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Climate Change in Texas

Texas just recorded its second hottest summer on record

The average temperature in Texas this summer was 85.3 degrees, putting it behind only 2011 for summer misery.

Tumbleweeds cling to a barbed wire fence approximately 10 miles north of Brownfield on the Lubbock Road. High winds kicked up a dust storm that blanketed parts of West Texas on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 14, 2023.


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