Editing Corpus Christi, Texas (section)

===Climate===

Corpus Christi has a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: Cfa), with hot and humid summers, and short mild winters. The period from November through February is the coolest time of year in the city, while June through September is the hottest.  October is still hot, but not as hot as the summer months. Rainfall is spread throughout the year, and there is rarely ever snow or ice.

The city's record high temperature is {{convert|109|°F|°C}}, on September 5, 2000, and the hottest month August 2012 with an average of {{convert|88.3|°F|°C|1}}. Average night-time winter lows in January, the coldest month, are a little less than {{convert|50|°F|°C}} and its record low is {{convert|11|°F|°C}} on February 12, 1899. The coldest maximum of {{convert|26|°F|°C}} occurred on five occasions, the most recent being on January 30, 1951.{{refn|The other cases of a {{convert|26|°F|°C}} maximum have been December 20, 1924, February 12, 1899, January 25, 1897, and January 16, 1888.|group="nb"}} Winter and early spring are generally dry, and average monthly precipitation is highest in September, when the threat from [[hurricanes]] and other tropical weather systems is greatest. The coolest month on record has been February 1905, with a mean of {{convert|45.6|°F|°C|1|}}. In December 2004, the city experienced snowfall on Christmas Eve, the city's largest recorded snowstorm at {{convert|4.4|in|cm|abbr=on}}. The snow melted the day after Christmas.  The city experienced light snowfall a second time, on December 8, 2017, nearly 13 years later.

Between 1981 and 2010, Corpus Christi averaged {{convert|31.73|in|mm|abbr=on}} of rainfall; however, long periods with very little rainfall are normal, and hurricanes can frequently produce daily falls of over {{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on}}. The wettest day on record is July 2, 2007, with {{convert|9.86|in|mm|disp=or}}, while the wettest month on record is September 1967, with {{convert|20.33|in|mm|abbr=on}}, including four days with over {{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on}}. Eight months with not even a trace of rainfall have happened, of which the most recent was May 1998, and 21 with merely a trace. The longest spell without measurable rainfall in Corpus Christi has been 55 days from June 23 to August 17 (inclusive), 1895, and from June 1 to July 25, 1915, while easily the driest calendar year has been 1917, with a mere {{convert|5.38|in|mm|abbr=on}}. The two wettest calendar years have been 1888 with {{convert|48.16|in|mm|abbr=on}} and 1991 with {{convert|48.07|in|mm|abbr=on}}, although from August 1967 to July 1968, {{convert|59.09|in|mm|abbr=on}} fell, and for the 12 months ending January 1918, only {{convert|5.22|in|mm|abbr=on}}.

Hurricanes seldom hit the city, but those which have were destructive, such as the [[1919 Florida Keys hurricane]] and [[Hurricane Harvey]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2017/aug/26/hurricane-harvey-makes-landfall-in-texas-latest-updates|title=Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=26 August 2017|archive-date=26 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826024231/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2017/aug/26/hurricane-harvey-makes-landfall-in-texas-latest-updates|url-status=live}}</ref> The city also can see [[tornadoes]], with an F2 tornado hitting the area on [[Tornado outbreak sequence of April 23–30, 1961|April 29, 1961]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tornado History Project: 19610429.48.37 |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19610429.48.37 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128064146/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19610429.48.37 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 28, 2011 |website=www.tornadohistoryproject.com |access-date=21 July 2020 }}</ref>

{{Weather box
| location  = Corpus Christi, Texas ([[Corpus Christi International Airport|Corpus Christi Int'l]]), 1991–2020 normals
| single line = Y
| Jan high F = 67.9
| Feb high F = 71.9
| Mar high F = 76.7
| Apr high F = 82.6
| May high F = 87.3
| Jun high F = 91.6
| Jul high F = 93.7
| Aug high F = 95.0
| Sep high F = 90.8
| Oct high F = 84.9
| Nov high F = 76.1
| Dec high F = 69.6
| year high F = 82.3
| Jan low F = 48.0
| Feb low F = 51.9
| Mar low F = 58.1
| Apr low F = 64.2
| May low F = 70.7
| Jun low F = 74.9
| Jul low F = 75.5
| Aug low F = 75.8
| Sep low F = 73.0
| Oct low F = 65.4
| Nov low F = 56.3
| Dec low F = 49.8
| year low F = 63.6
| Jan avg record high F  = 82.4
| Feb avg record high F  = 86.6
| Mar avg record high F  = 89.9
| Apr avg record high F  = 92.6
| May avg record high F  = 93.9
| Jun avg record high F  = 96.0
| Jul avg record high F  = 97.2
| Aug avg record high F  = 99.4
| Sep avg record high F  = 96.8
| Oct avg record high F  = 93.1
| Nov avg record high F  = 88.1
| Dec avg record high F  = 83.8
| year avg record high F = 100.6
| Jan avg record low F  = 30.6
| Feb avg record low F  = 33.2
| Mar avg record low F  = 37.5
| Apr avg record low F  = 46.5
| May avg record low F  = 58.1
| Jun avg record low F  = 67.1
| Jul avg record low F  = 70.4
| Aug avg record low F  = 70.4
| Sep avg record low F  = 60.5
| Oct avg record low F  = 47.2
| Nov avg record low F  = 38.5
| Dec avg record low F  = 30.1
| year avg record low F = 26.5
| Jan record high F = 91
| Feb record high F = 97
| Mar record high F = 102
| Apr record high F = 102
| May record high F = 103
| Jun record high F = 107
| Jul record high F = 105
| Aug record high F = 107
| Sep record high F = 109
| Oct record high F = 101
| Nov record high F = 98
| Dec record high F = 91
| year record high F = 109
| Jan record low F = 14
| Feb record low F = 11
| Mar record low F = 24
| Apr record low F = 33
| May record low F = 45
| Jun record low F = 56
| Jul record low F = 64
| Aug record low F = 64
| Sep record low F = 52
| Oct record low F = 28
| Nov record low F = 27
| Dec record low F = 13
| year record low F = 11
|Jan mean F = 58.0
|Feb mean F = 61.9
|Mar mean F = 67.4
|Apr mean F = 73.4
|May mean F = 79.0
|Jun mean F = 83.2
|Jul mean F = 84.6
|Aug mean F = 85.4
|Sep mean F = 81.9
|Oct mean F = 75.1
|Nov mean F = 66.2
|Dec mean F = 59.7
|year mean F = 73.3
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain inch = 1.39
| Feb rain inch = 1.29
| Mar rain inch = 2.28
| Apr rain inch = 2.04
| May rain inch = 3.38
| Jun rain inch = 3.56
| Jul rain inch = 2.54
| Aug rain inch = 2.75
| Sep rain inch = 5.42
| Oct rain inch = 3.13
| Nov rain inch = 2.03
| Dec rain inch = 1.93
| unit rain days = 0.01 in
| Jan rain days = 7.1
| Feb rain days = 6.5
| Mar rain days = 5.3
| Apr rain days = 5.3
| May rain days = 6.0
| Jun rain days = 6.8
| Jul rain days = 5.7
| Aug rain days = 6.5
| Sep rain days = 8.8
| Oct rain days = 6.3
| Nov rain days = 6.0
| Dec rain days = 6.4
|Jan humidity = 77.4
|Feb humidity = 76.2
|Mar humidity = 74.2
|Apr humidity = 76.5
|May humidity = 78.9
|Jun humidity = 77.5
|Jul humidity = 74.5
|Aug humidity = 74.5
|Sep humidity = 76.2
|Oct humidity = 74.9
|Nov humidity = 75.9
|Dec humidity = 76.0
|year humidity = 76.1
<!-- Average dew point-->
| Jan dew point F = 49.6
| Feb dew point F = 52.7
| Mar dew point F = 57.4
| Apr dew point F = 63.7
| May dew point F = 70.2
| Jun dew point F = 73.9
| Jul dew point F = 74.5
| Aug dew point F = 73.9
| Sep dew point F = 71.4
| Oct dew point F = 65.1
| Nov dew point F = 57.0
| Dec dew point F = 50.9
|Jan sun = 140.2
|Feb sun = 155.7
|Mar sun = 198.1
|Apr sun = 208.4
|May sun = 234.1
|Jun sun = 290.4
|Jul sun = 328.1
|Aug sun = 299.7
|Sep sun = 244.2
|Oct sun = 231.9
|Nov sun = 170.4
|Dec sun = 135.1
|year sun = 2636.3
|Jan percentsun = 43
|Feb percentsun = 50
|Mar percentsun = 53
|Apr percentsun = 54
|May percentsun = 56
|Jun percentsun = 70
|Jul percentsun = 77
|Aug percentsun = 74
|Sep percentsun = 66
|Oct percentsun = 65
|Nov percentsun = 53
|Dec percentsun = 42
|year percentsun= 59
| source 1 = NOAA (extremes 1887–present, relative humidity and sun 1961–1990, dew point 1986–2015)<ref name= NOAA>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/ |title=NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date=2021-05-04 |archive-date=2021-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505115421/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=NOAAsun>{{cite web |url=ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_IV/US/GROUP3/72251.TXT |title=WMO Climate Normals for Corpus Christi/INTL, TX 1961–1990 |publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date=December 19, 2016 }}{{dead link|date=June 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
}}