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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Industrial-720706_640.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Industrial-720706_640.jpg/99px-Industrial-720706_640.jpg" decoding="async" width="99" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Industrial-720706_640.jpg/149px-Industrial-720706_640.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Industrial-720706_640.jpg/198px-Industrial-720706_640.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">From top, left to right: <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Houston" title="Downtown Houston">Downtown Houston</a>, Downtown <a href="/wiki/Galveston,_Texas" title="Galveston, Texas">Galveston</a>, Downtown <a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Texas" title="Port Arthur, Texas">Port Arthur</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Texas_Map-SETX.PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="Southeast Texas counties in red"><img alt="Southeast Texas counties in red" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Texas_Map-SETX.PNG/250px-Texas_Map-SETX.PNG" decoding="async" width="250" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Texas_Map-SETX.PNG/375px-Texas_Map-SETX.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Texas_Map-SETX.PNG 2x" data-file-width="447" data-file-height="437" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Southeast Texas counties in red</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/23px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/35px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Texas.svg/45px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Flag_of_Houston%2C_Texas.svg/23px-Flag_of_Houston%2C_Texas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Flag_of_Houston%2C_Texas.svg/35px-Flag_of_Houston%2C_Texas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Flag_of_Houston%2C_Texas.svg/45px-Flag_of_Houston%2C_Texas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="853" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">7,662,325<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Southeast Texas</b> is a cultural and geographic region in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, bordering <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Louisiana" title="Southwest Louisiana">Southwest Louisiana</a> and its greater <a href="/wiki/Acadiana" title="Acadiana">Acadiana</a> region to the east. Being a part of <a href="/wiki/East_Texas" title="East Texas">East Texas</a>, the region is geographically centered on the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Houston" title="Greater Houston">Greater Houston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beaumont%E2%80%93Port_Arthur_metropolitan_area" title="Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area">Beaumont–Port Arthur</a> metropolitan statistical areas with a combined population of 7,662,325 according to the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 U.S. census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southeast_Texas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Southeast Texas includes part of the coast of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> and most of the Texas portion of the <a href="/wiki/Intracoastal_Waterway" title="Intracoastal Waterway">Intracoastal Waterway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area is also crossed by numerous rivers and streams, the largest three being the <a href="/wiki/Sabine_River_(Texas-Louisiana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabine River (Texas-Louisiana)">Sabine River</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Neches_River" title="Neches River">Neches River</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Trinity_River_(Texas)" title="Trinity River (Texas)">Trinity River</a>. </p><p>In Southeast Texas and the rest of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a>, small rivers and creeks collect into swamps called "<i><a href="/wiki/Bayou" title="Bayou">bayous</a></i>" and merge with the surrounding forest. The only large bodies of water in Southeast Texas are <a href="/wiki/Galveston_Bay" title="Galveston Bay">Galveston Bay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sabine_Lake" title="Sabine Lake">Sabine Lake</a>, but the large <a href="/wiki/Reservoir_(water)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reservoir (water)">reservoirs</a> of the remainder of East Texas are just to the north. The eastern portion of Southeast Texas is geographically and culturally attached to Southwest Louisiana, though western, southern and northern areas maintain their own distinct <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Texas" title="Culture of Texas">Texan cultural identities</a>. </p><p>Near the coast, the land is low and extremely flat, and often <a href="/wiki/Marsh" title="Marsh">marshy</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Piney_Woods" title="Piney Woods">Piney Woods</a> extend into the northern parts of Southeast Texas, reaching as far south as the <a href="/wiki/Paddy_field" title="Paddy field">rice paddies</a> and marshlands that lie between Houston and Beaumont.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highest point on the coast is at <a href="/wiki/High_Island,_Texas" title="High Island, Texas">High Island</a>, where a <a href="/wiki/Salt_dome" title="Salt dome">salt dome</a> raises the elevation to around 40<span class="nowrap"> </span>feet (12<span class="nowrap"> </span>m) above sea level. </p><p>Away from the coast, the terrain begins to exhibit the rolling hills of Northeast and <a href="/wiki/Central_Texas" title="Central Texas">Central Texas</a>. Toward Central Texas, the mixed pine and hardwood forests give way to the <a href="/wiki/East_Central_Texas_forests" title="East Central Texas forests">East Central Texas forests</a> of <a href="/wiki/Post_oak" class="mw-redirect" title="Post oak">post oak</a> and grasslands. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golden_Triangle">Golden Triangle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southeast_Texas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Golden Triangle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Golden_Triangle_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Triangle (Texas)">Golden Triangle (Texas)</a></div> <p>The Golden Triangle is an area of extreme Southeast Texas near the Louisiana border.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "triangle" is formed by <a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Texas" title="Port Arthur, Texas">Port Arthur</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Orange,_Texas" title="Orange, Texas">Orange</a>, which are the largest cities in the area. "Golden" refers to the wealth that came from the <a href="/wiki/Spindletop" title="Spindletop">Spindletop</a> oil strike near Beaumont in 1901. In an attempt to distance the area from the <a href="/wiki/Petrochemical_industry" title="Petrochemical industry">petrochemical industry</a>, some area interests attempted to rename the Golden Triangle as the "Triplex." This name change did not catch on, and local residents still refer to it as the Golden Triangle. Some residents of the Golden Triangle do not consider the Greater Houston area to be part of Southeast Texas and place the western boundary of the region approximately at the <a href="/wiki/Trinity_River_(Texas)" title="Trinity River (Texas)">Trinity River</a>, which is roughly 30 miles from downtown Houston.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This area holds the annual <a href="/wiki/South_Texas_State_Fair" title="South Texas State Fair">South Texas State Fair</a> in Beaumont.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Big_Thicket">Big Thicket</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southeast_Texas&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Big Thicket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Big_Thicket" title="Big Thicket">Big Thicket</a> is an area of dense forest located in the area just north and northwest of the city of Beaumont. There are many small towns in this area, including <a href="/wiki/Woodville,_Texas" title="Woodville, Texas">Woodville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kountze,_Texas" title="Kountze, Texas">Kountze</a>. </p><p>The Big Thicket National Preserve protects part of the old thicket, highlighting the area's biological resources. The 97,000 acre (390 km<sup>2</sup>) preserve boasts a varied ecology of piney woods, swamps, and <a href="/wiki/Western_Gulf_coastal_grasslands" title="Western Gulf coastal grasslands">coastal prairies</a>. It includes extremely diverse range of plant species including orchids, cactus, cypress, and pine in close proximity to each other. Approximately 65,000 people visit this area each year.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two historically important routes cross the Big Thicket: to the north lies the old cattle route or Beef Trail, that ran from <a href="/wiki/Tyler_County,_Texas" title="Tyler County, Texas">Tyler County</a> to Louisiana; to the south is the Spanish Trail or the Atascosito Road, that parallels modern Highway<span class="nowrap"> </span>90 and Interstate<span class="nowrap"> </span>10 from Liberty to Orange. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Galveston_Bay">Galveston Bay</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southeast_Texas&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Galveston Bay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Galveston_Bay" title="Galveston Bay">Galveston Bay</a></div> <p>Galveston Bay is a large <a href="/wiki/Estuary" title="Estuary">estuary</a> located along <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> upper coast. The bay is fed by the <a href="/wiki/Trinity_River_(Texas)" title="Trinity River (Texas)">Trinity River</a> and the <a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto_River_(Texas)" title="San Jacinto River (Texas)">San Jacinto River</a>, numerous local bayous, and incoming tides from the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>. The bay covers approximately 600 square miles (1,500 km<sup>2</sup>), and is 30 miles (50 km) long and 17 miles (27 km) wide. Galveston Bay is on average 7–9<span class="nowrap"> </span>feet (2-3<span class="nowrap"> </span>m) deep.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bay has three inlets to the Gulf of Mexico: Bolivar Roads (the exit of the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Ship_Channel" title="Houston Ship Channel">Houston Ship Channel</a>) between <a href="/wiki/Galveston,_Texas" title="Galveston, Texas">Galveston Island</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bolivar_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolivar Peninsula">Bolivar Peninsula</a>, San Luis Pass to the west, and Rollover Pass to the east. </p><p>The Houston Ship Channel, connecting the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Houston" title="Port of Houston">Port of Houston</a> to the Gulf, passes through Galveston Bay.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Houston is the largest city on the bay, while smaller ones include Galveston, <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_Texas" title="Pasadena, Texas">Pasadena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baytown,_Texas" title="Baytown, Texas">Baytown</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Texas_City,_Texas" title="Texas City, Texas">Texas City</a>. The bay provides nursery and spawning grounds for large amounts of marine life and is important for both commercial and recreational <a href="/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing">fishing</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southeast_Texas&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hurricane_Harvey_(37015903230).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Hurricane_Harvey_%2837015903230%29.jpg/220px-Hurricane_Harvey_%2837015903230%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Hurricane_Harvey_%2837015903230%29.jpg/330px-Hurricane_Harvey_%2837015903230%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Hurricane_Harvey_%2837015903230%29.jpg/439px-Hurricane_Harvey_%2837015903230%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Hurricane Harvey, Houston, 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>Compared to the rest of the state, Southeast Texas' climate is warmer in winter and cooler in summer. On average, the region receives more rain than other parts of the state, and it experiences a <a href="/wiki/Wet_season" title="Wet season">wet season</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dry_season" title="Dry season">dry season</a> like the <a href="/wiki/Tropics" title="Tropics">tropics</a>. This can increase the humidity level in the region. The relatively mild and wet climate is largely due to the influence of the Gulf of Mexico. </p><p>The Southeast Texas region can be comparable to that of <a href="/wiki/Acadiana" title="Acadiana">Southern Louisiana</a> in climate. Average annual rainfall in the Golden Triangle is 60 inches (1,500 mm). Rainfall totals in other parts of Southeast Texas are lower, but still in excess of 40<span class="nowrap"> </span>inches (1,000 mm) per year. During <a href="/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Claudette_(1979)" title="Tropical Storm Claudette (1979)">Tropical Storm Claudette</a> in 1979, the city of <a href="/wiki/Alvin,_Texas" title="Alvin, Texas">Alvin</a> recorded an official 24-hour rainfall total of 42<span class="nowrap"> </span>inches (1,067 mm)—the highest one-day rainfall total ever measured in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. <a href="/wiki/Nederland,_Texas" title="Nederland, Texas">Nederland</a> received 66 inches during Harvey. </p><p>Houston has been called the "Lightning Capital of Texas"<i>,</i><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as its density of <a href="/wiki/Lightning" title="Lightning">lightning</a> strikes is higher than it is in other parts of the state. This area of unusually high lightning activity stretches from Houston eastward into Southwest Louisiana. Much of this can be explained by the natural occurrence of thunderstorms in the region, which form almost daily during the wet season. However, the unusual clustering of lightning around the developed areas of Houston, the Golden Triangle, and <a href="/wiki/Lake_Charles,_Louisiana" title="Lake Charles, Louisiana">Lake Charles, Louisiana</a> have led many researchers to believe that some combination of <a href="/wiki/Urban_heat_island" title="Urban heat island">urban heat islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_pollution" title="Air pollution">air pollution</a> are responsible for increasing the number of lightning strikes beyond even the already-high natural levels. </p><p><a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_hurricanes" title="List of Texas hurricanes">Southeast Texas is vulnerable to hurricanes</a>. Major <a href="/wiki/Hurricane" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane">hurricanes</a> that have severely affected the area in the 21st century include <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Rita" title="Hurricane Rita">Hurricane Rita</a> in 2005; <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Ike" title="Hurricane Ike">Hurricane Ike</a>, which passed over much of Houston and surrounding areas in 2008; and <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey" title="Hurricane Harvey">Hurricane Harvey</a>, which inundated Southeast Texas in 2017. Weaker storms strike the area routinely. Some, like <a href="/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Allison" title="Tropical Storm Allison">Tropical Storm Allison</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Claudette_(1979)" title="Tropical Storm Claudette (1979)">Tropical Storm Claudette</a>, have caused considerable damage. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Houston (<a href="/wiki/George_Bush_Intercontinental_Airport" title="George Bush Intercontinental Airport">Intercontinental Airport</a>), 1991–2020 normals,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> extremes 1888–present<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95<br />(35) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">107<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">105<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.9<br />(26.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.2<br />(27.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.4<br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.6<br />(31.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.8<br />(34.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.8<br />(36.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99.1<br />(37.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1500; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101.2<br />(38.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.3<br />(36.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.2<br />(33.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.9<br />(29.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.7<br />(27.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">102.1<br />(38.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.8<br />(17.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.8<br />(19.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.0<br />(23.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.1<br />(26.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.9<br />(30.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.3<br />(33.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.5<br />(34.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.9<br />(34.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.4<br />(32.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.8<br />(28.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.6<br />(22.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.3<br />(18.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">80.5<br />(26.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.8<br />(12.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.7<br />(14.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.8<br />(17.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.0<br />(21.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.4<br />(25.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.0<br />(28.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.1<br />(29.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.2<br />(29.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.5<br />(26.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.8<br />(22.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.0<br />(16.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.4<br />(13.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">70.5<br />(21.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.7<br />(6.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.6<br />(8.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.6<br />(12.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.8<br />(15.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.8<br />(19.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.7<br />(23.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.7<br />(24.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.4<br />(24.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.6<br />(21.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.9<br />(16.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.5<br />(10.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.6<br />(7.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">60.5<br />(15.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.5<br />(−2.5) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(−0.2) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(1.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.4<br />(6.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.8<br />(12.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.5<br />(19.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.5<br />(21.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.0<br />(21.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.3<br />(14.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.1<br />(6.7) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.2<br />(1.2) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(−1.1) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">26.0<br />(−3.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(−15) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6<br />(−14) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(−1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54<br />(12) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(−2) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7<br />(−14) </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5<br />(−15) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #6FFF6F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.76<br />(96) </td> <td style="background: #84FF84; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.97<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #7BFF7B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.47<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #65FF65; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.95<br />(100) </td> <td style="background: #41FF41; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.01<br />(127) </td> <td style="background: #14FF14; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.00<br />(152) </td> <td style="background: #6FFF6F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.77<br />(96) </td> <td style="background: #47FF47; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.84<br />(123) </td> <td style="background: #46FF46; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.71<br />(120) </td> <td style="background: #2FFF2F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.46<br />(139) </td> <td style="background: #68FF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.87<br />(98) </td> <td style="background: #67FF67; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.03<br />(102) </td> <td style="background: #58FF58; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">51.84<br />(1,317) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #8787FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3 </td> <td style="background: #9494FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #9696FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5 </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #9F9FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6 </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">104.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">0.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000E0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000E5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000E7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000E0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000E1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000DE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000D8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000DD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000DD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000E0; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">74.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.5<br />(5.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.2<br />(6.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.3<br />(10.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.7<br />(14.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.1<br />(18.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.3<br />(21.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.1<br />(22.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.0<br />(22.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9225; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.5<br />(20.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.5<br />(15.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.4<br />(10.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.8<br />(7.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">58.2<br />(14.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #C1C11F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">143.4 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">155.0 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">192.5 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">209.8 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">249.2 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC06; color:#000000;" class="notheme">281.3 </td> <td style="background: #EDED08; color:#000000;" class="notheme">293.9 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">270.5 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">236.5 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">228.8 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">168.3 </td> <td style="background: #C3C311; color:#000000;" class="notheme">148.7 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,577.9 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Percent <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">possible sunshine</a> </th> <td style="background: #F4F41A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF43; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF57; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF78; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF74; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53 </td> <td style="background: #F9F926; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF53; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">58 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet_index" title="Ultraviolet index">ultraviolet index</a> </th> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8.6 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA (relative humidity and dew point 1969–1990, sun 1961–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_txt_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA_txt-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-noaasun_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noaasun-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: UV Index Today (1995 to 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-UVIT_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UVIT-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Beaumont, Texas (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1901–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86<br />(30) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95<br />(35) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">108<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">105<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">108<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86<br />(30) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">108<br />(42) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.6<br />(17.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.8<br />(18.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.1<br />(22.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.3<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.2<br />(29.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.4<br />(32.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.0<br />(33.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.8<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.6<br />(31.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.5<br />(27.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.4<br />(21.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.2<br />(17.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">78.7<br />(25.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.9<br />(11.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.6<br />(13.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.9<br />(17.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.9<br />(20.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.6<br />(24.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.3<br />(27.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.7<br />(28.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.1<br />(28.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.3<br />(26.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.0<br />(21.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.3<br />(16.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.7<br />(12.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">69.5<br />(20.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.3<br />(6.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.4<br />(8.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.7<br />(12.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.4<br />(15.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.1<br />(20.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.1<br />(23.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.5<br />(24.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.3<br />(24.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.1<br />(21.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.6<br />(15.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.2<br />(10.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.1<br />(7.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">60.3<br />(15.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11<br />(−12) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(−12) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53<br />(12) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(−5) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10<br />(−12) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #32FF32; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.38<br />(137) </td> <td style="background: #66FF66; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.66<br />(93) </td> <td style="background: #71FF71; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.73<br />(95) </td> <td style="background: #65FF65; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.93<br />(100) </td> <td style="background: #38FF38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.24<br />(133) </td> <td style="background: #00EA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.04<br />(179) </td> <td style="background: #09FF09; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.48<br />(165) </td> <td style="background: #00ED00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.19<br />(183) </td> <td style="background: #00DE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.36<br />(187) </td> <td style="background: #32FF32; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.38<br />(137) </td> <td style="background: #52FF52; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.42<br />(112) </td> <td style="background: #37FF37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.26<br />(134) </td> <td style="background: #2DFF2D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">65.07<br />(1,653) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2 </td> <td style="background: #A3A3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2 </td> <td style="background: #A6A6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0 </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4 </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #A6A6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2 </td> <td style="background: #9A9AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #8C8CFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">109.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=lch">"NowData - NOAA Online Weather Data"</a>. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 27,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=NowData+-+NOAA+Online+Weather+Data&rft.pub=National+Oceanic+and+Atmospheric+Administration&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.weather.gov%2Fwrh%2Fclimate%3Fwfo%3Dlch&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASoutheast+Texas" class="Z3988"></span><sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: NOAA: Snow Climatology for Southeast Texas & Southwest Louisiana<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southeast_Texas&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Mary%27s_Cathedral,_Galveston.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/St_Mary%27s_Cathedral%2C_Galveston.jpg/220px-St_Mary%27s_Cathedral%2C_Galveston.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/St_Mary%27s_Cathedral%2C_Galveston.jpg/330px-St_Mary%27s_Cathedral%2C_Galveston.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/St_Mary%27s_Cathedral%2C_Galveston.jpg/440px-St_Mary%27s_Cathedral%2C_Galveston.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2537" data-file-height="2888" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St._Mary_Cathedral_Basilica_(Galveston,_Texas)" title="St. Mary Cathedral Basilica (Galveston, Texas)">St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica</a>, Galveston</figcaption></figure> <p>The culture of Southeast Texas is closer to <a href="/wiki/Acadiana" title="Acadiana">Acadiana</a> in <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> or the Gulf Coast of <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a>, than it is to <a href="/wiki/West_Texas" title="West Texas">West Texas</a>; among some of its population, <a href="/wiki/Cajuns" title="Cajuns">Cajun</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Creoles" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisiana Creoles">Creole</a> identity has been preserved and can be seen during cultural celebrations such as <a href="/wiki/Mardi_Gras" title="Mardi Gras">Mardi Gras</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much of contemporary Southeast Texas has its roots in traditions that go back generations; the region is consistent with much of northern and eastern Texas in that it is part of the <a href="/wiki/Bible_Belt" title="Bible Belt">Bible Belt</a>—an area in which many inhabitants have strongly traditional <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestant Christian</a> beliefs.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_United_States" title="Catholic Church in the United States">Catholic Church in the United States</a> has remained a prominent religious influence since Spanish colonization and missionary work.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among its largest cities in East Texas outside Houston, many still follow a <a href="/wiki/Rural_area" title="Rural area">rural</a> <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern</a> way of life, especially in dialect, mannerisms, and <a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_the_Southern_United_States" title="Cuisine of the Southern United States">cuisine</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southeast_Texas&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Houston" title="Economy of Houston">Economy of Houston</a>; <a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_in_Houston" title="List of companies in Houston">List of companies in Houston</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas#Economy" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont, Texas § Economy</a></div> <p>In the urban areas of Southeast Texas, <a href="/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_States" title="Energy in the United States">energy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Health_care_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Health care in the United States">healthcare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing_in_the_United_States" title="Manufacturing in the United States">manufacturing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_the_United_States" title="Science and technology in the United States">technology</a> are prominent industries. Houston is the largest city and economic center of Southeast Texas, and it holds the third most <a href="/wiki/Fortune_500" title="Fortune 500">Fortune 500</a> headquarters by concentration in the U.S. as of 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Major corporations in the region include <a href="/wiki/APA_Corporation" title="APA Corporation">APA Corporation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chevron_Corporation" title="Chevron Corporation">Chevron Corporation</a>, <a href="/wiki/HostGator" title="HostGator">HostGator</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason%27s_Deli" title="Jason's Deli">Jason's Deli</a>, <a href="/wiki/JPMorgan_Chase" title="JPMorgan Chase">JPMorgan Chase</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sysco" title="Sysco">Sysco</a>. Outside of the cities, <a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_the_United_States" title="Agriculture in the United States">agriculture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_United_States" title="Tourism in the United States">tourism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Small_business" title="Small business">small business</a> have always been major factors in the economy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Higher_education">Higher education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southeast_Texas&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Higher education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ezekiel_W._Cullen_Building,_University_of_Houston_in_2012.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Ezekiel_W._Cullen_Building%2C_University_of_Houston_in_2012.JPG/220px-Ezekiel_W._Cullen_Building%2C_University_of_Houston_in_2012.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Ezekiel_W._Cullen_Building%2C_University_of_Houston_in_2012.JPG/330px-Ezekiel_W._Cullen_Building%2C_University_of_Houston_in_2012.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Ezekiel_W._Cullen_Building%2C_University_of_Houston_in_2012.JPG/440px-Ezekiel_W._Cullen_Building%2C_University_of_Houston_in_2012.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston_System" title="University of Houston System">University of Houston System</a> is the largest and most prominent university system based in Southeast Texas, although <a href="/wiki/Texas_Southern_University" title="Texas Southern University">Texas Southern University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University" title="Prairie View A&M University">Prairie View A&M University</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_St._Thomas_(Texas)" title="University of St. Thomas (Texas)">University of Saint Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston_Christian_University" title="Houston Christian University">Houston Christian University</a>, and others are also notable subjects to the region's undergraduate and postgraduate systems. <a href="/wiki/Rice_University" title="Rice University">Rice University</a> in Houston was ranked 15th in the nation by <a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report_Best_Colleges_Ranking" title="U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking"><i>U.S. News & World Report</i></a> as of 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In areas closer to Beaumont, <a href="/wiki/Lamar_University" title="Lamar University">Lamar University</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_University_System" title="Texas State University System">Texas State University System</a> is the center of higher education. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southeast_Texas&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reliantstadium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Reliantstadium.jpg/220px-Reliantstadium.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Reliantstadium.jpg/330px-Reliantstadium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Reliantstadium.jpg/440px-Reliantstadium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1422" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/NRG_Stadium" title="NRG Stadium">NRG Stadium</a> of the Houston Texans</figcaption></figure><p>Within Southeast Texas, the city of Houston and its metropolitan area has a rich sporting culture and area residents are active in many spectator and participant sports. Spectators attend events including teams from four <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">major professional sports</a> teams and <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Collegiate sports">collegiate sports</a>; Beaumont is also the second principal location for collegiate sports. Participants enjoy activities from running in <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Park,_Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Memorial Park, Houston, Texas">Memorial Park</a> to sailing on <a href="/wiki/Galveston_Bay" title="Galveston Bay">Galveston Bay</a> and Clear Lake. A number of other sports are also available, including nearly a dozen fencing clubs, ranging from recreational clubs to elite competitive organizations.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_league">Major league</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southeast_Texas&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Major league"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Professional major league teams </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Club </th> <th scope="col">League </th> <th scope="col">Sport </th> <th scope="col">Venue </th> <th scope="col">Founded </th> <th scope="col">Titles </th> <th scope="col">Attendance </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Texans" title="Houston Texans">Houston Texans</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">Football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NRG_Stadium" title="NRG Stadium">NRG Stadium</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_season" title="2002 NFL season">2002</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">71,644 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daikin_Park" title="Daikin Park">Daikin Park</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1962 Major League Baseball season">1962</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 (<a href="/wiki/2017_World_Series" title="2017 World Series">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022_World_Series" title="2022 World Series">2022</a>) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">31,628 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Dynamo_FC" title="Houston Dynamo FC">Houston Dynamo FC</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">MLS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Soccer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shell_Energy_Stadium" title="Shell Energy Stadium">Shell Energy Stadium</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/2006_Major_League_Soccer_season" title="2006 Major League Soccer season">2006</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 (<a href="/wiki/MLS_Cup_2006" title="MLS Cup 2006">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/MLS_Cup_2007" title="MLS Cup 2007">2007</a>) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">20,117 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toyota_Center" title="Toyota Center">Toyota Center</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1967-68_NBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1967-68 NBA season">1967</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 (<a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_Finals" title="1994 NBA Finals">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_Finals" title="1995 NBA Finals">1995</a>) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">16,672 </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LUCampusFullBloom.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/LUCampusFullBloom.jpg/220px-LUCampusFullBloom.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/LUCampusFullBloom.jpg/330px-LUCampusFullBloom.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/LUCampusFullBloom.jpg/440px-LUCampusFullBloom.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Lamar University sports complex, Beaumont</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Collegiate">Collegiate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southeast_Texas&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Collegiate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>NCAA Division I programs </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">School </th> <th scope="col">Nickname </th> <th scope="col">Major Venues </th> <th scope="col">Conference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars" title="Houston Cougars">Cougars</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TDECU_Stadium" title="TDECU Stadium">TDECU Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fertitta_Center" title="Fertitta Center">Fertitta Center</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">FBS</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lamar_University" title="Lamar University">Lamar University</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lamar_University_Cardinals" class="mw-redirect" title="Lamar University Cardinals">Cardinals</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Provost_Umphrey_Stadium" title="Provost Umphrey Stadium">Provost Umphrey Stadium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rice_University" title="Rice University">Rice University</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rice_Owls" title="Rice Owls">Owls</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rice_Stadium_(Rice_University)" title="Rice Stadium (Rice University)">Rice Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tudor_Fieldhouse" title="Tudor Fieldhouse">Tudor Fieldhouse</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American</a> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Bowl_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision">FBS</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Christian_University" title="Houston Christian University">Houston Christian University</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Christian_Huskies" title="Houston Christian Huskies">Huskies</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Husky_Stadium_(Houston_Baptist_University)" class="mw-redirect" title="Husky Stadium (Houston Baptist University)">Husky Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sharp_Gymnasium" title="Sharp Gymnasium">Sharp Gymnasium</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_Southern_University" title="Texas Southern University">Texas Southern University</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_Southern_Tigers" title="Texas Southern Tigers">Tigers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Health_and_Physical_Education_Arena" title="Health and Physical Education Arena">Health and Physical Education Arena</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">SWAC</a> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University" title="Prairie View A&M University">Prairie View A&M University</a> (in <a href="/wiki/Prairie_View,_Texas" title="Prairie View, Texas">Prairie View</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_Panthers" class="mw-redirect" title="Prairie View A&M Panthers">Panthers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Panther_Stadium_at_Blackshear_Field" title="Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field">Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Nicks_Building" class="mw-redirect" title="William Nicks Building">William Nicks Building</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southeast_Texas&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:IAH_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/IAH_3.jpg/220px-IAH_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="290" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/IAH_3.jpg/330px-IAH_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/IAH_3.jpg/440px-IAH_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="531" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/George_Bush_Intercontinental_Airport" title="George Bush Intercontinental Airport">George Bush Intercontinental Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <p>There are a variety of highways stretching between the Greater Houston and Beaumont metropolitan areas, connecting the communities to the remainder of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="Gulf Coast of the United States">Gulf Coast region of the United States</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Triangle" title="Texas Triangle">Texas Triangle</a>. Among other modes of transportation, the largest airports operating in Southeast Texas are all stationed in the city of Houston. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Designation </th> <th>Common Name </th> <th>Year of <p>First Freeway Section<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </th> <th>Maximum <p>width: mainlanes (HOV)<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </th> <th>Maximum <p>Traffic Count, 2001 (AADT)<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </th> <th>Maximum <p>Traffic Count, 2009 (AADT)<sup id="cite_ref-TxDOTPlanMap_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TxDOTPlanMap-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </th> <th>Maximum <p>Traffic Count, 2012 (AADT)<sup id="cite_ref-TxDOTPlanMap_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TxDOTPlanMap-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/I-10.svg/24px-I-10.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/I-10.svg/36px-I-10.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/I-10.svg/48px-I-10.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_10_in_Texas" title="Interstate 10 in Texas">I-10</a> </td> <td>Baytown-East Freeway </td> <td>1953 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>225,640 </td> <td>195,000 </td> <td>168,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Katy Freeway </td> <td>1956 </td> <td>26(4)<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>238,520 </td> <td>268,000 </td> <td>360,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/I-45.svg/24px-I-45.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/I-45.svg/36px-I-45.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/I-45.svg/48px-I-45.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_45" title="Interstate 45">I-45</a> </td> <td>Gulf Freeway </td> <td>1948 </td> <td>8(1) </td> <td>269,570 </td> <td>266,000 </td> <td>245,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>North Freeway </td> <td>1959 </td> <td>10(1) </td> <td>291,470 </td> <td>317,000 </td> <td>312,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/I-69.svg/24px-I-69.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/I-69.svg/36px-I-69.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/I-69.svg/48px-I-69.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/US_59.svg/24px-US_59.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/US_59.svg/36px-US_59.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/US_59.svg/48px-US_59.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_69_in_Texas" title="Interstate 69 in Texas">I-69</a> / <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_59_in_Texas" title="U.S. Route 59 in Texas">US 59</a> </td> <td>Eastex Freeway </td> <td>1953 </td> <td>10(1) </td> <td>211,860 </td> <td>195,000 </td> <td>205,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Southwest Freeway </td> <td>1961 </td> <td>13(1) </td> <td>379,550 </td> <td>329,000 </td> <td>318,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/I-610.svg/30px-I-610.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/I-610.svg/45px-I-610.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/I-610.svg/60px-I-610.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_610_(Texas)" title="Interstate 610 (Texas)">I-610</a> </td> <td>610 Loop </td> <td>1952 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>293,460 </td> <td>288,000 </td> <td>292,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Sam_Houston_Tollway.svg/24px-Sam_Houston_Tollway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Sam_Houston_Tollway.svg/36px-Sam_Houston_Tollway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Sam_Houston_Tollway.svg/48px-Sam_Houston_Tollway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sam_Houston_Tollway" class="mw-redirect" title="Sam Houston Tollway">Sam Houston Tollway</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beltway_8" class="mw-redirect" title="Beltway 8">Beltway 8</a> </td> <td>1982 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>202,900 </td> <td>189,000 </td> <td>203,410**<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.hctra.org/file_download/189/TollRoad_FY2013.pdf">[1]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Fort_Bend_Toll_Road.svg/24px-Fort_Bend_Toll_Road.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Fort_Bend_Toll_Road.svg/36px-Fort_Bend_Toll_Road.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Fort_Bend_Toll_Road.svg/48px-Fort_Bend_Toll_Road.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fort_Bend_Tollway" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Bend Tollway">Fort Bend Tollway</a> </td> <td>Fort Bend Parkway Toll Road </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>4 </td> <td> </td> <td>9,471**<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.hctra.org/file_download/189/TollRoad_FY2013.pdf">[2]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Hardy_Toll_Road.svg/24px-Hardy_Toll_Road.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Hardy_Toll_Road.svg/36px-Hardy_Toll_Road.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Hardy_Toll_Road.svg/48px-Hardy_Toll_Road.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hardy_Toll_Road" title="Hardy Toll Road">Hardy Toll Road</a> </td> <td>1987 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>59,220 </td> <td>61,000 </td> <td>63,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Westpark_Tollway.svg/24px-Westpark_Tollway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Westpark_Tollway.svg/36px-Westpark_Tollway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Westpark_Tollway.svg/48px-Westpark_Tollway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Westpark_Tollway" title="Westpark Tollway">Westpark Tollway</a> </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>4 </td> <td> </td> <td>119,385**<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.hctra.org/file_download/189/TollRoad_FY2013.pdf">[3]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/US_90.svg/24px-US_90.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/US_90.svg/36px-US_90.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/US_90.svg/48px-US_90.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_90_in_Texas" title="U.S. Route 90 in Texas">US 90</a> </td> <td>Crosby Freeway </td> <td>1991 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>31,090 </td> <td>46,000 </td> <td>40,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/US_290.svg/30px-US_290.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/US_290.svg/45px-US_290.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/US_290.svg/60px-US_290.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_290_in_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 290 in Texas">US 290</a> </td> <td>Northwest Freeway </td> <td>1975 </td> <td>8(1) </td> <td>262,970 </td> <td>230,000 </td> <td>239,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Texas_Spur_5.svg/24px-Texas_Spur_5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Texas_Spur_5.svg/36px-Texas_Spur_5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Texas_Spur_5.svg/48px-Texas_Spur_5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_Spur_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas State Highway Spur 5">Spur 5</a> </td> <td>Spur 5 </td> <td>1988 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>54,240 </td> <td>37,000 </td> <td>33,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Texas_Spur_330.svg/24px-Texas_Spur_330.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Texas_Spur_330.svg/36px-Texas_Spur_330.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Texas_Spur_330.svg/48px-Texas_Spur_330.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_Spur_330" title="Texas State Highway Spur 330">Spur 330</a> </td> <td>Decker Drive </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>32,890 </td> <td>37,000 </td> <td>47,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Texas_Spur_527.svg/24px-Texas_Spur_527.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Texas_Spur_527.svg/36px-Texas_Spur_527.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Texas_Spur_527.svg/48px-Texas_Spur_527.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_Spur_527" title="Texas State Highway Spur 527">Spur 527</a> </td> <td>The Downtown Split<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1961 </td> <td>6* </td> <td>93,410 </td> <td>64,000 </td> <td>65,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Texas_99.svg/24px-Texas_99.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Texas_99.svg/36px-Texas_99.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Texas_99.svg/48px-Texas_99.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Toll_Texas_99_new.svg/24px-Toll_Texas_99_new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Toll_Texas_99_new.svg/36px-Toll_Texas_99_new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Toll_Texas_99_new.svg/48px-Toll_Texas_99_new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_99" title="Texas State Highway 99">SH 99</a> / <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_99" title="Texas State Highway 99">SH 99 Toll</a> </td> <td>Grand Parkway </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>36,200 </td> <td>68,000 </td> <td>47,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Texas_146.svg/24px-Texas_146.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Texas_146.svg/36px-Texas_146.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Texas_146.svg/48px-Texas_146.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_146" title="Texas State Highway 146">SH 146</a> </td> <td>Baytown Freeway </td> <td>1996 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>74,670 </td> <td>73,000 </td> <td>76,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Texas_225.svg/24px-Texas_225.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Texas_225.svg/36px-Texas_225.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Texas_225.svg/48px-Texas_225.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_225" title="Texas State Highway 225">SH 225</a> </td> <td>La Porte Freeway </td> <td>1966 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>152,780 </td> <td>133,000 </td> <td>113,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Texas_249.svg/24px-Texas_249.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Texas_249.svg/36px-Texas_249.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Texas_249.svg/48px-Texas_249.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Tomball_Tollway.svg/24px-Tomball_Tollway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Tomball_Tollway.svg/36px-Tomball_Tollway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Tomball_Tollway.svg/48px-Tomball_Tollway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_249" title="Texas State Highway 249">SH 249</a> / <a href="/wiki/Tomball_Tollway" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomball Tollway">Tomball Tollway</a> </td> <td>Tomball Parkway </td> <td>1990 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>119,780 </td> <td>142,000 </td> <td>151,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Texas_288.svg/24px-Texas_288.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Texas_288.svg/36px-Texas_288.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Texas_288.svg/48px-Texas_288.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="384" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_288" title="Texas State Highway 288">SH 288</a> </td> <td>South Freeway </td> <td>1980 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>178,490 </td> <td>172,000 </td> <td>163,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Texas_FM_1764.svg/24px-Texas_FM_1764.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Texas_FM_1764.svg/36px-Texas_FM_1764.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Texas_FM_1764.svg/48px-Texas_FM_1764.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Farm_to_Market_Road_1764" title="Farm to Market Road 1764">FM 1764</a> </td> <td>Emmett F. Lowry Expressway </td> <td> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>48,050 </td> <td>40,000 </td> <td>35,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7">** For these toll roads, this represents the highest AADT as measured at a toll booth, but not necessarily the highest traffic at any point along the toll road. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southeast_Texas&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the highest and lowest temperature readings during an entire month or year) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Official records for Houston were kept at the Weather Bureau in downtown from July 1888 to May 1969, and at Intercontinental since June 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southeast_Texas&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/chamberscountytexas,brazoriacountytexas,austincountytexas,orangecountytexas,jeffersoncountytexas,hardincountytexas/PST045221">"U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Chambers County, Texas; Brazoria County, Texas; Austin County, Texas; Orange County, Texas; Jefferson County, Texas; Hardin County, Texas"</a>. 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