Flooding occurs for very brief to brief periods. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 25 to 32 inches. Mean annual temperature ranges from 70 to 74 degrees F. Elevation ranges from 40 to 450 feet above sea level and annual frost free days range from 275 to 290. Thornthwaite annual P-E indices range from 31 to 52. These include the competing Aransas soils and the Degola , Meguin and Sinton soils.
Aransas soils are in lower positions in the landscape.
Degola, Meguin and Sinton soils are slightly higher in the landscape. Buchel soils are moderately well drained. Permeability is very slow. Water enters the soil rapidly when it is cracked and dry and very slow when it is wet. Runoff is low.