Table 5
Average Monthly Temperatures by Texas Region
April - September, 1997 and 1998








1997





Climate Regions April May June July August September
High Plains 51.1 64.6 72.9 79.1 76.8 72.5
Low Plains 56.4 67.9 76.1 82.4 81.0 77.0
North Central 59.5 69.6 77.7 83.7 82.4 79.5
East Texas 60.0 70.2 77.4 83.2 81.1 77.9
Trans-Pecos 60.2 72.7 78.7 81.9 80.8 77.5
Edwards Plateau 60.5 71.3 77.9 83.3 83.5 79.5
South Central 64.6 74.1 80.1 84.6 85.0 81.4
Upper Coast 65.0 74.3 80.8 84.5 84.4 80.6
South Texas 67.3 76.9 82.5 87.1 88.0 83.7
Lower Valley 69.7 77.7 83.2 86.1 86.8 83.3
Simple Avg. 61.4 71.9 78.7 83.6 83.0 79.3







1998





Climate Regions April May June July August September
High Plains 55.2 71.5 78.7 82.6 77.3 75.8
Low Plains 60.2 76.7 83.9 87.8 82.7 80.6
North Central 62.5 77.0 83.9 88.7 85.2 81.5
East Texas 62.6 76.3 84.2 88.3 84.9 80.9
Trans-Pecos 55.5 76.9 84.1 83.9 79.6 77.8
Edwards Plateau 65.5 79.3 84.5 87.1 81.6 78.7
South Central 67.4 79.5 86.2 87.5 84.8 81.9
Upper Coast 67.6 78.8 84.7 86.1 84.7 82.4
South Texas 72.0 83.3 89.4 89.6 86.2 82.9
Lower Valley 72.9 81.6 87.7 87.8 87.5 83.1
Simple Avg. 64.1 78.1 84.7 86.9 83.5 80.6







Source: Texas Almanac, 2000-2001, pp. 85 & 86

 

Table 1
Start Dates for the 50 Largest School Districts in Texas




Start Dates

District
1990 1999 1999 Enrollment
Houston
Aug 27 Aug 16 210,179
Dallas
Aug 27 Aug 16 159,908
Austin
Aug 27 Aug 11 79,496
Fort Worth
Aug 27 Aug 9 77,956
El Paso
Aug 28 Aug 12 62,945
Northside (San Antonio) Aug 27 Aug 11 61,308
San Antonio
Aug 27 Aug 9 59,080
Cypress-Fairbanks (Houston Area) Aug 27 Aug 11 58,044
Arlington
Aug 27 Aug 12 55,709
Fort Bend (Houston Area) Aug 27 Aug 12 50,890
Aldine (Houston Area) Aug 27 Aug 16 49,453
Garland (Dallas County) Aug 27 Aug 9 47,967
North East (San Antonio) * * 47,732
Ysleta (El Paso) * * 47,238
Plano
Aug 27 Aug 2 44,229
Pasadena (Houston Area) Aug 27 Aug 16 41,240
Alief (Houston Area) Aug 28 Aug 16 41,056
Corpus Christi
Aug 27 Aug 10 40,290
Brownsville
Aug 27 Aug 16 40,262
Lewisville (Denton County) Aug 27 Aug 11 34,870
Richardson
Aug 27 Aug 16 34,202
Conroe (Houston Area) Aug 27 Aug 11 32,290
Klein (Houston Area) Aug 28 Aug 12 31,446
Mesquite (Dallas County) Aug 27 Aug 11 31,379
Spring Branch (Houston Area) Aug 27 Aug 17 31,104
Katy (Houston Area) Aug 29 Aug 11 30,126
Lubbock
Aug 27 Aug 16 29,565
Amarillo
Aug 29 Aug 16 29,150
Killeen
Aug 27 Aug 10 28,533
Round Rock
Aug 27 Aug 11 28,464
Ector County
* Aug 16 28,389
Clear Creek (Galveston County) * * 28,205
Irving
Sep 4 Aug 18 27,651
United (Laredo) Aug 27 Aug 16 24,194
Humble (Houston SMSA*) Aug 27 Aug 11 23,855
Socorro (El Paso) * * 23,566
Midland
Aug 27 Aug 10 22,911
Laredo
Aug 28 Aug 15 22,601
Carrollton-Farmers Branch (Dallas County) Aug 28 Aug 9 22,420
Spring (Houston Area) Aug 27 Aug 11 21,863
McAllen
Aug 27 Aug 9 21,254
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo (Hidalgo County) Aug 27 Aug 12 21,050
Birdville (Tarrant County) Aug 27 Aug 10 20,861
Beaumont
Sep 3 Aug 9 20,748
Edinburg Cons (Hidalgo County) Aug 27 Aug 23 20,563
Hurst-Euless-Bedford (Tarrant County) Aug 30 Aug 12 19,364
Abilene
Aug 27 Aug 16 19,300
Grand Prairie (Dallas County) Aug 27 Aug 16 19,183
Galena Park (Houston Area) Aug 27 Aug 16 18,167
Goose Creek (Houston Area) Aug 27 Aug 11 18,152





*Data not provided

Source: Texas Education Agency