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TEX-tremes

Texas Weather Extremes

Highest Temperatures

  • Alltime: 120°F Monahans, Ward County, June 28, 1994 and Seymour, Baylor County, August 12, 1936
  • Highest Monthly Average: 102.4°F Presisio, Presidio County (in June)
  • Highest Annual Avarage: 74.1°F McAllen, Hidlago County
Lowest Temperatures

  • Alltime: -23°F Seminole, Gaines County, February 8, 1933 and -23°F Tulia, Swisher County, February 12, 1899
  • Lowest Monthly Average: 19.4°F Dalhart, Dallam County (in January)
  • Lowest Annual Average: 56.1°F Dalhart, Dallam County
Freezing Weather

  • Most Days with a minimum temperature 32°F or less in a season: 153, Dalhart, Dallam County, 1969-70
  • Most Days with a maximum temperature 100°F or greater: 121, Presisio, Presidio County, 1962
  • Most consecutive days with maximum 100°F or greater: 53, Presisio, Presidio County, Jun 17 to Aug 8, 1983
  • Earliest Average first freeze: Oct 18, Dalhart, Dallam County
  • Latest Average first freeze: Dec 17, Brownsville, Cameron County
  • Earliest Average last freeze: Jan 31, Brownsville, Cameron County
  • Latest Average last freeze: Apr 25, Dalhart, Dallam County
  • Longest average growing season: 320 days, Brownsville, Cameron County
  • Shortest average growing season: 176 days, Dalhart, Dallam County
Rainfall

  • Greatest Annual: 109.38", Clarksville, Red River County, 1873
  • Least Annual: 1.64", Presisio, Presidio County, 1956
  • Greatest Monthly: 35.70", Alvin, Brazoria County, Jul 1979
  • Greatest in 24 hours: 29.05", Albany, Shackelford County, Aug 3-4, 1978
  • Greatest annual average: 58.31", Orange, Orange County
  • Least annual average: 8.81", El Paso, El Paso County
Snow

  • Greatest in a Season: 65.0", Romero, Hartley County, 1923-24
  • Greatest in a Month: 61.0", Vega, Oldham, County, Feb 1956
  • Greatest in a Storm: 61.0", Vega, Oldham, County, Feb 1-8, 1956
  • Greatest in 24 hours: 24.0", Plainview, Hale County, Feb 3-4, 1956
  • Greatest annual average: 24.2", Vega, Oldham, County
Wind

  • Highest Sustained: SE 145 mph, Matagorda (Matagorda County) and NE 145 mph Port Lavaca (Calhoun County), Sep 11, 1961
  • Highest gust: SW 180 mph, Robstown (Nueces County) and WSW 180 Aransas Pass (Aransas), Aug 3, 1970
  • Highest Gust (DFW): 81 mph, August 2, 1985
  • Highest Annual Average: 14 mph, Amarillo, Potter County
Sunshine days

  • Greatest Annual percentage: 83%, El Paso, El Paso County
  • Least Annual percentage: 57%, Houston, Harris County
Thunderstorms Days

  • Greatest Annual Number: 67, Port Arthur, Jefferson County
  • Least Annual number: 26, Brownsville, Cameron County
Hazardous Weather

  • Longest and Worst Drought: 1950-56
  • Worst Heat Wave: Summer 1980, 60 heat related deaths and $500 million damage
  • Most fatalities from a single tornado: 114, Goliad (Goliad County) May 18, 1902 and Waco (McLennan County) May 11, 1953
  • Most damage from a single tornado: $442M, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Apr 10, 1979
  • Most tornadoes in a...
    • Year - 232/1967
    • Month - 124/Sep 1967
    • Spring month - 123/May 1982
  • Most damage from single Hailstorm: $1.2B, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas Counties May 5, 1995
  • Most Deadly Flood: 215 Deaths, Central Texas, Sep 8-10, 1921
  • Most Damaging Flood: $105M, North Central Texas, Oct 11-14, 1981
  • Most Deadly Hurricane: 6000-8000 Deaths, Galveston, Galveston County, Sep 8, 1900
  • Most Damaging hurricane: $3.0B, Hurricane Alicia, Aug 18, 1983

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