Alice, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Alice's primary NOAA station, ALICE INTL AP - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Alice
Warm-season cooling demand defines Alice, Texas, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 73°F. It scores 100/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 99% of them.
- 73°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 100/100
- comfort score, above 99% of station-mapped location scores
- 29.1"
- yearly precipitation total
- 308 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Alice: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00012932 · Alice, TX 73°F mean · 29.1" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 73°F
- RANK-WARM #6,655
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rockport Aransa…
- PRCP-MID 29.1"
- SWING-NARROW 29°F
- COMF-TOP 100/100
- LOAD-COOL 3,764 CDD
- STN-MULTI USW00012932
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Rockport Aransas County, TX (+ 0.2 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every TX station list.
- Alice (this station) 73°F
- Cold Bruni, TX 73°F
- Hot Robstown, TX 73°F
- Near Rockport Aransa…, TX 73°F
- Near Corpus Christi, TX 73°F
Alice sits in Texas, the #4 hottest U.S. state at 66.2°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Alice
Alice: 64/100 · grade C
Alice publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Alice, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 100/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 308 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 72.8°F · 5.3° from 67.5°F | 84/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 29.1 in · 5.9 from 35 in | 79/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 138 calendar days | 54/100 · D |
| Summer moisture balance | 72.5°F mean dew point | 6/100 · F |
Alice · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Alice is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 57.0°F and warmest-month mean 86.0°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 86.0°F
- Coldest month
- 57.0°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · cooling-led station
Where Alice sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Alice's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 3% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Alice sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 39th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 92%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Alice is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Alice compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Alice's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
100 Top 1% score exceeds 99% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.2" | N/A | 2.1 | 0.2 |
| February | 74°F (23°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.3" | N/A | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| March | 79°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 2.2" | N/A | 0.2 | 3.4 |
| April | 85°F (30°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 1.5" | N/A | 0.0 | 9.2 |
| May | 90°F (32°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.1" | N/A | 0.0 | 20.4 |
| June | 95°F (35°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 3.7" | N/A | 0.0 | 28.3 |
| July | 97°F (36°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 85°F (30°C) | 2.6" | N/A | 0.0 | 28.7 |
| August | 98°F (37°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 86°F (30°C) | 2.9" | N/A | 0.0 | 29.6 |
| September | 93°F (34°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 4.5" | N/A | 0.0 | 22.9 |
| October | 87°F (31°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 1.7" | N/A | 0.0 | 14.4 |
| November | 78°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 1.6" | N/A | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| December | 70°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.9" | N/A | 1.3 | 0.2 |
The year, day by day
The year in Alice runs from a mild 45°F around January 5 to 99°F at the peak near August 6, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 16 through September 30, covering 138 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs January 27 to December 17.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 45°F around January 5.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is September 11, when 32% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 5 at 18%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 82 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 23 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Alice.
Where Alice Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 138 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Alice earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
8.0 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
Alice spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 32% of the annual total and December through February 15%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Alice has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 29°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 4.5" and January 1.2". The three wettest months together take 42% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Alice, it arrives in quantity
29.1" of precipitation falls across only about 81 wet days here, averaging 0.36 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 81 a year, 22% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.36 inches
- Most wet days
- September, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- August, about 5
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 10
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
308 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
885
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,764
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67% | 9.5 | 46% | 30% |
| February | 67% | 10.6 | 50% | 25% |
| March | 69% | 11.0 | 42% | 26% |
| April | 69% | 11.4 | 41% | 24% |
| May | 74% | 10.2 | 41% | 10% |
| June | 73% | 10.0 | 45% | 5% |
| July | 69% | 9.5 | 55% | 4% |
| August | 71% | 8.0 | 50% | 5% |
| September | 71% | 7.8 | 56% | 7% |
| October | 69% | 8.9 | 51% | 18% |
| November | 69% | 8.7 | 53% | 20% |
| December | 69% | 9.3 | N/A | N/A |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Alice on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (73°F here).
- Leesburg, FL 73°F · 0.0°F off
- Sebring, FL 73°F · 0.0°F off
- Imperial, CA 73°F · 0.2°F off
- Orlando, FL 73°F · 0.2°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (29.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Creighton, NE 29.1" · 0.0" off
- Harrisville, MI 29.1" · 0.0" off
- Beloit, KS 29.1" · 0.1" off
- Melrose, MN 29.1" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Alice's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · moderate · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Alice. Cooling totals 3,764 degree days, more than double the 885 heating measure, and the 29.0°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Alice's 29.1 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
Temperature varies within a narrow 29.0°F band across the normal year. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 73°F. Monthly rows still matter, but they refine a steady profile rather than reveal two climatic extremes.
The frost-free window extends for about 308 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Alice's primary station, so the summer figures are a thirty-year average rather than a ceiling: individual years have run hotter and will again. For Alice that means a descriptive range only — not an official NOAA classification and not a prediction for next summer.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Alice's primary station: ALICE INTL AP (USW00012932). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Alice area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4801852). Match rule for Alice: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Alice comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.