Zip 79230 (Dodson, TX) Climate

Dodson, TX is located in the Northern Plains region of Texas. It has a humid subtropical climate with hot summers and cool winters. The average summer temperature is 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) and the average winter temperature is 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius). Precipitation throughout the year usually ranges from 25 to 30 inches annually. The area gets an occasional cold front or snowfall during the winter months, but typically very little accumulates on the ground.

Dodson (zip 79230), Texas gets 25 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Dodson (zip 79230) averages 4 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 253 sunny days per year in Dodson (zip 79230). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Dodson (zip 79230) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 56 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 97 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 26
Rain: averages 25 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 4 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 79230 zip code is 7.6 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Texas.

6.2 Summer - 7.1 Winter

May, October and April are the most pleasant months in the 79230 zip code, while July and August are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Dodson, Texas	United States
	Unlock	38.1 in.
	3.7 in.	Unlock
	Unlock	106.2 days
	253 days	Unlock
	96.8°	85.8°
	Unlock	21.7°
	7.6	Unlock
	Unlock	4.3
	1794 ft.	Unlock

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 79230 zip code with an average high temperature of 96.8°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Texas. In the 79230 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 79230 zip code are October, April and May.

In the 79230 zip code, there are 97.7 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 79230 zip code with an average of 25.7°. This is one of the coldest places in Texas.

In the 79230 zip code, there are 84.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Texas.

In the 79230 zip code, there are 0.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Texas.

The humidity is usually acceptable in the 79230 zip code but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most uncomfortably humid months in the 79230 zip code.

June is the wettest month in the 79230 zip code with 3.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 0.8 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 34% of yearly precipitation and 11% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 25.0 inches in the 79230 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Texas.

May is the rainiest month in the 79230 zip code with 6.9 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 3.0 rainy days. There are 55.5 rainy days annually in the 79230 zip code, which is less rainy than most places in Texas. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 18% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 3.7 inches in the 79230 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Texas. January is the snowiest month in the 79230 zip code with 1.5 inches of snow, and 3 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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