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Texas Climate Report: June 2004

The state of Texas saw record-breaking rainfall in the month of June. The month opened with an upper air disturbance that caused showers and strong winds to hit northeast Texas. There were several reports of winds speeds reaching at least 70 mph, and hail over 2 inches in diameter fell in Archer, Clay and Erath Counties. The tail end of a slow-moving frontal boundary brought heavy rain to much of the state on the 3rd-6th. Dallas, Amarillo, Abilene, and College Station had several inches after the first week.

An upper level disturbance caused flooding problems throughout east and central Texas on the 8th-10th. Houston, College Station, Waco, San Antonio, and Austin were hit with at least 2 inches of precipitation each over these days. There were several reports of severe weather between the 8th and 12th. Tornadoes hit Wharton, Mitchell, Pecos, Jones, and Hutchinson Counties injuring several people. Hail as big as 2.75" was reported in Terrell, Dickens, and Ector Counties over these days, as well. A low pressure system moved onshore over Louisiana on the 13th, adding to already-large rainfall totals. In one week, Houston received 7.23", and several other stations were hit hard as well.

A series of frontal boundaries brought severe weather to the Panhandle in the second half of the month. Eight tornadoes occurred between the 21st and 26th in Potter, Randall, Robertson, Wharton, and Milam Counties. The tornado in Milam County on the 26th also claimed one life. There were also several reports of hail throughout this week, the largest, 4.25", hitting Potter County on the 21st. Randall, Floyd, and Hutchinson also received hail exceeding 2 inches. During the last week, the subtropical jet brought more moist air to the state causing flooding and heavy rain. The already-high totals surged higher, breaking many records for June precipitation.

Several records were broken for daily and monthly rainfall totals including: Austin (4th wettest June), College Station (2nd wettest), Dallas/Fort Worth (2nd wettest), Galveston (8th wettest), Houston (2nd wettest), San Antonio (3rd wettest), Waco (5th wettest), and Victoria set a new June record for monthly precipitation. Austin, College Station, Dallas/Fort Worth, Galveston, Houston, and Victoria all recorded over 10 inches of rain, and had over 250% of their normal June precipitation. Only Corpus Christi and Del Rio were below normal for June. Victoria is only 0.14" shy of their normal precipitation for the entire year! College Station, Houston, and Waco are all within 3 inches of their annual normal, as well.

The excess of precipitation helped cool down temperatures throughout much of the state, as well. The Panhandle and most of Central and East Texas were well below their average daily temperature for June. Only San Angelo and Midland had above normal temperatures with significantly above normal precipitation. While many stations were cool, Abilene, Amarillo, Del Rio, El Paso, Lubbock, Midland and San Angelo all topped 100°F during June.

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 87.7 ‑3.4 103 66.4 ‑2.1 60 77.0 ‑2.8 10 4.04 132% 0.95 0 367
Amarillo 86.5 ‑0.9 101 60.3 ‑0.8 52 73.4 ‑0.9 14 5.38 164% 1.82 0 257
Austin 88.5 ‑2.4 97 71.0 ‑0.1 65 79.7 ‑1.3 14 11.41 299% 4.27 0 447
Brownsville 92.0 +1.5 95 76.8 +1.9 70 84.4 +1.7 6 3.19 109% 0.98 0 588
College Station 88.0 ‑3.7 96 72.5 +1.0 67 80.2 ‑1.4 18 11.75 310% 2.93 0 464
Corpus Christi 90.1 ‑0.1 94 74.5 +1.0 68 82.3 +0.4 9 2.44 69% 1.20 0 525
Dallas‑Fort Worth 88.0 ‑3.1 93 70.7 66 79.4 ‑1.5 18 10.49 325% 2.71 0 438
Del Rio 93.6 ‑0.1 104 72.8 +0.7 65 83.2 +0.3 6 2.28 97% 1.06 0 554
El Paso 95.1 ‑0.2 102 67.8 ‑1.0 57 81.4 ‑0.7 5 0.93 107% 0.59 0 501
Galveston 86.5 ‑0.1 90 77.2 ‑0.6 71 81.8 ‑0.4 11 10.99 272% 5.14 0 514
Houston 88.6 ‑2.1 96 73.6 +1.8 67 81.1 ‑0.2 20 18.33 343% 3.58 0 491
Lubbock 89.1 ‑0.9 101 64.2 +0.1 59 76.7 ‑0.4 10 3.08 103% 1.08 1 356
Midland 93.1 +0.4 103 67.8 +1.4 59 80.4 +0.8 3 2.01 118% 1.05 0 471
Port Arthur 88.5 ‑0.9 93 73.4 +1.1 67 80.9 14 10.55 160% 3.00 0 486
San Angelo 92.0 +1.2 106 68.4 +0.8 55 80.2 +1.0 7 3.66 145% 2.00 0 465
San Antonio 89.6 ‑1.8 97 72.1 +0.5 66 80.8 ‑0.7 14 9.47 220% 2.95 0 483
Victoria 89.1 ‑1.2 93 73.0 ‑0.3 67 81.0 ‑0.8 17 13.50 272% 4.64 0 489
Waco 88.0 ‑4.0 93 70.7 +0.1 65 79.4 ‑1.9 15 7.91 257% 2.39 0 439
Wichita Falls 87.3 ‑4.4 97 67.3 ‑0.5 60 77.3 ‑2.4 12 5.37 146% 2.34 0 377
Shreveport, LA 87.3 ‑2.5 93 70.6 +0.7 64 78.9 ‑1.0 17 12.42 246% 4.48 0 423
Bold-italics indicate a value broke or tied the record from a previous year.
*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.

jun 2004 average temperatures
jun 2004 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
FT STOCKTON PECOS AP PECOS 0.26
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
HOUSTON INTERCONT AP HARRIS 18.33
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 7.00
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DALHART 6 SW HARTLEY 70.4
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 89.5
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MATAGORDA 2 MATAGORDA 83.8
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 103.8
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 114
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
ABERNATHY HALE 66
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DALHART 6 SW HARTLEY 55.6
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 77.9
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 84
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MIAMI ROBERTS 42

New Monthly Records

Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
VICTORIA RGNL AP VICTORIA 13.50 12.68 (1973) 57
FT WORTH NAS TARRANT 17.79 7.79 (1959) 29
FT WORTH MEACHAM FLD TARRANT 11.35 9.24 (1992) 26
MINERAL WELLS AP PALO PINTO 11.22 10.30 (2000) 49
ATHENS HENDERSON 9.70 8.76 (1962) 56
HOUSTON BARKER HARRIS 13.97 11.01 (1960) 57
BELLVILLE 6 NNE AUSTIN 11.35 9.44 (1987) 23
BENBROOK DAM TARRANT 10.96 10.65 (1986) 55
BIG LAKE 2 REAGAN 6.04 5.72 (1979) 36
BISHOP NUECES 5.30 4.47 (1935) 24
BLANCO BLANCO 14.41 11.93 (1987) 106
BRAZOS PALO PINTO 10.92 7.18 (1982) 61
BREMOND ROBERTSON 15.81 8.29 (1981) 42
BRENHAM WASHINGTON 15.69 12.63 (1987) 102
CALDWELL BURLESON 17.77 13.21 (1968) 41
CAMERON MILAM 11.42 8.64 (1993) 90
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 10.35 7.07 (1981) 36
CHALK MTN ERATH 10.56 9.37 (2000) 42
CHARLOTTE 5 NNW ATASCOSA 13.39 10.03 (1987) 41
CHEAPSIDE GONZALES 7.82 6.57 (1997) 10
COMFORT 2 KENDALL 11.52 6.83 (2003) 14
COPPERAS COVE 5 NW CORYELL 10.45 10.05 (1986) 21
CRANFILLS GAP BOSQUE 14.11 8.30 (2003) 13
DAVILLA MILAM 10.35 8.14 (1987) 52
DECATUR WISE 15.31 9.29 (1909) 51
DE LEON 5 SW COMANCHE 9.41 7.36 (2003) 11
DENTON 2 SE DENTON 10.65 9.26 (1941) 90
DERBY 1 S FRIO 9.87 8.36 (1993) 24
DIME BOX LEE 13.26 11.21 (1973) 59
FAIRFIELD 3 W FREESTONE 13.28 8.70 (1961) 55
FLAT CORYELL 7.62 6.56 (1993) 11
FLOMOT 4 NE MOTLEY 10.27 9.84 (1992) 56
FORESTBURG 5 S MONTAGUE 10.36 9.28 (1959) 64
FT WORTH WSFO TARRANT 11.52 8.36 (2000) 13
FOWLERTON LA SALLE 10.91 8.47 (1940) 79
FRANKLIN ROBERTSON 9.80 7.16 (1981) 40
GORDONVILLE GRAYSON 9.26 6.05 (2000) 11
HALLETTSVILLE 2 N LAVACA 15.33 14.56 (1940) 103
HAMILTON 2E HAMILTON 8.03 7.95 (1981) 44
HARPER 1W GILLESPIE 13.66 11.27 (1987) 62
HEMPHILL 6 NE SABINE 10.85 9.98 (1993) 11
HICO HAMILTON 10.79 9.66 (1989) 89
HUCKABAY ERATH 10.92 8.52 (1989) 38
HYE BLANCO 11.24 10.29 (1987) 51
INGRAM #2 KERR 10.43 9.92 (1997) 17
JARRELL WILLIAMSON 14.10 9.20 (1981) 72
KATY WOLF HILL HARRIS 13.13 10.19 (1993) 28
KERRVILLE 3 NNE KERR 12.16 10.39 (1981) 30
LAKE ALAN HENRY GARZA 6.84 6.50 (1999) 11
LAKE BRIDGEPORT DAM WISE 11.81 7.83 (1941) 11
LEAKEY REAL 11.61 11.14 (1988) 15
LEXINGTON LEE 14.18 11.60 (1981) 46
LINDEN CASS 12.52 11.22 (1986) 56
LONG LAKE ANDERSON 9.33 7.91 (1981) 32
MAUD BOWIE 13.91 10.95 (1997) 53
MCCAMEY UPTON 6.76 6.24 (1932) 69
MEDINA 1NE BANDERA 13.22 10.91 (1997) 28
MIDWAY 4 NE MADISON 16.14 14.78 (2001) 27
NEWPORT 1SW JACK 14.28 7.42 (1951) 52
GEORGETOWN LAKE WILLIAMSON 10.53 9.78 (1987) 23
OAKWOOD FREESTONE 9.33 7.91 (1981) 32
PIDCOKE CORYELL 10.08 8.52 (1981) 21
POTEET ATASCOSA 14.52 13.23 (1973) 61
RED BLUFF CROSSING SAN SABA 13.90 12.81 (1997) 53
ROSSER KAUFMAN 14.34 9.97 (1981) 60
SANFORD DAM HUTCHINSON 7.35 7.21 (2003) 11
SEGUIN 1 SSW GUADALUPE 10.47 7.70 (2000) 12
SILVERTON BRISCOE 11.77 11.14 (1979) 65
SPUR DICKENS 8.82 7.49 (2003) 68
TARPLEY BANDERA 15.02 12.99 (1997) 36
WRIGHT PATMAN DAM CASS 11.92 10.64 (1982) 55
THORNDALE MILAM 12.51 8.35 (1987) 36
THORNTON 1 SSE LIMESTONE 11.96 9.62 (1981) 58
GORDON 1 SW PALO PINTO 9.85 8.50 (1961) 45
TROY BELL 15.17 8.76 (1981) 64
VANDERPOOL 4N BANDERA 11.65 9.18 (1997) 10
WEATHERFORD PARKER 16.77 11.73 (2000) 102
WOODSON THROCKMORTON 16.27 9.22 (1991) 15
YOUNGSPORT BELL 7.74 6.93 (1997) 13
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours Ever in the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
PALACIOS MUNI AP MATAGORDA 6.86 6.83 (1960) 62
FT WORTH NAS TARRANT 3.86 3.47 (1961) 29
BIG LAKE 2 REAGAN 4.35 3.00 (1991) 36
BREMOND ROBERTSON 4.53 4.18 (1997) 42
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 7.00 5.20 (1965) 36
CRANFILLS GAP BOSQUE 6.04 3.49 (2003) 13
DECATUR WISE 5.11 3.91 (1959) 51
FAIRFIELD 3 W FREESTONE 3.85 3.30 (1977) 55
FT WORTH WSFO TARRANT 2.18 2.09 (1997) 13
FRANKLIN ROBERTSON 3.05 2.90 (1978) 40
GRUVER HANSFORD 4.64 3.87 (1970) 59
LEAKEY REAL 6.32 6.30 (1988) 15
LYTLE 3 W MEDINA 3.42 3.22 (1986) 28
MERCEDES 6 SSE HIDALGO 6.40 5.07 (1942) 86
NEWPORT 1SW JACK 6.00 5.15 (1951) 52
PAMPA 2 GRAY 3.40 3.39 (2000) 41
POTEET ATASCOSA 6.56 6.30 (1993) 61
PRADE RCH REAL 5.00 4.82 (1997) 40
SANFORD DAM HUTCHINSON 2.38 2.22 (1995) 11
TROY BELL 4.72 4.58 (1979) 64
WEATHERFORD PARKER 6.18 5.71 (1988) 102
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
EL CAMPO WHARTON 79.4 79.7 (1946) 27
PUTNAM CALLAHAN 76.0 76.0 (1989) 41
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ARLINGTON SIX FLAGS TARRANT 85.7 86.6 (2003) 15
CHOKE CANYON DAM LIVE OAK 90.8 90.8 (1993) 21
DRIPPING SPRINGS 6 E HAYS 87.0 87.1 (1987) 20
EL CAMPO WHARTON 86.4 89.5 (1946) 29
FAIRFIELD 3 W FREESTONE 86.3 86.6 (2000) 33
FT WORTH WSFO TARRANT 87.0 87.1 (2000) 11
GAINESVILLE 5 ENE COOKE 84.3 84.3 (1992) 18
HAMILTON 2E HAMILTON 85.6 85.7 (1987) 28
LAKE TAWAKONI RAINS 85.5 86.0 (1976) 28
MATAGORDA 2 MATAGORDA 83.8 85.7 (1973) 59
TILDEN 4 SSE MCMULLEN 90.6 90.6 (1970) 44
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ROCKPORT ARANSAS 91.1 90.8 (1996) 44
Lowest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ACTON RCH CROCKETT 74 76 (2000) 12
HUDSPETH RIVER RANCH VAL VERDE 78 78 (1988) 17
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
KARNES CITY 2 N KARNES 69.4 69.8 (1979) 24
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BROWNSVILLE CAMERON 76.6 76.2 (1908) 16
Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BROWNSVILLE CAMERON 81 81 (2002) 16
Lowest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
ACTON RCH CROCKETT 51 53 (1995) 11
HUDSPETH RIVER RANCH VAL VERDE 53 56 (1995) 17

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 94.8 110 (1978) 72.3 54 (1911) 1.70 8.04 (2002) 5.67 (2002) 26.3 0.0 5.1 0 568
Amarillo 91.0 106 (1940) 65.3 51 (1990) 2.68 7.59 (1960) 4.74 (1982) 19.9 0.0 7.8 1 405
Austin 95.0 109 (1954) 73.4 57 (1924) 1.97 12.80 (1919) 9.56 (1919) 28.1 0.0 5.0 0 605
Brownsville 92.4 102 (1939) 75.4 58 (1901) 1.77 9.43 (1976) 4.25 (1976) 27.7 0.0 5.0 0 601
College Station 95.6 110 (1917) 73.6 52 (1903) 1.92 9.30 (1902) 5.09 (1968) 27.8 0.0 5.2 0 607
Corpus Christi 93.2 105 (1934) 74.4 64 (1967) 2.00 11.92 (1976) 7.11 (1931) 28.4 0.0 4.7 0 594
Dallas‑Fort Worth 95.4 110 (1998) 74.6 56 (1924) 2.12 11.13 (1973) 5.27 (1933) 27.9 0.0 4.6 0 621
Del Rio 96.2 111 (1960) 74.3 63 (1923) 2.02 13.18 (1976) 6.34 (1975) 27.8 0.0 4.3 0 630
El Paso 94.5 112 (1979) 72.0 56 (1880) 1.49 8.18 (1881) 6.50 (1881) 26.8 0.0 8.2 0 552
Galveston 88.7 101 (1932) 79.8 66 (1910) 3.45 18.74 (1900) 14.35 (1900) 7.7 0.0 7.6 0 596
Houston 93.6 105 (1954) 73.5 62 (1990) 3.18 14.80 (1900) 6.92 (1939) 27.3 0.0 8.9 0 573
Lubbock 91.9 109 (1940) 67.7 49 (1915) 2.13 7.20 (1976) 3.42 (1928) 22.4 0.0 6.3 0 472
Midland 94.3 112 (1989) 69.1 49 (1936) 1.89 8.50 (1991) 5.99 (1961) 25.8 0.0 4.9 0 512
Port Arthur 91.6 108 (1902) 73.8 61 (1990) 5.23 18.71 (1959) 10.56 (1979) 24.5 0.0 11.2 0 553
San Angelo 94.4 111 (1960) 70.4 56 (1990) 1.10 7.21 (1959) 2.95 (1959) 26.8 0.0 4.3 0 554
San Antonio 94.6 106 (1989) 74.0 60 (1905) 2.03 16.92 (2002) 9.79 (2002) 27.7 0.0 4.6 0 607
Victoria 93.4 110 (1939) 75.0 61 (1905) 2.90 13.59 (1990) 8.41 (1990) 28.0 0.0 7.2 0 601
Waco 96.7 109 (1998) 74.1 60 (1994) 2.23 8.95 (1902) 4.49 (1973) 28.7 0.0 5.0 0 637
Wichita Falls 97.2 114 (1980) 72.4 54 (1970) 1.58 11.86 (1950) 3.93 (1950) 28.0 0.0 4.7 0 618
Shreveport, LA 93.3 107 (1998) 73.4 58 (1972) 3.99 25.45 (1933) 12.44 (1933) 25.7 0.0 8.1 0 554
Climatic averages are based on 1971-2000 monthly normals, which are provided by the National Climatic Data Center.
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