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United States › Texas › Ector County › Climate Station ODESSA SCHLEMEYER FLD, TX US Distance 9.9 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Ector County home comfortable runs roughly $534 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Ector County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

95.3°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 31.7°F.

Ector County gets 12.93" of precipitation a year, and 38% of it falls in Jul, Aug, Sep.

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 Precip
January 58.1° 31.7° 0.61"
February 63.2° 35.4° 0.57"
March 71.2° 43.1° 0.73"
April 79.5° 51.2° 0.65"
May 87.7° 60.8° 1.62"
June 94.5° 68.9° 1.27"
July 95.3° 71.5° 1.53"
August 94.2° 70.6° 1.48"
September 86.7° 63.2° 1.94"
October 78.2° 52.8° 1.25"
November 66.8° 40.4° 0.72"
December 58.4° 32.4° 0.56"

Rainfall by month

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

January 0.61"
February 0.57"
March 0.73"
April 0.65"
May 1.62"
June 1.27"
July 1.53"
August 1.48"
September 1.94"
October 1.25"
November 0.72"
December 0.56"
Annual total 12.93"

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 2,478
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 2,512
Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.91¢/kWh, Texas average $394
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $140

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 Ector County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Ector County?

Ector County averages a high of 95.3°F in July and a low of 31.7°F in January. Annual precipitation is 12.93 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Ector County?

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

How hot does it get in Ector County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 95.3°F. That drives 2,478 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Ector County?

The weather station used for Ector County, ODESSA SCHLEMEYER FLD, TX US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 12.93 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station ODESSA SCHLEMEYER FLD, TX US (USW00003031), 9.9 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.