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Texas Climate Report: April 2003

The month of April in the state of Texas was quite warm and dry. Eighteen stations reported above normal mean temperatures, with the exception of Austin and El Paso which both experienced below normal monthly temperatures. Not one single station in the entire state met the 100% total of average precipitation for the month of April. Numerous stations received only a small fraction of what is normally experienced. Hopefully the month of May will be a "catch-up" month. A plethora of severe weather events characterized April. April 5th-8th, 15th, 18th, 23rd-25th, and the 27th-29th, were days that had strong winds, large hail, and isolated tornadoes reported. The month of April concluded with slightly above normal temperatures, and dry conditions prevailing.

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 80.8 +3.5 94 53.0 +1.2 27 66.9 +2.3 4 0.60 36% 0.50 66 131
Amarillo 74.5 +3.9 88 42.7 +1.0 26 58.6 +2.4 4 0.28 21% 0.14 205 21
Austin 82.1 +3.2 96 59.5 +1.9 40 70.8 +2.5 5 0.10 4% 0.04 22 202
Brownsville 83.1 +0.8 98 66.9 +1.7 47 75.0 +1.2 4 0.41 21% 0.22 9 317
College Station 80.2 +1.4 91 59.4 +2.5 36 69.8 +1.9 3 0.17 5% 0.13 34 185
Corpus Christi 81.7 +1.0 99 64.1 +1.8 41 72.9 +1.4 5 0.12 6% 0.04 14 258
Dallas‑Fort Worth 78.3 +2.4 88 55.6 +1.6 34 66.9 +1.9 8 1.90 59% 0.59 51 115
Del Rio 86.1 +3.4 97 61.2 +2.7 38 73.7 +3.1 2 0.09 5% 0.06 17 282
El Paso 79.2 +1.1 88 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 0.02 9% 0.02 N/A N/A
Galveston 75.6 +0.4 87 64.9 +0.2 45 70.3 +0.3 4 1.07 42% 0.83 17 184
Houston 79.5 +0.4 86 61.5 +3.6 40 70.5 +2.0 4 1.46 41% 1.04 24 196
Lubbock 78.3 +3.6 92 47.6 +2.2 30 63.0 +3.0 7 1.12 87% 1.06 133 79
Midland 82.9 +4.1 93 51.3 +2.7 31 67.1 +3.4 1 0.02 3% 0.02 56 128
Port Arthur 78.6 +0.8 87 60.3 +1.7 39 69.4 +1.2 3 1.31 34% 1.24 31 169
San Angelo 83.8 +4.8 96 52.4 +1.4 28 68.1 +3.1 1 0.06 4% 0.06 50 150
San Antonio 82.4 +2.0 95 60.7 +3.8 37 71.6 +3.0 5 0.17 7% 0.12 20 224
Victoria 81.3 +2.1 91 60.7 +0.6 38 71.0 +1.3 8 0.26 9% 0.09 25 210
Waco 80.5 +2.9 92 55.2 +1.0 32 67.9 +2.0 3 0.94 31% 0.76 50 143
Wichita Falls 79.2 +3.7 93 50.8 +1.5 29 65.0 +2.6 8 1.83 70% 1.33 87 94
Shreveport, LA 78.3 +1.7 87 54.5 +0.7 34 66.4 +1.2 5 2.12 48% 1.90 49 98
*Dep.: Departure of the monthly average temperature from the 1971-2000 monthly normal, which is provided by the National Climatic Data Center.
*Perc. Norm.: Monthly precipitation total divided by 1971-2000 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.

apr 2003 average temperatures
apr 2003 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
PRESIDIO PRESIDIO 0.00
VAN HORN CULBERSON 0.00
ALPINE BREWSTER 0.00
AMISTAD DAM VAL VERDE 0.00
BALMORHEA REEVES 0.00
BOQUILLAS RS BREWSTER 0.00
BURNET 9 WSW BURNET 0.00
CAMP VERDE 3W KERR 0.00
CANDELARIA PRESIDIO 0.00
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 0.00
CHAPMAN RCH NUECES 0.00
CORNUDAS SVC STN HUDSPETH 0.00
DELL CITY 5 SSW HUDSPETH 0.00
DENVER CITY YOAKUM 0.00
DILLEY FRIO 0.00
EL PASO 32 ENE HUDSPETH 0.00
FALLS CITY 7 WSW WILSON 0.00
FLORENCE 3 SE WILLIAMSON 0.00
FT DAVIS JEFF DAVIS 0.00
FT HANCOCK 8 SSE HUDSPETH 0.00
GOLIAD 1 SE GOLIAD 0.00
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 0.00
KARNES CITY 2 N KARNES 0.00
KENDALIA KENDALL 0.00
KENT 8 SE JEFF DAVIS 0.00
LAGUNA 3N UVALDE 0.00
MARFA 2 PRESIDIO 0.00
MIDLAND 4 ENE MIDLAND 0.00
MORTON COCHRAN 0.00
MT LOCKE JEFF DAVIS 0.00
PEARSALL FRIO 0.00
PINE SPRINGS CULBERSON 0.00
PLAINS YOAKUM 0.00
PORT O CONNOR CALHOUN 0.00
PRADE RCH REAL 0.00
RED BLUFF DAM REEVES 0.00
RICHLAND SPRINGS SAN SABA 0.00
ROSEBUD FALLS 0.00
SAN SABA 7 NW SAN SABA 0.00
SISTERDALE KENDALL 0.00
SMITHVILLE BASTROP 0.00
SPICEWOOD BURNET 0.00
TEAGUE RCH GILLESPIE 0.00
TELEGRAPH KIMBLE 0.00
TORNILLO 2 SSE EL PASO 0.00
TOW LLANO 0.00
UMBARGER RANDALL 0.00
VALENTINE 10 WSW PRESIDIO 0.00
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
SAN AUGUSTINE SAN AUGUSTINE 5.58
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
LAVON DAM COLLIN 2.65
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DALHART 6 SW HARTLEY 53.2
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
LAREDO 2 WEBB 76.8
RIO GRANDE CITY STARR 76.8
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DALHART 6 SW HARTLEY 71.2
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
BOQUILLAS RS BREWSTER 93.5
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
FALCON DAM STARR 103
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
DENISON DAM GRAYSON 46
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DALHART 6 SW HARTLEY 35.2
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 68.6
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 76
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DUBLIN 2SE ERATH 12

New Monthly Records

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HONDO MUNI AP MEDINA 0.07 0.07 (1998) 27
JUNCTION KIMBLE CO AP KIMBLE 0.01 0.05 (1955) 27
PRESIDIO PRESIDIO 0.00 0.00 (2001) 73
VAN HORN CULBERSON 0.00 0.00 (2001) 58
MINERAL WELLS AP PALO PINTO 0.60 0.64 (1991) 47
ALPINE BREWSTER 0.00 0.00 (1988) 77
AMISTAD DAM VAL VERDE 0.00 0.01 (1998) 38
BALMORHEA REEVES 0.00 0.00 (1998) 76
BANKERSMITH GILLESPIE 0.14 0.29 (1998) 19
BERTRAM 3 ENE BURNET 0.04 0.21 (1983) 36
BOQUILLAS RS BREWSTER 0.00 0.00 (1998) 52
BRADY MCCULLOCH 0.03 0.28 (1984) 72
BURNET BURNET 0.12 0.12 (1920) 95
CANDELARIA PRESIDIO 0.00 0.00 (2000) 61
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 0.00 0.00 (1998) 36
CHAPMAN RCH NUECES 0.00 0.00 (2000) 43
COPPERAS COVE 5 NW CORYELL 0.43 0.52 (1989) 19
CORNUDAS SVC STN HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (2002) 57
CORRIGAN 1 ENE POLK 0.54 1.48 (2001) 12
CRANFILLS GAP BOSQUE 0.71 1.26 (1998) 14
DELL CITY 5 SSW HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (2002) 23
DENVER CITY YOAKUM 0.00 0.00 (2001) 13
DILLEY FRIO 0.00 0.00 (1983) 88
DRIPPING SPRINGS 6 E HAYS 0.16 0.29 (1987) 19
EL PASO 32 ENE HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (2000) 20
FALLS CITY 7 WSW WILSON 0.00 0.00 (1987) 54
FLAT CORYELL 0.48 0.65 (2001) 11
FLORENCE 3 SE WILLIAMSON 0.00 0.00 (1983) 38
FT DAVIS JEFF DAVIS 0.00 0.00 (1998) 85
FT HANCOCK 8 SSE HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (2002) 32
GOLIAD 1 SE GOLIAD 0.00 0.00 (2001) 51
HUMBLE PUMP STN 5 WN SUTTON 0.13 0.16 (1989) 52
INGRAM #2 KERR 0.21 0.24 (1998) 15
JARRELL WILLIAMSON 0.22 0.27 (1983) 72
KARNES CITY 2 N KARNES 0.00 0.00 (1987) 75
KENT 8 SE JEFF DAVIS 0.00 0.00 (1998) 15
KERRVILLE 3 NNE KERR 0.21 0.27 (1983) 29
LAKE FORK RSVR WOOD 0.92 1.28 (2001) 15
MARFA 2 PRESIDIO 0.00 0.00 (1996) 39
MIDLAND 4 ENE MIDLAND 0.00 0.00 (2001) 88
MILLER RCH SAN SABA 0.05 0.19 (1986) 45
MORTON COCHRAN 0.00 0.00 (2001) 59
MT LOCKE JEFF DAVIS 0.00 0.00 (1984) 68
NEWTON NEWTON 0.46 0.57 (2001) 19
GEORGETOWN LAKE WILLIAMSON 0.29 0.34 (1983) 23
NORTHINGTON RCH KENDALL 0.20 0.35 (1998) 17
PEARSALL FRIO 0.00 0.00 (1939) 94
PINE SPRINGS CULBERSON 0.00 0.00 (1989) 23
PLAINS YOAKUM 0.00 0.00 (1991) 59
PLEASANTON ATASCOSA 0.09 0.23 (1998) 14
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 0.18 0.34 (2001) 17
PORT O CONNOR CALHOUN 0.00 0.00 (2001) 45
PRADE RCH REAL 0.00 0.00 (1998) 38
RED BLUFF CROSSING SAN SABA 0.16 0.19 (1984) 52
RED BLUFF DAM REEVES 0.00 0.00 (1998) 54
RICHLAND SPRINGS SAN SABA 0.00 0.10 (1986) 55
ROSEBUD FALLS 0.00 0.42 (1989) 28
SISTERDALE KENDALL 0.00 0.30 (1998) 12
SMITHVILLE BASTROP 0.00 0.04 (1983) 78
SPICEWOOD BURNET 0.00 0.02 (1983) 35
TEAGUE RCH GILLESPIE 0.00 0.05 (1961) 53
TELEGRAPH KIMBLE 0.00 0.09 (1983) 52
THREE RIVERS 8 NE LIVE OAK 0.07 0.24 (2001) 15
TOLEDO BEND DAM NEWTON 0.21 0.31 (1987) 27
TORNILLO 2 SSE EL PASO 0.00 0.00 (2002) 24
TOW LLANO 0.00 0.20 (1984) 26
UMBARGER RANDALL 0.00 0.00 (1996) 61
VALENTINE 10 WSW PRESIDIO 0.00 0.00 (1998) 70
WATSON BURNET 0.07 0.08 (1983) 36
WEST MCLENNAN 0.77 1.09 (2001) 10
WIMBERLEY 1 NW HAYS 0.32 0.40 (1998) 19
WOODVILLE TYLER 0.46 0.71 (2001) 13
YOUNGSPORT BELL 0.29 0.65 (2002) 10
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours Ever in the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
NEW SUMMERFIELD 2W CHEROKEE 2.63 2.22 (2002) 11
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
DUBLIN 2SE ERATH 55.2 57.2 (1997) 92
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
COPPER BREAKS SP HARDEMAN 64.2 64.1 (1991) 13
DENVER CITY YOAKUM 62.9 62.9 (2002) 12
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
FT WORTH WSFO TARRANT 77.9 77.6 (1999) 10
HART CASTRO 76.7 76.7 (2001) 17
Highest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
PORT ISABEL CAMERON 96 94 (1964) 66
SANTA ROSA 3 WNW HIDALGO 101 101 (2002) 17
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 94 87 (2002) 12
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
DUBLIN 2SE ERATH 36.0 46.9 (1926) 94
Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ROSCOE NOLAN 71 70 (1972) 67
Lowest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HARLINGEN RIO GRANDE AP CAMERON 45 46 (1960) 15
TYLER POUNDS FLD SMITH 33 34 (1945) 31
ACTON RCH CROCKETT 29 30 (1998) 10
BRECKENRIDGE STEPHENS 27 28 (1997) 70
COLEMAN COLEMAN 25 25 (1938) 97
DUBLIN 2SE ERATH 12 24 (1915) 94
GRAPEVINE DAM TARRANT 29 29 (1989) 51
HUDSPETH RIVER RANCH VAL VERDE 33 33 (1998) 15
PLEASANTON ATASCOSA 34 38 (1996) 12
PUTNAM CALLAHAN 25 25 (1973) 39
SOMERVILLE DAM BURLESON 30 32 (1987) 36
WACO DAM MCLENNAN 25 29 (1987) 32
WELDER W'LIFE FOUND SAN PATRICIO 39 39 (1996) 10

Climatic Averages for May

  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 84.7 109 (2000) 61.0 33 (1907) 2.83 13.19 (1957) 6.78 (1908) 8.7 0.0 7.7 20 253
Amarillo 78.6 103 (1996) 51.7 26 (1907) 2.50 9.81 (1951) 6.75 (1951) 4.0 0.1 8.3 94 90
Austin 84.8 104 (1925) 65.4 40 (1925) 5.03 14.10 (1895) 6.16 (1929) 7.3 0.0 9.5 2 323
Brownsville 86.9 102 (1999) 71.6 41 (1895) 2.48 9.12 (1982) 7.38 (1929) 11.9 0.0 5.0 0 457
College Station 85.3 101 (1906) 65.3 42 (1954) 5.05 14.70 (1929) 7.36 (1983) 5.8 0.0 8.6 5 324
Corpus Christi 85.6 103 (1984) 69.5 45 (1925) 3.48 10.44 (1941) 6.60 (1926) 5.5 0.0 6.6 0 402
Dallas‑Fort Worth 83.2 107 (1927) 63.0 34 (1903) 5.15 13.66 (1982) 6.99 (1908) 5.3 0.0 9.0 13 265
Del Rio 88.7 109 (2000) 66.7 45 (1970) 2.31 10.23 (1957) 3.97 (1942) 15.2 0.0 7.3 1 401
El Paso 86.7 104 (1951) 60.6 31 (1967) 0.38 4.22 (1992) 2.40 (1992) 13.2 0.0 2.8 8 262
Galveston 81.4 94 (1984) 72.3 52 (1954) 3.70 11.03 (1991) 7.71 (1975) 0.1 0.0 6.5 0 367
Houston 85.5 99 (1996) 66.1 44 (1978) 5.15 15.87 (1907) 10.36 (1989) 6.4 0.0 8.2 2 328
Lubbock 82.8 109 (2000) 55.6 29 (1917) 2.31 12.69 (1941) 5.14 (1949) 8.6 0.0 7.1 38 179
Midland 86.8 108 (2000) 58.8 34 (1970) 1.79 7.63 (1992) 4.75 (1968) 12.5 0.0 6.1 18 254
Port Arthur 84.3 101 (1905) 66.4 45 (1917) 5.83 20.58 (1923) 12.76 (1923) 2.5 0.0 7.2 1 324
San Angelo 85.6 109 (2000) 60.6 35 (1967) 3.09 11.24 (1987) 3.12 (1987) 11.4 0.0 7.1 13 277
San Antonio 86.0 103 (1989) 65.5 43 (1984) 4.72 14.07 (1935) 6.82 (1937) 8.3 0.0 9.2 1 344
Victoria 85.1 102 (1928) 68.1 45 (1954) 5.12 14.66 (1993) 8.45 (1972) 6.3 0.0 7.4 1 368
Waco 84.8 102 (1985) 63.3 37 (1981) 4.46 15.00 (1965) 7.18 (1953) 7.6 0.0 9.0 7 292
Wichita Falls 83.5 110 (2000) 59.3 36 (1979) 3.92 13.22 (1982) 5.70 (1975) 7.9 0.0 8.6 23 220
Shreveport, LA 83.2 102 (1998) 62.7 42 (1960) 5.25 14.47 (1884) 8.35 (1908) 3.9 0.0 9.6 8 242
Climatic averages are based on 1971-2000 monthly normals, which are provided by the National Climatic Data Center.
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