Zip 79229 (Dickens, TX) Climate

79229 Dickens, TX has a humid subtropical climate with hot summers and mild winters. The average temperature in the summer is 88°F, while the winter average is 53°F. Precipitation is spread throughout the year, with an average of 33 inches per year. Snowfall is rare but can occur in the winter months. Humidity levels remain high during most of the year and the area experiences frequent thunderstorms.

Dickens (zip 79229), Texas gets 23 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Dickens (zip 79229) averages 3 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 262 sunny days per year in Dickens (zip 79229). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Dickens (zip 79229) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 49 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 28
Rain: averages 23 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 3 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 79229 zip code is 7.9 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Texas.

7 Summer - 7.2 Winter

May, October and April are the most pleasant months in the 79229 zip code, while July and August are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Dickens, Texas	United States
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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.

July is the hottest month for the 79229 zip code with an average high temperature of 94.0°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Texas. In the 79229 zip code, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 79229 zip code are October, April and May.

In the 79229 zip code, there are 87.5 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Texas.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 79229 zip code with an average of 27.7°. This is one of the coldest places in Texas.

In the 79229 zip code, there are 77.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Texas.

In the 79229 zip code, there are 0.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Texas.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 79229 zip code but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. August is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are August, July and June.

June is the wettest month in the 79229 zip code with 3.4 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 0.8 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 35% of yearly precipitation and 12% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 23.1 inches in the 79229 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Texas.

June is the rainiest month in the 79229 zip code with 6.4 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 2.4 rainy days. There are 49.4 rainy days annually in the 79229 zip code, which is one of the least rainy places in Texas. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 33% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 17% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 3.2 inches in the 79229 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Texas. February is the snowiest month in the 79229 zip code with 0.9 inches of snow, and 3 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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