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The climate of Houston is classified as a humid subtropical climate, with tropical influences. August normally ranks as the warmest month at an average temperature of 95 °F (35 °C) and January the coldest month at an average temperature of 63 °F (17 °C). [1] The normal annual precipitation measures 49.77 inches (1,264 mm).
Get the Houston, TX local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
This is a list of cities by average temperature (monthly and yearly). The temperatures listed are averages of the daily highs and lows. Thus, the actual daytime temperature in a given month may be considerably higher than the temperature listed here, depending on how large the difference between daily highs and lows is.
The Northwest is forecast for above average temperatures over the next few days with California, Texas and the Southwest expected to have temps mostly above average, according to Weather.com.
Temperatures fell as much as 25–50 °F (14–28 °C) below average as far south as the Gulf Coast. Severe winter storms also were associated with the bitter cold, which allowed for heavy snowfall and ice accumulations to places as far south as Houston, Texas, and contributing to one of the snowiest winters ever in some areas in the Deep South.
The coldest temperature in December was -1 in 1989. February is the third chilliest, having a mean temperature of 51 degrees, with an average high of 61 degrees and an average low of 40 degrees.
Houston Intercontinental Airport set a record low of 7 °F (−14 °C) on December 22, as well as experiencing 1.7 in (4.3 cm) of snow. [5] An estimated six million fish died in Texan bays from the freeze. The toll would have been higher if 11.3 million fish had not already died in the February cold wave earlier in the year. [3]
The National Weather Service predicted that there was a moderate risk of "hazardous cold" across the Northern Plains, with low temperatures that could get down to -10 degrees and feel even colder ...