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Texas Climate Report: May 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 81.0 ‑3.6 93 59.9 ‑1.5 46 70.5 ‑2.5 16 8.53 268% 2.43 37 214
Amarillo 77.1 ‑2.4 90 49.2 ‑2.6 34 63.1 ‑2.5 10 1.60 70% 0.69 126 77
Austin 83.2 ‑3.3 91 65.2 ‑1.5 54 74.2 ‑2.4 17 7.15 164% 2.25 1 293
Brownsville 87.5 ‑0.9 91 73.1 +0.8 60 80.3 0.0 9 2.18 83% 1.23 0 484
College Station 82.6 ‑3.2 90 65.3 ‑1.3 53 73.9 ‑2.3 12 12.93 299% 5.76 2 285
Corpus Christi 86.9 +0.3 93 72.3 +2.3 58 79.6 +1.3 9 5.99 195% 2.74 0 461
Dallas‑Fort Worth 81.5 ‑2.1 93 63.5 ‑0.7 48 72.5 ‑1.4 17 6.25 128% 1.16 12 251
Del Rio 86.4 ‑3.4 98 67.2 ‑0.7 52 76.8 ‑2.1 8 1.62 58% 1.08 1 371
El Paso 86.8 ‑1.0 97 59.9 ‑0.1 44 73.4 ‑0.5 2 0.06 13% 0.04 14 282
Galveston 81.2 ‑1.8 85 71.6 ‑0.7 63 76.4 ‑1.2 10 7.66 177% 3.30 0 363
Houston 83.1 ‑3.2 89 65.9 ‑1.7 54 74.5 ‑2.4 12 7.20 141% 3.76 0 302
Lubbock 81.2 ‑2.6 95 54.5 ‑1.4 39 67.8 ‑2.0 10 3.66 159% 1.88 83 176
Midland 87.3 ‑0.3 101 60.2 +0.7 46 73.8 +0.2 6 1.47 84% 1.14 28 307
Port Arthur 84.6 ‑0.2 90 67.5 +0.5 55 76.0 +0.1 13 10.30 197% 4.39 0 351
San Angelo 85.3 ‑1.9 98 60.7 ‑1.1 40 73.0 ‑1.5 13 6.40 227% 1.68 22 277
San Antonio 83.7 ‑3.3 93 66.5 ‑0.3 53 75.1 ‑1.8 13 9.14 228% 1.87 1 322
Victoria 85.2 ‑1.3 90 67.6 +0.3 53 76.4 ‑0.5 9 6.37 123% 1.61 0 362
Waco 82.3 ‑2.7 92 62.6 ‑1.2 47 72.4 ‑2.0 12 8.31 193% 2.17 11 247
Wichita Falls 80.6 ‑3.0 95 58.2 ‑1.4 45 69.4 ‑2.2 16 6.13 163% 2.47 41 185
Shreveport, LA 82.8 ‑1.0 92 63.5 +0.8 53 73.1 ‑0.1 6 3.08 62% 1.23 2 261
*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 nbsp;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 2016 average temperatures
may 2016 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
EL PASO INTL AP EL PASO 0.06
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
BRENHAM WASHINGTON 29.49
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
BRENHAM WASHINGTON 20.50
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
BUSHLAND 1 WSW POTTER 61.1
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 83.8
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
BUSHLAND 1 WSW POTTER 75.4
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
RIO GRANDE VILLAGE BREWSTER 98.2
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
RIO GRANDE VILLAGE BREWSTER 111
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
DUMAS MOORE 42
FRIONA PARMER 42
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MULESHOE #1 BAILEY 45.9
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PORT ISABEL CAMERON AP CAMERON 75.2
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MISSION 4 W HIDALGO 82
PORT ISABEL CAMERON AP CAMERON 82
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PLEASANTON ATASCOSA 25

 

New Monthly Records

Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ANGLETON BRAZORIA AP BRAZORIA 10.25 9.47 (2015) 12
AUSTIN 8SSE TRAVIS 8.90 8.24 (2014) 11
AUSTIN BERGSTROM AP TRAVIS 15.82 13.69 (1965) 67
BRENHAM WASHINGTON 29.49 15.09 (2015) 109
COLLEGE STN BRAZOS 12.93 11.38 (1983) 65
DIME BOX LEE 15.34 14.86 (2015) 73
FREEPORT 2 NW BRAZORIA 13.75 11.70 (1974) 81
GLEN COVE 2 NE COLEMAN 8.96 8.04 (2015) 14
JUNCTION KIMBLE CO AP KIMBLE 8.73 7.64 (1965) 38
KERRVILLE 3 NNE KERR 13.63 11.05 (2015) 42
MONTGOMERY MONTGOMERY 18.26 15.09 (1983) 56
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours Ever in the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
AUSTIN BERGSTROM AP TRAVIS 8.79 8.53 (1974) 67
BRENHAM WASHINGTON 20.50 6.16 (1965) 109
CHILDRESS MUNI AP CHILDRESS 3.96 3.57 (1951) 68
CONROE MONTGOMERY CO AP MONTGOMERY 5.02 4.41 (2004) 19
CORPUS CHRISTI NWS NUECES 5.31 4.45 (2015) 12
CROCKETT HOUSTON 5.29 5.06 (1939) 102
FEDOR LEE 6.55 5.15 (1970) 46
FREEPORT 2 NW BRAZORIA 4.13 3.83 (1959) 81
GIDDINGS 5 E LEE 12.42 5.56 (1979) 75
JUNCTION KIMBLE CO AP KIMBLE 3.47 3.27 (1965) 38
KERRVILLE 3 NNE KERR 4.58 4.33 (2007) 42
LA JOYA HIDALGO 2.00 1.97 (2010) 13
MADISONVILLE MADISON 6.50 5.38 (2014) 77
MCKINNEY MUNI AP COLLIN 3.16 3.01 (2001) 18
MEMPHIS HALL 5.90 5.50 (1918) 100
MONTGOMERY MONTGOMERY 9.02 6.90 (1983) 56
NEW SUMMERFIELD 2W CHEROKEE 2.33 2.06 (1994) 15
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
AUSTIN 8SSE TRAVIS 70.1 72.3 (2014) 12
BONITA 4 NW MONTAGUE 67.5 68.7 (2009) 12
BRACKETTVILLE 22 N KINNEY 71.9 72.2 (1992) 15
BURNET MUNI AP BURNET 72.1 72.5 (2005) 14
DALLAS REDBIRD AP DALLAS 71.3 71.5 (2002) 16
FT WORTH ALLIANCE AP TARRANT 70.1 71.0 (2002) 15
HOLLY LAKE RCH WOOD 69.6 69.9 (2009) 11
LONGVIEW GREGG 71.0 71.1 (2014) 14
LONGVIEW E TX RGNL AP GREGG 71.4 71.6 (2005) 17
PLEASANTON ATASCOSA 74.1 74.7 (1993) 24
RICHARDSON DALLAS 70.6 71.0 (1979) 12
TERRELL MUNI AP KAUFMAN 71.2 72.0 (2005) 11
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ARLINGTON SIX FLAGS TARRANT 79.1 79.3 (1997) 24
AUSTIN 8SSE TRAVIS 81.5 82.9 (2007) 12
BONITA 4 NW MONTAGUE 78.2 78.2 (2009) 12
BRACKETTVILLE 22 N KINNEY 80.7 83.0 (1992) 15
CONROE MONTGOMERY CO AP MONTGOMERY 82.9 83.1 (1997) 19
HOLLY LAKE RCH WOOD 79.4 80.5 (2015) 11
HOUSTON SUGARLAND MEM FORT BEND 84.0 84.0 (2004) 16
HUNTSVILLE MUNI AP WALKER 82.8 83.2 (2014) 17
LONGVIEW GREGG 80.8 82.0 (2015) 14
LONGVIEW E TX RGNL AP GREGG 80.3 82.5 (2007) 17
MCKINNEY MUNI AP COLLIN 79.3 79.5 (2015) 15
MISSION 4 W HIDALGO 80.2 85.9 (1966) 70
PALESTINE 6 WNW ANDERSON 80.8 81.2 (2007) 12
RAINBOW SOMERVELL 80.9 81.9 (2007) 15
TERRELL MUNI AP KAUFMAN 80.4 81.6 (2002) 11
Lowest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BORGER HUTCHINSON CO AP HUTCHINSON 50 50 (2009) 15
BOYS RANCH OLDHAM 46 46 (2005) 35
CONROE MONTGOMERY CO AP MONTGOMERY 67 67 (2013) 19
K‑BAR RCH ECTOR 54 54 (2005) 11
LA JOYA HIDALGO 70 75 (1997) 14
SANFORD DAM HUTCHINSON 49 49 (2013) 20
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
AUSTIN 8SSE TRAVIS 58.7 60.6 (2014) 12
BONITA 4 NW MONTAGUE 56.9 59.2 (2009) 12
BORGER HUTCHINSON CO AP HUTCHINSON 53.1 53.6 (2015) 15
DALLAS REDBIRD AP DALLAS 62.0 62.1 (2002) 16
FT WORTH ALLIANCE AP TARRANT 59.7 60.1 (2014) 15
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 56.5 57.2 (1976) 40
PLEASANTON ATASCOSA 61.4 63.0 (1993) 24
SANFORD DAM HUTCHINSON 47.9 50.8 (1995) 21
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ANGLETON BRAZORIA AP BRAZORIA 69.1 68.4 (2004) 11
MISSION 4 W HIDALGO 74.6 74.0 (1990) 72
Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ANGLETON BRAZORIA AP BRAZORIA 80 80 (2004) 11
ARLINGTON MUNI AP TARRANT 79 77 (2008) 15
BEAUMONT CITY JEFFERSON 79 79 (2008) 65
CHEAPSIDE GONZALES 78 77 (2004) 10
COLETO CREEK RSVR GOLIAD 79 78 (2011) 11
CORPUS CHRISTI INTL AP NUECES 81 81 (1990) 74
CORPUS CHRISTI NWS NUECES 80 80 (2011) 11
COTULLA LA SALLE CO AP LA SALLE 79 79 (2011) 17
C C BOTANICAL GARDENS NUECES 80 80 (2008) 10
DECATUR WISE 74 74 (2010) 15
DEKALB BOWIE 75 75 (1995) 27
DRYDEN 10 NE TERRELL 74 74 (2013) 12
EL CAMPO WHARTON 78 78 (2003) 37
HARLINGEN CAMERON 81 81 (1943) 90
HARLINGEN RIO GRANDE AP CAMERON 80 80 (2011) 26
HOUSTON CLOVER FLD BRAZORIA 81 80 (2004) 12
JUNCTION 4 SSW KIMBLE 77 76 (2011) 83
LAKE TAWAKONI RAINS 76 76 (2000) 40
LA JOYA HIDALGO 79 79 (2010) 11
LONGVIEW GREGG 75 75 (2006) 14
MCKINNEY MUNI AP COLLIN 76 76 (2008) 15
NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AP GUADALUPE 78 78 (2008) 17
PARIS LAMAR 76 75 (2012) 109
ROCKPORT ARANSAS CO AP ARANSAS 81 81 (2015) 14
TAYLOR 1 NW WILLIAMSON 77 77 (2004) 16
YOAKUM LAVACA 79 79 (1990) 68
Lowest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
PLEASANTON ATASCOSA 25 40 (2013) 24

 

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 90.5 110 (1907) 68.5 44 (1919) 3.56 9.60 (1961) 4.35 (1941) 17.4 0.0 7.0 1 435
Amarillo 87.7 111 (2011) 61.0 38 (1917) 3.16 10.73 (1965) 6.15 (1960) 12.1 0.0 8.5 7 288
Austin 92.1 109 (2012) 72.3 51 (1926) 4.33 14.96 (1981) 8.65 (1941) 21.0 0.0 7.7 0 516
Brownsville 92.1 103 (2012) 75.7 56 (1919) 2.57 13.80 (1887) 8.18 (1942) 24.4 0.0 5.9 0 567
College Station 91.7 108 (1901) 72.7 53 (1970) 4.45 15.03 (1905) 6.70 (1905) 21.0 0.0 8.5 0 516
Corpus Christi 90.9 107 (2013) 73.9 56 (1919) 3.36 13.35 (1973) 11.52 (2006) 19.6 0.0 6.8 0 522
Dallas‑Fort Worth 91.3 113 (1980) 71.4 48 (1903) 3.79 11.58 (1928) 4.14 (1928) 19.4 0.0 8.0 0 491
Del Rio 94.7 112 (1988) 73.4 49 (1919) 2.35 13.71 (1935) 8.88 (1935) 24.9 0.0 5.7 0 571
El Paso 95.5 114 (1994) 68.0 46 (1988) 0.94 3.18 (1984) 1.91 (2009) 24.9 0.0 3.9 0 502
Galveston 88.2 100 (2012) 77.5 57 (1903) 5.69 15.49 (1919) 12.56 (1961) 6.6 0.0 8.4 0 535
Houston 91.4 107 (2013) 73.3 52 (1970) 5.93 19.21 (2001) 11.02 (2001) 20.7 0.0 10.6 0 520
Lubbock 90.6 114 (1994) 64.2 39 (1917) 3.04 8.48 (2000) 5.70 (1967) 16.6 0.0 8.2 2 374
Midland 93.4 116 (1994) 67.3 47 (1983) 1.80 5.10 (1940) 3.95 (1940) 21.0 0.0 4.8 0 461
Port Arthur 89.6 106 (1902) 72.7 53 (1903) 7.09 18.90 (1989) 10.20 (1961) 15.0 0.0 10.0 0 484
San Angelo 92.1 110 (1994) 68.8 40 (1912) 2.59 6.01 (1982) 3.88 (1999) 19.4 0.0 6.2 0 464
San Antonio 92.3 107 (1998) 72.6 48 (1919) 4.14 11.95 (1986) 6.30 (1986) 21.5 0.0 7.5 0 523
Victoria 91.5 109 (2013) 72.4 54 (1919) 4.46 13.50 (2004) 9.30 (1977) 20.6 0.0 8.9 0 508
Waco 91.7 109 (1980) 70.8 52 (1964) 3.43 12.06 (1961) 6.40 (1938) 20.2 0.0 7.5 0 488
Wichita Falls 91.4 117 (1980) 67.6 50 (1928) 4.15 8.60 (1989) 5.36 (1985) 18.7 0.0 7.7 1 436
Shreveport, LA 90.1 104 (2011) 69.5 52 (1977) 5.40 17.11 (1989) 8.00 (1902) 17.2 0.0 9.2 0 444
Climatic averages are based on 1981-2010 monthly normals, which are provided by the National Climatic Data Center.
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