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Dickinson, Texas Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Houston Nwso, 3.3 km from Dickinson

The warmest month is August, with an average high of 92°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 46°F. A normal year brings 60.2 in of precipitation and 0.2 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Houston/Ellington (EFD), since 1997. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Dickinson through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.020406080100120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Normal high
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Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
87°F
Normal low
70°F
Record high
96°Fin 2023
Record low
53°Fin 1999
Chance of a wet day
31%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January64°F46°F83°F (2022)15°F (2025)4.80 in10.30.0 in3.633720
February67°F50°F87°F (2007)16°F (2021)3.02 in9.10.0 in1.221334
March73°F56°F91°F (2008)24°F (2002)3.30 in8.70.0 in0.610987
April78°F61°F94°F (2014)36°F (2009)4.22 in7.80.0 in0.028174
May85°F69°F99°F (1998)43°F (2013)5.12 in7.40.0 in0.01375
June90°F75°F104°F (2012)61°F (1997)6.54 in10.10.0 in0.00520
July92°F76°F104°F (2022)68°F (2019)4.36 in9.80.0 in0.00586
August92°F76°F109°F (2023)63°F (2004)6.64 in10.40.0 in0.00592
September88°F72°F108°F (2000)50°F (2000)7.34 in10.70.0 in0.00453
October82°F63°F99°F (2024)38°F (2017)5.79 in7.90.0 in0.022244
November73°F53°F89°F (2017)31°F (2019)4.54 in7.90.0 in1.014281
December66°F47°F84°F (2005)16°F (2022)4.53 in10.50.2 in2.929434
Year79°F62°F60.20 in1110.2 in91,1473,198

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

60.2 in in a normal year, most in September.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Dickinson, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Houston Nwso.

0.2 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Houston Nwso. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around January 31 and the first fall freeze around December 14, a growing season of about 317 days.

Median at 36°F
last February 22, first November 29
Median at 32°F
last January 31, first December 14
Median at 28°F
last January 17, first January 3

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Dickinson.

The muggiest month is July, when 100 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January48°F83%70%13%15%3%0%0%
February52°F83%58%17%20%6%0%0%
March57°F82%37%18%24%21%1%0%
April62°F80%19%15%20%32%14%0%
May69°F79%4%6%9%23%54%4%
June73°F77%0%0%2%9%55%34%
July75°F76%0%0%1%2%43%55%
August74°F75%0%0%1%4%45%49%
September71°F76%2%4%6%14%44%28%
October64°F76%18%12%17%21%25%7%
November56°F80%42%16%16%19%7%0%
December51°F82%63%12%15%10%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is October, with the sky 42 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 65 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is April, averaging 11.4 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 15, with 14 h 02 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 10 h 15 min.

Hours of daylight at Dickinson through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Galveston County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Galveston County: 86.2°F (+2.3 °F against 1991-2020), the 3rd warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Galveston County: 0.94 in (-4.41 in against 1991-2020), the 6th driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Galveston County: 73.8°F (+2.4 °F against 1991-2020), the 3rd warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Galveston County: 32.92 in (-0.80 in against 1991-2020), the 50th wettest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
88.8°F in 2023
Coolest August
79.9°F in 1992
Wettest August
35.32 in in 2017
Driest August
0.28 in in 1927

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Galveston County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-4-20+2+41900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Texas climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Dickinson in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1997. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00414333 (Houston Nwso), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00012975, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.