Texas Climate Report: September 2016
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 | 86.3 | ‑0.5 | 94 | 66.4 | +2.2 | 51 | 76.4 | +0.9 | 8 | 5.59 | 250% | 1.35 | 1 | 350 | |
| Amarillo | 83.9 | +1.3 | 93 | 59.3 | +2.9 | 46 | 71.6 | +2.1 | 3 | 0.82 | 43% | 0.68 | 9 | 212 | |
| Austin | 92.4 | +1.9 | 99 | 72.6 | +3.2 | 60 | 82.5 | +2.5 | 7 | 2.09 | 70% | 1.22 | 0 | 531 | |
| Brownsville | 94.7 | +4.2 | 98 | 75.9 | +2.8 | 71 | 85.3 | +3.5 | 9 | 1.98 | 33% | 0.70 | 0 | 616 | |
| College Station | 91.2 | +0.7 | 97 | 72.7 | +3.3 | 55 | 81.9 | +1.9 | 6 | 2.00 | 63% | 1.52 | 0 | 516 | |
| Corpus Christi | 94.0 | +3.9 | 99 | 75.5 | +3.5 | 64 | 84.8 | +3.8 | 9 | 3.05 | 61% | 1.94 | 0 | 599 | |
| Dallas‑Fort Worth | 91.0 | +2.6 | 100 | 71.9 | +4.4 | 57 | 81.5 | +3.5 | 5 | 0.98 | 38% | 0.38 | 0 | 501 | |
| Del Rio | 89.5 | ‑1.3 | 95 | 71.2 | +1.4 | 60 | 80.4 | +0.1 | 6 | 5.92 | 269% | 1.91 | 0 | 470 | |
| El Paso | 87.5 | ‑0.1 | 97 | 65.7 | +2.4 | 55 | 76.6 | +1.2 | 6 | 2.12 | 140% | 0.88 | 5 | 360 | |
| Galveston | 89.1 | +1.7 | 94 | 78.9 | +3.0 | 67 | 84.0 | +2.4 | 11 | 1.96 | 33% | 0.46 | 0 | 579 | |
| Houston | 91.8 | +2.1 | 97 | 73.5 | +3.7 | 58 | 82.7 | +2.9 | 8 | 1.70 | 41% | 0.69 | 0 | 536 | |
| Lubbock | 84.2 | ‑0.3 | 93 | 62.1 | +3.3 | 48 | 73.2 | +1.5 | 10 | 1.47 | 59% | 0.68 | 2 | 254 | |
| Midland | 88.2 | +1.3 | 97 | 66.0 | +4.0 | 52 | 77.1 | +2.6 | 6 | 2.11 | 113% | 0.61 | 1 | 369 | |
| Port Arthur | 91.9 | +3.7 | 98 | 73.3 | +3.6 | 56 | 82.6 | +3.6 | 14 | 4.00 | 67% | 3.17 | 0 | 535 | |
| San Angelo | 89.4 | +1.6 | 99 | 66.7 | +3.2 | 50 | 78.0 | +2.4 | 6 | 5.24 | 213% | 2.66 | 0 | 399 | |
| San Antonio | 91.2 | +0.9 | 97 | 72.4 | +3.3 | 59 | 81.8 | +2.1 | 6 | 6.30 | 208% | 4.75 | 0 | 513 | |
| Victoria | 91.7 | +1.3 | 97 | 71.2 | +2.0 | 54 | 81.4 | +1.6 | 7 | 2.55 | 61% | 1.30 | 0 | 501 | |
| Waco | 91.3 | +1.5 | 99 | 69.6 | +3.2 | 49 | 80.5 | +2.4 | 4 | 0.72 | 24% | 0.39 | 0 | 470 | |
| Wichita Falls | 89.6 | +1.5 | 100 | 66.5 | +3.2 | 51 | 78.1 | +2.4 | 8 | 9.82 | 349% | 5.43 | 2 | 400 | |
| Shreveport, LA | 91.0 | +2.8 | 97 | 70.5 | +4.9 | 56 | 80.8 | +3.9 | 2 | 0.16 | 5% | 0.14 | 0 | 481 | |
| *Dep.: Departure of the monthly average temperature from the 1981-2010 monthly normal, which is provided by the National Climatic Data Center. *Perc. Norm.: Monthly precipitation total divided by 1981-2010 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. |
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Monthly Extremes
| Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | |||||||||||||
| BIG SPRING WRINKLE AP | HOWARD | 0.04 | |||||||||||||
| Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | |||||||||||||
| WICHITA FALLS 10 ST | WICHITA | 11.12 | |||||||||||||
| Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours (inches) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | |||||||||||||
| SAN MARCOS | HAYS | 6.85 | |||||||||||||
| Lowest Average Daily Temperature (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | |||||||||||||
| MT LOCKE | JEFF DAVIS | 66.7 | |||||||||||||
| Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | |||||||||||||
| MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP | HIDALGO | 88.8 | |||||||||||||
| Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | |||||||||||||
| CHISOS BASIN | BREWSTER | 77.2 | |||||||||||||
| Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | |||||||||||||
| MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP | HIDALGO | 100.0 | |||||||||||||
| Highest Maximum Temperature (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | |||||||||||||
| RIO GRANDE VILLAGE | BREWSTER | 107 | |||||||||||||
| Lowest Maximum Temperature (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | |||||||||||||
| MT LOCKE | JEFF DAVIS | 47 | |||||||||||||
| Lowest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | |||||||||||||
| MULESHOE #1 | BAILEY | 55.2 | |||||||||||||
| Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | |||||||||||||
| MISSION 4 W | HIDALGO | 80.2 | |||||||||||||
| Highest Minimum Temperature (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | |||||||||||||
| MISSION 4 W | HIDALGO | 84 | |||||||||||||
| Lowest Minimum Temperature (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | |||||||||||||
| CANYON | RANDALL | 23 | |||||||||||||
New Monthly Records
| Least Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | Previous Record | Yrs. Data | |||||||||||
| TEXARKANA | BOWIE | 0.10 | 0.41 (1994) | 48 | |||||||||||
| Greatest Precipitation Overall for the Month (inches) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | Previous Record | Yrs. Data | |||||||||||
| BURKBURNETT 2 NE | WICHITA | 8.05 | 4.67 (1996) | 11 | |||||||||||
| DALHART | DALLAM | 3.83 | 3.03 (2014) | 11 | |||||||||||
| Greatest Precipitation in 24 Hours Ever in the Month (inches) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | Previous Record | Yrs. Data | |||||||||||
| BRONTE 11 NNE | COKE | 3.29 | 3.03 (2010) | 10 | |||||||||||
| BURKBURNETT 2 NE | WICHITA | 3.57 | 1.26 (2015) | 11 | |||||||||||
| CALLIHAM | MCMULLEN | 5.10 | 3.70 (2009) | 34 | |||||||||||
| DALHART | DALLAM | 2.10 | 1.30 (2014) | 11 | |||||||||||
| JUNCTION KIMBLE CO AP | KIMBLE | 2.75 | 2.71 (2009) | 39 | |||||||||||
| LOMA ALTA | MCMULLEN | 6.24 | 4.09 (1950) | 16 | |||||||||||
| Highest Average Daily Temperature (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | Previous Record | Yrs. Data | |||||||||||
| ANGLETON BRAZORIA AP | BRAZORIA | 83.5 | 83.4 (2011) | 13 | |||||||||||
| BROWNSVILLE INTL AP | CAMERON | 85.3 | 85.0 (1900) | 96 | |||||||||||
| CHEAPSIDE | GONZALES | 81.5 | 81.3 (2013) | 11 | |||||||||||
| CONROE MONTGOMERY CO AP | MONTGOMERY | 80.4 | 80.3 (2013) | 13 | |||||||||||
| C C BOTANICAL GARDENS | NUECES | 83.8 | 83.5 (2011) | 12 | |||||||||||
| EDINBURG | HIDALGO | 85.2 | 85.0 (2005) | 11 | |||||||||||
| HARLINGEN | CAMERON | 86.0 | 85.0 (2005) | 86 | |||||||||||
| HOUSTON CLOVER FLD | BRAZORIA | 84.7 | 83.0 (2013) | 15 | |||||||||||
| HOUSTON NWSO | GALVESTON | 82.3 | 81.9 (2005) | 27 | |||||||||||
| LUMBERTON | HARDIN | 81.3 | 81.3 (2013) | 12 | |||||||||||
| MCALLEN | HIDALGO | 87.8 | 87.2 (2005) | 67 | |||||||||||
| MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP | HIDALGO | 88.8 | 87.7 (2011) | 55 | |||||||||||
| Lowest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | Previous Record | Yrs. Data | |||||||||||
| MISSION 4 W | HIDALGO | 86.4 | 88.2 (1984) | 71 | |||||||||||
| Highest Average Daily Maximum Temperature (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | Previous Record | Yrs. Data | |||||||||||
| HOUSTON CLOVER FLD | BRAZORIA | 92.9 | 92.4 (2011) | 15 | |||||||||||
| MCALLEN | HIDALGO | 98.6 | 97.9 (2005) | 69 | |||||||||||
| MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP | HIDALGO | 100.0 | 100.0 (2011) | 55 | |||||||||||
| Highest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | Previous Record | Yrs. Data | |||||||||||
| HOUSTON CLOVER FLD | BRAZORIA | 99 | 98 (2011) | 15 | |||||||||||
| Lowest Maximum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | Previous Record | Yrs. Data | |||||||||||
| MCKINNEY MUNI AP | COLLIN | 69 | 69 (2014) | 13 | |||||||||||
| PINE SPRINGS NP | CULBERSON | 53 | 53 (2014) | 13 | |||||||||||
| Highest Average Daily Minimum Temperature (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | Previous Record | Yrs. Data | |||||||||||
| ANGLETON BRAZORIA AP | BRAZORIA | 74.4 | 72.1 (2013) | 13 | |||||||||||
| BROWNFIELD 2 | TERRY | 61.8 | 61.8 (2015) | 61 | |||||||||||
| BURNET MUNI AP | BURNET | 69.9 | 69.7 (2015) | 16 | |||||||||||
| CALLIHAM | MCMULLEN | 72.3 | 72.3 (2005) | 16 | |||||||||||
| CANYON DAM 2 | COMAL | 64.7 | 64.5 (2009) | 13 | |||||||||||
| CHEAPSIDE | GONZALES | 71.8 | 71.2 (2013) | 11 | |||||||||||
| COLUMBUS | COLORADO | 72.0 | 72.0 (1998) | 52 | |||||||||||
| CONROE MONTGOMERY CO AP | MONTGOMERY | 69.8 | 68.9 (2007) | 13 | |||||||||||
| CORPUS CHRISTI NWS | NUECES | 75.3 | 75.0 (2005) | 12 | |||||||||||
| C C BOTANICAL GARDENS | NUECES | 75.9 | 75.4 (2009) | 12 | |||||||||||
| DRYDEN 10 NE | TERRELL | 67.4 | 66.6 (2013) | 14 | |||||||||||
| EDINBURG | HIDALGO | 75.6 | 74.2 (2010) | 11 | |||||||||||
| FALCON DAM | STARR | 74.3 | 74.2 (2005) | 51 | |||||||||||
| FREEPORT 2 NW | BRAZORIA | 77.7 | 77.5 (1986) | 55 | |||||||||||
| GALVESTON SCHOLES FLD | GALVESTON | 78.9 | 78.9 (2005) | 35 | |||||||||||
| HOUSTON CLOVER FLD | BRAZORIA | 76.4 | 74.7 (2013) | 15 | |||||||||||
| HOUSTON NWSO | GALVESTON | 75.7 | 73.9 (2013) | 27 | |||||||||||
| LAKE KEMP | BAYLOR | 71.7 | 70.0 (1998) | 44 | |||||||||||
| LONGVIEW | GREGG | 70.6 | 68.4 (2005) | 14 | |||||||||||
| LUMBERTON | HARDIN | 70.9 | 70.2 (2002) | 12 | |||||||||||
| MCALLEN | HIDALGO | 77.1 | 76.6 (2005) | 67 | |||||||||||
| MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP | HIDALGO | 77.6 | 76.4 (1986) | 55 | |||||||||||
| MISSION 4 W | HIDALGO | 80.2 | 76.1 (1986) | 72 | |||||||||||
| SAM RAYBURN DAM | JASPER | 70.7 | 70.6 (1986) | 46 | |||||||||||
| TAYLOR 1 NW | WILLIAMSON | 70.4 | 69.9 (2005) | 17 | |||||||||||
| Highest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | Previous Record | Yrs. Data | |||||||||||
| BEAUMONT CITY | JEFFERSON | 81 | 80 (2014) | 63 | |||||||||||
| BRONTE 11 NNE | COKE | 74 | 74 (2015) | 10 | |||||||||||
| C C BOTANICAL GARDENS | NUECES | 81 | 81 (2009) | 12 | |||||||||||
| DIMMITT 2 N | CASTRO | 66 | 66 (2015) | 54 | |||||||||||
| FALCON DAM | STARR | 80 | 80 (2011) | 51 | |||||||||||
| HONDO MUNI AP | MEDINA | 78 | 78 (2015) | 39 | |||||||||||
| LEFORS | GRAY | 70 | 70 (2014) | 13 | |||||||||||
| MISSION 4 W | HIDALGO | 84 | 80 (1987) | 72 | |||||||||||
| VIGO PARK | SWISHER | 68 | 68 (2014) | 14 | |||||||||||
| Lowest Minimum Temperature Ever in the Month (°F) | |||||||||||||||
| Station | County | Value | Previous Record | Yrs. Data | |||||||||||
| AUSTIN 8SSE | TRAVIS | 50 | 51 (2010) | 11 | |||||||||||
| CANYON | RANDALL | 23 | 29 (1983) | 55 | |||||||||||
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 | 77.3 | 103 (1979) | 54.3 | 23 (1993) | 2.98 | 10.88 (1941) | 6.08 (1981) | 1.3 | 0.2 | 6.6 | 93 | 118 | |||
| Amarillo | 71.9 | 99 (2000) | 44.7 | 12 (1993) | 1.66 | 7.64 (1941) | 3.03 (1998) | 0.6 | 1.6 | 5.3 | 236 | 28 | |||
| Austin | 81.8 | 100 (1938) | 60.6 | 30 (1993) | 3.88 | 12.63 (1925) | 7.51 (1998) | 4.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 29 | 221 | |||
| Brownsville | 85.7 | 99 (1900) | 66.9 | 35 (1993) | 3.74 | 17.12 (1958) | 9.09 (1996) | 6.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 4 | 354 | |||
| College Station | 81.4 | 102 (1938) | 60.3 | 29 (1993) | 4.91 | 18.77 (1994) | 13.39 (1994) | 2.8 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 35 | 216 | |||
| Corpus Christi | 84.4 | 101 (2012) | 64.8 | 28 (1993) | 3.64 | 12.03 (1997) | 7.96 (1995) | 4.9 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 10 | 308 | |||
| Dallas‑Fort Worth | 78.3 | 106 (1951) | 56.8 | 24 (1917) | 4.22 | 14.18 (1981) | 4.85 (1959) | 1.9 | 0.1 | 7.4 | 66 | 146 | |||
| Del Rio | 82.4 | 106 (1979) | 61.0 | 28 (1993) | 2.23 | 11.69 (1930) | 7.60 (1969) | 4.4 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 23 | 230 | |||
| El Paso | 78.2 | 96 (2015) | 52.0 | 25 (1970) | 0.61 | 5.15 (1884) | 1.84 (1883) | 0.6 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 79 | 82 | |||
| Galveston | 80.6 | 94 (1952) | 68.1 | 39 (1993) | 5.52 | 17.78 (1871) | 14.01 (1901) | 0.2 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 9 | 299 | |||
| Houston | 82.0 | 99 (1900) | 60.9 | 29 (1993) | 5.70 | 17.64 (1949) | 9.31 (1984) | 3.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 29 | 229 | |||
| Lubbock | 75.2 | 100 (2000) | 47.9 | 18 (1993) | 1.93 | 10.80 (1983) | 5.82 (1983) | 0.9 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 159 | 52 | |||
| Midland | 77.9 | 101 (2000) | 51.8 | 24 (1993) | 1.73 | 7.45 (1986) | 3.59 (1985) | 2.1 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 98 | 93 | |||
| Port Arthur | 80.6 | 99 (1905) | 60.5 | 30 (1993) | 5.58 | 15.09 (1970) | 9.26 (1902) | 0.8 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 33 | 205 | |||
| San Angelo | 78.8 | 100 (1951) | 53.6 | 26 (1997) | 2.73 | 8.68 (1981) | 5.11 (1959) | 2.1 | 0.3 | 6.2 | 82 | 119 | |||
| San Antonio | 82.2 | 99 (1991) | 60.1 | 27 (1993) | 4.11 | 18.07 (1998) | 13.35 (1998) | 3.7 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 31 | 221 | |||
| Victoria | 83.5 | 109 (1926) | 60.9 | 31 (1993) | 4.64 | 17.25 (1960) | 8.15 (1994) | 4.3 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 22 | 245 | |||
| Waco | 79.9 | 101 (1989) | 56.6 | 25 (1993) | 3.90 | 15.19 (2015) | 7.75 (2015) | 3.3 | 0.1 | 7.2 | 61 | 162 | |||
| Wichita Falls | 77.0 | 102 (2000) | 52.0 | 21 (1993) | 3.11 | 11.77 (1941) | 5.61 (1959) | 2.2 | 0.3 | 7.4 | 113 | 97 | |||
| Shreveport, LA | 78.2 | 99 (1938) | 54.6 | 28 (1993) | 4.96 | 20.35 (2009) | 6.83 (1949) | 1.3 | 0.1 | 8.0 | 80 | 124 | |||
| Climatic averages are based on 1981-2010 monthly normals, which are provided by the National Climatic Data Center. | |||||||||||||||
