Texas is quite large... you're probably thinking of West Texas (as shown in innumerable western movies). That is indeed very dry. East Texas, particularly sout

Texas is quite large... you're probably thinking of West Texas (as shown in innumerable western movies). That is indeed very dry. East Texas, particularly south-eastern Texas (near the Gulf) is very humid and can experience torrential rainfall. It's more like Louisiana than El Paso, climate-wise. Austin is sort of in the transitional zone between the two. By comparison with California, Austin gets an average of 34.32 inches (872 mm) of rain per year. San Jose gets 15.82 inches (402 mm). San Francisco proper gets 23.65 inches (601 mm). Austin is considerably more water-rich than the Bay Area.