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Texas Climate Report: June 1997

The first week of June brought cooler than normal temperatures to nearly every portion of the state, except for extreme West Texas. It was during this week that average daily temperatures were about 3°F below normal statewide. El Paso was the only exception, where daily temperatures averaged nearly 4°F above normal. This temperature pattern was very similar to that observed in May across Texas. Very little rainfall was observed this first week as well -- regions in the southeastern portion of the state (Victoria, Corpus Christi, Austin) were the only places to observe above normal precipitation from the 1st through the 7th. Corpus Christi received the most rain during this period, observing 1.58" on the 7th.

Daily temperature departures of -6°F were characteristic of the second week in June throughout the Panhandle, while departures from normal in other parts of the state were not nearly as extreme. Some regions made up for the dry first week by receiving well above normal precipitation the following week. The 8th (Abilene, 1.59"; Lubbock, 1.29"; Midland, 1.72"), 9th (Austin, 2.92"; Texarkana, 1.73"; Waco, 0.99") and 10th (Austin, 0.66"; Waco, 1.79") provided significant rainfall events for regions statewide, especially in Central Texas.

Towards the end of the third week and into the fourth, Central Texas was once again overcome by devastating weather. This time, heavy rains and flooding brought destruction and heartache to communities in this region. Three people in Bandera County and one person in Brown County lost their lives as rising river and lake levels from intense rainfall covered portions of the Hill Country. Many counties have been affected by the floods this month, but perhaps one of the worst cases was west of San Antonio. Eighteen to twenty inches of rain fell in Bandera, Kerr and Kendall Counties over the weekend of the 21st. In D'Hanis, 10.50" fell on the 22nd while other towns in South Central Texas observed 5 to 6 inches of rain on both the 21st and 22nd.

As temperatures began to rise and the skies began to clear during the end of June over most of Texas, the flood waters finally began to recede. Preliminary estimates of 350 to 400 homes were damaged by the floods and nearly 200 of them were on Lake Travis, which was hit hard because it is the primary downstream repository for the Colorado River Basin. A total of 20 counties were affected and are now preparing for the cleanup efforts which lie ahead.

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 87.0 ‑4.4 94 66.3 ‑2.6 57 76.7 ‑3.5 9 6.86 240% 2.09 0 358
Amarillo 84.0 ‑3.6 99 59.2 ‑1.5 54 71.6 ‑2.5 7 2.93 79% 2.15 2 205
Austin 87.4 ‑3.7 93 70.7 ‑0.8 61 79.1 ‑2.2 11 8.97 241% 2.62 0 431
Brownsville 90.4 ‑0.6 95 74.4 ‑0.5 63 82.4 ‑0.6 7 1.47 54% 0.68 0 530
College Station 88.2 ‑2.1 92 70.3 ‑0.7 58 79.3 ‑1.4 7 6.66 181% 2.02 0 423
Corpus Christi 90.6 +0.2 96 72.5 ‑0.9 61 81.5 ‑0.4 6 2.25 67% 1.33 0 502
Dallas‑Fort Worth 88.2 ‑3.7 94 69.4 ‑0.6 59 78.8 ‑2.2 11 3.99 134% 1.10 0 423
Del Rio 90.5 ‑3.1 97 70.9 ‑0.8 65 80.7 ‑2.0 9 3.70 175% 1.21 0 478
El Paso 95.0 ‑1.5 104 66.9 +2.6 58 81.0 +0.6 5 1.11 166% 0.67 0 489
Galveston N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 7 2.34 53% 0.99 N/A N/A
Houston 88.8 ‑1.3 93 69.5 ‑1.1 57 79.2 ‑1.2 10 4.46 90% 1.64 0 432
Lubbock 86.5 ‑3.5 99 62.5 ‑1.8 55 74.5 ‑2.7 10 3.50 127% 1.35 2 294
Midland 91.1 ‑2.3 101 64.7 ‑1.0 55 77.9 ‑1.7 6 3.27 211% 1.75 0 395
Port Arthur 88.1 ‑1.3 92 71.5 ‑0.5 58 79.8 ‑0.9 9 3.60 64% 1.19 0 449
San Angelo 88.9 ‑3.8 98 65.4 ‑1.0 53 77.2 ‑2.3 9 2.57 110% 1.35 0 373
San Antonio 88.4 ‑3.4 95 71.1 ‑1.5 59 79.8 ‑2.4 15 7.30 192% 2.66 0 449
Victoria 89.4 ‑1.3 93 72.2 ‑0.5 61 80.8 ‑0.9 10 4.45 91% 1.74 0 481
Waco 89.0 ‑3.0 93 69.6 ‑1.3 55 79.3 ‑2.2 7 2.71 83% 1.74 0 434
Wichita Falls 88.2 ‑3.3 96 67.3 ‑0.7 60 77.8 ‑2.0 7 2.08 59% 0.63 0 391
Shreveport, LA 87.8 ‑1.9 94 68.3 ‑0.7 59 78.0 ‑1.4 12 6.14 143% 1.91 0 398
*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.

jun 1997 average temperatures
jun 1997 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
PORT MANSFIELD WILLACY 0.37
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
SISTERDALE KENDALL 17.64
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
SISTERDALE KENDALL 10.80
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 67.8
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
LAJITAS BREWSTER 88.2
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MARATHON BREWSTER 80.0
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
CASTOLON BREWSTER 103.4
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
CASTOLON BREWSTER 113
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
CROSBYTON CROSBY 61
LAMESA 1 SSE DAWSON 61
PERRYTON OCHILTREE 61
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 55.0
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PORT O CONNOR CALHOUN 78.5
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
POINT COMFORT CALHOUN 85
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PERRYTON OCHILTREE 46

New Monthly Records

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
NEWTON NEWTON 0.50 1.26 (1990) 14
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
EASTLAND EASTLAND 10.68 10.40 (1940) 83
BIG SPRING HOWARD 5.96 5.79 (1986) 49
BALLINGER 2 NW RUNNELS 9.65 7.44 (1935) 94
BIG SPRING HOWARD 5.96 5.79 (1986) 49
BOERNE KENDALL 16.56 11.22 (1987) 102
BOOKER LIPSCOMB 9.12 8.71 (1932) 59
BULVERDE COMAL 17.48 10.79 (1973) 52
BURKETT COLEMAN 12.42 8.95 (1988) 44
CAMP WOOD REAL 10.16 9.24 (1958) 50
CANYON DAM COMAL 12.09 9.88 (1981) 35
COLEMAN COLEMAN 10.71 9.08 (1898) 98
DRIPPING SPRINGS 6 E HAYS 14.74 12.55 (1987) 13
FISCHERS STORE COMAL 12.28 12.03 (1985) 96
FREER 18 WNW WEBB 5.44 4.85 (1987) 18
GOLDTHWAITE 1 WSW MILLS 13.21 9.26 (1985) 64
HONDO MEDINA 11.53 9.41 (1899) 78
HORDS CREEK DAM COLEMAN 10.26 8.99 (1982) 44
HUDSPETH RIVER RANCH VAL VERDE 3.69 3.60 (1991) 10
INGRAM #2 KERR 9.92 5.69 (1995) 10
JOHNSON CITY BLANCO 13.80 10.75 (1987) 29
LAKE ABILENE STATE PARK TAYLOR 11.37 8.96 (1989) 36
LAWN TAYLOR 9.02 7.43 (1962) 48
MAUD BOWIE 10.95 10.59 (1982) 51
MEDINA 1NE BANDERA 10.91 5.54 (1986) 26
MILLER RCH SAN SABA 12.67 10.60 (1959) 36
MULLIN MILLS 8.76 8.37 (1961) 47
NORTHINGTON RCH KENDALL 13.80 9.03 (1987) 12
PANDALE 11 NE VAL VERDE 5.07 4.77 (1985) 15
PRIDDY 1 NE MILLS 8.61 5.69 (1987) 14
PUTNAM CALLAHAN 8.17 8.13 (1961) 86
RED BLUFF CROSSING SAN SABA 12.81 9.15 (1986) 46
ROSCOE NOLAN 8.30 7.28 (1991) 63
ROUND MTN BLANCO 11.10 10.86 (1987) 47
SABINAL UVALDE 12.39 10.10 (1987) 87
SAN SABA SAN SABA 11.45 8.63 (1909) 63
SAN ANTONIO/SEAWORLD BEXAR 10.21 7.77 (1992) 10
SILVER VALLEY COLEMAN 12.23 7.68 (1982) 24
TARPLEY BANDERA 12.99 9.95 (1958) 29
TELEGRAPH KIMBLE 9.65 7.71 (1981) 44
THREE RIVERS 8 NE LIVE OAK 9.06 5.04 (1994) 10
WATSON BURNET 9.87 9.73 (1993) 28
WIMBERLEY 1 NW HAYS 14.37 9.99 (1985) 12
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours Ever in the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
EASTLAND EASTLAND 5.10 4.40 (1939) 83
BALLINGER 2 NW RUNNELS 6.78 3.65 (1937) 94
BANKERSMITH GILLESPIE 6.94 4.21 (1989) 17
BLANCO BLANCO 5.10 4.87 (1936) 99
BOERNE KENDALL 8.93 6.07 (1936) 102
BOOKER LIPSCOMB 7.76 3.61 (1957) 59
BREMOND ROBERTSON 4.18 2.62 (1989) 35
CAMP WOOD REAL 5.10 3.86 (1958) 50
CHARLOTTE 5 NNW ATASCOSA 4.15 4.02 (1973) 34
CRANE 2E CRANE 2.51 2.42 (1985) 43
DERBY 1 S FRIO 4.25 4.18 (1993) 19
HONDO MEDINA 7.45 5.15 (1921) 78
HORDS CREEK DAM COLEMAN 5.20 3.40 (1969) 44
HUNT 3 SW KERR 3.47 3.40 (1981) 53
INGRAM #2 KERR 4.69 3.92 (1995) 10
JOHNSON CITY BLANCO 6.60 3.60 (1973) 29
KERRVILLE 3 NNE KERR 6.02 3.13 (1978) 23
MAUD BOWIE 7.00 5.00 (1945) 51
MEDINA 1NE BANDERA 8.20 3.80 (1982) 26
MILLER RCH SAN SABA 7.37 5.50 (1959) 36
GEORGETOWN LAKE WILLIAMSON 2.83 2.75 (1982) 16
NORTHINGTON RCH KENDALL 7.61 3.50 (1987) 12
PRADE RCH REAL 4.82 3.86 (1958) 33
PRIDDY 1 NE MILLS 3.68 2.55 (1985) 14
RED BLUFF CROSSING SAN SABA 5.09 3.90 (1981) 46
ROUND MTN BLANCO 3.90 3.60 (1961) 47
ROUND ROCK 3 NE WILLIAMSON 4.39 3.24 (1974) 30
SAN SABA SAN SABA 6.33 4.34 (1909) 63
SCHULENBURG FAYETTE 5.00 4.72 (1973) 54
SAN ANTONIO/SEAWORLD BEXAR 4.11 3.25 (1991) 10
SILVER VALLEY COLEMAN 5.24 2.10 (1993) 24
TARPLEY BANDERA 9.18 8.00 (1958) 29
THREE RIVERS 8 NE LIVE OAK 6.05 1.81 (1994) 10
TRENT TAYLOR 3.86 2.26 (1986) 54
WATSON BURNET 5.42 3.62 (1993) 28
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
JUNCTION KIMBLE CO AP KIMBLE 76.9 77.2 (1968) 22
ASPERMONT STONEWALL 75.5 75.6 (1992) 34
CATARINA DIMMIT 81.7 81.8 (1993) 21
CENTERVILLE LEON 75.4 76.2 (1995) 57
COLORADO CITY MITCHELL 75.8 76.4 (1995) 51
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 67.8 68.4 (1989) 57
GARDEN CITY GLASSCOCK 75.1 75.3 (1987) 28
GUTHRIE KING 75.0 75.2 (1995) 33
HORDS CREEK DAM COLEMAN 73.2 73.9 (1995) 42
HUDSPETH RIVER RANCH VAL VERDE 79.4 80.4 (1995) 10
LAMESA 1 SSE DAWSON 73.7 74.0 (1992) 62
NAVARRO MILLS DAM NAVARRO 75.9 75.9 (1983) 33
ROBERT LEE COKE 77.0 77.1 (1983) 36
SPUR DICKENS 74.0 74.0 (1919) 60
TURKEY HALL 73.6 73.9 (1995) 25
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
JUNCTION KIMBLE CO AP KIMBLE 87.9 88.8 (1968) 22
ASPERMONT STONEWALL 87.2 87.2 (1992) 34
ATHENS HENDERSON 86.1 86.1 (1989) 40
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 87.8 87.8 (1966) 31
FAIRFIELD 3 W FREESTONE 87.0 87.5 (1968) 26
GLEN ROSE 2 W SOMERVELL 88.8 89.2 (1987) 34
GUTHRIE KING 87.5 88.3 (1995) 33
HUDSPETH RIVER RANCH VAL VERDE 90.3 91.6 (1993) 10
JAYTON KENT 85.7 86.2 (1992) 28
LAMPASAS LAMPASAS 85.8 85.8 (1940) 94
MARATHON BREWSTER 80.0 80.2 (1914) 52
MEDINA 1NE BANDERA 86.5 87.5 (1993) 19
PORT O CONNOR CALHOUN 84.8 84.9 (1989) 38
PROCTOR RSVR COMANCHE 86.4 86.6 (1983) 35
ROBERT LEE COKE 88.1 89.6 (1987) 37
ROTAN FISHER 87.9 88.7 (1992) 35
SPUR DICKENS 86.0 86.7 (1919) 63
Highest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
TOLEDO BEND DAM NEWTON 100 100 (1990) 22
Lowest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
KARNES CITY 2 N KARNES 75 77 (1991) 19
KERRVILLE 3 NNE KERR 66 66 (1983) 23
MEDINA 1NE BANDERA 67 71 (1987) 19
PRADE RCH REAL 71 73 (1981) 32
TEXARKANA BOWIE 71 71 (1990) 27
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CENTERVILLE LEON 62.9 63.8 (1995) 59
COLORADO CITY MITCHELL 62.0 63.1 (1995) 52
FOLLETT LIPSCOMB 55.0 56.3 (1947) 58
HORDS CREEK DAM COLEMAN 59.3 59.5 (1995) 43
HUDSPETH RIVER RANCH VAL VERDE 68.5 68.9 (1995) 10
NAVARRO MILLS&nbnbsp;DAM NAVARRO 62.7 64.7 (1995) 34
SAM RAYBURN DAM JASPER 63.6 64.1 (1995) 30
TURKEY HALL 61.1 61.5 (1995) 25
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
MARATHON BREWSTER 67.4 63.9 (1996) 52
Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BAYTOWN HARRIS 81 81 (1995) 14
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 78 78 (1996) 25
POINT COMFORT CALHOUN 85 84 (1973) 33
Lowest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
LONGVIEW 11 SE RUSK 54 55 (1983) 21
NAVARRO MILLS DAM NAVARRO 51 53 (1996) 34
SAM RAYBURN DAM JASPER 50 50 (1984) 30

Climatic Averages for July

  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 95.2 110 (1978) 72.7 54 (1911) 2.09 7.95 (1938) 3.81 (1911) 26.1 0.0 5.0 0 589
Amarillo 91.7 106 (1940) 65.5 51 (1990) 2.62 7.59 (1960) 4.74 (1982) 21.1 0.0 7.7 0 422
Austin 95.0 109 (1954) 73.9 57 (1924) 2.04 12.80 (1919) 9.56 (1919) 27.8 0.0 4.9 0 605
Brownsville 93.3 102 (1939) 75.7 58 (1901) 1.90 9.43 (1976) 4.25 (1976) 27.3 0.0 5.3 0 605
College Station 93.8 110 (1917) 73.4 52 (1903) 2.29 9.30 (1902) 5.09 (1968) 26.7 0.0 5.4 0 577
Corpus Christi 93.3 105 (1934) 74.8 64 (1967) 2.39 11.92 (1976) 7.11 (1931) 27.5 0.0 5.3 0 592
Dallas‑Fort Worth 96.5 110 (1980) 74.1 56 (1924) 2.31 11.13 (1973) 5.27 (1933) 27.5 0.0 4.7 0 629
Del Rio 96.2 111 (1960) 74.1 63 (1923) 1.85 13.18 (1976) 6.34 (1975) 28.0 0.0 4.2 0 626
El Paso 96.1 112 (1979) 68.4 56 (1880) 1.54 8.18 (1881) 6.50 (1881) 26.9 0.0 7.8 0 536
Galveston 87.3 101 (1932) 79.2 66 (1910) 3.96 18.74 (1900) 14.35 (1900) 4.3 0.0 7.6 0 567
Houston 92.7 105 (1954) 72.4 62 (1990) 3.60 14.80 (1900) 6.92 (1939) 25.8 0.0 9.1 0 546
Lubbock 91.9 109 (1940) 68.0 49 (1915) 2.37 7.20 (1976) 3.42 (1928) 21.9 0.0 6.4 0 465
Midland 95.4 112 (1989) 68.5 49 (1936) 1.70 8.50 (1991) 5.99 (1961) 25.7 0.0 4.7 0 527
Port Arthur 91.9 108 (1902) 73.7 61 (1990) 5.38 18.71 (1959) 10.56 (1979) 24.1 0.0 11.1 0 552
San Angelo 96.2 111 (1960) 69.1 56 (1990) 1.06 7.21 (1959) 2.95 (1959) 26.8 0.0 4.2 0 549
San Antonio 95.0 106 (1989) 75.0 60 (1905) 2.16 8.29 (1990) 6.97 (1958) 27.4 0.0 4.8 0 620
Victoria 93.5 110 (1939) 74.6 61 (1905) 3.34 13.59 (1990) 8.41 (1990) 27.3 0.0 7.9 0 592
Waco 96.8 108 (1986) 74.4 60 (1994) 1.99 8.95 (1902) 4.49 (1973) 28.4 0.0 4.1 0 639
Wichita Falls 97.2 114 (1980) 72.7 54 (1970) 1.72 11.86 (1950) 3.93 (1950) 28.0 0.0 4.8 0 620
Shreveport, LA 93.0 107 (1901) 72.3 58 (1972) 3.67 25.45 (1933) 12.44 (1933) 25.0 0.0 7.9 0 549
Climatic averages are based on 1961-1990 monthly normals, which are provided by the National Climatic Data Center.
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