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The Northern Plains' climate is semi-arid and is prone to drought, annually receiving between 16 and 32 inches (410 and 810 mm) of precipitation, and average annual snowfall ranging between 15 and 30 inches (380 and 760 mm), with the greatest snowfall amounts occurring in the Texas panhandle and areas near the border with New Mexico.
Vestas V47-660kW wind turbine at American Wind Power Center in Lubbock, Texas A wind turbine blade on I-35 near Elm Mott, an increasingly common sight in Texas. Wind power has a long history in Texas. West Texas A&M University began wind energy research in 1970 and led to the formation of the Alternative Energy Institute (AEI) in 1977.
These low humidities, combined with the warm, compressionally-heated air mass, plus high wind speeds, create critical fire weather conditions, and fan destructive wildfires. [4] Typically, about 10 to 25 Santa Ana wind events occur annually. [5] A Santa Ana wind can blow from one to seven days, with an average wind event lasting three days. [6]
Brazos Wind Farm, Fluvanna, 2004. Texas has over 150 wind farms, which together have a total nameplate capacity of over 30,000 MW (as of 2020). [5] [6] If Texas were a country, it would rank fifth in the world: [5] The installed wind capacity in Texas exceeds installed wind capacity in all countries but China, the United States, Germany and India.
The State of Texas concluded that, since 2000, the Manchester neighborhood in eastern Houston had the highest annual averages of 1,3-butadiene of any area in Texas. [53] Houston's air quality has often been compared to Los Angeles and Beijing. [49] Houston has introduced many programs since the 2000 federal order to reduce air pollution in the ...
Texas Panhandle, 2024. On Feb. 27, 2024, wind gusts from 60 to 70 mph fanned wildfires in the Texas Panhandle into an inferno. Eventually, the Smokehouse Creek wildfire northeast of Amarillo would ...
For power contracts made in the year 2014, the average price of wind power fell to 2.5¢/kWh. [42] The capacity factor is the ratio of power actually produced divided by the nameplate capacity of the turbines. The overall average capacity factor for wind generation in the US increased from 31.7% in 2008, to 32.3% in 2013. [43]
The Climate of Beaumont, Texas covers the averages and extremes in past weather seen within the city of Beaumont, Texas. The city is within the humid subtropical climate regime, [1] and is within the Piney Woods region of eastern Texas. [2] The area around Beaumont receives the most rainfall in the state: more than 65 inches (1,700 mm) annually.