College Station-Bryan Metro Area, TX Climate


Reviews



BestPlaces offers the best, most comprehensive city reports,
with insight into cost of living, crime, climate, and more.
United States / Texas / College Station-Bryan Metro Area / Counties / Cities / Zip Codes
College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area has a humid subtropical climate with hot summers and mild winters. During the summer months, temperatures often reach into the 90s Fahrenheit and can be accompanied by high humidity levels. The winter months have temperatures that can range from the mid-50s to low 70s, with occasional cold spells resulting in freezing temperatures that rarely last for more than a few days at a time. Rainfall is relatively steady throughout the year, though most of it tends to come during April and May.

College Station-Bryan Metro Area, Texas gets 40 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

College Station-Bryan Metro Area averages 0 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 231 sunny days per year in College Station-Bryan Metro Area. The US average is 205 sunny days.

College Station-Bryan Metro Area gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 84 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.


Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 94 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 38
Rain: averages 40 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 0 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the College Station-Bryan metro area is 7.0 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Texas.

3.5 Summer - 7.8 Winter
April, October and March are the most pleasant months in the College Station-Bryan metro area, while August and July are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateCollege Station-Bryan, TexasUnited States
  39.6 in.38.1 in.
  0.1 in.27.8 in.
  83.5 days106.2 days
  231 days205 days
  94.3°85.8°
  38.2°21.7°
  77
  5.84.3
  324 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

August is the hottest month for the College Station-Bryan metro area with an average high temperature of 95.7°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Texas. In the College Station-Bryan metro area, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the College Station-Bryan metro area are April, October and May.
In the College Station-Bryan metro area, there are 98.2 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is about average compared to other places in Texas.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the College Station-Bryan metro area with an average of 38.2°. This is about average compared to other places in Texas.
In the College Station-Bryan metro area, there are 25.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in Texas.
In the College Station-Bryan metro area, there are 0.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Texas.
Humidity in the College Station-Bryan metro area can be stifling in the summer, but pleasant for most of the year. The most uncomfortably humid months are July, August and June. The humid season runs from May-September and the least humid months are October-April.
October is the wettest month in the College Station-Bryan metro area with 4.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is July with 2.0 inches. The wettest season is Winter with 28% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Autumn, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 39.6 inches in the College Station-Bryan metro area means that it is wetter than most places in Texas.
December is the rainiest month in the College Station-Bryan metro area with 8.2 days of rain, and July is the driest month with only 5.1 rainy days. There are 83.5 rainy days annually in the College Station-Bryan metro area, which is rainier than most places in Texas. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 0.1 inches in the College Station-Bryan metro area means that it is less snowy than most places in Texas. February is the snowiest month in the College Station-Bryan metro area with 0.1 inches of snow, and no months of the year have significant snowfall.
Jobs

The premier source for comprehensive city data for over 30 years.

© Best Places. All rights reserved.