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Houston, TX vs Lancaster, CA weather comparison

Houston

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Houston has around 55 fewer freezing nights a year.

Lancaster sees rain or snow on roughly 79 fewer days each year. Lancaster enjoys about 91 more sunny days a year than Houston.

The year at a glance

Averages from 30 years of climate history, 1991-2020

Annual weather statistics for Houston, TX and Lancaster, CA
HoustonMetricLancaster
215 daysSunny daysclear or partly cloudy skies306 days
52 inPrecipitationper year8 in
104 daysWet daysrain or snow per year26 days
0 inSnowfallper year5 in
107 daysHot daysabove 90 °F111 days
5 daysFreezing nightsat or below 32 °F61 days
75%Humidityaverage relative47%
71 °FAverage temperatureyear round62 °F

Monthly temperatures

Average daily high and low for each month, in °F. The gap between the two lines is what an ordinary day feels like across the year.

HoustonLancaster

Daily highs

6080100JanMarMayJulSepNovHouston, Jan: 63 °FHouston, Feb: 67 °FHouston, Mar: 73 °FHouston, Apr: 79 °FHouston, May: 86 °FHouston, Jun: 91 °FHouston, Jul: 93 °FHouston, Aug: 94 °FHouston, Sep: 90 °FHouston, Oct: 82 °FHouston, Nov: 72 °FHouston, Dec: 65 °FLancaster, Jan: 59 °FLancaster, Feb: 62 °FLancaster, Mar: 67 °FLancaster, Apr: 73 °FLancaster, May: 82 °FLancaster, Jun: 91 °FLancaster, Jul: 98 °FLancaster, Aug: 98 °FLancaster, Sep: 92 °FLancaster, Oct: 80 °FLancaster, Nov: 67 °FLancaster, Dec: 58 °F

Daily lows

406080JanMarMayJulSepNovHouston, Jan: 45 °FHouston, Feb: 49 °FHouston, Mar: 54 °FHouston, Apr: 61 °FHouston, May: 69 °FHouston, Jun: 75 °FHouston, Jul: 77 °FHouston, Aug: 77 °FHouston, Sep: 72 °FHouston, Oct: 63 °FHouston, Nov: 53 °FHouston, Dec: 46 °FLancaster, Jan: 32 °FLancaster, Feb: 35 °FLancaster, Mar: 40 °FLancaster, Apr: 45 °FLancaster, May: 53 °FLancaster, Jun: 61 °FLancaster, Jul: 67 °FLancaster, Aug: 65 °FLancaster, Sep: 58 °FLancaster, Oct: 47 °FLancaster, Nov: 36 °FLancaster, Dec: 31 °F
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Monthly temperatures (°F)
CityJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Houston high636773798691939490827265
Lancaster high596267738291989892806758
Houston low454954616975777772635346
Lancaster low323540455361676558473631

Monthly precipitation

Total rain plus melted snow for each month, in inches. Taller bars mean wetter months.

HoustonLancaster
0.02.04.0JanMarMayJulSepNovHouston, Jan: 4.5 inHouston, Feb: 3.6 inHouston, Mar: 3.9 inHouston, Apr: 4.3 inHouston, May: 4.1 inHouston, Jun: 4.9 inHouston, Jul: 3.8 inHouston, Aug: 4.1 inHouston, Sep: 4.9 inHouston, Oct: 4.6 inHouston, Nov: 4.5 inHouston, Dec: 4.7 inLancaster, Jan: 1.6 inLancaster, Feb: 1.9 inLancaster, Mar: 1.2 inLancaster, Apr: 0.5 inLancaster, May: 0.1 inLancaster, Jun: 0.1 inLancaster, Jul: 0.1 inLancaster, Aug: 0.1 inLancaster, Sep: 0.1 inLancaster, Oct: 0.3 inLancaster, Nov: 0.4 inLancaster, Dec: 1.2 in
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Monthly precipitation (inches)
CityJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Houston4.53.63.94.34.14.93.84.14.94.64.54.7
Lancaster1.61.91.20.50.10.10.10.10.10.30.41.2

Monthly sunny days

Days each month with clear or partly cloudy skies, so compare the same month between cities.

HoustonLancaster
0102030JanMarMayJulSepNovHouston, Jan: 15 daysHouston, Feb: 13 daysHouston, Mar: 15 daysHouston, Apr: 16 daysHouston, May: 18 daysHouston, Jun: 21 daysHouston, Jul: 21 daysHouston, Aug: 21 daysHouston, Sep: 21 daysHouston, Oct: 22 daysHouston, Nov: 18 daysHouston, Dec: 15 daysLancaster, Jan: 20 daysLancaster, Feb: 19 daysLancaster, Mar: 23 daysLancaster, Apr: 26 daysLancaster, May: 28 daysLancaster, Jun: 29 daysLancaster, Jul: 29 daysLancaster, Aug: 30 daysLancaster, Sep: 29 daysLancaster, Oct: 28 daysLancaster, Nov: 25 daysLancaster, Dec: 22 days
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Monthly sunny days (days)
CityJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Houston151315161821212121221815
Lancaster201923262829293029282522

Keep comparing

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About this data

Every figure on this page is a 30 year average computed from daily climate history for 1991-2020, using each city's own coordinates. Wet days count days with measurable precipitation, calibrated against the wet day counts in NOAA's published climate normals. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days, defined as average cloud cover of 63 percent or less and calibrated against NOAA's published sky cover tables. Snowfall figures are model estimates anchored to NOAA station measurements near each city.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, ERA5-Land).