Zip 79261 (Turkey, TX) Climate

The climate in 79261 Turkey, TX is generally mild and pleasant. Summers are hot and humid, while winters are relatively cool and dry. The area experiences an average of 224 sunny days per year with monthly temperatures ranging between 40°F and 95°F throughout the year. Rainfall averages about 28 inches per year, concentrated mainly from April through July. The area typically sees very little snowfall with an average of only .2 inches per year.

Turkey (zip 79261), Texas gets 24 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Turkey (zip 79261) averages 4 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 261 sunny days per year in Turkey (zip 79261). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Turkey (zip 79261) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 52 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 95 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 27
Rain: averages 24 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 4 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 79261 zip code is 7.8 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Texas.

6.9 Summer - 7.2 Winter

May, October and September are the most pleasant months in the 79261 zip code, while July and August are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Turkey, 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 79261 zip code with an average high temperature of 94.7°, which ranks it as about average compared to other places in Texas. In the 79261 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 79261 zip code are October, April and May.

In the 79261 zip code, there are 87.2 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 79261 zip code with an average of 26.7°. This is one of the coldest places in Texas.

In the 79261 zip code, there are 82.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Texas.

In the 79261 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 comfortable in the 79261 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. The most humid months are July, August and June.

June is the wettest month in the 79261 zip code with 3.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 0.8 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 37% of yearly precipitation and 11% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 24.0 inches in the 79261 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Texas.

June is the rainiest month in the 79261 zip code with 6.8 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 2.6 rainy days. There are 52.0 rainy days annually in the 79261 zip code, which is one of the least rainy places in Texas. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 31% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 18% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 3.6 inches in the 79261 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Texas. January is the snowiest month in the 79261 zip code with 1.2 inches of snow, and 3 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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