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Texas Climate Report: August 2005

The month of August had its ups and downs for the state of Texas. The first half of the month was a cooler and wetter than in the past, at least for most of the state. A strong convective system moved through Central Texas on the 9th and 10th. Waco received 2.69" during a three day stretch (8th-10th) and was 9°F cooler than average on the 9th and 10°F cooler on the 10th. College Station received 1.92" on the 10th with high winds reported in the area. The panhandle of Texas had a long stretch of days in which the temperatures were below average, including two days in Abilene where the average temperature was over 10°F below normal. On the 14th the average temperature in Amarillo was 14°F below normal. During this same time period Wichita Falls was receiving immense amounts of rainfall. In a four day period, 13th through 16th, the city received 6.96" of rainfall, with one 24-hour total at 4.55" (the normal monthly rainfall amount is 2.39"). The DFW area received 2.44" over two days (14th-15th). El Paso also received its fair share of the rainfall and cooler temperatures. On the 12th it rained 2.26" in the city, where the normal monthly rainfall total is 1.27", and the average temperature was 10°F below normal. The second half of the month, however, seemed exceedingly different.

Starting around the 16th the state became hot and dry. In many areas, including College Station, Austin, DFW, Waco, and Lubbock, rain was non-existent for all but the last days of August and while no records were broken, it was very hot with highs hovering around the century mark for many days, but many of these cities got off easy when compared to South Texas. Just a note of interest, Austin Camp Mabry was 0.13" above average while Austin Bergstrom was 0.94" short. What a difference a small distance can make.

South Texas, including Corpus Christi and McAllen, was hot and dry for all of August. The rains that cooled off the state in the beginning of the month missed South Texas and no rain seem to fall in this area for the entire month. Corpus Christi received only 0.25" of rain, a vast deficient of 3.29" short of the month normal total. Not only was Corpus dry but it was also the hottest August on record, which only added insult to injury. Brownsville also had its hottest August on record. South Texas is also very dry, with Brownsville 8.66" below normal for the year and Corpus Christi 7.45" below normal.

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 90.6 ‑3.1 97 70.4 ‑1.0 64 80.5 ‑2.1 8 4.43 168% 1.88 0 490
Amarillo 87.4 ‑1.3 95 64.0 +0.2 58 75.7 ‑0.6 13 3.93 134% 1.94 2 342
Austin 96.6 +1.0 102 74.6 +1.3 68 85.6 +1.1 6 2.44 106% 1.21 0 648
Brownsville 96.3 +3.7 104 77.2 +1.9 74 86.7 +2.7 5 0.77 26% 0.55 0 682
College Station 94.4 ‑1.8 99 74.6 +1.4 71 84.5 ‑0.2 9 3.26 124% 1.92 0 614
Corpus Christi 98.0 +4.6 104 75.5 +1.0 69 86.8 +2.9 4 0.25 7% 0.18 0 682
Dallas‑Fort Worth 97.4 +2.6 103 76.2 +2.2 73 86.8 +2.4 3 2.46 121% 1.46 0 684
Del Rio 94.8 ‑1.2 102 73.7 ‑0.4 69 84.3 ‑0.8 8 1.69 78% 0.78 0 606
El Paso 90.8 ‑1.2 99 69.2 ‑1.0 63 80.0 ‑1.1 9 4.35 249% 2.89 0 473
Galveston 92.0 +2.7 97 81.2 +1.7 78 86.6 +2.2 8 1.00 24% 0.41 0 678
Houston 94.1 +0.6 99 75.1 +2.1 72 84.6 +1.3 11 1.52 40% 0.51 0 615
Lubbock 88.7 ‑1.3 96 65.5 ‑0.5 59 77.1 ‑0.9 7 2.01 85% 1.02 0 382
Midland 90.5 ‑2.3 95 67.1 ‑0.8 62 78.8 ‑1.6 7 2.61 147% 1.33 0 437
Port Arthur 94.0 +2.3 99 74.4 +1.2 71 84.2 +1.7 10 3.22 66% 1.26 0 603
San Angelo 91.7 ‑1.4 97 68.4 ‑1.0 62 80.0 ‑1.3 10 4.65 227% 1.22 0 474
San Antonio 96.5 +1.8 101 74.9 +1.3 68 85.7 +1.5 3 1.22 47% 0.87 0 649
Victoria 96.6 +2.9 102 73.7 ‑0.9 70 85.2 +1.0 5 0.65 21% 0.26 0 634
Waco 95.5 ‑1.4 100 74.2 +0.7 70 84.9 ‑0.3 9 4.83 261% 1.58 0 621
Wichita Falls 94.3 ‑1.5 100 71.6 +0.3 65 83.0 ‑0.5 6 7.42 310% 4.67 0 563
Shreveport, LA 97.8 +4.4 104 74.3 +2.0 69 86.0 +3.1 6 3.27 121% 1.84 0 662
Bold-italics indicate a value broke or tied the record from a previous year.
*Dep.: Departure of the monthly average temperature from the 1971-2000 monthly normal, which is provided by the National Climatic Data Center.
*Perc. Norm.: Monthly precipitation total divided by 1971-2000 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.

aug 2005 average temperatures
aug 2005 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
BIG WELLS 2W DIMMIT 0.00
EL SAUZ STARR 0.00
FALCON DAM STARR 0.00
FALLS CITY 7 WSW WILSON 0.00
HEBBRONVILLE JIM HOGG 0.00
LOS ANGELES 4 WSW LA SALLE 0.00
PADRE IS NS KLEBERG 0.00
PORT MANSFIELD WILLACY 0.00
REFUGIO 2 NW REFUGIO 0.00
RIO GRANDE CITY STARR 0.00
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
TROY BELL 12.63
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
TROY BELL 7.97
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MT LOCKE JEFF DAVIS 68.9
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
LAREDO 2 WEBB 89.7
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MT LOCKE JEFF DAVIS 80.3
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 102.2
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
ENCINAL WEBB 109
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 109
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
DUMAS MOORE 60
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MARFA 2 PRESIDIO 57.5
MT LOCKE JEFF DAVIS 57.5
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PADRE IS NS KLEBERG 82.6
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PADRE IS NS KLEBERG 86
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
LEFORS GRAY -8

New Monthly Records

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BIG WELLS 2W DIMMIT 0.00 0.00 (2000) 81
CHEAPSIDE GONZALES 0.50 0.53 (1951) 13
CHOKE CANYON DAM LIVE OAK 0.05 0.20 (1993) 20
FALCON DAM STARR 0.00 0.00 (1993) 43
FALLS CITY 7 WSW WILSON 0.00 0.00 (1993) 58
HEBBRONVILLE JIM HOGG 0.00 0.00 (1993) 91
PORT MANSFIELD WILLACY 0.00 0.00 (1964) 43
REFUGIO&nbsnbsp;2 NW REFUGIO 0.00 0.00 (1997) 20
RIO GRANDE CITY STARR 0.00 0.00 (1997) 95
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ARCHER CITY ARCHER 11.42 8.54 (1950) 64
BRECKENRIDGE STEPHENS 8.43 6.54 (1941) 76
BROWNWOOD 2ENE BROWN 11.58 9.25 (1971) 102
BURKETT COLEMAN 8.92 8.71 (1978) 47
CASTOLON BREWSTER 3.32 3.30 (1980) 27
CHARLIE CLAY 8.05 4.36 (2003) 10
DAVILLA MILAM 10.27 9.84 (2004) 55
DENVER CITY YOAKUM 7.04 5.13 (1999) 16
DUNDEE 6 NNW ARCHER 8.32 7.35 (1978) 79
FLAT CORYELL 8.36 7.68 (1996) 15
HORDS CREEK DAM COLEMAN 8.55 7.84 (1971) 52
JARRELL WILLIAMSON 6.38 5.48 (2001) 73
LAKE ALAN HENRY GARZA 5.76 3.81 (2003) 12
MULESHOE NWR BAILEY 8.36 8.15 (2004) 22
GEORGETOWN LAKE WILLIAMSON 7.95 5.63 (2004) 26
OAK CREEK LAKE COKE 10.23 6.28 (1971) 44
PAINT ROCK CONCHO 6.59 6.42 (1941) 83
ROBERT LEE COKE 7.47 6.97 (1996) 60
SEYMOUR BAYLOR 9.91 9.49 (1996) 88
SILVER VALLEY COLEMAN 7.82 5.87 (1974) 31
STAMFORD 1 JONES 10.64 10.50 (1971) 87
STERLING CITY STERLING 9.73 5.31 (1969) 77
STERLING CITY 8 NE STERLING 10.74 6.54 (1986) 29
WINTERS 1 NNE RUNNELS 8.94 7.44 (1971) 38
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours Ever in the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
WICHITA FALLS MUNI AP WICHITA 4.67 4.62 (1971) 102
EL PASO INTL AP EL PASO 2.89 2.45 (1906) 127
ARCHER CITY ARCHER 4.57 4.03 (1996) 64
BIG LAKE 2 REAGAN 5.87 2.81 (1975) 38
BROWNWOOD 2ENE BROWN 5.73 4.25 (1971) 102
CASTOLON BREWSTER 1.81 1.50 (1961) 27
CENTER CITY MILLS 4.75 3.43 (1969) 43
CHARLIE CLAY 2.42 1.84 (2003) 10
COMMERCE 4SW HUNT 1.85 1.84 (1997) 11
FLAT CORYELL 4.90 2.65 (1996) 15
GOLDTHWAITE 1 WSW MILLS 3.56 3.13 (1960) 71
GRANGER DAM WILLIAMSON 3.33 2.90 (2001) 26
HENRIETTA CLAY 3.93 3.83 (1940) 104
JARRELL WILLIAMSON 3.65 3.10 (1930) 73
KENDALIA KENDALL 4.10 3.62 (1998) 10
LENORAH MARTIN 2.57 2.17 (1960) 58
MC GREGOR MCLENNAN 4.78 4.40 (1920) 94
MONAHANS WARD 3.09 2.49 (1994) 45
GEORGETOWN LAKE WILLIAMSON 3.98 3.10 (1982) 26
OAK CREEK LAKE COKE 5.00 3.48 (1986) 44
ROBERT LEE COKE 4.15 3.90 (1987) 60
SNYDER SCURRY 5.86 4.75 (1977) 89
STERLING CITY STERLING 4.00 2.55 (1953) 77
STERLING CITY 8 NE STERLING 5.25 2.80 (1986) 29
WINTERS 1 NNE RUNNELS 4.14 3.53 (2004) 38
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CRANE 2E CRANE 78.9 78.9 (1966) 37
DEL RIO 2 NW VAL VERDE 82.8 83.2 (2004) 10
STUDY BUTTE BREWSTER 82.8 83.6 (1996) 11
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HARLINGEN RIO GRANDE AP CAMERON 87.5 87.5 (2002) 18
BROWNSVILLE INTL AP CAMERON 86.7 86.7 (1900) 125
GALVESTON SCHOLES FLD GALVESTON 86.6 85.8 (1995) 125
CORPUS CHRISTI INTL AP NUECES 86.8 86.6 (1977) 119
BISHOP NUECES 88.2 87.3 (1951) 21
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 86.8 86.2 (2000) 14
PORT MANSFIELD WILLACY 86.0 84.5 (2002) 36
ROCKPORT ARANSAS 87.0 86.4 (1987) 39
SAN ANTONIO/SEAWORLD BEXAR 85.5 85.4 (1997) 16
WELDER W'LIFE FOUND SAN PATRICIO 86.5 85.2 (1998) 11
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
DEL RIO 2 NW VAL VERDE 93.6 94.5 (2004) 10
STUDY BUTTE BREWSTER 95.4 95.4 (1998) 12
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HARLINGEN RIO GRANDE AP CAMERON 98.6 98.2 (2002) 18
CORPUS CHRISTI INTL AP NUECES 98.0 96.3 (1997) 119
LAKE FORK RSVR WOOD 99.8 99.8 (2000) 17
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 92.0 91.8 (2000) 16
PORT ISABEL CAMERON 94.7 94.4 (1928) 66
PORT MANSFIELD WILLACY 94.1 92.0 (1962) 38
ROCKPORT ARANSAS 94.4 93.1 (2004) 44
WELDER W'LIFE FOUND SAN PATRICIO 96.8 96.3 (1990) 13
Highest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HARLINGEN RIO GRANDE AP CAMERON 105 104 (2003) 18
BROWNSVILLE INTL AP CAMERON 104 104 (1915) 125
CORPUS CHRISTI INTL AP NUECES 104 103 (2000) 119
CORPUS CHRISTI NAS NUECES 101 101 (1990) 58
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 97 96 (1986) 16
PORT ISABEL CAMERON 99 99 (2003) 66
PORT O CONNOR CALHOUN 101 100 (1954) 45
RAYMONDVILLE WILLACY 107 107 (2003) 83
ROCKPORT ARANSAS 101 98 (2004) 44
Lowest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CHANNING 2 HARTLEY 61 64 (2003) 21
GRUVER HANSFORD 63 63 (1992) 43
MULESHOE NWR BAILEY 67 67 (2003) 24
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ACTON RCH CROCKETT 68.2 68.3 (2004) 13
DELL CITY 5 SSW HUDSPETH 60.1 60.9 (2004) 25
DEL RIO 2 NW VAL VERDE 71.9 71.9 (2004) 10
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 73.0 73.7 (2004) 11
PROCTOR RSVR COMANCHE 64.9 65.9 (1992) 41
STUDY BUTTE BREWSTER 70.2 71.9 (1996) 11
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HOUSTON HOBBY AP HARRIS 76.9 76.9 (1977) 58
ARLINGTON SIX FLAGS TARRANT 76.7 76.5 (2001) 17
BISHOP NUECES 77.1 75.5 (2001) 21
DRIPPING SPRINGS 6 E HAYS 72.7 72.6 (2001) 21
FLATONIA FAYETTE 74.8 74.7 (1951) 89
JACKSONVILLE CHEROKEE 74.4 74.3 (1998) 40
LAREDO 2 WEBB 78.1 78.0 (2002) 38
MERCEDES 6 SSE HIDALGO 76.6 75.6 (1914) 31
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 81.6 80.5 (2000) 15
POTEET ATASCOSA 74.5 74.3 (1982) 57
REFUGIO 2 NW REFUGIO 74.9 74.6 (1991) 18
ROBSTOWN NUECES 77.0 76.9 (1998) 48
SAM RAYBURN DAM JASPER 72.7 72.5 (2003) 37
Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HARLINGEN RIO GRANDE AP CAMERON 82 82 (1958) 18
FT WORTH NAS TARRANT 85 84 (1966) 30
JACKSONVILLE CHEROKEE 82 81 (1995) 40
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 84 83 (2004) 15
SAM RAYBURN DAM JASPER 78 78 (2004) 37
WELDER W'LIFE FOUND SAN PATRICIO 82 82 (1998) 13
Lowest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CORPUS CHRISTI NAS NUECES 37 67 (1967) 58
ACTON RCH CROCKETT 60 60 (2004) 13
CAMP WOOD REAL 59 59 (1992) 36
FT DAVIS JEFF DAVIS 51 51 (1992) 31
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 63 66 (2004) 11
HUDSPETH RIVER RANCH VAL VERDE 62 63 (2003) 15
MARFA 2 PRESIDIO 50 50 (1989) 43
PERSIMMON GAP BREWSTER 61 63 (1990) 18

Climatic Averages for September

  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 86.7 107 (2000) 64.4 38 (1989) 2.91 11.03 (1974) 6.70 (1961) 12.5 0.0 6.5 18 327
Amarillo 81.8 103 (1995) 56.3 30 (1984) 1.88 6.42 (1923) 3.49 (1900) 7.0 0.2 6.4 56 173
Austin 90.1 112 (2000) 68.8 41 (1942) 2.91 20.78 (1921) 19.03 (1921) 18.2 0.0 7.2 2 439
Brownsville 89.4 105 (2000) 72.6 51 (1909) 5.31 30.57 (1886) 12.09 (1967) 20.0 0.0 9.3 0 494
College Station 90.9 112 (2000) 68.5 41 (1901) 3.91 12.13 (1958) 6.83 (1896) 18.1 0.0 7.0 0 440
Corpus Christi 89.9 109 (2000) 71.6 52 (2000) 5.03 20.33 (1967) 8.76 (1967) 18.7 0.0 9.0 0 485
Dallas‑Fort Worth 87.7 111 (2000) 67.2 40 (1942) 2.42 10.80 (1932) 9.57 (1932) 15.5 0.0 6.1 2 376
Del Rio 90.6 110 (2000) 69.4 43 (1908) 2.06 17.15 (1964) 5.52 (1970) 20.2 0.0 5.7 2 453
El Paso 87.1 104 (1982) 63.7 41 (1945) 1.61 6.68 (1974) 2.52 (1958) 14.3 0.0 6.5 9 305
Galveston 86.5 104 (2000) 75.6 52 (1942) 5.76 26.01 (1885) 11.65 (1961) 4.7 0.0 9.5 0 482
Houston 89.3 109 (2000) 68.4 45 (1942) 4.33 13.37 (1913) 7.98 (1976) 15.9 0.0 8.9 1 412
Lubbock 83.4 105 (1930) 58.4 33 (1983) 2.57 13.93 (1936) 5.50 (1936) 9.2 0.0 6.3 33 223
Midland 86.1 107 (1953) 61.6 36 (1989) 2.31 9.70 (1980) 4.37 (1986) 11.9 0.0 6.0 19 281
Port Arthur 88.0 105 (2000) 69.4 45 (1967) 6.10 21.96 (1980) 15.01 (1980) 13.0 0.0 10.0 1 417
San Angelo 86.6 107 (1952) 63.0 35 (1913) 2.95 11.00 (1980) 6.25 (1980) 13.2 0.0 5.4 12 321
San Antonio 90.0 111 (2000) 68.8 41 (1942) 3.00 15.78 (1946) 7.28 (1973) 18.4 0.0 6.5 2 439
Victoria 89.9 111 (2000) 70.3 45 (1942) 5.00 19.05 (1978) 7.83 (1978) 18.5 0.0 9.9 1 454
Waco 90.1 111 (2000) 67.0 39 (1942) 2.88 11.17 (1913) 6.03 (1936) 18.3 0.0 6.6 6 416
Wichita Falls 87.5 111 (2000) 63.7 38 (1989) 3.19 10.23 (1980) 6.22 (1980) 15.1 0.0 6.4 18 339
Shreveport, LA 87.6 109 (2000) 66.4 42 (1984) 3.21 16.46 (1913) 7.04 (1913) 14.4 0.0 6.9 6 353
Climatic averages are based on 1971-2000 monthly normals, which are provided by&nbsnbsp;the National Climatic Data Center.
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