Galveston Temperatures: Averages by Month
The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Galveston, Texas during each month of the year.
The average high and low temperatures are listed below monthly and annually for the city, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.
Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.
To find out how often it rises over 70, 80 or 90 °F each month in Galveston, scroll down farther. There are also monthly and yearly counts of days with cold weather.
The first set of high and low temperatures are averages for 2010 to 2019. Everything else here is based on 1991 to 2020 weather.
High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
---|---|---|---|---|
61 | 48 | January | 16 | 9 |
65 | 53 | February | 18 | 11 |
71 | 59 | March | 22 | 15 |
77 | 66 | April | 25 | 19 |
83 | 73 | May | 28 | 23 |
89 | 79 | June | 31 | 26 |
90 | 81 | July | 32 | 27 |
91 | 81 | August | 33 | 27 |
88 | 78 | September | 31 | 25 |
82 | 70 | October | 28 | 21 |
71 | 59 | November | 22 | 15 |
65 | 53 | December | 18 | 11 |
78 | 66 | Year | 25 | 19 |
High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
---|---|---|---|---|
61 | 45 | January | 16 | 7 |
63 | 47 | February | 17 | 9 |
69 | 54 | March | 20 | 12 |
75 | 62 | April | 24 | 17 |
82 | 71 | May | 28 | 21 |
87 | 76 | June | 31 | 25 |
89 | 78 | July | 32 | 26 |
90 | 78 | August | 32 | 25 |
87 | 73 | September | 30 | 23 |
80 | 66 | October | 27 | 19 |
71 | 57 | November | 22 | 14 |
64 | 47 | December | 18 | 9 |
76 | 63 | Year | 25 | 17 |
Days of Hot Weather in Galveston
Summer days heat up to at least 80 °F at Galveston, with most of those making it into the 90s.
But temperatures over 100 °F (38 °C) are unusual at this Gulf coast city. Only about once or twice a decade does the thermometer climb into the 100s. Temperatures that hot are most likely to occur in August or September.
70 °F 21 °C |
80 °F 27 °C |
90 °F 32 °C | |
---|---|---|---|
January | 7 | 0 | 0 |
February | 10 | 0 | 0 |
March | 20 | 1 | 0 |
April | 28 | 8 | 0 |
May | 31 | 26 | 1 |
June | 30 | 30 | 9 |
July | 31 | 31 | 20 |
August | 31 | 31 | 24 |
September | 30 | 29 | 11 |
October | 29 | 21 | 1 |
November | 20 | 4 | 0 |
December | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Year | 277 | 182 | 66 |
50 °F 10 °C |
60 °F 16 °C |
70 °F 21 °C | |
---|---|---|---|
January | 13 | 3 | 0 |
February | 16 | 5 | 0 |
March | 26 | 15 | 1 |
April | 29 | 23 | 7 |
May | 31 | 30 | 22 |
June | 30 | 30 | 29 |
July | 31 | 31 | 31 |
August | 31 | 31 | 31 |
September | 30 | 30 | 28 |
October | 31 | 26 | 15 |
November | 25 | 14 | 3 |
December | 16 | 6 | 0 |
Year | 309 | 244 | 166 |
How Often Galveston Has Cold Temperatures
Galveston's winters are mild, typically with only two nights cooling down to below freezing. It normally doesn't get any colder than 20 °F (-8 °C) here.
32 °F 0 °C |
40 °F 4 °C | |
---|---|---|
January | 1 | 5 |
February | 1 | 2 |
March | 0 | 1 |
April | 0 | 0 |
May | 0 | 0 |
June | 0 | 0 |
July | 0 | 0 |
August | 0 | 0 |
September | 0 | 0 |
October | 0 | 0 |
November | 0 | 1 |
December | 0 | 3 |
Year | 2 | 11 |
References
Jay Lawrimore, Ron Ray, Scott Applequist, Bryant Korzeniewski, Matthew Menne. 2016. Global Summary of the Month and Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.