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Texas Climate Report: June 2001

The major weather event for Texas in the month of June was Tropical Storm Allison. Allison made landfall on the 5th dropping vast amounts of rainfall to the Upper Coast and East regions of the State. Houston suffered the worst of the storm receiving 16.49" of rain during the six days that Allison hovered over Texas. Major flooding and damage to homes in and around the Houston area will be felt for a long time to come. Most other locations around the state acquired under normal amounts of precipitation. Nine stations in the western regions of the state received less than 50% of mean rainfall. The state was bisected with the western half having above normal temperatures, while the east saw near to slightly below normal temperatures.

Allison dominated the weather news in the first part of the month. Not only did Houston see excessive amounts of rainfall, Beaumont/Port Arthur and Galveston saw 10.03" and 9.88" respectively. Some locations, such as College Station, which received 3.57", got some beneficial rain, and not torrential flooding. Temperatures remained close to normal for much of the first part of the month, except where the cloud cover of Allison kept some moderate temperatures in the eastern part of the state.

Following the departure of Allison, the middle of the month saw temperatures primarily in the 90s, but a cold front passed through the state on the 14th through the 16th. The passing of the front brought temperatures into the mid and upper 80s, and on the 15th, some heavy precipitation fell in areas like McAllen, which received 3.16", and seven other stations acquired over one inch of rain that same day. Following the frontal passage, temperatures rebounded into the 90s. Lubbock did manage to break a record on the 12th with 105°F.

The latter part of the month saw a weak cold front pass through on the 21st. Although the front did not bring high temperatures down much, it contributed to a record low in Waco on the 23rd of 62°F. Some scattered light showers delivered some beneficial rain to some areas, but most locations in the west remained dry, but Austin received 2.09" on the 22nd. Temperatures remained in the 90s for the rest of the month, with some 100s peppered across the state. Some afternoon showers delivered light rain to some stations at the close of the month.

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 93.4 +2.0 102 69.9 +1.0 61 81.7 +1.5 4 1.38 48% 1.14 0 507
Amarillo 90.4 +2.8 99 62.5 +1.8 50 76.5 +2.4 6 1.99 54% 1.48 0 353
Austin 93.2 +2.1 98 72.1 +0.6 66 82.7 +1.4 6 0.85 23% 0.30 0 536
Brownsville 95.0 +4.0 102 76.4 +1.5 72 85.7 +2.7 5 2.21 81% 1.64 0 630
College Station 91.4 +1.1 96 72.3 +1.3 67 81.9 +1.2 7 6.29 171% 2.39 0 515
Corpus Christi 92.3 +1.9 97 73.3 ‑0.1 69 82.8 +0.9 8 4.88 144% 2.63 0 541
Dallas‑Fort Worth 90.8 ‑1.1 97 69.7 ‑0.3 61 80.2 ‑0.8 3 1.28 43% 0.67 0 465
Del Rio 100.1 +6.5 106 75.7 +4.0 70 87.9 +5.2 0 0.00 0% 0.00 0 694
El Paso 96.1 ‑0.4 102 70.4 +6.1 62 83.2 +2.8 4 0.30 45% 0.18 0 554
Galveston 86.4 +1.4 90 76.4 ‑0.8 71 81.4 +0.3 10 10.25 231% 5.59 0 500
Houston 90.0 ‑0.1 94 70.9 +0.3 67 80.5 +0.1 12 19.21 387% 11.02 0 474
Lubbock 95.1 +5.1 105 66.2 +1.9 56 80.7 +3.5 4 0.47 17% 0.33 0 478
Midland 97.0 +3.6 105 70.5 +4.8 65 83.8 +4.2 1 0.01 1% 0.01 0 566
Port Arthur 88.3 ‑1.1 92 71.5 ‑0.5 66 79.9 ‑0.8 15 11.32 203% 5.38 0 456
San Angelo 96.5 +3.8 103 70.7 +4.3 64 83.6 +4.1 2 0.26 11% 0.23 0 567
San Antonio 93.2 +1.4 98 72.0 ‑0.6 67 82.6 +0.4 5 3.39 89% 3.37 0 530
Victoria 92.8 +2.1 96 72.0 ‑0.7 66 82.4 +0.7 5 0.42 9% 0.30 0 528
Waco 92.1 +0.1 97 70.2 ‑0.7 62 81.1 ‑0.4 5 1.76 54% 1.24 0 496
Wichita Falls 94.3 +2.8 100 68.7 +0.7 59 81.5 +1.7 0 0.00 0% 0.00 0 501
Shreveport, LA 88.8 ‑0.9 93 69.1 +0.1 62 79.0 ‑0.4 12 7.33 171% 2.56 0 426
Bold-italics indicate a value broke or tied the record from a previous year.
*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 2001 average temperatures
jun 2001 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
GRAHAM YOUNG 0.00
WICHITA FALLS MUNI AP WICHITA 0.00
DEL RIO INTL AP VAL VERDE 0.00
ACKER RCH MCMULLEN 0.00
ACKERLY 4SE HOWARD 0.00
BIG LAKE 2 REAGAN 0.00
BORGER HUTCHINSON 0.00
BRAZOS PALO PINTO 0.00
CATARINA DIMMIT 0.00
CRANE 2E CRANE 0.00
CROWELL FOARD 0.00
DARROUZETT LIPSCOMB 0.00
EXXON GAS PLANT KLEBERG 0.00
JUNCTION 4 SSW KIMBLE 0.00
KNAPP 2 SW SCURRY 0.00
LAKE KEMP BAYLOR 0.00
LEAKEY REAL 0.00
LENORAH MARTIN 0.00
LIPAN PALO PINTO 0.00
OZONA CROCKETT 0.00
PAINT ROCK CONCHO 0.00
PANDALE 1 N VAL VERDE 0.00
POST GARZA 0.00
REFUGIO 2 NW REFUGIO 0.00
ROBERT LEE COKE 0.00
SCOTLAND ARCHER 0.00
SINTON 3 NW SAN PATRICIO 0.00
SPUR DICKENS 0.00
STERLING CITY 8 NE STERLING 0.00
VALLEY VIEW COOKE 0.00
WATER VALLEY 11 NNE COKE 0.00
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
BEAUMONT RSCH CTR JEFFERSON 34.14
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
BEAUMONT RSCH CTR JEFFERSON 15.21
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
WELLINGTON COLLINGSWORTH 71.2
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 91.0
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
BRACKETTVILLE KINNEY 84.3
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
CASTOLON BREWSTER 106.6
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 106.6
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
CASTOLON BREWSTER 114
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
BEAUMONT CITY JEFFERSON 71
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
WELLINGTON COLLINGSWORTH 44.7
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 78.5
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 86
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MARFA MUNI AP PECOS 21

New Monthly Records

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
GRAHAM YOUNG 0.00 0.00 (1929) 92
WICHITA FALLS MUNI AP WICHITA 0.00 0.00 (1902) 98
JUNCTION KIMBLE CO AP KIMBLE 0.01 0.02 (1953) 25
DEL RIO INTL AP VAL VERDE 0.00 0.00 (1990) 96
MIDLAND INTL AP MIDLAND 0.01 0.01 (1990) 72
ABERNATHY HALE 0.01 0.27 (1947) 55
ACKER RCH MCMULLEN 0.00 0.00 (1984) 21
ACKERLY 4SE HOWARD 0.00 0.00 (1983) 56
AMISTAD DAM VAL VERDE 0.05 0.05 (1996) 38
BANKERSMITH GILLESPIE 0.23 0.70 (1996) 20
BIG LAKE 2 REAGAN 0.00 0.00 (1990) 35
BORGER HUTCHINSON 0.00 0.00 (1953) 53
BRAZOS PALO PINTO 0.00 0.00 (1952) 59
CASTOLON BREWSTER 0.07 0.10 (1989) 25
CATARINA DIMMIT 0.00 0.00 (1998) 41
CRANE 2E CRANE 0.00 0.00 (1998) 46
CROWELL FOARD 0.00 0.00 (1952) 83
DARROUZETT LIPSCOMB 0.00 0.10 (1998) 57
DRIPPING SPRINGS 6 E HAYS 0.62 1.02 (1990) 17
INGRAM #2 KERR 0.19 1.71 (1996) 14
JUNCTION 4 SSW KIMBLE 0.00 0.00 (1990) 82
KNAPP 2 SW SCURRY 0.00 0.00 (1994) 66
LAKE KEMP BAYLOR 0.00 0.57 (1994) 31
LEAKEY REAL 0.00 0.00 (1990) 12
LENORAH MARTIN 0.00 0.00 (1990) 56
LIPAN PALO PINTO 0.00 0.07 (1970) 51
OZONA CROCKETT 0.00 0.00 (1990) 49
PAINT ROCK CONCHO 0.00 0.06 (1924) 81
PANDALE 1 N VAL VERDE 0.00 0.00 (1990) 46
POST GARZA 0.00 0.00 (1945) 86
PROCTOR RSVR COMANCHE 0.35 0.42 (1994) 39
RANSOM CANYON LUBBOCK 0.06 0.62 (1993) 14
REFUGIO 2 NW REFUGIO 0.00 0.22 (1990) 12
ROBERT LEE COKE 0.00 0.00 (1984) 57
SINTON 3 NW SAN PATRICIO 0.00 0.00 (1998) 67
SLATON LUBBOCK 0.15 0.22 (1976) 52
SPUR DICKENS 0.00 0.00 (1933) 65
STERLING CITY 8 NE STERLING 0.00 0.00 (1984) 27
TULIA SWISHER 0.11 0.33 (1953) 53
UTOPIA UVALDE 1.03 2.04 (1996) 10
UVALDE 3 SW UVALDE 0.10 0.10 (1990) 14
VALLEY VIEW COOKE 0.00 0.40 (1952) 52
WATER VALLEY 11 NNE COKE 0.00 0.00 (1966) 41
WIMBERLEY 1 NW HAYS 0.68 0.84 (1998) 15
WOODSON THROCKMORTON 0.67 1.27 (1998) 12
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HOUSTON HOBBY AP HARRIS 23.20 17.35 (1989) 55
HOUSTON INTERCONT AP HARRIS 19.21 16.28 (1989) 113
PALESTINE ANDERSON 12.77 12.48 (1989) 69
ALTO 5 SW CHEROKEE 17.31 11.55 (1993) 56
BEAUMONT RSCH CTR JEFFERSON 34.14 20.17 (1987) 38
CLEVELAND LIBERTY 15.14 14.18 (1973) 47
CROCKETT HOUSTON 15.66 15.62 (1993) 89
DACUS MONTGOMERY 13.40 11.12 (1960) 48
HOUSTON DEER PARK HARRIS 26.03 18.08 (1975) 53
DIALVILLE 2 W CHEROKEE 13.09 11.26 (1993) 102
DOUGLASS 1 S NACOGDOCHES 12.70 9.77 (1989) 14
HOUSTON‑WESTBURY HARRIS 20.96 16.32 (1976) 46
HOUSTON NORTH HOUSTON HARRIS 14.72 14.41 (1991) 50
HOUSTON NWSO GALVESTON 20.74 11.70 (1992) 15
HUNTSVILLE WALKER 15.85 12.75 (1921) 95
MIDWAY 4 NE MADISON 14.78 12.65 (1981) 24
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 15.10 10.30 (1989) 30
NEWTON NEWTON 14.74 12.38 (1986) 18
ROCKLAND 2 NW JASPER 10.20 9.30 (1968) 37
TOMBALL HARRIS 15.30 12.13 (1989) 57
TYLER SMITH 8.11 7.75 (1989) 18
WILDWOOD TYLER 12.64 7.12 (1996) 10
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours Ever in the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HOUSTON HOBBY AP HARRIS 8.93 7.24 (1989) 55
HOUSTON INTERCONT AP HARRIS 11.02 10.35 (1989) 113
ALTO 5 SW CHEROKEE 6.31 4.98 (1990) 56
BEAUMONT RSCH CTR JEFFERSON 15.21 9.50 (1987) 38
BISHOP NUECES 2.95 2.12 (1935) 22
CROCKETT HOUSTON 9.11 6.20 (1995) 89
CYPRESS HARRIS 10.52 9.18 (1961) 51
HOUSTON DEER PARK HARRIS 13.04 12.00 (1975) 53
DOUGLASS 1 S NACOGDOCHES 6.50 3.92 (1993) 14
HOUSTON NORTH HOUSTON HARRIS 10.55 5.13 (1976) 50
HOUSTON NWSO GALVESTON 10.86 4.80 (1999) 15
MIDWAY 4 NE MADISON 4.65 4.43 (1993) 24
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 6.55 4.63 (1986) 30
NEWTON NEWTON 5.00 3.90 (1999) 18
PINELAND SABINE 5.70 5.17 (1989) 24
SAM RAYBURN DAM JASPER 6.38 5.66 (1973) 34
SAN AUGUSTINE SAN AUGUSTINE 4.41 4.20 (1982) 32
SUGAR LAND FORT BEND 10.60 7.29 (1960) 101
TOMBALL HARRIS 8.27 6.70 (1989) 57
YOUNGSPORT BELL 3.36 2.35 (1999) 10
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
WELLINGTON COLLINGSWORTH 71.2 72.2 (1982) 40
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BRACKETTVILLE KINNEY 84.3 84.7 (1903) 69
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CHAPMAN RCH NUECES 94.5 92.8 (1996) 39
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 89.2 88.9 (1998) 14
WELDER W'LIFE FOUND SAN PATRICIO 94.0 91.8 (1998) 12
Highest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 93 93 (1995) 14
WELDER W'LIFE FOUND SAN PATRICIO 100 99 (1998) 12
Lowest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BEAUMONT RSCH CTR JEFFERSON 75 75 (1989) 36
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CORPUS CHRISTI NAS NUECES 75.5 75.7 (1974) 52
SOMERVILLE DAM BURLESON 66.7 67.8 (1974) 36
WELLINGTON COLLINGSWORTH 44.7 60.6 (1983) 41
Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HARLINGEN RIO GRANDE AP CAMERON 82 82 (1998) 13
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 82 82 (1995) 39
CHARLOTTE 5 NNW ATASCOSA 80 80 (1998) 38
KERRVILLE 3 NNE KERR 76 76 (1998) 27
PLEASANTON ATASCOSA 81 81 (1998) 11
SANTA ROSA 3 WNW HIDALGO 81 81 (1998) 15
Lowest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 68 68 (1988) 14
SAN ANTONIO/SEAWORLD BEXAR 48 60 (1997) 12
WELLINGTON COLLINGSWORTH 36 47 (1970) 41

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 (1998) 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 96.8 109 (1998) 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 (1998) 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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