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Location Normal Monthly Temp. Normal High Normal Low All time High All time Low Normal Rainfall All Time
Driest All Time
Wettest

Austin/Mabry 54.6 65.1 44.0 99 -1 1.99 0 9.41

Austin/Bergstrom 55.5 66.5 44.4 101 8 1.73 0.02 7.34

Del Rio 56.1 68.0 44.1 99 11 0.96 0 7.82

San Antonio 54.7 67.1 42.4 100 4 1.75 Trace 7.88

In February of 1899 record cold affected Texas. A record February low came in 1899 for San Antonio of 4 degrees, set February 12, 1899. It was also a record February low for Austin of -1 on February 12, 1899. During this historic cold spell, extremely cold temperatures affected the entire state of Texas. On February 13, 1899 the whole part of Galveston Bay, except the main channel, was covered by thin ice. Lows in other locations around Texas on Feb. 12, 1899 include: Tulia -23; Amarillo   -16; Brownsville 16; Dallas-Ft. Worth -8; Waco -5; Laredo 5; Galveston 8; and Corpus Christi 11. In the February of 1899 arctic outbreak, the coldest low in Brownsville was 12 on Feb. 13, 1899, still an all time record low for Brownsville. The low of -23 at Tulia, in the southern part of the Texas panhandle, Feb. 12, 1899 was a record low for the state of Texas, then was tied when Seminole observed -23 on Feb. 8, 1933. Unofficial reports of -30 came from Wolf Creek and also southeast of Perryton, both in the northern part of the Texas panhandle.

Another cold outbreak came in late January and early February of 1951. This Arctic Outbreak produced the longest period of at or below 32 for San Antonio. Total time below freezing for San Antonio was 108 hours and 28 min. from Midnight Jan. 29 to 12:28 pm February 2, 1951.
Many Februarys have had snow events associated with Arctic Outbreaks. In the 21st Century snow events came to the area in February of 2003 and 2004.
In February of 1984 a very windy event came to South Texas, associated with a strong surface low and a cold front. On Sunday February 26 and Monday February 27, 1984 were very windy days occurred over a large part of South Texas. A strong low pressure system moved over North Texas, helping to bring a Pacific Cold Front and very windy conditions over South Texas and across the Gulf of Mexico.
Severe weather events have increased during some El Nino years. This occurred in February of 1973, 1983, 1987, 1992, and 1998. In February 1998 many severe weather events came to the area.
Extremes from warm to cold and cold to warm continue and are historically the greatest in February. February can be a month with the most extremes in temperatures, as the area begins to warm up, followed by periods of very cold weather after strong Arctic Fronts.

Extremes in temperatures came in February of 1981, when it warmed to the 70s on the10th A strong arctic cold front came in the late afternoon and evening of the 10th, and temperatures fell to the teens to near 20 the next morning of February 11, 1981.
February 1996 was an extreme month from freezing conditions and a winter precipitation event to summer like warmth and then back to very cold on the 29th. A winter precipitation event came in early February 1996, where Austin received snow on February 3, 1996. Conditions warmed up considerably by the mid to late part of the month. Highs reached 100 at San Antonio, 101 at Austin Bergstrom, 99 at Del Rio and 99 at Austin Mabry on February 21, 1996. The month closed out on the 29th with much colder weather, and a mix of winter like precipitation over the hill country, with welcome rains over the rest of the area in the drought of 1996.
The coldest February for Austin was February 1905 when the average monthly temperature was 42.3 degrees. The coldest February for San Antonio is also 1905 when the average temperature was 43.9. For Del Rio the coldest February was 49.9 degrees in 1978. For Austin Bergstrom the coldest February, October 1942 to 2005, was February 1978, when the average monthly temperature was 45.9 degrees. The 1970s had several cold Februarys in 1970, 1973, 1977, 1978, and 1979.
The warmest February at San Antonio was February of 1932, when the average monthly temperature at San Antonio was 63.0. The warmest February at Austin was February 1999 when the average was 62.3 The warmest February at Del Rio was February 2000, when the average monthly temperature was 63.5. The warmest February at Austin Bergstrom was February of 1996, when the average monthly temperature was 63.3 degrees.
February Climate Information

Location Normal Monthly Temp. Normal High Normal Low All time High All time Low Normal Rainfall All Time
Driest All Time
Wettest

Austin/Mabry 54.6 65.1 44.0 99 -1 1.99 0 9.41

Austin/Bergstrom 55.5 66.5 44.4 101 8 1.73 0.02 7.34

Del Rio 56.1 68.0 44.1 99 11 0.96 0 7.82

San Antonio 54.7 67.1 42.4 100 4 1.75 Trace 7.88

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