Annual Average Humidity in Texas

The average humidity year round is listed below for places in Texas. The tables give daily averages along with highest and lowest relative humidity levels.

Relative humidity measures the actual amount of moisture in the air as a percentage of the maximum amount of moisture the air can hold.

All the numbers here are averages for the years 1961 to 1990.

Average Humidity

In this table, the Daily number is the average of humidity readings taken every three hours throughout the day. Morning percentages are for 6 am and Afternoon measures are for 3 pm local standard time. At the one exception, El Paso, humidity data are for 8 am and 5 pm.

Average yearly relative humidity (%)
Daily Place Morning Afternoon
59 Abilene 74 42
56 Amarillo 73 38
67 Austin 84 49
76 Brownsville 89 58
76 Corpus Christi 89 59
65 Dallas 82 49
41 El Paso 50 27
65 Fort Worth 82 49
75 Houston 90 55
56 Lubbock 74 38
54 Midland 74 34
78 Port Arthur 91 61
60 San Angelo 78 40
67 San Antonio 83 48
75 Victoria 89 56
67 Waco 83 50
64 Wichita Falls 82 44

Highest and Lowest Humidity

Below are averages over the year for maximum and minimum humidity levels in Texas. The hours when the highest and lowest humidity readings usually occur are given in local standard time.

Annual averages for daily high and low relative humidity (%)
High Time Place Low Time
74.0 6 am Abilene 42.1 3 pm
73.0 6 am Amarillo 37.8 3 pm
83.5 6 am Austin 48.9 3 pm
89.1 6 am Brownsville 58.3 3 pm
89.3 6 am Corpus Christi 58.7 3 pm
81.5 6 am Dallas 48.5 3 pm
57.1 5 am El Paso 27.2 2 pm
89.7 6 am Houston 55.3 3 pm
73.9 6 am Lubbock 37.8 3 pm
73.5 6 am Midland 34.1 3 pm
90.6 6 am Port Arthur 61.2 3 pm
78.2 6 am San Angelo 40.2 3 pm
83.3 6 am San Antonio 48.1 3 pm
89.2 6 am Victoria 55.5 3 pm
83.3 6 am Waco 49.5 3 pm
81.6 6 am Wichita Falls 44.0 3 pm
Reference

World Data Center for Meteorology. Climate of the World.

Texas Humidity
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