Average Sunshine in Texas for March
Number of Sunny Days
In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in Texas is the total days this month when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours.
Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime.
Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. The rest of the days are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover. All the numbers are annual averages, made from years of weather watching.
City | Sunny Days |
Partly Sunny Days |
Total Days With Sun |
---|---|---|---|
Abilene | 11 | 7 | 18 |
Amarillo | 12 | 9 | 21 |
Austin City | 9 | 8 | 17 |
Brownsville | 7 | 8 | 15 |
Corpus Christi | 7 | 8 | 15 |
Dallas-Fort Worth | 10 | 8 | 18 |
Del Rio | 11 | 8 | 19 |
El Paso | 15 | 8 | 23 |
Houston | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Lubbock | 12 | 9 | 21 |
Midland-Odessa | 13 | 8 | 21 |
Port Arthur | 7 | 7 | 14 |
San Angelo | 12 | 8 | 20 |
San Antonio | 9 | 7 | 16 |
Victoria | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Waco | 10 | 7 | 17 |
Wichita Falls | 11 | 8 | 19 |
Amount of Sun
Here's another way to look at how much sunshine a city gets. The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Again, these amounts are monthly averages based on many years of weather observations.
City | % Sun |
---|---|
Abilene | 70 |
Amarillo | 72 |
Austin City | 55 |
Austin-Bergstrom Airport | 55 |
Brownsville | 53 |
Corpus Christi | 54 |
Dallas-Fort Worth | 58 |
El Paso | 86 |
Galveston | 56 |
Houston | 54 |
Lubbock | 73 |
Midland-Odessa | 73 |
Port Arthur | 52 |
San Antonio | 57 |
Reference
National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.