Texas Counties: Annual Precipitation

Mean annual precipitation from 1971 to 2000 as measured from one weather station in each county, typically at the county seat.¹

Map of Texas Counties By Mean Annual Precipitation

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Texas counties by mean July high temperature, 1971-2000

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18		50 in. or higher

137		25 to 49.9 in.

197		10 to 24.9 in.

2		under 10 in.

TexasCounties.net

Table of Texas Counties Ordered By Mean Annual Precipitation, 1971-2000

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Rank	Name	Mean Annual Precipitation (in.)	Mean Jan. Low Temperature (°F)	Mean July High Temperature (°F)
1	Jasper	60.57	35.2	94.5
2	Liberty	60.52	40.3	92.2
3	Jefferson	59.89	42.9	91.6
4	Orange	59.00	41.0	91.0
5	Brazoria	57.24	43.7	91.8
6	Hardin	56.50	37.0	93.0
7	Newton	54.90	35.0	94.0
8	Tyler	54.79	38.3	92.1
9	Sabine	54.40	36.0	93.0
10	Chambers	54.08	41.7	91.9
11	Harris	53.96	45.2	93.6
12	Shelby	53.01	34.9	93.9
13	Polk	51.85	35.8	94.1
14	San Jacinto	51.77	37.5	93.8
15	Panola	51.51	33.9	93.7
16	Bowie	51.24	30.7	93.1
17	Harrison	51.22	33.4	92.4
18	San Augustine	51.10	35.0	93.0
19	Fort Bend	49.34	41.6	93.7
20	Montgomery	49.32	40.0	94.3
21	Marion	49.26	34.1	93.1
22	Gregg	49.06	33.7	94.5
23	Morris	48.76	33.7	95.0
24	Titus	48.57	29.3	94.2
25	Walker	48.51	39.0	93.8
26	Cherokee	48.50	36.8	92.8
27	Nacogdoches	48.40	36.0	94.0
28	Rusk	48.22	33.1	93.1
29	Cass	48.20	31.0	94.0
30	Trinity	48.10	37.1	94.8
31	Matagorda	48.03	45.7	92.4
32	Red River	47.83	29.7	92.2
33	Lamar	47.82	29.9	94.3
34	Hopkins	47.69	31.1	94.8
35	Franklin	47.65	32.2	92.8
36	Upshur	47.08	31.4	93.4
37	Angelina	46.62	37.9	93.5
38	Anderson	46.38	37.4	93.9
39	Wharton	45.92	41.8	94.3
40	Wood	45.88	31.2	93.1
41	Houston	45.48	35.9	93.3
42	Smith	45.40	38.0	94.0
43	Camp	45.10	32.0	94.0
44	Delta	45.00	30.0	94.0
45	Colorado	44.72	36.8	96.3
46	Grimes	44.70	40.0	96.0
47	Fannin	44.56	30.2	92.6
48	Washington	44.15	39.3	96.7
49	Madison	44.00	35.8	96.0
50	Galveston	43.84	49.7	88.7
51	Hunt	43.70	31.2	93.3
52	Van Zandt	43.68	31.4	93.3
53	Rains	43.50	31.6	92.4
54	Leon	43.08	34.3	94.7
55	Freestone	42.31	36.4	95.0
56	Lavaca	42.23	41.8	94.4
57	Jackson	42.10	42.0	94.0
58	Grayson	42.04	32.2	92.7
59	Henderson	42.03	35.2	93.4
60	Limestone	41.40	33.7	95.8
61	Collin	41.01	31.1	92.7
62	Austin	40.68	40.7	94.9
63	Fayette	40.31	41.4	95.9
64	Victoria	40.10	43.6	93.4
65	Refugio	40.10	45.0	94.0
66	Brazos	39.67	39.8	95.6
67	Navarro	39.48	34.0	94.5
68	Rockwall	39.40	33.0	96.0
69	Robertson	39.03	38.2	95.1
70	Kaufman	38.90	32.3	94.6
71	Ellis	38.81	35.0	96.0
72	Goliad	38.58	43.3	95.5
73	Burnet	38.50	33.3	93.6
74	Waller	38.20	38.0	95.0
75	Bastrop	38.04	36.7	95.4
76	Falls	37.99	37.0	95.0
77	Denton	37.79	32.0	94.1
78	Kendall	37.36	34.3	91.9
79	Hays	37.19	38.6	95.1
80	Hill	37.15	35.2	95.2
81	Dallas	37.05	36.4	96.1
82	Cooke	36.90	28.0	95.0
83	Calhoun	36.86	47.9	88.2
84	Johnson	36.25	34.0	97.0
85	DeWitt	36.08	41.3	95.1
86	Lee	36.02	37.3	93.6
87	Gonzales	36.02	38.7	93.9
88	Aransas	35.96	44.9	90.1
89	Bell	35.81	34.9	95.0
90	Bandera	35.78	33.3	93.9
91	Comal	35.74	35.5	94.7
92	San Patricio	35.54	44.2	91.7
93	Milam	35.52	39.2	95.7
94	Williamson	35.11	35.8	95.3
95	Bosque	35.07	32.7	96.2
96	Somervell	34.82	28.9	97.3
97	Callahan	34.78	31.1	94.9
98	Blanco	34.75	34.0	93.7
99	Parker	34.70	29.0	95.2
100	Guadalupe	34.50	36.0	95.0
101	Wise	34.02	30.5	98.0
102	Tarrant	34.01	31.4	96.6
103	Montague	33.72	28.3	94.7
104	Travis	33.65	40.0	94.0
105	Bee	33.48	43.1	94.6
106	Coryell	33.43	33.5	96.4
107	McLennan	33.34	35.1	96.7
108	Hood	33.10	33.0	97.0
109	Bexar	32.92	38.6	94.6
110	Kerr	32.60	32.0	92.0
111	Caldwell	32.43	36.9	95.8
112	Nueces	32.26	46.2	93.2
113	Palo Pinto	31.79	33.4	97.3
114	Clay	31.66	26.8	95.0
115	Gillespie	31.65	36.1	93.1
116	Jack	31.44	29.7	94.4
117	Young	31.35	27.1	96.6
118	Comanche	31.12	30.6	95.5
119	Lampasas	31.08	30.4	94.1
120	Archer	29.78	26.7	97.0
121	Erath	29.71	30.0	93.6
122	Kleberg	29.03	43.4	95.5
123	Atascosa	29.00	39.0	95.9
124	Wichita	28.83	28.9	97.2
125	Mills	28.78	35.2	92.0
126	Coleman	28.70	30.0	93.7
127	Hamilton	28.59	33.4	94.3
128	Wilbarger	28.55	25.7	97.2
129	Shackelford	28.45	28.4	95.4
130	Karnes	28.40	41.0	95.0
131	Burleson	28.32	36.4	96.7
132	Real	27.99	33.1	94.2
133	Willacy	27.97	47.5	95.3
134	Mason	27.95	30.8	94.9
135	Kenedy	27.90	45.0	95.0
136	Baylor	27.79	27.7	96.5
137	San Saba	27.72	33.4	95.8
138	McCulloch	27.63	32.3	94.5
139	Wilson	27.60	38.4	95.7
140	Cameron	27.55	50.5	92.4
141	Eastland	27.53	26.7	94.9
142	Jim Wells	27.52	44.1	96.1
143	Llano	27.33	32.3	96.0
144	Stephens	27.04	30.9	96.8
145	Hardeman	26.76	24.6	96.5
146	Throckmorton	26.60	28.0	97.0
147	Foard	26.40	24.0	97.0
148	Knox	26.36	28.1	96.5
149	Medina	26.30	38.0	95.0
150	Jones	26.00	30.7	96.3
151	Frio	25.73	37.9	97.5
152	Concho	25.50	31.9	97.4
153	Brown	25.42	29.6	95.0
154	Duval	25.40	42.5	97.3
155	King	25.00	23.9	96.7
156	Haskell	24.93	28.8	96.1
157	Menard	24.90	30.7	94.8
158	Edwards	24.76	34.3	91.6
159	Wheeler	24.32	22.9	93.3
160	Fisher	24.22	27.2	94.2
161	Cottle	24.11	26.2	96.8
162	Donley	23.89	22.4	94.7
163	McMullen	23.87	40.1	98.7
164	Taylor	23.78	31.8	94.8
165	Runnels	23.76	28.5	94.3
166	Jim Hogg	23.75	43.8	97.5
167	Nolan	23.54	28.9	93.8
168	Uvalde	23.30	37.0	96.0
169	Roberts	23.30	20.6	92.4
170	Kimble	23.24	29.3	94.8
171	Stonewall	23.24	27.2	97.4
172	Coke	23.00	29.0	96.4
173	Crosby	22.95	25.3	92.5
174	Kent	22.94	24.9	95.7
175	Motley	22.90	27.3	94.8
176	Collingsworth	22.80	27.0	97.9
177	Kinney	22.79	37.3	95.5
178	Gray	22.74	21.9	92.0
179	Childress	22.65	26.8	95.3
180	Hidalgo	22.61	48.2	95.5
181	Lipscomb	22.57	16.2	94.2
182	La Salle	22.56	39.1	98.9
183	Hall	22.51	25.5	95.7
184	Scurry	22.51	26.7	94.6
185	Sutton	22.40	27.2	94.7
186	Armstrong	22.39	21.2	90.5
187	Brooks	22.34	43.9	97.0
188	Carson	22.21	19.3	90.8
189	Live Oak	22.00	42.0	97.0
190	Hutchinson	21.98	23.4	92.6
191	Hemphill	21.68	18.8	93.9
192	Starr	21.61	44.5	99.1
193	Webb	21.53	43.7	101.6
194	Maverick	21.48	40.1	98.1
195	Garza	21.29	27.8	94.0
196	Floyd	20.95	23.2	92.3
197	Tom Green	20.91	31.8	94.4
198	Ochiltree	20.88	18.4	91.4
199	Swisher	20.71	22.2	91.1
200	Zavala	20.70	42.6	97.1
201	Lynn	20.48	25.1	92.2
202	Hansford	20.30	22.4	95.5
203	Dimmit	20.21	39.6	98.3
204	Howard	20.12	29.6	94.3
205	Hale	19.90	24.4	91.0
206	Irion	19.90	32.0	95.0
207	Potter	19.71	22.6	91.0
208	Castro	19.71	20.4	90.1
209	Borden	19.68	29.8	94.6
210	Hockley	19.58	23.7	92.7
211	Zapata	19.53	45.4	98.0
212	Mitchell	19.43	27.0	95.9
213	Sterling	19.40	27.4	94.7
214	Randall	19.19	23.7	92.6
215	Briscoe	19.17	21.6	90.9
216	Dawson	19.07	26.0	92.9
217	Schleicher	19.00	28.0	93.0
218	Crockett	18.95	27.7	93.0
219	Terry	18.89	26.1	92.5
220	Val Verde	18.80	39.7	96.2
221	Reagan	18.79	29.1	93.4
222	Lubbock	18.69	24.4	91.9
223	Lamb	18.69	22.7	92.0
224	Dickens	18.68	25.5	95.4
225	Deaf Smith	18.65	21.1	91.6
226	Dallam	18.57	19.0	90.0
227	Yoakum	18.41	25.1	91.7
228	Parmer	18.38	21.7	89.8
229	Cochran	18.34	23.1	91.4
230	Martin	18.20	30.0	94.0
231	Gaines	18.20	26.7	94.1
232	Oldham	18.18	20.5	92.3
233	Sherman	17.89	18.5	91.1
234	Moore	17.75	20.8	91.7
235	Bailey	17.37	20.2	91.9
236	Glasscock	17.32	26.7	94.0
237	Hartley	17.20	20.0	90.9
238	Brewster	17.19	31.3	88.7
239	Jeff Davis	15.86	28.4	89.5
240	Presidio	15.79	23.9	88.9
241	Crane	15.38	30.6	95.3
242	Andrews	15.15	30.4	94.5
243	Terrell	14.94	30.5	91.9
244	Midland	14.80	29.6	94.3
245	Upton	14.45	33.1	95.6
246	Pecos	14.06	31.4	95.8
247	Ector	13.29	28.7	96.0
248	Ward	13.23	26.5	98.6
249	Winkler	12.92	27.8	96.1
250	Culberson	11.98	27.8	91.7
251	Hudspeth	11.93	25.1	92.0
252	Reeves	11.61	30.1	94.7
253	El Paso	9.43	32.9	94.5
254	Loving	9.10	28.0	96.0
Average		28.87	32.6	94.2

¹Data from 21 counties was not available for the full period from 1971 to 2000, so some data is from 1961-1990.

Sources:

Texas State Historical Association - Texas Almanac