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Homes in Harlingen
Harlingen's 29,595 homes are a mix: 60% detached houses, 28% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 3% townhouses and other attached houses.
The 1980s and 1990s built 36% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 36% are older than that and 28% newer. The median home dates from 1988. 56% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Its housing is much like Brownsville's, 19 miles away. Nationally, Harlingen's homes are newer than those in 69% of the 881 US cities we have census figures for.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Estimates carry margins of error.
Manufactured homes
9% of homes are mobile or manufactured homes, whose windows usually sit in thin walls with little depth inside the opening. An outside mount on a frame is the reliable choice there, fixed into the framing around the window rather than the thin wall panel.
Rounded drywall corners
64% of homes here were built from 1980 on, and many houses of that era have rounded ("bullnose") drywall corners around the windows instead of square returns. A shutter can't sit flat against a curve: choose an outside mount with a frame that clears the corner, or an inside mount if the flat part of the opening is deep enough for your louvers.
Harlingen weather and your shutters
At Harlingen, TX (2 mi away), August averages a high of 97.8°F and January a low of 51.1°F. Average highs reach 85°F from April to October.
About 151 days a year reach 90°F, 1 nights fall to freezing and 26.6 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around September and least in February.
That's more 90°F days than in 97% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 13 h 47 min on the longest day to 10 h 30 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 87° above the horizon in June and 40° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Harlingen, TX (temperature) and Harlingen 0.4 N, TX (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 71.7°F | 51.1°F | 1.2 in |
| Feb | 76°F | 54.8°F | 1.1 in |
| Mar | 81°F | 60°F | 1.4 in |
| Apr | 86.4°F | 65.9°F | 1.5 in |
| May | 91.1°F | 71.8°F | 2 in |
| Jun | 95.4°F | 75.9°F | 3.3 in |
| Jul | 96.6°F | 76.9°F | 3.9 in |
| Aug | 97.8°F | 76.8°F | 1.5 in |
| Sep | 93.1°F | 73.6°F | 5.1 in |
| Oct | 88°F | 66.8°F | 2.6 in |
| Nov | 79.7°F | 58.8°F | 1.7 in |
| Dec | 73.2°F | 52.5°F | 1.3 in |
Months of hard sun
With 151 days a year above 90°F, sun on the window is the main thing shutters do here. Closed louvers stop direct sun before it reaches the room; angled up, they still let light bounce off the ceiling. On south and west windows, white and light finishes stay cooler and show fading less than dark stains; keep stains for windows out of the afternoon sun.
Fitting them in Harlingen
Shutter Boys shutters are made for you to fit yourself: an inside or outside mount takes a drill, a level and our step-by-step guide. If you'd rather hire someone, a finish carpenter or blinds installer can fit them; ask on your quote and we'll tell you if we know one near you. You arrange and pay the installer directly.
Near Harlingen
- Brownsville 19 mi
- Edinburg 30 mi
- Pharr 31 mi
- McAllen 34 mi
- Mission 39 mi
More about shutters in Harlingen
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Harlingen’s own figures.
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