To obtain this point: You must experience the weather extremes in Texas.
When I arrived in Texas I heard that if you wanted to have a change in weather that you should just wait 5 minutes. Again, this is a little of an exaggeration, but Texas definitely has its fair share of weather extremes.
As always, a couple facts:
- Hottest weather in Texas- 120°F Monahans, Ward County, June 28, 1994 and Seymour, Baylor County, August 12, 1936
-Coldest weather- -23°F Seminole, Gaines County, February 8, 1933 and -23°F Tulia, Swisher County, February 12, 1899
- In 1962 there was also a whopping 121 days over 100 degrees in Presidio County in 1962...now that's hot!
- The 1900 Hurricane in Galveston had 6000-8000 deaths and was the deadliest natural disaster to strike the United States.
- There were 232 tornadoes in 1967.
- A hail storm in Dallas in 1995 had 1.2 billion dollars of damage.
- 153 days below freezing in Dalhart in 1969-1970.
Most of this information from: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/CLIMO/textremes.html
So I have to admit, that I am biased with this point because Hurricane Ike has just ravaged through the Gulf Coast and up central Texas. Anyone who experienced Hurricane Ike...Check this one off. There are also yearly blizzards, heat waves, tornadoes, floods, or wild fires that would be sufficient. Good luck. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best...
Enjoy Texas and did you know that Amarillo is the windiest city in Texas with an average wind speed on 14.3 mph (It is also the second sunniest city in Texas with 74% sunny days). Can you guess the city with the highest percentage of sunny days?
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