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Texas Climate Report: September 2005

The big story for all of Texas in the month of September was the excessive heat. Average temperatures ranged anywhere between 3°F to 6°F above normal standards for monthly average temperatures. The peak of the heat hit Texas, especially the eastern half of the state after Hurricane Rita came on shore in extreme western Louisiana. Many stations had the warmest September ever, including Austin, College Station, Dallas, and Houston. Corpus Christi set or tied record highs for eight consecutive days from the 22nd through the 29th. College Station recorded a high of 105°F on the 26th, shattering the previous record high for the date by a full seven degrees. On the same day, Austin Mabry recorded its highest ever autumn temperature of 107°F. Needless to say, the heat wave was one of historical proportions.

Thankfully, the other big story for the month of September, Hurricane Rita, was not a record-breaker. The biggest impact on Texas was felt in the Beaumont/Port Arthur area in the form of hurricane force winds and excessive rainfall. The peak wind speed at Southeast Texas Regional Airport was 105 mph, enough to cause extensive but not catastrophic damage in the region. Rainfall totals at the same station were 8.89" in the 24-hour period starting on the 23rd. Longview saw 2.41" of rain and Lufkin 2.56" of rain from Rita.

Aside from Hurricane Rita, rainfall was sparse for the rest of the state. An exception was El Paso, which saw almost twice of its normal September precipitation. Marfa, in Presidio County, saw a remarkable 6.42" of rainfall on the 28th. Along with having its warmest September on record, College Station experienced its driest September on record with only a trace of rainfall for the entire month. Midland did not even have a trace of rain, while other stations such as Amarillo (0.14"), Del Rio (0.02"), and San Angelo (0.02") were also extremely dry.

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 92.2 +5.5 104 67.2 +2.8 54 79.7 +4.2 3 0.56 19% 0.40 0 450
Amarillo 86.5 +4.7 96 58.7 +2.4 45 72.6 +3.5 2 0.14 7% 0.08 8 244
Austin 95.9 +5.8 107 72.9 +4.1 69 84.4 +4.9 3 1.44 49% 0.81 0 590
Brownsville 93.9 +4.5 104 75.7 +3.1 72 84.8 +3.8 11 2.70 51% 1.00 0 600
College Station 96.7 +5.8 105 73.2 +4.7 67 85.0 +5.3 0 0.00 0% 0.00 0 608
Corpus Christi 94.5 +4.6 106 74.5 +2.9 72 84.5 +3.7 10 4.43 88% 1.58 0 589
Dallas‑Fort Worth 95.2 +7.5 104 72.2 +5.0 61 83.7 +6.2 2 1.36 56% 0.96 0 570
Del Rio 97.8 +7.2 107 72.9 +3.5 66 85.4 +5.4 1 0.02 1% 0.02 0 620
El Paso 90.6 +3.5 97 65.5 +1.8 56 78.1 +2.7 7 2.77 172% 1.31 0 398
Galveston 90.2 +3.7 96 78.9 +3.3 73 84.6 +3.5 N/A N/A N/A 0.89 0 593
Houston 93.2 +3.9 100 73.6 +5.2 67 83.4 +4.5 7 2.63 61% 1.17 0 558
Lubbock 89.7 +6.3 100 62.2 +3.8 49 75.9 +5.0 1 0.28 11% 0.28 6 343
Midland 91.7 +5.6 102 64.1 +2.5 54 77.9 +4.0 0 0.00 0% 0.00 3 397
Port Arthur 92.7 +4.7 101 73.4 +4.0 66 83.1 +4.4 2 8.89 146% 8.84 0 551
San Angelo 93.0 +6.4 107 65.6 +2.6 56 79.3 +4.5 1 0.02 1% 0.02 0 432
San Antonio 95.4 +5.4 105 73.1 +4.3 67 84.3 +4.9 3 1.39 46% 1.36 0 585
Victoria 95.5 +5.6 104 73.0 +2.7 68 84.3 +4.2 5 1.43 29% 1.18 0 585
Waco 95.1 +5.0 108 70.4 +3.4 61 82.7 +4.1 2 0.57 20% 0.46 0 537
Wichita Falls 92.5 +5.0 100 66.5 +2.8 55 79.5 +3.9 4 4.06 127% 1.75 0 441
Shreveport, LA 95.2 +7.6 103 71.4 +5.0 58 83.3 +6.3 5 5.66 176% 5.52 0 558
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.

sep 2005 average temperatures
sep 2005 average precipitation

Monthly Extremes

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
MONAHANS 6 ENE WARD 0.00
COLLEGE STN BRAZOS 0.00
MIDLAND INTL AP MIDLAND 0.00
BIG SPRING HOWARD 0.00
ACTON RCH CROCKETT 0.00
ALBANY SHACKELFORD 0.00
ANSON JONES 0.00
ASPERMONT STONEWALL 0.00
BIG SPRING 5 NE HOWARD 0.00
BIG SPRING HOWARD 0.00
CAMP VERDE 3W KERR 0.00
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 0.00
CRANE 2E CRANE 0.00
DAVILLA MILAM 0.00
DRYDEN 14 S TERRELL 0.00
FLORENCE 3 SE WILLIAMSON 0.00
FORSAN HOWARD 0.00
FORT STOCKTON 38SE PECOS 0.00
HARPER 1W GILLESPIE 0.00
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 0.00
HUDSPETH RIVER RANCH VAL VERDE 0.00
HUMBLE PUMP STN 5 WN SUTTON 0.00
K‑BAR RCH ECTOR 0.00
KERMIT WINKLER 0.00
KNAPP 2 SW SCURRY 0.00
LAGUNA 3N UVALDE 0.00
LANGTRY VAL VERDE 0.00
LEES GLASSCOCK 0.00
MCCAMEY UPTON 0.00
MENARD MENARD 0.00
MIDLAND 4 ENE MIDLAND 0.00
MIDLAND 4SW MIDLAND 0.00
MONAHANS WARD 0.00
ODESSA ECTOR 0.00
ODESSA 1SE ECTOR 0.00
OZONA 22SE CROCKETT 0.00
PANDALE 1 N VAL VERDE 0.00
PENWELL ECTOR 0.00
PERRYTON 11 WNW OCHILTREE 0.00
PRADE RCH REAL 0.00
ROBERT LEE COKE 0.00
ROCKSPRINGS 26SSW EDWARDS 0.00
SHEFFIELD PECOS 0.00
SONORA SUTTON 0.00
SOUTH CAMP 6666 KING 0.00
STAMFORD 1 JONES 0.00
STERLING CITY 8 NE STERLING 0.00
WATER VALLEY 11 NNE COKE 0.00
WELLINGTON COLLINGSWORTH 0.00
WINTERS 1 NNE RUNNELS 0.00
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value
SAM RAYBURN DAM JASPER 15.12
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches)
Station County Value
SAM RAYBURN DAM JASPER 14.00
Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MARFA 2 PRESIDIO 69.3
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
LAREDO 2 WEBB 88.1
Lowest Average Daily Maximum&nnbsp;Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
CHISOS BASIN BREWSTER 82.9
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 104.0
Highest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 113
Lowest Maximum Temperature  (°F)
Station County Value
DUMAS MOORE 59
Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
MARFA 2 PRESIDIO 52.9
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 80.2
Highest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
PALACIOS MUNI AP MATAGORDA 84
FT WORTH NAS TARRANT 84
PADRE IS NS KLEBERG 84
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 84
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value
LEFORS GRAY 30

New Monthly Records

Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
COLLEGE STN BRAZOS 0.00 0.00 (1899) 105
FT WORTH NAS TARRANT 0.00 0.01 (1956) 27
JUNCTION KIMBLE CO AP KIMBLE 0.04 0.39 (1956) 28
MIDLAND INTL AP MIDLAND 0.00 0.00 (2000) 75
BIG SPRING HOWARD 0.00 0.00 (2000) 54
ACTON RCH CROCKETT 0.00 0.00 (1999) 13
ALBANY SHACKELFORD 0.00 0.00 (1979) 100
AMISTAD DAM VAL VERDE 0.05 0.05 (1981) 42
ANSON JONES 0.00 0.00 (1998) 49
ASPERMONT STONEWALL 0.00 0.00 (1983) 90
BIG SPRING HOWARD 0.00 0.00 (2000) 56
BORGER HUTCHINSON 0.06 0.09 (2000) 57
CARTA VALLEY EDWARDS 0.00 0.00 (1992) 37
CRANE 2E CRANE 0.00 0.05 (1983) 47
CRANFILLS GAP BOSQUE 0.32 0.37 (1999) 14
DAVILLA MILAM 0.00 0.00 (1999) 52
DEL RIO 2 NW VAL VERDE 0.11 0.32 (1999) 10
EL CAMPO WHARTON 0.48 0.58 (1953) 34
FALCON DAM STARR 0.29 0.50 (1966) 43
FLAT CORYELL 0.02 0.24 (1999) 15
FLORENCE 3 SE WILLIAMSON 0.00 0.00 (1999) 39
FORSAN HOWARD 0.00 0.00 (1977) 57
FT WORTH WSFO TARRANT 0.19 0.29 (1948) 15
GRANGER WILLIAMSON 0.24 0.50 (1997) 37
HARPER 1W GILLESPIE 0.00 0.03 (1979) 62
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 0.00 0.00 (2000) 11
HUDSPETH RIVER RANCH VAL VERDE 0.00 0.00 (1999) 18
HUMBLE PUMP STN 5 WN SUTTON 0.00 0.00 (1979) 52
JOE POOL LAKE DALLAS 0.50 0.72 (1997) 18
KNAPP 2 SW SCURRY 0.00 0.00 (2000) 68
LANGTRY VAL VERDE 0.00 0.00 (1999) 55
MCCAMEY UPTON 0.00 0.00 (2000) 68
MENARD MENARD 0.00 0.00 (1979) 89
MIDLAND 4 ENE MIDLAND 0.00 0.00 (1992) 83
MONAHANS WARD 0.00 0.00 (2000) 45
NORTHINGTON RCH KENDALL 0.58 0.89 (1999) 20
ODESSA ECTOR 0.00 0.00 (2000) 51
PANDALE 1 N VAL VERDE 0.00 0.00 (1999) 49
PENWELL ECTOR 0.00 0.00 (2000) 43
PERRYTON 11 WNW OCHILTREE 0.00 0.00 (2000) 59
PRADE RCH REAL 0.00 0.00 (1999) 40
ROBERT LEE COKE 0.00 0.00 (2000) 60
ROCKDALE MILAM 0.08 0.26 (1999) 40
ROCKSPRINGS 26SSW EDWARDS 0.00 0.16 (1999) 11
ROSSER KAUFMAN 0.13 0.22 (2004) 61
ROUND ROCK 3 NE WILLIAMSON 0.21 0.35 (1993) 38
SHEFFIELD PECOS 0.00 0.00 (2001) 42
SOMERVILLE DAM BURLESON 0.12 0.22 (1988) 40
SONORA SUTTON 0.00 0.05 (1951) 59
SOUTH CAMP 6666 KING 0.00 0.00 (2000) 15
STAMFORD 1 JONES 0.00 0.00 (1959) 85
STERLING CITY 8 NE STERLING 0.00 0.00 (2000) 30
TEAGUE RCH GILLESPIE 0.04 0.43 (1997) 58
THORNDALE MILAM 0.10 0.25 (1999) 38
WATER VALLEY 11 NNE COKE 0.00 0.00 (2000) 45
WELLINGTON COLLINGSWORTH 0.00 0.00 (2000) 61
WINTERS 1 NNE RUNNELS 0.00 0.00 (1979) 38
Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
SAM RAYBURN DAM JASPER 15.12 8.25 (1998) 37
Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours Ever in the Month (inches)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
LONGVIEW 11 SE RUSK 3.46 3.15 (1990) 30
BRANDON HILL 3.26 1.92 (2002) 14
BROADDUS 1 NE SAN AUGUSTINE 8.30 5.72 (1961) 60
CHARLIE CLAY 2.45 2.00 (1996) 10
CHIRENO NACOGDOCHES 7.13 3.33 (1998) 17
HEMPHILL 6 NE SABINE 4.00 3.80 (2002) 12
JASPER JASPER 7.60 7.00 (1996) 57
KARNACK HARRISON 6.23 5.84 (1950) 58
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 4.50 3.50 (1994) 33
NEUVILLE SHELBY 8.53 4.89 (1961) 40
SAM RAYBURN DAM JASPER 14.00 5.97 (1979) 37
Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
COLLEGE STN BRAZOS 85.0 84.5 (1911) 106
DALLAS FT WORTH AP TARRANT 83.7 83.7 (1939) 108
LONGVIEW 11 SE RUSK 82.1 81.8 (1998) 28
HARLINGEN RIO GRANDE AP CAMERON 84.7 84.4 (1959) 17
HOUSTON HOBBY AP HARRIS 84.5 82.9 (1998) 59
GALVESTON SCHOLES FLD GALVESTON 84.6 84.1 (1900) 130
PALACIOS MUNI AP MATAGORDA 85.1 82.8 (1980) 61
COLUMBUS COLORADO 82.7 82.6 (1998) 44
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 86.7 86.1 (1986) 44
HOUSTON INTERCONT AP HARRIS 83.4 83.2 (1980) 115
AUSTIN BERGSTROM AP TRAVIS 84.1 83.2 (1977) 57
FT WORTH NAS TARRANT 84.5 82.3 (1954) 27
AUSTIN‑CAMP MABRY TRAVIS 84.4 84.2 (1911) 107
DALLAS LOVE FLD DALLAS 84.6 84.1 (1998) 92
JUNCTION KIMBLE CO AP KIMBLE 81.3 79.3 (1959) 29
WINKLER CO AP WINKLER 84.1 81.7 (1977) 58
LUFKIN ANGELINA CO AP ANGELINA 83.2 83.2 (1933) 86
ACTON RCH CROCKETT 80.3 78.8 (1997) 13
ALVIN BRAZORIA 82.3 81.5 (1911) 36
AMISTAD DAM VAL VERDE 85.5 85.0 (1977) 41
ANGLETON 2 W BRAZORIA 82.6 82.3 (1995) 85
ARLINGTON SIX FLAGS TARRANT 83.4 80.3 (2000) 14
BARDWELL DAM ELLIS 82.4 81.5 (1998) 38
BAYTOWN HARRIS 83.8 83.0 (1998) 22
BEAUMONT RSCH CTR JEFFERSON 82.1 82.0 (1998) 38
BENAVIDES 2 DUVAL 85.0 84.5 (1986) 30
BISHOP NUECES 85.5 83.6 (1949) 19
BURLESON JOHNSON 83.5 82.8 (1998) 20
CANYON DAM COMAL 83.3 82.7 (1977) 43
CASTOLON BREWSTER 86.2 85.6 (1997) 24
CHARLOTTE 5 NNW ATASCOSA 86.8 85.7 (1977) 44
CHOKE CANYON DAM LIVE OAK 85.5 85.0 (1986) 22
CONROE MONTGOMERY 83.0 82.3 (1998) 74
CRYSTAL CITY ZAVALA 86.3 85.2 (2000) 54
DAINGERFIELD 9 S MORRIS 82.5 82.3 (1972) 46
DANEVANG 1 W WHARTON 83.6 83.5 (1911) 101
DEL RIO 2 NW VAL VERDE 84.2 82.7 (1997) 10
DRIPPING SPRINGS 6 E HAYS 81.5 81.0 (1986) 21
EL CAMPO WHARTON 85.8 82.4 (1954) 24
ENCINAL WEBB 87.0 85.7 (1926) 80
FAIRFIELD 3 W FREESTONE 81.9 81.5 (1977) 35
FALCON DAM STARR 87.2 86.1 (1980) 40
FERRIS ELLIS 83.1 82.2 (1998) 41
FLORESVILLE WILSON 84.1 84.1 (1977) 39
FT WORTH WSFO TARRANT 83.2 83.2 (1998) 11
FREDERICKSBURG GILLESPIE 80.7 80.7 (1977) 71
FREER DUVAL 85.2 84.4 (1982) 31
GONZALES 1N GONZALES 83.9 82.9 (1977) 41
GRANGER DAM WILLIAMSON 83.2 82.0 (1997) 25
GRAPEVINE DAM TARRANT 83.2 83.1 (1998) 49
HARLINGEN CAMERON 85.0 85.0 (1959) 79
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 87.8 85.7 (1998) 10
HOUSTON‑PORT HARRIS 85.4 84.2 (1998) 14
HOUSTON NWSO GALVESTON 81.9 81.2 (1998) 16
HUDSPETH RIVER RANCH VAL VERDE 82.3 81.6 (1997) 16
HUNTSVILLE WALKER 83.2 82.8 (1980) 93
JACKSONVILLE CHEROKEE 82.5 82.1 (1954) 36
JOHNSON CITY BLANCO 81.0 80.4 (1986) 35
KERRVILLE 3 NNE KERR 80.2 80.0 (1977) 31
LA GRANGE FAYETTE 84.2 83.2 (1977) 41
LAJITAS BREWSTER 85.0 84.6 (1997) 23
LAKE FORK RSVR WOOD 82.5 78.7 (2002) 17
LAMPASAS LAMPASAS 83.1 83.0 (1911) 103
LAREDO 2 WEBB 88.1 87.5 (1986) 40
LEXINGTON LEE 82.7 82.3 (1977) 41
LYTLE 3 W MEDINA 84.2 82.7 (1986) 29
MARATHON BREWSTER 75.2 74.6 (1998) 54
MCALLEN HIDALGO 87.2 85.3 (1985) 60
MC COOK HIDALGO 85.7 85.3 (1950) 59
MT PLEASANT TITUS 81.5 81.3 (2002) 56
MT VERNON FRANKLIN 82.4 80.2 (1998) 39
NAVARRO MILLS DAM NAVARRO 82.5 81.7 (1998) 41
NIXON GONZALES 84.1 83.1 (1977) 46
PERRYTON OCHILTREE 74.0 73.5 (1998) 37
PERSIMMON GAP BREWSTER 82.8 81.3 (1997) 16
PINE SPRINGS CULBERSON 71.8 70.4 (2002) 16
PLEASANTON ATASCOSA 84.0 83.6 (1997) 13
POINT COMFORT CALHOUN 84.5 84.5 (1986) 35
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 84.8 84.4 (1986) 18
PORT MANSFIELD WILLACY 83.7 82.6 (1962) 38
PORT O CONNOR CALHOUN 85.1 84.3 (1954) 45
RUSK CHEROKEE 81.5 80.4 (1998) 56
SANTA ROSA 3 WNW HIDALGO 85.8 83.3 (1996) 18
SOMERVILLE DAM BURLESON 84.5 82.3 (1980) 39
TEXARKANA BOWIE 81.9 80.5 (1998) 33
WRIGHT PATMAN DAM CASS 81.1 79.0 (1998) 29
THOMPSONS 3 WSW FORT BEND 85.0 82.1 (2004) 42
TILDEN 4 SSE MCMULLEN 85.5 85.4 (1986) 39
TYLER SMITH 82.5 82.0 (1998) 22
WASHINGTON SP WASHINGTON 83.8 82.5 (1980) 52
WELDER W'LIFE FOUND SAN PATRICIO 84.2 82.5 (1998) 12
Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
DALLAS FT WORTH AP TARRANT 95.2 95.1 (1939) 108
LONGVIEW 11 SE RUSK 94.2 92.3 (2000) 29
HARLINGEN RIO GRANDE AP CAMERON 94.6 93.1 (1959) 17
HOUSTON HOBBY AP HARRIS 93.2 91.5 (1977) 59
SAN ANTONIO INTL AP BEXAR 95.4 94.8 (1911) 121
PALACIOS MUNI AP MATAGORDA 93.0 92.8 (1954) 62
COLUMBUS COLORADO 98.8 98.8 (2000) 44
MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP HIDALGO 97.5 96.5 (1987) 44
AUSTIN BERGSTROM AP TRAVIS 97.5 95.2 (2000) 57
FT WORTH NAS TARRANT 96.2 94.5 (1954) 27
AUSTIN‑CAMP MABRY TRAVIS 95.9 94.9 (1926) 107
DALLAS LOVE FLD DALLAS 95.5 95.1 (1954) 92
FT WORTH MEACHAM FLD TARRANT 95.5 94.4 (1998) 27
JUNCTION KIMBLE CO AP KIMBLE 95.6 94.4 (1954) 29
WINKLER CO AP WINKLER 99.8 96.4 (1977) 59
ACTON RCH CROCKETT 95.0 93.2 (2000) 14
AMISTAD DAM VAL VERDE 98.2 98.1 (1977) 41
ARLINGTON SIX FLAGS TARRANT 94.8 93.5 (1893) 14
BARDWELL DAM ELLIS 96.1 94.1 (2000) 40
BAYTOWN HARRIS 93.0 91.2 (1998) 23
BENAVIDES 2 DUVAL 97.9 97.2 (1972) 33
BISHOP NUECES 96.6 94.8 (1945) 22
BURLESON JOHNSON 96.1 93.2 (2000) 20
CANYON DAM COMAL 94.8 94.4 (1977) 43
CASTOLON BREWSTER 101.4 100.7 (2000) 26
CHOKE CANYON DAM LIVE OAK 98.0 98.0 (2000) 22
CROCKETT HOUSTON 99.4 98.3 (1911) 67
CUERO DEWITT 99.3 99.1 (1911) 93
DAINGERFIELD 9 S MORRIS 94.5 93.2 (2000) 46
DANEVANG 1 W WHARTON 95.2 95.0 (1911) 102
DEL RIO 2 NW VAL VERDE 97.5 96.1 (2000) 10
EL CAMPO WHARTON 98.2 95.5 (1956) 27
ENCINAL WEBB 100.7 100.1 (1926) 83
FAIRFIELD 3 W FREESTONE 95.4 93.8 (1982) 35
FALCON DAM STARR 100.2 99.3 (2000) 40
FERRIS ELLIS 97.1 94.4 (1977) 43
FLORESVILLE WILSON 97.5 97.1 (1977) 39
FT HANCOCK 8 SSE HUDSPETH 94.1 93.8 (2000) 31
FT WORTH WSFO TARRANT 94.8 92.9 (1998) 11
FREDERICKSBURG GILLESPIE 95.1 94.0 (2000) 71
GONZALES 1N GONZALES 95.7 95.5 (2000) 41
GRANGER DAM WILLIAMSON 95.4 95.3 (1997) 25
GRAPEVINE DAM TARRANT 96.8 95.4 (1956) 49
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 104.0 101.3 (2000) 11
HENDERSON RUSK 93.6 92.7 (2000) 64
HOUSTON‑PORT HARRIS 94.3 93.8 (2000) 14
HUDSPETH RIVER RANCH VAL VERDE 96.2 95.9 (2000) 16
JOHNSON CITY BLANCO 94.8 94.1 (2000) 36
KERRVILLE 3 NNE KERR 93.8 93.1 (2000) 31
LA GRANGE FAYETTE 96.4 95.7 (2000) 43
LAKE FORK RSVR WOOD 97.8 92.3 (2002) 17
LAKE TAWAKONI RAINS 95.3 93.6 (2000) 30
LAREDO 2 WEBB 100.3 100.0 (1997) 40
LAVON DAM COLLIN 96.2 94.8 (1954) 53
LEXINGTON LEE 95.8 95.2 (2000) 44
LYTLE 3 W MEDINA 97.1 96.1 (2000) 29
MCALLEN HIDALGO 97.9 96.5 (1972) 61
MT PLEASANT TITUS 96.7 95.8 (1954) 57
MT VERNON FRANKLIN 95.7 91.7 (1980) 39
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 96.6 94.6 (2000) 33
NAVARRO MILLS DAM NAVARRO 96.3 94.7 (2000) 43
NIXON GONZALES 96.1 95.9 (2000) 47
PANHANDLE CARSON 90.5 90.5 (1998) 43
PEARSALL FRIO 99.0 98.1 (1977) 46
PERSIMMON GAP BREWSTER 96.3 95.1 (1982) 16
PINE SPRINGS CULBERSON 83.1 82.8 (1998) 17
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 90.6 89.2 (1997) 18
PORT ISABEL CAMERON 92.6 91.7 (1980) 64
PORT MANSFIELD WILLACY 91.4 89.5 (1972) 40
ROCKPORT ARANSAS 92.7 92.0 (2004) 46
SANTA ROSA 3 WNW HIDALGO 96.9 96.1 (2000) 19
SAN ANTONIO/SEAWORLD BEXAR 97.9 95.3 (2000) 18
SHEFFIELD PECOS 98.3 98.0 (1977) 37
SOMERVILLE DAM BURLESON 98.5 96.2 (2000) 39
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 90.0 88.6 (2004) 10
TEXARKANA BOWIE 93.9 92.3 (1980) 34
WRIGHT PATMAN DAM CASS 92.9 90.9 (2000) 30
THOMPSONS 3 WSW FORT BEND 95.8 93.3 (1999) 44
TILDEN 4 SSE MCMULLEN 98.9 97.8 (2000) 45
TYLER SMITH 94.6 91.8 (1997) 22
WASHINGTON SP WASHINGTON 99.0 96.8 (2000) 53
WHITNEY DAM BOSQUE 96.6 96.0 (1954) 56
Highest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
HARLINGEN RIO GRANDE AP CAMERON 103 99 (1998) 17
CORPUS CHRISTI NAS NUECES 104 100 (1977) 58
JUNCTION KIMBLE CO AP KIMBLE 107 107 (2000) 29
SAN ANGELO MATHIS FLD TOM GREEN 107 107 (1952) 88
WINKLER CO AP WINKLER 109 109 (1959) 59
ARANSAS WR ARANSAS 100 99 (1954) 42
EL CAMPO WHARTON 110 105 (1951) 27
ENCINAL WEBB 111 110 (2000) 83
FT MCKAVETT MENARD 103 100 (2000) 11
HEATH CANYON BREWSTER 113 112 (2001) 11
MEDINA 1NE BANDERA 104 104 (1985) 27
PORT ISABEL CAMERON 100 100 (2000) 64
PORT MANSFIELD WILLACY 102 99 (2002) 40
SHEFFIELD PECOS 108 107 (2000) 37
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 94 93 (2002) 10
THOMPSONS 3 WSW FORT BEND 104 100 (2004) 44
Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
PALACIOS MUNI AP MATAGORDA 77.3 75.1 (1998) 61
FT WORTH NAS TARRANT 72.9 71.5 (1955) 27
WINKLER CO AP WINKLER 68.5 67.0 (1977) 58
AMISTAD DAM VAL VERDE 72.8 72.1 (1986) 41
ARLINGTON SIX FLAGS TARRANT 72.0 69.4 (2002) 15
BIG SPRING HOWARD 67.8 67.7 (1998) 51
BISHOP NUECES 74.5 72.9 (1941) 19
CHARLOTTE 5 NNW ATASCOSA 73.8 73.6 (1986) 44
DEL RIO 2 NW VAL VERDE 70.8 70.8 (1998) 10
EL CAMPO WHARTON 73.4 72.1 (1955) 24
FALCON DAM STARR 74.2 74.1 (1998) 41
FLATONIA FAYETTE 73.8 73.8 (1933) 90
HOUSTON‑PORT HARRIS 76.6 75.9 (1998) 14
LAKE FORK RSVR WOOD 67.2 67.1 (1998) 17
LAMPASAS LAMPASAS 70.2 69.9 (1986) 103
MCALLEN HIDALGO 76.6 76.0 (1986) 60
MC COOK HIDALGO 74.3 74.1 (1998) 59
MERCEDES 6 SSE HIDALGO 75.7 75.1 (1933) 33
MT LOCKE JEFF DAVIS 58.4 58.4 (2000) 61
PANTHER JUNCTION BREWSTER 67.0 66.5 (1998) 45
PERRYTON OCHILTREE 60.3 58.1 (1969) 38
PERSIMMON GAP BREWSTER 69.4 69.1 (1997) 17
PINE SPRINGS CULBERSON 60.6 59.6 (2002) 17
PORT O CONNOR CALHOUN 79.0 77.8 (1998) 45
SANTA ROSA 3 WNW HIDALGO 74.7 74.6 (1998) 18
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CAMERON 80.2 78.0 (2004) 12
WRIGHT PATMAN DAM CASS 69.4 68.0 (2002) 30
THOMPSONS 3 WSW FORT BEND 74.2 72.6 (1986) 44
Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
FT WORTH NAS TARRANT 84 81 (1957) 27
JUNCTION KIMBLE CO AP KIMBLE 78 78 (2000) 29
WINKLER CO AP WINKLER 80 76 (1983) 58
LUBBOCK INTL AP LUBBOCK 73 73 (2000) 92
AMISTAD DAM VAL VERDE 79 79 (2000) 41
BORGER HUTCHINSON 74 74 (2000) 57
CHARLOTTE 5 NNW ATASCOSA 80 79 (2000) 44
GRANGER DAM WILLIAMSON 79 78 (2000) 26
HALLETTSVILLE 2 N LAVACA 80 79 (1927) 110
JACKSONVILLE CHEROKEE 77 77 (1998) 36
LEXINGTON LEE 79 78 (2002) 41
MERCEDES 6 SSE HIDALGO 82 79 (1940) 33
MT VERNON FRANKLIN 80 79 (1998) 39
NACOGDOCHES NACOGDOCHES 79 78 (2000) 33
PERSIMMON GAP BREWSTER 76 76 (1997) 17
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 84 84 (2000) 18
SANTA ROSA 3 WNW HIDALGO 81 81 (1996) 18
TILDEN 4 SSE MCMULLEN 79 79 (1989) 39
Lowest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F)
Station County Value Previous Record Yrs. Data
CORPUS CHRISTI NAS NUECES 51 54 (1985) 57
CRYSTAL CITY ZAVALA 47 50 (1948) 55
FT WORTH WSFO TARRANT 42 45 (1996) 11
PORT ARANSAS NUECES 52 57 (1995) 18

Climatic Averages for October

  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 77.6 103 (1979) 54.4 23 (1993) 2.90 10.88 (1941) 6.08 (1981) 2.2 0.3 6.2 93 118
Amarillo 71.8 99 (2000) 44.6 12 (1993) 1.50 7.64 (1941) 3.03 (1998) 0.8 2.3 5.0 239 26
Austin 81.4 100 (1938) 59.8 30 (1993) 3.97 12.63 (1925) 7.51 (1998) 4.4 0.0 7.4 32 207
Brownsville 84.0 99 (1900) 65.9 35 (1993) 3.78 17.12 (1958) 9.09 (1996) 6.2 0.0 7.3 6 332
College Station 82.0 102 (1938) 59.0 29 (1993) 4.22 18.77 (1994) 13.39 (1994) 3.2 0.1 7.6 25 196
Corpus Christi 83.6 98 (1950) 64.0 28 (1993) 3.94 12.03 (1997) 7.96 (1995) 5.5 0.0 6.7 12 300
Dallas‑Fort Worth 77.9 106 (1951) 56.4 24 (1917) 4.11 14.18 (1981) 4.85 (1959) 3.0 0.1 6.9 52 118
Del Rio 81.7 106 (1979) 60.5 28 (1993) 2.00 11.69 (1930) 7.60 (1969) 5.1 0.1 5.7 24 217
El Paso 77.9 96 (1994) 51.8 25 (1970) 0.81 5.15 (1884) 1.84 (1883) 2.4 0.5 4.9 89 71
Galveston 79.7 94 (1952) 68.4 39 (1993) 3.49 17.78 (1871) 14.01 (1901) 0.1 0.0 6.8 6 286
Houston 82.0 99 (1900) 58.8 29 (1993) 4.50 17.64 (1949) 9.31 (1984) 3.1 0.1 7.5 37 196
Lubbock 74.4 100 (2000) 47.0 18 (1993) 1.70 10.80 (1983) 5.82 (1983) 1.2 1.0 5.1 163 46
Midland 77.4 101 (2000) 51.3 24 (1993) 1.77 7.45 (1986) 3.59 (1985) 2.4 0.3 4.7 103 83
Port Arthur 80.5 99 (1905) 59.6 30 (1993) 4.67 15.09 (1970) 9.26 (1902) 1.5 0.1 6.5 34 195
San Angelo 77.8 100 (1951) 53.0 26 (1997) 2.57 8.68 (1981) 5.11 (1959) 2.7 0.3 5.6 84 112
San Antonio 82.0 99 (1991) 59.4 27 (1993) 3.86 18.07 (1998) 13.35 (1998) 4.9 0.0 6.9 33 215
Victoria 83.0 109 (1926) 61.6 31 (1993) 4.26 17.25 (1960) 8.15 (1994) 4.9 0.0 7.3 22 248
Waco 80.4 101 (1989) 56.7 25 (1993) 3.67 10.51 (1984) 5.72 (1974) 4.5 0.1 6.9 58 170
Wichita Falls 77.1 102 (2000) 52.4 21 (1993) 3.11 11.77 (1941) 5.61 (1959) 3.3 0.4 7.0 106 99
Shreveport, LA 78.3 99 (1938) 55.0 28 (1993) 4.45 14.02 (1949) 6.83 (1949) 1.8 0.2 7.4 78 119
Climatic averages are based on 1971-2000 monthly normals, which are provided by the National Climatic Data Center.
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