1996 MONTHLY CLIMATIC DATA FOR BROWNSVILLE,TX
JAN.  FEB.  MAR.  APR.  MAY  JUN.  JUL.  AUG.  SEP.  OCT.  NOV.  DEC. 
AVG. HIGH TEMP. 72.8 73.6 75.2 82.7 90.1 93.6 95.5 93.1 89.0 84.1 80.1 73.9
DEPARTURE FROM AVG. +3.9 +1.4 -3.2 -1.3 +2.3 +2.6 +2.2 -0.5 -1.4 -1.2 +0.8 +2.0
AVG. LOW TEMP. 48.8 53.8 55.1 61.4 75.2 75.8 77.1 76.3 74.1 67.9 58.9 54.2
DEPARTURE FROM AVG. -1.1 +1.3 -4.0 -5.1 +3.2 +0.9 +1.4 +0.9 +0.9 +1.8 -0.1 +1.8
AVG. MONTHLY TEMP. 60.8 63.7 65.2 72.1 82.7 84.7 86.3 84.7 81.6 76.0 69.5 64.1
DEPARTURE FROM AVG. +1.4 +1.3 -3.6 -3.2 +2.8 +1.7 +1.8 +0.2 -0.2 +0.3 +0.8 +2.0
AVG. MONTHLY DEW POINT 50.4 54.5 53.6 62.1 72.7 73.3 74.0 74.6 75.1 69.9 61.6 56.9
TOTAL COOLING DEGREE DAYS 54 129 134 240 553 596 668 621 507 349 187 110
TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS 177 158 122 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 44 135
TOTAL PRECIP. (INCHES) 0.07 0.15 TRACE 0.50 0.08 0.01 0.65 5.77 8.57 11.49 0.66 0.77
DEPARTURE FROM AVG. (INCHES) -1.50 -0.91 -0.53 -1.06 -2.86 -2.72 +0.48 +3.00 +2.57 +8.69 -0.85 -0.48
AVG. STATION PRESSURE (INCHES) 30.04 30.04 30.01 29.92 29.88 29.91 29.94 29.95 29.86 29.93 30.04 30.06
AVG. SEA LEVEL PRESS. (INCHES) 30.06 30.06 30.02 29.94 29.89 29.93 29.95 29.97 29.88 29.94 30.05 30.07
AVG. WIND SPEED (MPH) 11.5 12.8 12.2 13.6 15.8 11.2 11.7 10.6 8.3 8.5 9.2 7.6
AVG. WIND DIRECTION (DEGREES)) 170 160 120 150 150 140 50 60 - 150 140 120



(ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)

(AVERAGE WIND DIRECTION READ AS 90 DEG = EAST, 180 DEG = SOUTH, 270 DEG = WEST, 360 DEG = NORTH)



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