Sanford, TX

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

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Sanford has an annual average temperature of 58.3°F with about 19.2 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 96.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 21.4°F). June is typically the wettest month (2.99 in) and February the driest (0.48 in).

Annual swing
44.4°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
3,924
Cooling need
1,512

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Climate change signal

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166 of 366 (45.4%) of Sanford'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.

1990s
50
2000s
108
2010s
103
2020s
105

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 52.0°F 21.4°F 36.7°F 0.60 in 2
February 55.4°F 23.5°F 39.4°F 0.48 in 3
March 64.9°F 31.4°F 48.1°F 1.20 in 4
April 73.3°F 39.7°F 56.5°F 1.73 in 5
May 82.7°F 50.4°F 66.6°F 2.30 in 7
June 92.4°F 61.1°F 76.8°F 2.99 in 7
July 96.6°F 65.6°F 81.1°F 2.29 in 7
August 94.1°F 64.3°F 79.2°F 2.93 in 8
September 86.7°F 56.6°F 71.7°F 1.55 in 6
October 75.2°F 43.4°F 59.3°F 1.89 in 6
November 62.6°F 30.6°F 46.6°F 0.70 in 4
December 52.3°F 22.8°F 37.6°F 0.56 in 3

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