Balmorhea, TX

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BALMORHEA, TX US.

BWk Desert (cold) climate 8b USDA hardiness Zone 8b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Balmorhea has an annual average temperature of 63.9°F with about 12.1 inches of precipitation per year and 0.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is June (average high 94.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 31.0°F). September is typically the wettest month (2.02 in) and March the driest (0.38 in). Snow typically falls from December through January.

Annual swing
35.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,250
Cooling need
1,851

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

40 of 366 (10.9%) of Balmorhea's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1920s
17
1930s
22
1940s
86
1950s
71
1960s
32
1970s
22
1980s
28
1990s
16
2000s
26
2010s
37
2020s
9

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 60.3°F 31.0°F 45.6°F 0.66 in 0.2 in 2
February 65.6°F 34.1°F 49.8°F 0.41 in 1
March 72.8°F 40.3°F 56.5°F 0.38 in 1
April 80.5°F 47.3°F 63.9°F 0.50 in 2
May 87.9°F 57.2°F 72.6°F 1.05 in 3
June 94.7°F 65.9°F 80.3°F 1.13 in 4
July 93.7°F 67.7°F 80.7°F 1.82 in 4
August 93.0°F 66.7°F 79.8°F 1.87 in 4
September 86.5°F 60.2°F 73.3°F 2.02 in 4
October 79.4°F 49.6°F 64.5°F 1.09 in 3
November 69.2°F 38.1°F 53.6°F 0.60 in 1
December 60.9°F 31.3°F 46.1°F 0.57 in 0.4 in 1

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