Days of Sunshine Per Year in Texas
Number of Sunny Days
In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in Texas is the total days in a year 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 | 149 | 95 | 244 |
| Amarillo | 157 | 104 | 261 |
| Austin City | 115 | 114 | 229 |
| Brownsville | 96 | 131 | 227 |
| Corpus Christi | 102 | 121 | 223 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | 135 | 97 | 232 |
| Del Rio | 121 | 106 | 227 |
| El Paso | 193 | 100 | 293 |
| Houston | 90 | 114 | 204 |
| Lubbock | 160 | 102 | 262 |
| Midland-Odessa | 165 | 96 | 261 |
| Port Arthur | 95 | 117 | 212 |
| San Angelo | 154 | 97 | 251 |
| San Antonio | 105 | 119 | 224 |
| Victoria | 86 | 118 | 204 |
| Waco | 130 | 98 | 228 |
| Wichita Falls | 151 | 93 | 244 |
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 yearly averages based on many years of weather observations.
| City | % Sun |
|---|---|
| Abilene | 71 |
| Amarillo | 73 |
| Austin City | 60 |
| Austin-Bergstrom Airport | 60 |
| Brownsville | 60 |
| Corpus Christi | 60 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | 61 |
| El Paso | 84 |
| Galveston | 62 |
| Houston | 59 |
| Lubbock | 72 |
| Midland-Odessa | 74 |
| Port Arthur | 58 |
| San Antonio | 60 |
Reference
National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.