Zip 79525 (Hawley, TX) Climate

79525 Hawley, TX has a hot, dry climate with mild winters. Summers are usually very hot and humid with temperatures reaching over 100°F (38°C) during the day. Winters are mild with temperatures rarely dropping below freezing. Rainfall is scarce throughout the year, generally only appearing in short bursts during the spring and summer months. The area is subject to extreme weather such as tornadoes and hail storms which can cause serious damage to property and crops.

Hawley (zip 79525), Texas gets 26 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Hawley (zip 79525) averages 4 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 244 sunny days per year in Hawley (zip 79525). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Hawley (zip 79525) 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 96 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 31
Rain: averages 26 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 4 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 79525 zip code is 7.5 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Texas.

5.3 Summer - 7.4 Winter

October, April and May are the most pleasant months in the 79525 zip code, while July and August are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Hawley, Texas	United States
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	95.7°	85.8°
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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 79525 zip code with an average high temperature of 95.7°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Texas. In the 79525 zip code, there are 2 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 79525 zip code are April, October and May.

In the 79525 zip code, there are 100.5 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Texas.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 79525 zip code with an average of 31.2°. This is colder than most places in Texas.

In the 79525 zip code, there are 53.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Texas.

In the 79525 zip code, there are 0.1 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 79525 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 79525 zip code.

June is the wettest month in the 79525 zip code with 3.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.0 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 33% of yearly precipitation and 15% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 25.5 inches in the 79525 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Texas.

June is the rainiest month in the 79525 zip code with 6.2 days of rain, and November is the driest month with only 3.6 rainy days. There are 56.3 rainy days annually in the 79525 zip code, which is less rainy than most places in Texas. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 4.4 inches in the 79525 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Texas. January is the snowiest month in the 79525 zip code with 1.4 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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