I frequently read about Texas coastal wind. As in it's approximately a full gale and will blow your dentures off. Yet when I read the NWS climate reports for Rockport for example the wind report for the month is 18mph max 23mph. We have higher average winds per day at Daytona and at the much-vaunted Cape San Blas. Us Florida natives called it Sand Blast for a reason. So seriously, you who have been there, is the Texas coastal wind really any different than the Florida coastal wind?

I don't think the texas coastal wind is anything to really get your attention. it IS regular...blowing out to sea at a.m. and inland at p.m.now West texas is another story, across I 10 and I 20 and even up in the Panhandle on I 40. these winds are usually cross winds, so folks with trailers or MHs tend to notice them.

We've camped in Corpus Christi and did not experience any wind issues. Now the winter we spent in Harlingen was another story...breezy every day, all day. The 6 weeks we stayed at Tropic Winds, aptly named, we never had the awnings out. Couldn't if you wanted to, breezy all day. Actually, the breeze made the temps enjoyable, just be aware, depending on location, there are windy locations. Nice place to spend the winter - no snow shovels to be seen. The only problem with south Texas is it takes a while to get there - - from New England...

Left Corpus Christi middle of the afternoon and headed north on !-37. About 75 miles north of CC there is a rest stop we spent the night in waiting for the winds to die down. The rest area was full of campers and trucks doing the same......it can happen.

The streets at Tropic Winds are 1/10 of a mile long. One day, I literally "rode the wind" from one end to the other. Pedaling and pushing back to my starting point was enough to exhaust me for the rest of the day. In addition to no awnings, you also have no picnic tables, ergo no eating outside -- and definitely forget about relaxing outside with a book in one hand and a beer in the other. Those days will be few and far between.The winter we went to Texas wasn't all bad (excessive wind). The last month ofthat winter was great -- We left the RGV early and went to SW Florida!

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Gr8life
Explorer II
Jul 01, 2014
Some folks like the challenge and will come up with elaborate anchoring systems, just so they can say, "I leave my awning out, most of the time". I had one tore up in Florida, and two in Texas. That's about how I would rate the wind between the two. But at RGV prices, I will leave my awning in and my money in the bank.
DustyR
Explorer
Jul 01, 2014
I spend my first winter near Harlingen Texas and we had a gentle off shore breeze of 28 mph or so for two weeks. No mosquitos and left the awning stowed.
toban
Explorer
Jul 01, 2014
Pleasant breeze??????????? I don't think so.

Toban
tatest
Explorer II
Jul 02, 2014
It is not usually any windier on the Texas Gulf Coast than it is on the Atlantic coast with the same land vs water temperature differences. Or the coast of Lake Michigan.

Complaints about the wind come. from people unaccustomed to steady winds in the places they live the other part of the year, or in other places they've chosen to winter. SW Florida is usually not as windy, especially as far inland as many snowbird resorts are located. Some SW desert locations are usually windy, but people don't go there, the go to places that are not usually windy.

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