Southeast Texas Climate Data

--Halloween--



The weather on Halloween is typically autumn-like with mild temperatures. An occasional cold front will glide through the region about once every three years bringing slightly cooler temperatures and scattered showers. Rain has fallen on Halloween about 33 percent of the time in College Station, Galveston and Houston. Average high temperatures are generally in the mid to upper 70s. October is one of the rare months in Southeast Texas where there is very little variation in high temperatures between coastal and inland locations. Average low temperatures range from the lower 50s over the north, mid 50s central and lower 60s along the coast. Snow has neven fallen on trick or treaters but Jack Frost may have nipped at Mr. Jack O'Lantern a time or two.



Weather conditions vary in October. Some months are unusually quiet while others can be unusually violent. One significant outbreak of unusual weather occurred on Halloween in 1981. Heavy rain fell along a stationary front draped across the area. Rainfall totals averaged 5 to 10 inches along and west of Interstate 45. Some rainfall totals included 6.80 inches in Ft. Bend County, 10 inches in Austin County and 9 inches in both Colorado County and Wharton County.



The following table lists the five warmest, coldest and wettest Halloweens for Houston, Galveston and College Station.

Houston (1891-2018) Average High: 76.6°F

Average Low: 57.1°F

Average Rainfall: 0.24" Warmest 88°F 2004 88°F 1977 88°F 1972 88°F 1919 87°F 1992 Coldest 29°F 1993 35°F 1980 39°F 1925 40°F 1917 41°F 1991 Wettest 5.14" 2015 3.84" 1909 2.49" 1941 2.26" 2018 2.05" 1974

Galveston (1947-2018) Average High: 75.2°F

Average Low: 64.4°F

Average Rainfall: 0.18 " Warmest 86°F 2004 84°F 2006 84°F 1998 83°F 2016 82°F 2003 Coldest 39°F 1993 48°F 1991 48°F 1976 49°F 1967 49°F 1949 Wettest 2.97" 2013 2.12" 2018 1.23" 1947 1.07" 1983 0.77" 1981