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Sun on a roof in Dawson.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Dawson at 1,507 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 0.9 km away. A modeled estimate for a standard setup, not a measurement of any roof.
A year on one roof.
Scroll from January to December: the noon sun over Dawson climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 155, weakest 97: a ratio of 1.6.
How Dawson comparesderived from the figures above
Where Dawson sits.
Dawson ranks 689th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 44th percentile. Its 1,507 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are January, December, February; output peaks in July and bottoms out in January. In all, 29.8% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Hubbard, 10 km southwest: 1,518 kWh per kW, 11 more than Dawson.
- Coolidge, 17 km south: 1,502 kWh per kW, 5 less than Dawson.
- Malone, 17 km west: 1,506 kWh per kW, 1 less than Dawson.
- Penelope, 21 km west: 1,511 kWh per kW, 4 more than Dawson.
- Mount Calm, 22 km southwest: 1,522 kWh per kW, 15 more than Dawson.
- Blooming Grove, 22 km north: 1,527 kWh per kW, 20 more than Dawson.
- Frost, 23 km northwest: 1,518 kWh per kW, 11 more than Dawson.
- Tehuacana, 23 km southeast: 1,514 kWh per kW, 7 more than Dawson.
- Oak Valley, 24 km northeast: 1,520 kWh per kW, 13 more than Dawson.
Against Dallas
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Dallas, 100 km to the north, at 1,500 kWh per kW. Dawson models 7 kWh per kW (0.5%) above it. The two figures are within 1 percent, which is about the size of the difference you get from two neighboring weather stations alone, so this page's result is effectively the same as Dallas's.
The second-nearest large place is Fort Worth, 116 km northwest, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Dawson runs 28 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, March, November.
Electricity in Navarro CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Dawson is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Dawson may instead be served by a co-op or utility listed below, which sets its own rates; check your bill. For scale only, the median 2025 average price across the 60 Texas retail providers on this site is 15.32¢ per kWh, which would put the modeled 1,507 kWh at $231 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Navarro County Elec Coop, Inc: 12.92¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,029 residential customers across 5 counties.
- Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC: 5.64¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 3,545,814 residential customers across 99 counties.
These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Dawson. They are the largest bundled providers, and the largest delivery-only one, whose EIA service territory lists the county. A county can list several, and which one serves a street depends on the address, so check your bill.
Modeled estimateruns in your browser
Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Dawson model to another array size, take off extra losses for shade or dirt, and price the energy at any rate. It is arithmetic on the PVWatts output above, nothing more: not a quote, not a savings estimate and not advice.
Starting rate: the Texas residential average of 15.4¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $232 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 704462
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 97.0 |
| February | 98.9 |
| March | 120.5 |
| April | 136.1 |
| May | 143.3 |
| June | 145.5 |
| July | 155.3 |
| August | 148.0 |
| September | 135.0 |
| October | 124.5 |
| November | 104.4 |
| December | 98.1 |
| Year | 1,507 |
Model assumptions
- System size
- 1 kWDC, results scale per kW
- Mount
- fixed roof mount
- Tilt
- 20°
- Azimuth
- 180°due south
- Modules
- standard
- System losses
- 14%
Location 31.89, -96.71 (Dawson, population 819). Weather: typical-year data from station 704462, 0.9 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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