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The climate of Texas (United States of America)
The state of Texas is located in the southern part of the United States and is the second largest state after the state of Alaska. Texas is home to more than 20 million people; only the state of California has more inhabitants. In Texas six cities can be found that have a population figure of more than 500,000. Houston, San Antonio and Dallas are home to more than 1 million people each.

Texas has two climate types. The largest part of the state has a warm maritime climate (type Cfa according to the Köppen climate classification) with warm summers and mild winters. Because of low precipitation figures the climate in the west can be classified as a warm steppe climate (type Bsh). For instance, El Paso gets 225 millimeters of annual precipitation (long term average) while the eastern part of Texas can record up to 1,600 millimeters of annual precipitation. Where average annual temperatures are concerned there is a transition from north to south. The northern part of the state is the coolest region with an average annual temperature between 11 and 14 degrees Celsius (52-57 degrees Fahrenheit). The warmest regions can be found in the south where the average annual temperature is about 25 degrees Celsius (77 degrees Fahrenheit). The weather in Texas may be very erratic and extremes are not uncommon. During the summer it may get very hot. In the western and southern parts of the state temperatures may easily rise up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) or even higher. In the big cities it may be unpleasantly warm during the summer as well. Because of its location on the Gulf of Mexico there is a small risk of hurricanes in Texas. When a tropical storm reaches Texas it loses a lot of its strength when it makes landfall. A bigger problem is caused by extremely heavy thunderstorms. Together with the state of Louisiana Texas is located in the most southern part of Tornado Alley, a large area where thunderstorms may cause tornadoes. With an average of 139 tornadoes per year Texas can record most tornadoes in the United States.

Climate information of places in Texas
The climate information given on this page is only brief. Specific information on weather and climate can be found on the pages per region or city. The following climate information is available for Texas:

Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont
Brownsville
College Station

Corpus Christi
Dallas
El Paso
Fort Worth
Harlingen
Houston

Killeen
Laredo
Lubbock
McAllen
Midland
Odessa

San Angelo
San Antonio
Tyler
Victoria
Waco
Wichita Falls

 

Climate information
Throughout Texas several climate figures and temperatures can be recorded. The figures below are for Austin and cannot be seen as an average for this state. For climate figures for other places and regions in Texas please, visit the individual climate pages.

average
 maximum
temperature (°C)

average
minimum

temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine

per
day
average days with precipitation
per month
average
mm
precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January 15 3 5 7 n/a
February 17 5 6 7 n/a
March 22 10 7 7 n/a
April 26 15 7 7 n/a
May 29 19 7 9 n/a
June 33 22 10 7 n/a
July 35 23 10 5 n/a
August 35 23 10 6 n/a
September 32 20 8 8 n/a
October 28 15 7 6 n/a
November 22 9 6 7 n/a
December 17 5 5 7 n/a
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm
= 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate tables are useful but they don’t give an overall picture of the climate and possible weather conditions during a period of time. How high the chances are of hot or cold weather or hurricanes can often not be found in these tables. This is why we offer extra climate information per month. The figures below apply to Austin. For climate figures on specific regions and places please, visit the relevant individual climate pages.
 

chance of
(very) hot

weather

chance of
(very) cool
weather
chance of
long-term

precipitation
chance of
hurricanes
(cyclones)
chance of
sunny days

UV-index

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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Disclaimer
The information at this site was carefully composed from climate data collected by meteorological services, meteorological offices, climate experts and other sources. “More climate info” is based on statistics, climate data and personal experience. No rights can be derived from this site. Weather has no memory and gives no guaranties. Nothing is as changeable and unpredictable as the weather. The authors of this site feel in no way responsible for any damages caused by misinterpretation or other circumstances that may influence your holiday or trip to a certain destination. We provide information, it’s up to the reader to use it to it’s benefit.

 

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