Editing Zapata, Texas (section)

===Climate===
Zapata has a [[hot semi-arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''BSh'') with sweltering summers and warm winters. Official record temperatures range from {{convert|13|°F|1|disp=or}} on January 4, 1911, to {{convert|116|°F|1|disp=or}} on June 16, 1998.

Rainfall averages {{convert|19.8|in|mm|abbr=on}} annually, with higher amounts typically occurring from May to October. The wettest calendar year has been 2004 with {{convert|35.34|in|mm|1|disp=or}} and the driest 1974 with {{convert|11.63|in|mm|1|disp=or}}. The wettest month has been September 1967 with {{convert|13.26|in|mm|1|disp=or}}, whilst every month of the year has recorded a trace or less at least once and no rain whatsoever fell during the winter of 1950–51. Measurable snowfall has occurred only twice: {{convert|8.0|in|m|sigfig=2}} on January 9, 1967 and {{convert|1.0|in|m|sigfig=2}} on Christmas Day in 2004.

Zapata is sometimes the hottest location in the United States:<ref>{{cite web |title=National High and Low Temperature for 02/04/2021 |url=https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/archives/web_pages/discussions/archive_nathilo.php?adate=02/04/2021&sdate=20210204 |website=Weather Prediction Center |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> on January 5, 1997 it set the all-time US record January high of {{convert|98|F|C|1|disp=or}}.<ref name="Monthly">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102073424/https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/special/location.pdf|archive-date=January 2, 2017|url=http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/special/location.pdf|publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]|title=Monthly State Maximum/Minimum Extremes — 5/31/00}}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Zapata, Texas
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 98
|Feb record high F = 101
|Mar record high F = 105
|Apr record high F = 111
|May record high F = 114
|Jun record high F = 116
|Jul record high F = 113
|Aug record high F = 114
|Sep record high F = 111
|Oct record high F = 104
|Nov record high F = 98
|Dec record high F = 95
|year record high F = 116
|Jan avg record high F = 87
|Feb avg record high F = 91
|Mar avg record high F = 96
|Apr avg record high F = 101
|May avg record high F = 103
|Jun avg record high F = 104
|Jul avg record high F = 104
|Aug avg record high F = 105
|Sep avg record high F = 102
|Oct avg record high F = 96
|Nov avg record high F = 91
|Dec avg record high F = 85
|year avg record high F = 107
|Jan high F = 70.1
|Feb high F = 74.1
|Mar high F = 82.8
|Apr high F = 89.3
|May high F = 94.0
|Jun high F = 98.0
|Jul high F = 99.3
|Aug high F = 99.6
|Sep high F = 94.0
|Oct high F = 87.3
|Nov high F = 78.2
|Dec high F = 70.4
|year high F = 86.4
|Jan mean F = 58.4
|Feb mean F = 61.8
|Mar mean F = 70.0
|Apr mean F = 76.7
|May mean F = 82.3
|Jun mean F = 86.1
|Jul mean F = 87.2
|Aug mean F = 87.4
|Sep mean F = 82.8
|Oct mean F = 75.7
|Nov mean F = 66.7
|Dec mean F = 58.8
|year mean F = 74.5
|Jan low F = 46.7
|Feb low F = 49.5
|Mar low F = 57.1
|Apr low F = 64.1
|May low F = 70.5
|Jun low F = 74.3
|Jul low F = 75.2
|Aug low F = 75.1
|Sep low F = 71.5
|Oct low F = 64.2
|Nov low F = 55.1
|Dec low F = 47.3
|year low F = 62.6
|Jan avg record low F = 30
|Feb avg record low F = 34
|Mar avg record low F = 40
|Apr avg record low F = 49
|May avg record low F = 60
|Jun avg record low F = 67
|Jul avg record low F = 71
|Aug avg record low F = 70
|Sep avg record low F = 62
|Oct avg record low F = 49
|Nov avg record low F = 39
|Dec avg record low F = 32
|year avg record low F = 28
|Jan record low F = 13
|Feb record low F = 22
|Mar record low F = 22
|Apr record low F = 38
|May record low F = 50
|Jun record low F = 50
|Jul record low F = 42
|Aug record low F = 64
|Sep record low F = 45
|Oct record low F = 30
|Nov record low F = 31
|Dec record low F = 15
|year record low F= 13
|Jan rain inch = 0.77
|Feb rain inch = 0.94
|Mar rain inch = 0.61
|Apr rain inch = 1.50
|May rain inch = 2.55
|Jun rain inch = 2.12
|Jul rain inch = 1.80
|Aug rain inch = 1.73
|Sep rain inch = 4.40
|Oct rain inch = 1.57
|Nov rain inch = 1.06
|Dec rain inch = 0.74
|year rain inch = 19.78
|rain colour    = green
|unit rain days = 0.01 inch
|Jan rain days =  4
|Feb rain days =  4
|Mar rain days =  3
|Apr rain days =  3
|May rain days =  4
|Jun rain days =  4
|Jul rain days =  4
|Aug rain days =  4
|Sep rain days =  6
|Oct rain days =  4
|Nov rain days =  3
|Dec rain days =  4
|year rain days = 48
|source 1 = WRCC <ref>{{cite web |title=ZAPATA 1 S, TEXAS - Climate Summary |url=https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?tx9976 |website=Western Regional Climate Center |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref>
|date=October 2012
}}