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Texas Climate Report: February 2015

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 58.1 ‑2.4 83 33.5 ‑3.2 19 45.8 ‑2.8 6 1.74 128% 1.13 531 4
Amarillo 55.1 +0.9 83 25.3 ‑1.1 11 40.2 ‑0.1 6 0.47 84% 0.23 685 0
Austin 61.6 ‑3.6 83 40.9 ‑3.9 30 51.3 ‑3.7 9 0.50 25% 0.26 383 8
Brownsville 70.3 ‑3.4 81 52.0 ‑2.7 38 61.1 ‑3.1 10 0.76 70% 0.37 147 44
College Station 60.5 ‑4.3 82 40.7 ‑3.7 29 50.6 ‑4.0 10 0.75 26% 0.25 397 1
Corpus Christi 67.5 ‑2.9 83 47.2 ‑3.3 32 57.4 ‑3.1 8 1.41 73% 0.74 231 25
Dallas‑Fort Worth 56.3 ‑4.1 78 35.0 ‑4.4 24 45.7 ‑4.2 8 2.96 111% 1.30 537 0
Del Rio 64.8 ‑3.8 86 43.8 ‑1.2 30 54.3 ‑2.5 5 0.22 25% 0.18 307 15
El Paso 67.1 +4.0 79 39.0 +1.9 26 53.0 +2.9 2 0.03 7% 0.02 330 1
Galveston 60.9 ‑3.4 79 48.1 ‑2.8 38 54.5 ‑3.1 9 0.70 27% 0.20 293 6
Houston 63.4 ‑2.9 83 41.7 ‑4.8 31 52.6 ‑3.8 9 0.66 21% 0.17 350 10
Lubbock 59.4 +0.5 84 27.9 ‑2.2 13 43.6 ‑0.9 6 0.66 88% 0.43 590 0
Midland 59.6 ‑2.8 82 34.1 ‑0.4 19 46.8 ‑1.7 4 0.26 37% 0.14 504 1
Port Arthur 63.5 ‑1.8 82 43.0 ‑3.5 32 53.3 ‑2.6 9 0.99 28% 0.40 331 8
San Angelo 60.8 ‑2.7 83 36.2 ‑0.8 23 48.5 ‑1.8 6 0.23 17% 0.08 456 2
San Antonio 63.0 ‑3.9 84 43.3 ‑0.9 32 53.2 ‑2.4 7 0.53 30% 0.28 337 13
Victoria 65.2 ‑2.9 83 44.4 ‑2.0 30 54.8 ‑2.5 7 0.98 47% 0.57 290 14
Waco 58.0 ‑3.8 80 35.2 ‑4.6 26 46.6 ‑4.2 6 1.25 48% 0.42 510 0
Wichita Falls 55.2 ‑3.1 82 29.8 ‑3.7 19 42.5 ‑3.4 6 0.43 25% 0.11 623 0
Shreveport, LA 55.3 ‑6.2 76 35.0 ‑4.7 26 45.2 ‑5.4 8 4.28 90% 1.06 547 0
*Dep.: Departure of the monthly average temperature from the 1981-2010 monthly normal, which is provided by the National Climatic Data Center.
*Perc. Norm.: Monthly precipitation total divided by 1981-2010 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.
feb 2015 average temperatures
feb 2015 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
ANDREWS 2 ANDREWS 0.00
BALMORHEA REEVES 0.00
FT HANCOCK 8 SSE HUDSPETH 0.00
KERMIT WINKLER 0.00
ROCKSPRINGS 26SSW EDWARDS 0.00
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
PITTSBURG 5 SSE CAMP 9.13
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
DIANA 2 W UPSHUR 4.75
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
GRUVER HANSFORD 36.2
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 61.7
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DUMAS MOORE 51.0
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 71.9
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
DRYDEN TERRELL CO AP TERRELL 90
TURKEY HALL 90
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
CANYON RANDALL 13
HART CASTRO 13
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
GRUVER HANSFORD 20.7
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PORT ISABEL CAMERON AP CAMERON 52.2
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
FLATONIA FAYETTE 68
HARLINGEN RIO GRANDE AP CAMERON 68
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 68
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
BRAVO HARTLEY 9
BUSHLAND 1 WSW POTTER 9
DUMAS MOORE 9
GRUVER HANSFORD 9
HARTLEY HARTLEY 9

New Monthly Records

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BALMORHEA REEVES 0.00 0.00 (2013) 88
FT HANCOCK 8 SSE HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (2011) 40
ROCKSPRINGS 26SSW EDWARDS 0.00 0.00 (2013) 20
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
DRYDEN TERRELL CO AP TERRELL 1.30 1.26 (2010) 13
HARTLEY HARTLEY 1.47 1.39 (2010) 10
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours Ever in the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
DRYDEN TERRELL CO AP TERRELL 0.97 0.97 (2010) 13
Highest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BRAVO HARTLEY 83 82 (1979) 47
BUSHLAND 1 WSW POTTER 80 80 (2009) 14
HARTLEY HARTLEY 82 79 (2006) 10
LUMBERTON HARDIN 83 82 (2012) 14
VIGO PARK SWISHER 83 83 (2011) 13
Lowest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BELLVILLE 6 NNE AUSTIN 36 36 (2006) 11
DENVER CITY YOAKUM 20 20 (2003) 23
HALLSVILLE 1 W HARRISON 31 31 (2006) 14
HUNT 10 W KERR 27 28 (2014) 15
PADUCAH 15 S KING 18 18 (2014) 17
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ATLANTA CASS 31.0 31.2 (2010) 14
C C BOTANICAL GARDENS NUECES 47.2 47.4 (2011) 11
DEKALB BOWIE 27.2 31.4 (2002) 26
Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
MULESHOE NWR BAILEY 48 48 (1996) 34
PECOS 8 W REEVES 53 53 (2009) 10

Climatic Averages for March

  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 68.6 98 (1916) 44.1 9 (1948) 1.74 5.16 (1979) 2.78 (1943) 0.6 3.6 6.0 298 29
Amarillo 62.5 96 (1907) 33.3 ‑3 (1948) 1.39 4.14 (2000) 3.13 (1922) 0.1 13.0 6.0 532 2
Austin 72.2 98 (1971) 51.3 18 (1948) 2.76 7.54 (2006) 3.46 (2006) 0.2 0.6 9.2 162 61
Brownsville 78.9 106 (1984) 59.6 28 (1901) 1.23 6.46 (1903) 5.38 (2007) 1.0 0.0 4.4 43 174
College Station 71.7 96 (1946) 51.0 17 (2002) 3.17 8.66 (2012) 4.20 (1980) 0.1 0.9 8.3 172 59
Corpus Christi 75.9 102 (1989) 56.3 24 (1980) 1.89 7.69 (1903) 4.66 (1903) 0.7 0.2 5.3 81 115
Dallas‑Fort Worth 68.2 100 (1916) 47.0 10 (1943) 3.49 7.39 (2002) 4.43 (2002) 0.2 1.8 7.8 261 32
Del Rio 76.2 103 (1928) 52.1 19 (1922) 1.14 3.48 (2004) 2.33 (1935) 2.0 0.6 5.4 114 87
El Paso 70.3 93 (1907) 42.9 14 (1971) 0.26 2.26 (1958) 1.32 (1883) 0.0 2.5 2.4 270 10
Galveston 70.2 87 (2008) 56.6 26 (1980) 3.16 9.49 (1973) 8.10 (1973) 0.0 0.0 6.6 103 53
Houston 73.0 96 (1946) 52.5 21 (1943) 3.41 10.66 (1922) 7.47 (1972) 0.0 0.6 8.8 141 71
Lubbock 66.7 95 (1989) 37.0 ‑2 (1922) 1.10 5.94 (2007) 1.98 (2007) 0.3 8.6 5.0 415 7
Midland 70.2 97 (1946) 41.0 9 (1980) 0.60 2.86 (1970) 2.20 (1970) 0.4 4.7 3.6 307 16
Port Arthur 71.8 95 (1946) 52.2 23 (2002) 3.53 10.21 (1949) 6.04 (1979) 0.0 0.5 7.4 148 55
San Angelo 71.1 98 (1908) 44.4 8 (1980) 1.50 5.00 (1953) 4.65 (1953) 0.6 3.5 5.6 257 33
San Antonio 73.5 100 (1991) 50.8 19 (2002) 2.31 7.24 (2007) 3.59 (1992) 0.4 1.0 8.8 154 65
Victoria 74.2 98 (1939) 52.5 21 (2002) 2.77 11.61 (1997) 5.04 (1997) 0.2 0.7 7.1 125 74
Waco 69.2 100 (1971) 47.1 15 (1948) 3.15 9.76 (2007) 6.17 (2012) 0.1 1.8 8.3 246 34
Wichita Falls 67.0 100 (1971) 41.2 6 (1948) 2.20 6.29 (1999) 4.32 (1988) 0.7 4.9 6.7 357 19
Shreveport, LA 69.5 92 (1974) 46.3 15 (1943) 4.14 11.99 (1945) 5.43 (1945) 0.0 1.9 9.2 251 31
Climatic averages are based on 1981-2010 monthly normals, which are provided by the National Climatic Data Center.
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