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Texas Climate Report: October 1992

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 82.0 +4.1 92 55.3 +0.5 38 68.6 +2.2 3 1.19 47% 0.73 20 142
Amarillo 75.8 +3.3 92 44.3 ‑0.2 31 60.0 +1.5 3 0.31 23% 0.14 171 25
Austin 85.3 +3.2 91 60.0 51 72.7 +1.6 2 1.38 40% 0.87 0 246
Brownsville 86.4 +1.1 93 66.4 +0.3 57 76.4 +0.7 5 0.85 30% 0.47 0 361
College Station 84.9 +4.7 91 59.1 +0.5 49 72.0 +2.6 4 3.58 94% 1.23 2 228
Corpus Christi 86.1 +2.2 91 64.2 +0.3 56 75.1 +1.2 3 0.70 23% 0.50 0 323
Dallas‑Fort Worth 81.6 +3.1 91 57.3 +1.5 47 69.5 +2.3 7 3.05 87% 1.71 14 161
Del Rio 86.8 +5.1 94 61.2 +1.5 49 74.0 +3.3 2 0.80 36% 0.44 0 287
El Paso 81.7 +3.3 91 51.3 +1.7 39 66.5 +2.5 5 0.27 36% 0.10 21 75
Galveston 78.8 +1.3 83 69.8 +1.8 59 74.3 +1.5 3 1.15 40% 0.88 0 298
Houston 84.1 +2.5 89 58.7 +1.1 50 71.4 +1.8 6 1.03 24% 0.42 1 210
Lubbock 80.4 +5.7 92 48.2 +0.1 32 64.3 +2.9 0 0.00 0% 0.00 90 72
Midland 82.4 +5.1 93 50.3 ‑0.3 35 66.4 +2.4 1 0.03 2% 0.03 32 83
Port Arthur 82.7 +2.5 88 59.0 ‑0.2 51 70.9 +1.2 6 2.96 69% 1.92 2 188
San Angelo 84.0 +5.2 94 52.5 ‑1.1 40 68.3 +2.1 2 1.33 55% 1.06 27 134
San Antonio 86.5 +4.8 94 60.3 +1.5 49 73.4 +3.2 1 0.92 29% 0.92 0 267
Victoria 86.4 +4.0 92 61.8 +0.9 48 74.1 +2.4 1 1.17 34% 1.17 0 291
Waco 85.5 +5.2 94 56.2 ‑0.6 43 70.8 +2.3 3 1.51 45% 1.15 7 194
Wichita Falls 81.7 +4.8 92 51.8 ‑0.4 41 66.8 +2.2 3 0.17 6% 0.14 47 112
Shreveport, LA 80.1 +1.4 88 53.8 ‑0.5 39 67.0 +0.5 5 4.13 111% 3.37 33 99
*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.

oct 1992 average temperatures
oct 1992 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
WINKLER CO AP WINKLER 0.00
BIG SPRING HOWARD 0.00
LUBBOCK INTL AP LUBBOCK 0.00
ABERNATHY HALE 0.00
ACKER RCH MCMULLEN 0.00
ACKERLY 4SE HOWARD 0.00
ALICE JIM WELLS 0.00
ANDREWS ANDREWS 0.00
BALLINGER 2 NW RUNNELS 0.00
BENAVIDES 2 DUVAL 0.00
BIG SPRING HOWARD 0.00
BORGER HUTCHINSON 0.00
BOYS RANCH OLDHAM 0.00
BRACKETTVILLE KINNEY 0.00
CANYON RANDALL 0.00
CASTOLON BREWSTER 0.00
CONLEN DALLAM 0.00
COPPER BREAKS SP HARDEMAN 0.00
COTTONWOOD GILLESPIE 0.00
CROSBYTON CROSBY 0.00
DENVER CITY YOAKUM 0.00
DIMMITT 2 N CASTRO 0.00
DUMONT KING 0.00
DUNDEE 6 NNW ARCHER 0.00
ELECTRA WICHITA 0.00
FLOMOT 4 NE MOTLEY 0.00
FLORENCE 3 SE WILLIAMSON 0.00
FLOYDADA FLOYD 0.00
FLOYDADA 9 SE FLOYD 0.00
FREER DUVAL 0.00
FREER 18 WNW WEBB 0.00
GAIL BORDEN 0.00
GOLD GILLESPIE 0.00
GUTHRIE KING 0.00
HAMLIN 1 SW JONES 0.00
HART CASTRO 0.00
HARTLEY 4 ESE HARTLEY 0.00
HAWLEY 3 NE JONES 0.00
HUMBLE PUMP STN 5 WN SUTTON 0.00
HUNT 3 SW KERR 0.00
JAYTON KENT 0.00
JUNCTION 4 SSW KIMBLE 0.00
KNAPP 2 SW SCURRY 0.00
LAKE COLORADO CITY MITCHELL 0.00
LAMESA 1 SSE DAWSON 0.00
LENORAH MARTIN 0.00
LEVELLAND HOCKLEY 0.00
LILLIAN 3 W JOHNSON 0.00
LITTLEFIELD LAMB 0.00
LOOP GAINES 0.00
LORENZO CROSBY 0.00
MASON MASON 0.00
MATADOR MOTLEY 0.00
MC LEAN GRAY 0.00
MIDKIFF UPTON 0.00
MIDLAND 4 ENE MIDLAND 0.00
MONAHANS WARD 0.00
MORSE HANSFORD 0.00
MORTON COCHRAN 0.00
MULESHOE #1 BAILEY 0.00
MUNDAY KNOX 0.00
NORTHFIELD MOTLEY 0.00
NOTLA 3 SE OCHILTREE 0.00
ODESSA ECTOR 0.00
OLTON LAMB 0.00
OZONA CROCKETT 0.00
PADUCAH COTTLE 0.00
PADUCAH 10S COTTLE 0.00
PANDALE 1 N VAL VERDE 0.00
PANDALE 11 NE VAL VERDE 0.00
PECOS REEVES 0.00
PENWELL ECTOR 0.00
PITCHFORK RCH DICKENS 0.00
PLAINVIEW HALE 0.00
POST GARZA 0.00
QUANAH 2 SW HARDEMAN 0.00
RANSOM CANYON LUBBOCK 0.00
RED BLUFF DAM REEVES 0.00
ROBERT LEE COKE 0.00
ROSCOE NOLAN 0.00
ROTAN FISHER 0.00
ROUND MTN BLANCO 0.00
SHAMROCK 2 WHEELER 0.00
SHEFFIELD PECOS 0.00
SILVERTON BRISCOE 0.00
SISTERDALE KENDALL 0.00
SLATON LUBBOCK 0.00
SNYDER SCURRY 0.00
STRATFORD SHERMAN 0.00
TAHOKA LYNN 0.00
TELEGRAPH KIMBLE 0.00
TRENT TAYLOR 0.00
TULIA SWISHER 0.00
TURKEY HALL 0.00
VERNON WILBARGER 0.00
WELLINGTON COLLINGSWORTH 0.00
WHEELER WHEELER 0.00
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
KARNACK HARRISON 8.02
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
KARNACK HARRISON 6.00
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
STRATFORD SHERMAN 56.9
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
CORPUS CHRISTI NAS NUECES 78.0
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DUMAS MOORE 73.9
STRATFORD SHERMAN 73.9
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
CASTOLON BREWSTER 93.1
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
BOQUILLAS RS BREWSTER 100
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
PERRYTON OCHILTREE 45
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MULESHOE #1 BAILEY 39.7
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 71.9
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
CORPUS CHRISTI NAS NUECES 79
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
BRAVO HARTLEY 25
STRATFORD SHERMAN 25

New Monthly Records

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
WINKLER CO AP WINKLER 0.00 0.00 (1989) 48
BIG SPRING HOWARD 0.00 0.00 (1988) 43
LUBBOCK INTL AP LUBBOCK 0.00 0.00 (1989) 82
ABERNATHY HALE 0.00 0.00 (1989) 49
ACKER RCH MCMULLEN 0.00 0.00 (1979) 13
ACKERLY 4SE HOWARD 0.00 0.00 (1988) 44
ALICE JIM WELLS 0.00 0.00 (1989) 74
ANDREWS ANDREWS 0.00 0.00 (1989) 34
BALLINGER 2 NW RUNNELS 0.00 0.00 (1950) 91
BENAVIDES 2 DUVAL 0.00 0.00 (1989) 29
BIG SPRING HOWARD 0.00 0.00 (1988) 43
BORGER HUTCHINSON 0.00 0.00 (1975) 44
BOYS RANCH OLDHAM 0.00 0.00 (1980) 15
BRACKETTVILLE KINNEY 0.00 0.00 (1991) 85
CANYON RANDALL 0.00 0.00 (1989) 66
CASTOLON BREWSTER 0.00 0.00 (1982) 16
CONLEN DALLAM 0.00 0.00 (1989) 50
COTTONWOOD GILLESPIE 0.00 0.00 (1988) 68
CROSBYTON CROSBY 0.00 0.00 (1975) 97
DIMMITT 2 N CASTRO 0.00 0.00 (1975) 34
DUMONT KING 0.00 0.00 (1989) 22
DUNDEE 6 NNW ARCHER 0.00 0.00 (1987) 56
ELECTRA WICHITA 0.00 0.00 (1952) 44
FLOMOT 4 NE MOTLEY 0.00 0.00 (1958) 42
FLORENCE 3 SE WILLIAMSON 0.00 0.37 (1987) 27
FLOYDADA FLOYD 0.00 0.00 (1989) 48
FLOYDADA 9 SE FLOYD 0.00 0.00 (1989) 43
FREER DUVAL 0.00 0.00 (1979) 42
FREER 18 WNW WEBB 0.00 0.00 (1991) 15
GAIL BORDEN 0.00 0.00 (1989) 51
GLEN ROSE 2 W SOMERVELL 0.28 0.29 (1980) 29
GOLD GILLESPIE 0.00 0.00 (1987) 40
GUTHRIE KING 0.00 0.00 (1989) 39
HAMLIN 1 SW JONES 0.00 0.00 (1952) 63
HART CASTRO 0.00 0.00 (1989) 33
HARTLEY 4 ESE HARTLEY 0.00 0.00 (1977) 49
HAWLEY 3 NE JONES 0.00 0.15 (1987) 18
HUMBLE PUMP STN 5 WN SUTTON 0.00 0.00 (1982) 36
HUNT 3 SW KERR 0.00 0.00 (1952) 44
JAYTON KENT 0.00 0.00 (1989) 37
JOHNSON CITY BLANCO 0.02 0.10 (1987) 24
JUNCTION 4 SSW KIMBLE 0.00 0.00 (1989) 75
KERRVILLE 3 NNE KERR 0.19 0.41 (1987) 19
KNAPP 2 SW SCURRY 0.00 0.00 (1988) 56
LAKE COLORADO CITY MITCHELL 0.00 0.00 (1988) 27
LAMESA 1 SSE DAWSON 0.00 0.00 (1979) 77
LENORAH MARTIN 0.00 0.00 (1988) 46
LEVELLAND HOCKLEY 0.00 0.00 (1989) 52
LILLIAN 3 W JOHNSON 0.00 0.80 (1988) 12
LITTLEFIELD LAMB 0.00 0.00 (1989) 27
LOOP GAINES 0.00 0.00 (1989) 42
LORENZO CROSBY 0.00 0.00 (1991) 34
MASON MASON 0.00 0.00 (1952) 42
MATADOR MOTLEY 0.00 0.00 (1952) 44
MATHIS 4 SSW JIM WELLS 0.08 0.19 (1989) 28
MC LEAN GRAY 0.00 0.00 (1950) 36
MIDKIFF UPTON 0.00 0.00 (1991) 11
MIDLAND 4 ENE MIDLAND 0.00 0.00 (1991) 73
MONAHANS WARD 0.00 0.00 (1988) 32
MORSE HANSFORD 0.00 0.00 (1978) 47
MORTON COCHRAN 0.00 0.00 (1989) 47
MULESHOE #1 BAILEY 0.00 0.00 (1989) 71
MUNDAY KNOX 0.00 0.00 (1952) 79
NORTHFIELD MOTLEY 0.00 0.00 (1980) 45
GEORGETOWN LAKE WILLIAMSON 0.39 0.80 (1987) 13
NOTLA 3 SE OCHILTREE 0.00 0.00 (1977) 45
ODESSA ECTOR 0.00 0.00 (1952) 40
OLTON LAMB 0.00 0.00 (1989) 40
OZONA CROCKETT 0.00 0.00 (1988) 42
PADUCAH COTTLE 0.00 0.00 (1952) 45
PADUCAH 15 S KING 0.02 0.11 (1987) 20
PADUCAH 10S COTTLE 0.00 0.10 (1988) 21
PANDALE 1 N VAL VERDE 0.00 0.00 (1991) 35
PANDALE 11 NE VAL VERDE 0.00 0.00 (1991) 11
PECOS REEVES 0.00 0.00 (1967) 62
PENWELL ECTOR 0.00 0.01 (1988) 36
PITCHFORK RCH DICKENS 0.00 0.00 (1989) 19
PLAINVIEW HALE 0.00 0.00 (1989) 84
POST GARZA 0.00 0.00 (1989) 78
QUANAH 2 SW HARDEMAN 0.00 0.00 (1952) 82
RED BLUFF DAM REEVES 0.00 0.00 (1989) 45
ROBERT LEE COKE 0.00 0.00 (1988) 47
ROSCOE NOLAN 0.00 0.00 (1952) 54
ROTAN FISHER 0.00 0.00 (1988) 65
ROUND MTN BLANCO 0.00 0.00 (1987) 45
SHAMROCK 2 WHEELER 0.00 0.17 (1978) 28
SHEFFIELD PECOS 0.00 0.00 (1982) 32
SILVERTON BRISCOE 0.00 0.00 (1988) 55
SLATON LUBBOCK 0.00 0.00 (1989) 44
SNYDER SCURRY 0.00 0.00 (1952) 80
STILLHOUSE HOLLOW DAM BELL 0.25 0.29 (1966) 30
STRATFORD SHERMAN 0.00 0.00 (1989) 65
TAHOKA LYNN 0.00 0.00 (1964) 64
TELEGRAPH KIMBLE 0.00 0.00 (1952) 38
TRENT TAYLOR 0.00 0.00 (1989) 46
TULIA SWISHER 0.00 0.00 (1988) 43
TURKEY HALL 0.00 0.03 (1989) 37
VERNON WILBARGER 0.00 0.00 (1989) 58
WATER VALLEY 11 NNE COKE 0.02 0.12 (1968) 30
WELLINGTON COLLINGSWORTH 0.00 0.00 (1988) 46
WHEELER WHEELER 0.00 0.22 (1988) 13
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours Ever in the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
DELL CITY 5 SSW HUDSPETH 1.49 1.20 (1982) 14
KARNACK HARRISON 6.00 3.78 (1957) 45
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CASTOLON BREWSTER 75.6 75.5 (1988) 12
CORNUDAS SVC STN HUDSPETH 64.2 63.6 (1972) 28
DRYDEN TERRELL 69.8 69.5 (1968) 23
PANDALE 11 NE VAL VERDE 69.8 68.7 (1991) 11
PUTNAM CALLAHAN 69.9 69.7 (1983) 28
TRUSCOTT 3 W KNOX 67.2 66.4 (1989) 26
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
COLUMBUS COLORADO 89.5 88.3 (1991) 29
CASTOLON BREWSTER 93.1 91.2 (1988) 13
FT DAVIS JEFF DAVIS 80.3 79.4 (1989) 17
GRANGER DAM WILLIAMSON 83.5 82.8 (1991) 13
GROVETON TRINITY 87.6 86.7 (1991) 29
GUTHRIE KING 83.8 83.2 (1989) 22
LAKE TAWAKONI RAINS 82.0 81.1 (1979) 18
LITTLEFIELD LAMB 79.5 79.3 (1979) 23
MIDKIFF UPTON 83.2 81.9 (1989) 11
OLTON LAMB 78.0 77.1 (1944) 25
PANDALE 11 NE VAL VERDE 83.1 82.0 (1989) 11
PERSIMMON GAP BREWSTER 86.5 85.2 (1988) 10
SOMERVILLE DAM BURLESON 84.7 84.7 (1991) 26
STAMFORD 1 JONES 84.1 82.2 (1983) 15
STERLING CITY STERLING 83.5 82.1 (1982) 17
TILDEN 4 SSE MCMULLEN 89.2 89.0 (1991) 34
Highest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CHAPMAN RCH NUECES 96 95 (1962) 33
OLTON LAMB 93 91 (1972) 25
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
COLUMBUS COLORADO 44.3 47.6 (1976) 29
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 62.1 59.8 (1984) 27
WINTERS 1 NNE RUNNELS 56.7 56.6 (1985) 24
Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 76 75 (1986) 27

Climatic Averages for November

  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 66.3 92 (1980) 43.4 13 (1887) 1.48 5.82 (1913) 2.43 (1975) 0.1 4.6 4.6 317 14
Amarillo 59.7 87 (1980) 32.3 0 (1976) 0.69 5.09 (1905) 3.01 (1905) 0.0 14.5 3.6 570 0
Austin 71.8 91 (1951) 49.9 20 (1976) 2.37 7.99 (1907) 5.09 (1974) 0.0 0.8 7.2 175 52
Brownsville 78.3 98 (1906) 59.0 27 (1911) 1.51 7.69 (1986) 4.08 (1986) 0.5 0.0 5.3 50 161
College Station 70.1 94 (1921) 49.4 19 (1976) 3.15 13.06 (1907) 5.56 (1907) 0.0 1.3 7.3 204 48
Corpus Christi 75.8 98 (1988) 55.6 29 (1991) 1.59 8.64 (1888) 4.61 (1892) 0.4 0.2 5.5 95 116
Dallas‑Fort Worth 66.8 89 (1989) 45.4 19 (1950) 2.29 7.94 (1918) 4.72 (1918) 0.0 2.3 6.0 275 11
Del Rio 71.7 96 (1988) 49.0 17 (1906) 0.92 4.54 (1913) 2.87 (1914) 0.3 1.0 4.4 171 33
El Paso 66.4 87 (1983) 38.4 1 (1976) 0.44 2.50 (1906) 1.19 (1943) 0.0 7.8 3.1 378 0
Galveston 69.3 85 (1988) 59.0 26 (1911) 3.37 16.18 (1940) 9.01 (1940) 0.0 0.1 7.2 123 99
Houston 72.4 89 (1989) 49.6 19 (1976) 3.79 14.10 (1943) 10.83 (1943) 0.0 1.2 8.1 181 61
Lubbock 63.2 89 (1916) 36.5 ‑1 (1957) 0.75 2.67 (1968) 1.57 (1968) 0.0 9.9 3.7 456 0
Midland 66.2 89 (1988) 38.9 10 (1938) 0.69 2.32 (1968) 2.16 (1975) 0.0 6.3 3.3 377 5
Port Arthur 71.3 90 (1905) 51.2 22 (1976) 4.85 22.74 (1902) 7.70 (1946) 0.0 0.8 7.8 177 63
San Angelo 68.2 93 (1980) 42.6 12 (1911) 1.08 3.55 (1968) 2.16 (1975) 0.2 5.1 4.1 299 11
San Antonio 71.9 94 (1988) 48.8 21 (1976) 2.62 6.79 (1907) 4.87 (1977) 0.1 1.8 6.6 180 42
Victoria 73.4 93 (1988) 52.4 24 (1976) 2.45 8.68 (1982) 6.63 (1982) 0.2 0.6 6.5 147 84
Waco 68.8 92 (1988) 46.6 17 (1976) 2.43 10.36 (1902) 4.26 (1952) 0.1 1.9 6.6 243 24
Wichita Falls 64.2 89 (1988) 40.6 14 (1950) 1.54 7.39 (1902) 3.15 (1902) 0.0 6.3 4.9 383 0
Shreveport, LA 68.0 88 (1984) 45.3 16 (1976) 4.45 10.81 (1987) 6.51 (1987) 0.0 2.7 8.1 264 15
Climatic averages are based on 1961-1990 monthly normals, which are provided by the National Climatic Data Center.
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