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Texas Climate Report: February 2016

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 67.2 +6.7 83 39.3 +2.6 23 53.3 +4.7 2 0.68 50% 0.56 347 14
Amarillo 62.1 +7.9 86 30.1 +3.7 14 46.1 +5.8 2 0.50 89% 0.39 540 1
Austin 71.7 +6.5 83 47.9 +3.1 32 59.8 +4.8 2 1.34 66% 1.33 172 31
Brownsville 77.0 +3.3 92 53.3 ‑1.4 38 65.2 +1.0 0 0.00 0% 0.00 73 87
College Station 70.0 +5.2 80 46.2 +1.8 31 58.1 +3.5 4 1.32 46% 0.72 214 21
Corpus Christi 77.1 +6.7 85 49.0 ‑1.5 34 63.0 +2.5 2 0.21 11% 0.14 113 64
Dallas‑Fort Worth 66.9 +6.5 79 43.4 +4.0 31 55.2 +5.3 3 2.20 83% 1.75 290 11
Del Rio 74.5 +5.9 91 45.6 +0.6 29 60.1 +3.3 3 0.07 8% 0.03 170 35
El Paso 69.0 +5.9 85 36.9 ‑0.2 21 53.0 +2.9 1 0.07 15% 0.07 343 3
Galveston 66.7 +2.4 77 52.6 +1.7 43 59.6 +2.0 4 0.89 35% 0.80 161 11
Houston 70.9 +4.6 81 47.3 +0.8 33 59.1 +2.7 3 1.95 61% 1.13 194 31
Lubbock 65.4 +6.5 87 30.8 +0.7 17 48.1 +3.6 1 0.09 12% 0.09 487 4
Midland 68.2 +5.8 87 37.0 +2.5 22 52.6 +4.1 2 0.30 42% 0.29 365 15
Port Arthur 70.8 +5.5 81 46.3 ‑0.2 31 58.6 +2.7 6 1.97 55% 0.92 204 25
San Angelo 71.1 +7.6 86 36.1 ‑0.9 18 53.6 +3.3 2 0.77 57% 0.64 332 10
San Antonio 72.1 +5.2 82 46.3 +2.1 30 59.2 +3.6 3 1.55 87% 1.34 187 26
Victoria 73.9 +5.8 83 45.8 ‑0.6 30 59.8 +2.5 2 1.79 86% 1.61 172 30
Waco 68.3 +6.5 83 40.3 +0.5 24 54.3 +3.5 3 2.16 82% 1.07 312 8
Wichita Falls 65.7 +7.4 84 37.3 +3.8 24 51.5 +5.6 3 1.27 73% 1.00 393 9
Shreveport, LA 66.8 +5.3 79 43.0 +3.3 26 54.9 +4.3 4 2.15 45% 1.16 299 12
*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 2016 average temperatures
feb 2016 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
ARMSTRONG 4SE KENEDY 0.00
BIG SPRING HOWARD 0.00
BROWNSVILLE INTL AP CAMERON 0.00
CANYON RANDALL 0.00
DELL CITY 5 SSW HUDSPETH 0.00
EDINBURG HIDALGO 0.00
ESCOBAS ZAPATA 0.00
HARLINGEN CAMERON 0.00
HARLINGEN RIO GRANDE AP CAMERON 0.00
KENT 8 SE JEFF DAVIS 0.00
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 0.00
MT LOCKE JEFF DAVIS 0.00
OLTON LAMB 0.00
PORT ISABEL CAMERON AP CAMERON 0.00
PORT MANSFIELD WILLACY 0.00
RAYMONDVILLE WILLACY 0.00
SANTA ROSA 3 WNW HIDALGO 0.00
SAN MANUEL HIDALGO 0.00
SARITA 7 E KENEDY 0.00
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 0.00
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
DEKALB BOWIE 5.90
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
CHOKE CANYON DAM LIVE OAK 3.67
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
HART CASTRO 42.5
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 68.8
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
SANFORD DAM HUTCHINSON 57.8
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 83.1
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
CASTOLON BREWSTER 95
COTULLA LA SALLE CO AP LA SALLE 95
TERLINGUA BREWSTER 95
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
GRUVER HANSFORD 33
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MULESHOE #1 BAILEY 22.9
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PORT ARANSAS 10 SSW NUECES 55.6
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 71
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DELL CITY 5 SSW HUDSPETH 8
MARFA MUNI AP PECOS 8

 

New Monthly Records

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BIG SPRING HOWARD 0.00 0.00 (2013) 62
BROWNSVILLE INTL AP CAMERON 0.00 0.00 (1954) 98
CANADIAN 6 NW HEMPHILL 0.10 0.10 (2007) 11
CANYON RANDALL 0.00 0.00 (2000) 87
DELL CITY 5 SSW HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (2009) 33
EDINBURG HIDALGO 0.00 0.00 (2011) 14
HARLINGEN CAMERON 0.00 0.00 (1976) 95
HARLINGEN RIO GRANDE AP CAMERON 0.00 0.00 (1954) 27
KENT 8 SE JEFF DAVIS 0.00 0.00 (2013) 22
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 0.00 0.00 (1976) 54
MT LOCKE JEFF DAVIS 0.00 0.00 (2014) 79
OLTON LAMB 0.00 0.00 (2000) 57
PORT ISABEL CAMERON AP CAMERON 0.00 0.00 (2013) 15
PORT MANSFIELD WILLACY 0.00 0.00 (1976) 53
RAYMONDVILLE WILLACY 0.00 0.00 (2007) 96
SANTA ROSA 3 WNW HIDALGO 0.00 0.01 (1996) 25
SARITA 7 E KENEDY 0.00 0.00 (1989) 109
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 0.00 0.00 (1996) 15
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CROSS MCMULLEN 4.11 3.54 (1998) 14
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours Ever in the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CALLIHAM MCMULLEN 3.61 1.97 (1991) 33
CHOKE CANYON DAM LIVE OAK 3.67 2.54 (1991) 32
CROSS MCMULLEN 2.96 1.54 (2010) 14
THREE RIVERS 8 NE LIVE OAK 2.81 2.50 (2013) 29
VICTORIA RGNL AP VICTORIA 1.88 1.78 (2005) 10
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CHEAPSIDE GONZALES 58.8 57.2 (2005) 10
KENT 8 SE JEFF DAVIS 53.1 53.0 (1995) 17
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CHEAPSIDE GONZALES 71.0 70.6 (2013) 12
HOUSTON CLOVER FLD BRAZORIA 71.4 68.5 (2013) 12
KENT 8 SE JEFF DAVIS 67.6 64.9 (1995) 17
ROCKPORT ARANSAS CO AP ARANSAS 74.4 73.8 (2000) 19
WILDWOOD TYLER 72.1 71.1 (2009) 14
Highest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BORGER HUTCHINSON CO AP HUTCHINSON 88 85 (2006) 18
BOYS RANCH OLDHAM 86 85 (2006) 36
BUSHLAND 1 WSW POTTER 83 80 (2015) 15
CLARENDON DONLEY 89 89 (1996) 96
DALHART MUNI AP DALLAM 85 85 (2006) 67
DENVER CITY YOAKUM 87 87 (2009) 24
EL PASO INTL AP EL PASO 85 83 (2014) 74
FRIONA PARMER 83 83 (1989) 54
HART CASTRO 86 85 (1989) 30
HEREFORD DEAF SMITH 83 83 (1989) 82
KENT 8 SE JEFF DAVIS 84 83 (2014) 17
LITTLEFIELD LAMB 86 85 (2011) 47
MORTON COCHRAN 85 85 (1989) 51
MT LOCKE JEFF DAVIS 81 79 (2014) 67
MULESHOE #1 BAILEY 85 85 (1962) 87
MULESHOE NWR BAILEY 84 84 (1996) 36
OLTON LAMB 85 85 (1979) 46
PAMPA 2 GRAY 87 86 (1979) 51
PECOS 8 W REEVES 92 92 (2009) 12
PLAINS YOAKUM 85 85 (1979) 49
PLAINVIEW WATER PRODUCTION HALE 86 83 (2014) 15
STRATFORD SHERMAN 86 86 (1979) 58
WHITE RIVER RESERVOIR CROSBY 87 87 (2009) 19
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
FT WORTH MEACHAM FLD TARRANT 44.6 44.1 (1999) 38
STRATFORD SHERMAN 28.9 27.9 (1987) 59
Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BORGER HUTCHINSON 56 54 (1976) 66
BORGER HUTCHINSON CO AP HUTCHINSON 54 52 (2000) 18
BOYS RANCH OLDHAM 51 50 (2000) 36
CASTOLON BREWSTER 60 60 (2000) 31
CHISOS BASIN BREWSTER 64 61 (1994) 62
COTULLA LA SALLE CO AP LA SALLE 69 68 (2011) 17
DENVER CITY YOAKUM 51 51 (2000) 26
DRYDEN 10 NE TERRELL 63 63 (2009) 11
GUTHRIE KING 56 54 (1986) 46
HUDSPETH RIVER RANCH VAL VERDE 64 63 (2005) 22
JAYTON KENT 57 56 (1985) 40
ODESSA SCHLEMEYER FLD ECTOR 58 58 (2011) 15
RAINBOW SOMERVELL 63 63 (2011) 15
TURKEY HALL 56 56 (1985) 46

 

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) 6.11 (2015) 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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