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (1993) 18
SAM RAYBURN DAM JASPER 0.86 1.34 (1978) 29
SANDERSON TERRELL 0.00 0.00 (1991) 60
SEALY AUSTIN 0.00 0.00 (1916) 77
SHEFFIELD PECOS 0.00 0.00 (1991) 38
SIERRA BLANCA 2 E HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (1993) 30
STRATFORD SHERMAN 0.00 0.00 (1967) 66
TORNILLO 2 SSE EL PASO 0.00 0.00 (1993) 17
TULIA SWISHER 0.00 0.00 (1966) 47
TYLER SMITH 1.96 2.94 (1986) 13
UMBARGER RANDALL 0.00 0.00 (1972) 54
VALENTINE JEFF DAVIS 0.00 0.00 (1984) 18
VALENTINE 10 WSW PRESIDIO 0.00 0.00 (1982) 62
WHEELER WHEELER 0.01 0.03 (1986) 16
YSLETA EL PASO 0.00 0.00 (1993) 57
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours Ever in the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BURLESON JOHNSON 2.75 2.65 (1995) 10
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
LONGVIEW 11 SE RUSK 53.6 55.8 (1978) 19
YOAKUM LAVACA 56.3 56.5 (1969) 49
ATHENS HENDERSON 51.2 52.0 (1969) 34
BALMORHEA REEVES 52.2 52.3 (1965) 60
BAYTOWN HARRIS 56.9 60.3 (1989) 11
BENAVIDES 2 DUVAL 57.9 58.5 (1968) 19
BIG LAKE 2 REAGAN 47.1 48.1 (1965) 28
BOQUILLAS RS BREWSTER 58.3 60.3 (1977) 22
BURLESON JOHNSON 52.2 54.0 (1995) 10
CAMP WOOD REAL 53.5 54.0 (1987) 31
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 53.9 55.0 (1970) 28
CHOKE CANYON DAM LIVE OAK 59.1 59.9 (1987) 12
EVANT 1 SSW CORYELL 48.7 51.2 (1969) 28
FOWLERTON LA SALLE 58.3 59.9 (1969) 28
GONZALES 1N GONZALES 55.0 55.0 (1965) 30
HOUSTON SAN JACINTO HARRIS 56.3 57.5 (1983) 13
JEFFERSON MARION 50.2 51.9 (1993) 16
KARNES CITY 2 N KARNES 57.5 57.7 (1987) 14
LAKE TAWAKONI RAINS 50.2 53.0 (1993) 18
LYTLE 3 W MEDINA 57.7 58.8 (1987) 17
MADISONVILLE MADISON 53.9 54.9 (1965) 45
MULESHOE NWR BAILEY 45.6 45.7 (1984) 16
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 53.5 54.1 (1993) 22
GEORGETOWN LAKE WILLIAMSON 53.7 55.5 (1987) 15
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 60.0 60.9 (1987) 11
PORT MANSFIELD WILLACY 60.8 61.1 (1968) 30
POTEET ATASCOSA 57.1 57.6 (1965) 42
SANTA ROSA 3 WNW HIDALGO 63.7 63.9 (1987) 10
SEALY AUSTIN 55.9 56.0 (1969) 65
SINTON 3 NW SAN PATRICIO 58.3 59.6 (1969) 27
SONORA SUTTON 52.6 52.6 (1990) 40
TOLEDO BEND DAM NEWTON 52.0 53.6 (1978) 20
TURKEY HALL 47.0 48.6 (1970) 22
TYLER SMITH 55.0 55.6 (1993) 12
ZAPATA 1 S ZAPATA 63.8 64.4 (1968) 27
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
LONGVIEW 11 SE RUSK 64.6 65.9 (1993) 20
BAYTOWN HARRIS 67.0 69.9 (1989) 12
EVANT 1 SSW CORYELL 62.9 62.9 (1969) 32
GRANGER DAM WILLIAMSON 66.0 66.5 (1983) 16
HOUSTON SAN JACINTO HARRIS 67.7 69.6 (1983) 14
LAKE TAWAKONI RAINS 64.5 64.6 (1983) 18
GEORGETOWN LAKE WILLIAMSON 66.9 67.2 (1983) 15
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 66.3 67.3 (1987) 11
SINTON 3 NW SAN PATRICIO 69.4 70.5 (1995) 28
TOLEDO BEND DAM NEWTON 64.6 64.7 (1993) 20
Lowest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HONDO MUNI AP MEDINA 42 45 (1990) 21
BIG LAKE 2 REAGAN 29 29 (1995) 30
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 37 42 (1965) 28
EVANT 1 SSW CORYELL 28 31 (1995) 32
FLORESVILLE WILSON 39 41 (1995) 27
KERRVILLE 3 NNE KERR 33 35 (1989) 22
MEDINA 1NE BANDERA 39 39 (1995) 24
NIXON GONZALES 42 42 (1995) 42
PEARSALL FRIO 39 39 (1960) 41
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 50 50 (1995) 11
SANTA ROSA 3 WNW HIDALGO 48 49 (1995) 10
SINTON 3 NW SAN PATRICIO 46 47 (1993) 28
UVALDE 3 SW UVALDE 40 44 (1995) 10
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
LONGVIEW 11 SE RUSK 42.5 42.7 (1978) 19
CORPUS CHRISTI NAS NUECES 52.5 53.1 (1965) 50
COLUMBUS COLORADO 40.1 42.5 (1987) 34
HONDO MUNI AP MEDINA 44.0 44.1 (1987) 21
WINKLER CO AP WINKLER 33.8 34.5 (1969) 51
YOAKUM LAVACA 44.7 45.4 (1943) 49
ATHENS HENDERSON 37.5 41.0 (1960) 37
BAKERSFIELD PECOS 37.6 38.9 (1969) 30
BALMORHEA REEVES 34.0 34.3 (1987) 61
BAYTOWN HARRIS 46.8 49.3 (1987) 12
BEAUMONT RSCH CTR JEFFERSON 44.0 44.4 (1987) 32
BENAVIDES 2 DUVAL 42.1 47.1 (1968) 19
BIG LAKE 2 REAGAN 32.1 34.5 (1965) 28
BOQUILLAS RS BREWSTER 36.4 37.1 (1987) 24
BOYS RANCH OLDHAM 25.8 26.5 (1988) 15
BURLESON JOHNSON 39.8 40.6 (1987) 10
CAMP WOOD REAL 38.7 40.3 (1987) 32
CANADIAN HEMPHILL 26.2 26.2 (1915) 69
CANDELARIA PRESIDIO 35.2 35.2 (1988) 31
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 39.8 41.9 (1970) 30
CARTHAGE PANOLA 38.5 38.5 (1965) 45
CATARINA DIMMIT 45.0 45.5 (1987) 23
CENTERVILLE LEON 37.1 40.5 (1965) 53
CHAPMAN RCH NUECES 48.5 50.1 (1969) 33
CHOKE CANYON DAM LIVE OAK 45.4 47.9 (1987) 13
CLEVELAND LIBERTY 41.6 41.7 (1969) 31
COLDSPRING 5 SSW SAN JACINTO 40.2 40.5 (1978) 33
DAINGERFIELD 9 S MORRIS 40.5 40.7 (1978) 33
ELGIN BASTROP 43.3 43.5 (1965) 32
EVANT 1 SSW CORYELL 34.6 39.4 (1965) 28
FERRIS ELLIS 38.4 38.7 (1965) 31
FT HANCOCK 8 SSE HUDSPETH 33.5 33.6 (1987) 21
FOWLERTON LA SALLE 44.2 45.5 (1987) 32
GLEN ROSE 2 W SOMERVELL 32.8 34.8 (1994) 31
GONZALES 1N GONZALES 43.8 43.9 (1970) 30
GRUVER HANSFORD 23.7 25.8 (1964) 33
HART CASTRO 26.7 27.3 (1988) 10
HENDERSON RUSK 36.9 37.4 (1969) 54
HORDS CREEK DAM COLEMAN 31.4 34.5 (1965) 43
HOUSTON SAN JACINTO HARRIS 44.9 45.5 (1983) 15
JEFFERSON MARION 36.5 38.7 (1993) 17
KARNES CITY 2 N KARNES 45.2 46.4 (1987) 14
KERRVILLE 3 NNE KERR 38.3 38.8 (1987) 22
LAKE TAWAKONI RAINS 35.9 39.3 (1980) 20
LAMESA 1 SSE DAWSON 28.6 28.9 (1965) 58
LEXINGTON LEE 42.8 43.0 (1969) 30
LIPSCOMB LIPSCOMB 23.3 24.1 (1969) 25
LITTLEFIELD LAMB 27.5 27.7 (1969) 27
LIVINGSTON 2 NNE POLK 39.0 39.3 (1969) 57
LULING CALDWELL 42.0 42.3 (1965) 92
LYTLE 3 W MEDINA 43.8 46.4 (1987) 17
MADISONVILLE MADISON 40.2 43.7 (1965) 46
MATAGORDA 2 MATAGORDA 49.3 49.5 (1947) 54
MEDINA 1NE BANDERA 38.2 38.8 (1969) 24
MINEOLA 8 ENE WOOD 35.9 36.7 (1969) 28
MONAHANS WARD 33.0 36.3 (1969) 32
MT PLEASANT TITUS 33.2 34.6 (1960) 50
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 39.9 41.5 (1993) 22
NAVARRO MILLS DAM NAVARRO 34.9 38.2 (1965) 33
NEW BRAUNFELS COMAL 39.1 41.3 (1965) 97
NIXON GONZALES 44.3 45.6 (1958) 42
GEORGETOWN LAKE WILLIAMSON 40.6 43.2 (1987) 16
PANDALE 11 NE VAL VERDE 39.3 39.5 (1987) 14
PANHANDLE CARSON 23.2 24.7 (1965) 32
PEARSALL FRIO 43.7 43.8 (1993) 42
PENWELL ECTOR 34.1 36.2 (1965) 22
PILOT POINT ISL DU BOI DENTON 33.9 34.1 (1980) 31
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 53.7 54.5 (1987) 11
POTEET ATASCOSA 43.2 44.9 (1947) 45
PRADE RCH REAL 34.6 36.6 (1969) 28
SALT FLAT HUDSPETH 29.2 32.8 (1987) 17
SAM RAYBURN DAM JASPER 39.3 39.5 (1993) 29
SANTA ROSA 3 WNW HIDALGO 51.6 52.5 (1987) 10
SEALY AUSTIN 45.2 45.3 (1947) 68
SHEFFIELD PECOS 36.8 36.9 (1970) 28
SINTON 3 NW SAN PATRICIO 47.3 48.2 (1962) 29
SOMERVILLE DAM BURLESON 40.5 43.1 (1969) 31
STAMFORD 1 JONES 32.5 34.2 (1912) 18
TEMPLE BELL 39.3 39.3 (1965) 99
TILDEN 4 SSE MCMULLEN 45.5 45.8 (1960) 37
TOLEDO BEND DAM NEWTON 39.3 41.7 (1978) 21
TORNILLO 2 SSE EL PASO 33.4 34.0 (1987) 15
TURKEY HALL 30.5 34.7 (1988) 24
TYLER SMITH 41.1 44.2 (1987) 12
Lowest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ATHENS HENDERSON 18 20 (1989) 37
BEAUMONT RSCH CTR JEFFERSON 23 23 (1989) 32
BENAVIDES 2 DUVAL 23 26 (1989) 19
BOQUILLAS RS BREWSTER 19 22 (1989) 24
CHANNING 2 HARTLEY 1 10 (1971) 11
CLAUDE ARMSTRONG 3 5 (1980) 31
DEKALB BOWIE 15 20 (1993) 14
DRIPPING SPRINGS 6 E HAYS 16 21 (1989) 12
FOWLERTON LA SALLE 26 26 (1982) 32
GLEN ROSE 2 W SOMERVELL 7 10 (1980) 31
GRANGER DAM WILLIAMSON 19 20 (1989) 16
GRUVER HANSFORD 0 3 (1982) 33
GUTHRIE KING 12 12 (1965) 28
JEFFERSON MARION 15 21 (1993) 17
JOHNSON CITY BLANCO 13 15 (1971) 27
LAKE TAWAKONI RAINS 14 14 (1989) 20
LAVON DAM COLLIN 16 16 (1980) 41
LITTLEFIELD LAMB 6 7 (1989) 27
MC COOK HIDALGO 28 29 (1980) 49
MINEOLA 8 ENE WOOD 15 15 (1980) 28
MT PLEASANT TITUS 11 11 (1943) 50
NAVARRO MILLS DAM NAVARRO 15 15 (1980) 33
PAMPA 2 GRAY 3 5 (1989) 29
PANHANDLE CARSON 2 4 (1980) 32
PERRYTON OCHILTREE -2 1 (1971) 27
ROBSTOWN NUECES 31 31 (1989) 37
SALT FLAT HUDSPETH 13 14 (1987) 17
STAMFORD 1 JONES 16 16 (1913) 18
STRATFORD SHERMAN 2 3 (1982) 43
WRIGHT PATMAN DAM CASS 14 19 (1965) 22
TYLER SMITH 21 26 (1995) 12

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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