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Texas Climate Report: April 2005

The month of April was very dry throughout the entire state with every first-order station recording monthly precipitation below normal levels. The month was dominated by high pressure systems that helped the state have clear skies and warm temperatures. A cold front quickly passed through on the 6th bringing some heavy showers to numerous stations. The most significant cold front occurred on the 25th, and heavy showers for the northern half the state helped raise monthly rainfall totals a bit. Another quick cold front passed through on the 29th, and the month ended with clear skies and temperatures in the 70s for most of the state.

Many first-order stations received less than a tenth of an inch of rainfall for the entire month including Abilene (0.01"), Brownsville (0.03"), Del Rio (0.05"), Midland (0.01"), San Angelo (0.03"), and San Antonio (0.01"). San Antonio had their driest April ever, while several other stations (Abilene, Brownsville, Dallas/Fort Worth, Del Rio, Midland, San Angelo, and Wichita Falls) each had one of their ten driest Aprils on record. Temperatures were just about average for April across most of the state. The High Plains, Edwards Plateau, and South Central regions were slightly below normal, while the North Central, Southern, and Lower Valley regions were just above typical April levels. In all, temperatures for the month varied no more than a degree from the April average for most of the stations in Texas.

For the entire month, there were 6 tornadoes reported, 25 reports of high winds, and 167 hail reports. Of those reports, 2 of the wind reports were above 65 knots (75 mph), and 15 of the hail reports were larger than 2.00" in diameter.

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 77.6 +0.3 91 51.3 ‑0.5 37 64.4 ‑0.2 1 0.01 1% 0.01 90 78
Amarillo 68.9 ‑1.7 83 41.0 ‑0.7 32 54.9 ‑1.3 7 0.60 45% 0.36 298 4
Austin 79.2 +0.3 94 56.0 ‑1.6 44 67.6 ‑0.7 5 0.72 29% 0.57 29 116
Brownsville 85.1 +2.8 95 63.2 ‑2.0 47 74.1 +0.3 1 0.03 2% 0.03 2 284
College Station 78.1 ‑0.7 88 55.7 ‑1.2 40 66.9 ‑1.0 6 1.25 39% 0.95 34 102
Corpus Christi 83.5 +2.8 95 61.7 ‑0.6 43 72.6 +1.1 3 0.21 10% 0.13 9 245
Dallas‑Fort Worth 76.4 +0.5 92 54.6 +0.6 38 65.5 +0.5 3 0.56 18% 0.50 52 75
Del Rio 83.9 +1.2 98 57.6 ‑0.9 35 70.8 +0.2 3 0.09 5% 0.05 17 196
El Paso 78.8 +0.7 87 50.7 ‑0.4 33 64.7 +0.1 1 0.14 61% 0.14 75 75
Galveston 77.0 +1.8 87 64.7 53 70.8 +0.8 4 1.85 72% 1.14 4 188
Houston 78.3 ‑0.8 86 57.1 ‑0.8 47 67.7 ‑0.8 7 1.28 36% 0.89 19 109
Lubbock 74.8 +0.1 90 44.0 ‑1.4 32 59.4 ‑0.6 2 0.27 21% 0.21 190 28
Midland 78.2 ‑0.6 90 47.0 ‑1.6 30 62.6 ‑1.1 1 0.01 1% 0.01 116 52
Port Arthur 78.1 +0.3 85 55.9 ‑2.7 44 67.0 ‑1.2 4 0.88 23% 0.51 24 89
San Angelo 79.1 +0.1 93 49.2 ‑1.8 30 64.2 ‑0.8 1 0.03 2% 0.03 94 77
San Antonio 80.3 ‑0.1 94 56.4 ‑0.5 38 68.4 ‑0.2 1 0.01 0% 0.01 28 136
Victoria 80.0 +0.8 87 56.5 ‑3.6 41 68.3 ‑1.4 7 1.24 42% 0.47 24 129
Waco 78.3 +0.7 92 53.8 ‑0.4 37 66.0 +0.1 5 2.04 68% 1.55 51 89
Wichita Falls 77.0 +1.5 88 49.9 +0.6 36 63.4 +1.0 4 0.28 11% 0.18 99 59
Shreveport, LA 76.4 ‑0.2 87 53.4 ‑0.4 42 64.9 ‑0.3 7 4.59 104% 4.01 50 58
*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 2005 average temperatures
apr 2005 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
ODESSA SCHLEMEYER FLD ECTOR 0.00
GRAHAM YOUNG 0.00
PRESIDIO PRESIDIO 0.00
BIG SPRING HOWARD 0.00
MARFA MUNI AP PECOS 0.00
ALBANY SHACKELFORD 0.00
BIG BEND RCH SP PRESIDIO 0.00
BIG SPRING HOWARD 0.00
BIG WELLS 2W DIMMIT 0.00
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 0.00
CASTOLON BREWSTER 0.00
CHALK MTN ERATH 0.00
COMANCHE COMANCHE 0.00
CONCHO PARK IVIE RSVR CONCHO 0.00
COPE RCH REAGAN 0.00
CORNUDAS SVC STN HUDSPETH 0.00
CRANE 2E CRANE 0.00
DUBLIN 2SE ERATH 0.00
EDINBURG HIDALGO 0.00
ELDORADO 12 N SCHLEICHER 0.00
ELDORADO 10W SCHLEICHER 0.00
EL SAUZ STARR 0.00
FLORESVILLE WILSON 0.00
FT MCKAVETT MENARD 0.00
FT GRIFFIN SHACKELFORD 0.00
GARCIASVILLE 2 ESE STARR 0.00
HUCKABAY ERATH 0.00
KERMIT WINKLER 0.00
LA JOYA HIDALGO 0.00
LAMPASAS LAMPASAS 0.00
LEATHERWOOD RCH ERATH 0.00
LEES GLASSCOCK 0.00
LIPAN PALO PINTO 0.00
MARYNEAL 4SW NOLAN 0.00
MCALLEN HIDALGO 0.00
MIDLAND 4 ENE MIDLAND 0.00
ODESSA ECTOR 0.00
PAINT ROCK CONCHO 0.00
PEARSALL FRIO 0.00
PENWELL ECTOR 0.00
PERSIMMON GAP BREWSTER 0.00
PORT ISABEL CAMERON 0.00
RAYMONDVILLE WILLACY 0.00
RISING STAR 1 S EASTLAND 0.00
ROBERT LEE COKE 0.00
ROCKSPRINGS 26SSW EDWARDS 0.00
ROSCOE NOLAN 0.00
ROSEBUD FALLS 0.00
SAN ANGELO WFO TOM GREEN 0.00
SAN MANUEL HIDALGO 0.00
SHEFFIELD PECOS 0.00
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 0.00
STERLING CITY STERLING 0.00
STERLING CITY 8 NE STERLING 0.00
TRENT TAYLOR 0.00
ZAPATA 1 S ZAPATA 0.00
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
HENDERSON RUSK 5.87
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
HENDERSON RUSK 2.95
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
VEGA 2 NW OLDHAM 52.2
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DONNA HIDALGO 76.0
Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
VEGA 2 NW OLDHAM 65.7
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 93.7
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
FALCON DAM STARR 109
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
STRATFORD SHERMAN 40
VEGA 2 NW OLDHAM 40
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
DELL CITY 5 SSW HUDSPETH 36.1
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 69.6
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 79
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MARFA 2 PRESIDIO 18

New Monthly Records

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
EASTLAND EASTLAND 0.05 0.10 (1920) 91
GRAHAM YOUNG 0.00 0.00 (1928) 98
STEPHENVILLE CLARK FLD ERATH 0.05 0.30 (1998) 61
SAN ANTONIO INTL AP BEXAR 0.01 0.05 (1998) 120
FT WORTH MEACHAM FLD TARRANT 0.63 0.70 (2001) 27
TYLER POUNDS FLD SMITH 0.33 0.68 (2001) 24
PRESIDIO PRESIDIO 0.00 0.00 (2003) 75
BIG SPRING HOWARD 0.00 0.00 (1991) 55
MINERAL WELLS AP PALO PINTO 0.05 0.60 (2003) 49
ALBANY SHACKELFORD 0.00 0.00 (1961) 102
AQUILLA 1 SSE HILL 0.97 1.04 (1992) 14
BENBROOK DAM TARRANT 0.18 0.31 (1983) 55
BIG BEND RCH SP PRESIDIO 0.00 0.00 (1998) 11
BIG SPRING HOWARD 0.00 0.00 (1991) 54
BIG WELLS 2W DIMMIT 0.00 0.00 (1978) 77
BRAZOS PALO PINTO 0.12 0.27 (1983) 63
BRECKENRIDGE STEPHENS 0.01 0.26 (1998) 73
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 0.00 0.00 (2003) 38
CASTOLON BREWSTER 0.00 0.00 (2001) 31
CENTER CITY MILLS 0.25 0.31 (1984) 42
CHALK MTN ERATH 0.00 0.27 (1987) 42
CLEBURNE JOHNSON 0.10 0.26 (1983) 94
CLEBURNE 7 SE JOHNSON 0.16 1.06 (1998) 11
COMANCHE COMANCHE 0.00 0.31 (1998) 85
COPE RCH REAGAN 0.00 0.00 (1998) 57
CORNUDAS SVC STN HUDSPETH 0.00 0.00 (2003) 58
CRANE 2E CRANE 0.00 0.00 (1998) 44
CRANFILLS GAP BOSQUE 0.49 0.71 (2003) 16
DE LEON 5 SW COMANCHE 0.01 0.23 (1998) 13
DUBLIN 2SE ERATH 0.00 0.28 (1909) 100
FLORESVILLE WILSON 0.00 0.00 (1989) 85
FT MCKAVETT MENARD 0.00 0.10 (1998) 11
FT WORTH WSFO TARRANT 0.41 0.82 (2001) 14
LEWISVILLE DAM DENTON 0.15 0.23 (1987) 51
GOLDTHWAITE 1 WSW MILLS 0.33 0.42 (1988) 72
HUCKABAY ERATH 0.00 0.50 (1983) 38
JACKSBORO JACK 0.04 0.30 (1961) 58
KOPPERL 5 NNE HILL 0.12 0.95 (1998) 17
LAKE BRIDGEPORT DAM WISE 0.17 1.03 (2003) 11
LAMPASAS LAMPASAS 0.00 0.25 (1920) 103
LEATHERWOOD RCH ERATH 0.00 0.15 (2001) 14
LIPAN PALO PINTO 0.00 0.00 (2001) 53
MCALLEN HIDALGO 0.00 0.00 (1998) 58
MIDLAND 4 ENE MIDLAND 0.00 0.00 (2003) 89
MORGAN MILL ERATH 0.08 0.20 (1974) 50
OAK CREEK LAKE COKE 0.09 0.16 (1998) 43
ODESSA ECTOR 0.00 0.00 (1998) 52
PAINT ROCK CONCHO 0.00 0.00 (2001) 81
PEARSALL FRIO 0.00 0.00 (2003) 96
PENWELL ECTOR 0.00 0.00 (1998) 50
PERSIMMON GAP BREWSTER 0.00 0.00 (1998) 23
PORT ISABEL CAMERON 0.00 0.00 (2000) 73
PROCTOR RSVR COMANCHE 0.04 0.24 (1991) 41
RAINBOW SOMERVELL 0.08 0.20 (1987) 64
RAYMONDVILLE WILLACY 0.00 0.00 (1999) 91
RISING STAR 1 S EASTLAND 0.00 0.43 (1998) 59
ROANOKE DENTON 0.08 0.21 (1987) 62
ROBERT LEE COKE 0.00 0.00 (1998) 58
ROCKSPRINGS 26SSW EDWARDS 0.00 0.00 (1998) 10
ROSCOE NOLAN 0.00 0.00 (1991) 70
ROSEBUD FALLS 0.00 0.00 (2003) 30
SHEFFIELD PECOS 0.00 0.00 (2000) 44
SILVER VALLEY COLEMAN 0.28 0.43 (1998) 32
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 0.00 0.00 (1999) 13
STEPHENVILLE 1 N ERATH 0.05 0.30 (1998) 61
STERLING CITY STERLING 0.00 0.00 (1998) 74
STERLING CITY 8 NE STERLING 0.00 0.00 (1998) 29
STRAWN 8 NNE PALO PINTO 0.05 0.35 (1998) 55
GORDON 1 SW PALO PINTO 0.05 0.28 (1998) 42
TRENT TAYLOR 0.00 0.00 (1998) 60
VALLEY MILLS BOSQUE 0.32 0.97 (2001) 13
WEATHERFORD PARKER 0.11 0.32 (1987) 103
WEST MCLENNAN 0.12 0.77 (2003) 12
WOODSON THROCKMORTON 0.01 0.47 (1991) 16
ZAPATA 1 S ZAPATA 0.00 0.00 (1999) 44
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
FT MCKAVETT MENARD 62.3 62.9 (2004) 10
Highest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 90 89 (1988) 19
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
BAY CITY WTR WKS MATAGORDA 54.0 54.3 (1973) 61
BENAVIDES 2 DUVAL 55.0 55.2 (1996) 34
DELL CITY 5 SSW HUDSPETH 36.1 38.0 (1998) 25
EDEN CONCHO 46.0 48.7 (1951) 43
FT MCKAVETT MENARD 46.9 48.6 (1998) 10
GATESVILLE 4 SSE CORYELL 47.0 48.5 (1987) 72
PANTHER JUNCTION BREWSTER 44.6 46.4 (1973) 45
PENWELL ECTOR 43.8 43.9 (1987) 33
PLEASANTON ATASCOSA 53.4 54.5 (1997) 14
PRADE RCH REAL 45.0 46.1 (1997) 36
WASHINGTON SP WASHINGTON 49.5 50.5 (1987) 52
Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 79 78 (2002) 10
Lowest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HARLINGEN RIO GRANDE AP CAMERON 42 45 (2003) 17
ALICE INTL AP JIM WELLS 42 43 (1952) 10
ACTON RCH CROCKETT 27 29 (2003) 12
CARRIZO SPRINGS 3W DIMMIT 34 34 (1987) 68
HUDSPETH RIVER RANCH VAL VERDE 33 33 (2003) 17
PANTHER JUNCTION BREWSTER 28 30 (1997) 45
PLEASANTON ATASCOSA 34 34 (2003) 14
PROCTOR RSVR COMANCHE 28 28 (1989) 40
SAN ANTONIO/SEAWORLD BEXAR 36 37 (1996) 14

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) 6.53 (2003) 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 86.0 104 (2004) 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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