Lajitas, Texas
| Lajitas, Texas | |
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| Lajitas in 2014
Lajitas in 2014
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 Lajitas, Texas
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| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Brewster |
| Elevation | 2,342 ft (714 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 79852 |
| Area code | 432 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1339481 |
Lajitas is an unincorporated community in Brewster County, Texas, United States, in proximity to the Big Bend National Park.
Climate
Lajitas has a hot semi-arid climate with very hot summers and mild winters.
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- Elevation: 2,403 feet (732 m)[1]
| Climate data for Lajitas, Texas (Mar 1, 1978–Mar 31, 2013) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 89 (32) |
98 (37) |
102 (39) |
109 (43) |
113 (45) |
115 (46) |
113 (45) |
112 (44) |
110 (43) |
104 (40) |
97 (36) |
90 (32) |
115 (46) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 68.8 (20.4) |
75.0 (23.9) |
83.1 (28.4) |
91.2 (32.9) |
97.8 (36.6) |
102.2 (39) |
100.5 (38.1) |
99.1 (37.3) |
95.1 (35.1) |
87.8 (31) |
77.4 (25.2) |
69.2 (20.7) |
87.27 (30.72) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 51.7 (10.9) |
57.1 (13.9) |
64.5 (18.1) |
72.7 (22.6) |
80.8 (27.1) |
87.6 (30.9) |
87.3 (30.7) |
86.0 (30) |
81.5 (27.5) |
72.0 (22.2) |
60.5 (15.8) |
52.2 (11.2) |
71.2 (21.8) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 34.6 (1.4) |
39.1 (3.9) |
45.8 (7.7) |
54.3 (12.4) |
63.8 (17.7) |
73.0 (22.8) |
74.1 (23.4) |
72.9 (22.7) |
67.6 (19.8) |
56.3 (13.5) |
43.6 (6.4) |
35.2 (1.8) |
55.03 (12.79) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 14 (−10) |
5 (−15) |
19 (−7) |
28 (−2) |
42 (6) |
59 (15) |
54 (12) |
61 (16) |
47 (8) |
27 (−3) |
23 (−5) |
10 (−12) |
5 (−15) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.33 (8.4) |
0.27 (6.9) |
0.23 (5.8) |
0.34 (8.6) |
0.95 (24.1) |
1.47 (37.3) |
2.16 (54.9) |
1.32 (33.5) |
1.57 (39.9) |
1.29 (32.8) |
0.30 (7.6) |
0.24 (6.1) |
10.47 (265.9) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.1 (0.3) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.001 in) | 2.17 | 1.43 | 1.14 | 1.51 | 3.22 | 4.17 | 5.78 | 4.47 | 4.35 | 3.56 | 1.85 | 1.50 | 33.79 |
| Source: Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute[2] | |||||||||||||
Government
For many years the mayor of Lajitas was Clay Henry III, a "beer-drinking" goat. After two replacements of the original Clay Henry, the trading post and stable where the mayor lived is now closed and the goat no longer resides there.[3][4] There is going to be an election later this year to elect a new mayor of Lajitas.
Education
Lajitas is zoned to schools in the Terlingua Common School District.
Historical information
This is the adopted hometown of one of the region's well known philanthropists, Elle Webb.
References
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