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United States › Texas › Lamar County › Climate Station PARIS, TX US Distance 0.8 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Lamar County home comfortable runs roughly $569 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Lamar County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: August

96.2°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 33.2°F.

Lamar County gets 48.88" of precipitation a year, and 30% of it falls in Mar, Apr, May.

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 53.5° 33.2° 3.08"
February 58.5° 37.0° 3.34"
March 66.5° 44.9° 4.35"
April 75.0° 52.8° 4.70"
May 82.7° 62.7° 5.63"
June 91.2° 71.0° 4.26"
July 95.8° 74.8° 3.51"
August 96.2° 74.1° 2.95"
September 88.7° 66.5° 3.95"
October 78.2° 54.7° 4.62"
November 65.2° 44.0° 4.21"
December 55.8° 35.8° 4.28"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 30% falling in the wettest three months (Mar, Apr, May).

January 3.08"
February 3.34"
March 4.35"
April 4.70"
May 5.63"
June 4.26"
July 3.51"
August 2.95"
September 3.95"
October 4.62"
November 4.21"
December 4.28"
Annual total 48.88"

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 2,652
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 2,636
Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.91¢/kWh, Texas average $422
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $147

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 Lamar County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Lamar County?

Lamar County averages a high of 96.2°F in August and a low of 33.2°F in January. Annual precipitation is 48.88 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Lamar County?

The wettest stretch is Mar, Apr, May, which accounts for 30% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Lamar County?

The average daily high in August, the hottest month, is 96.2°F. That drives 2,652 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Lamar County?

The weather station used for Lamar County, PARIS, 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 48.88 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 PARIS, TX US (USC00416794), 0.8 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.