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Houston Weather

Moody Gardens at sunset

Houston’s temperate climate sustains tropical vegetation and allows the city’s residents and visitors an enviable outdoor lifestyle.

• Houston averages only 18.0 days per year with temperatures of 32°F or less and 99.6 days with high temperatures of 90°F or more. Temperatures rarely reach 100°F.
• Houston’s growing season averages 300 days. The normal frost-free period extends from Feb. 14 to Dec. 11.
• Houston has had only 14 measurable snowfalls since 1939.
• A statistically average year contains 90.3 “clear” days, concentrated in October and November; 114.5 “partly cloudy” days, typical of June through September; and 160.3 “cloudy” days, common in December through May.
• Prevailing wind in Houston is south-southeasterly at a mean speed of 7.4 mph.

Average Temperatures				Average Precipitation
Month	High	Low		Month	Inches
January	62°F	41°F		January	3.68
February	67°F	44°F		February	2.98
March	73°F	51°F		March	3.36
April	79°F	57°F		April	3.60
May	86°F	66°F		May	5.15
June	91°F	72°F		June	5.35
July	94°F	74°F		July	3.18
August	94°F	73°F		August	3.83
September	89°F	68°F		September	4.33
October	82°F	59°F		October	4.50
November	72°F	50°F		November	4.19
December	65°F	43°F		December	3.69

Source: Greater Houston Partnership