Cost to Own
United StatesTexasDickens CountyClimate Station SPUR, TX US Distance 10.7 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Dickens County home comfortable runs roughly $497 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Dickens County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

94.9°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 26.6°F.

Dickens County gets 22.49" of precipitation a year and 2.9" of snow, and 38% of it falls in May, Jun, Jul.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 55.5° 26.6° 0.74" 0.4"
February 59.5° 29.4° 0.84" 1.3"
March 68.0° 37.1° 1.31" 0.0"
April 76.6° 44.7° 1.93" 0.1"
May 84.4° 55.9° 2.77" 0.0"
June 91.6° 64.9° 3.31" 0.0"
July 94.9° 68.0° 2.36" 0.0"
August 94.1° 67.1° 2.39" 0.0"
September 86.0° 59.3° 2.46" 0.0"
October 76.8° 47.4° 2.10" 0.0"
November 65.0° 35.9° 1.21" 0.4"
December 56.0° 28.0° 1.07" 0.7"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 38% falling in the wettest three months (May, Jun, Jul).

January 0.74"
February 0.84"
March 1.31"
April 1.93"
May 2.77"
June 3.31"
July 2.36"
August 2.39"
September 2.46"
October 2.10"
November 1.21"
December 1.07"
Annual total 22.49"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 1,972
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 3,266
Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.94¢/kWh, Texas average $314
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $182

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Dickens County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Dickens County?

Dickens County averages a high of 94.9°F in July and a low of 26.6°F in January. Annual precipitation is 22.49 inches, including 2.9 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Dickens County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 38% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Dickens County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 94.9°F. That drives 1,972 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Dickens County?

Yes. Dickens County averages 2.9 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station SPUR, TX US (USC00418566), 10.7 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Texas residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.