Ballinger, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Ballinger's normal year runs from 31°F January nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 23.4 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.6 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.3°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 35°C, 594 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBallinger (2 mi NW)
- Station IDUSC00410493
- Location31.74°N 99.98°W
- Elevation1,755 ft (535 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population3,530
On October 22, the normal high in Ballinger is 77°F and the normal low 50°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 16%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Ballinger.
- Jan 59° 31°
- Feb 63° 35°
- Mar 71° 43°
- Apr 79° 51°
- May 86° 61°
- Jun 92° 69°
- Jul 96° 72°
- Aug 95° 71°
- Sep 88° 64°
- Oct 79° 53°
- Nov 68° 42°
- Dec 60° 33°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Ballinger each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 31°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.08 in), the least in January (1.01 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F | 31°F | 45.1°F | 1.01 | 4 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 63°F | 35°F | 49.2°F | 1.52 | 4 | <1 | 10 | 11 h |
| March | 71°F | 43°F | 56.9°F | 1.79 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 51°F | 65.1°F | 1.56 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 86°F | 61°F | 73.3°F | 3.08 | 6 | 13 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 92°F | 69°F | 80.3°F | 3.07 | 5 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 96°F | 72°F | 83.5°F | 1.67 | 4 | 28 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 95°F | 71°F | 83.1°F | 2.41 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 88°F | 64°F | 76.2°F | 2.57 | 5 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 79°F | 53°F | 66.0°F | 2.20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 68°F | 42°F | 54.7°F | 1.45 | 4 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 60°F | 33°F | 46.4°F | 1.04 | 4 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 52°F | 65.0°F | 23.37 | 54 | 117 | 52 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 0°C | 7.3°C | 26 mm |
| February | 17°C | 2°C | 9.6°C | 39 mm |
| March | 21°C | 6°C | 13.8°C | 45 mm |
| April | 26°C | 11°C | 18.4°C | 40 mm |
| May | 30°C | 16°C | 22.9°C | 78 mm |
| June | 33°C | 20°C | 26.8°C | 78 mm |
| July | 35°C | 22°C | 28.6°C | 42 mm |
| August | 35°C | 22°C | 28.4°C | 61 mm |
| September | 31°C | 18°C | 24.6°C | 65 mm |
| October | 26°C | 11°C | 18.9°C | 56 mm |
| November | 20°C | 5°C | 12.6°C | 37 mm |
| December | 16°C | 0°C | 8.0°C | 26 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00410493; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Ballinger?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (4).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00410493.
When is the last frost in Ballinger?
In Ballinger, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 22 in half of years and after April 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 10 in half of years and before October 28 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 221 year in 10 after April 12; 9 in 10 after March 2
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 101 year in 10 before October 28; 9 in 10 before November 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 233 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 257 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 8 in half of springs and before November 22 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ballinger in zone 8a in ZIP code 76821, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Ballinger's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (28 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00410493; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Ballinger?
In a normal year in Ballinger, 117 days a year reach 90°F (26 of them 100°F or more), 52 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 54 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 117a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 26a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 52a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 54a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1897) is 116°F, on June 30, 1907; the lowest is −6°F, on January 31, 1949.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1935, with 50.55 in; the snowiest season is 1918–19, with 21.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00410493; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00410493. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Ballinger?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Ballinger, 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 3.2 |
| February | 76% | 3.9 |
| March | 78% | 5.0 |
| April | 81% | 6.0 |
| May | 80% | 6.3 |
| June | 88% | 7.1 |
| July | 88% | 7.0 |
| August | 87% | 6.4 |
| September | 83% | 5.3 |
| October | 82% | 4.4 |
| November | 81% | 3.4 |
| December | 78% | 3.0 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Ballinger need?
A normal year in Ballinger brings 2,453 heating degree days, 54% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,476 cooling degree days, 2.7 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,130 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 617 | 1 |
| February | 448 | 4 |
| March | 276 | 24 |
| April | 97 | 101 |
| May | 18 | 275 |
| June | 0 | 461 |
| July | 0 | 574 |
| August | 0 | 561 |
| September | 7 | 341 |
| October | 89 | 120 |
| November | 322 | 14 |
| December | 579 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,453 | 2,476 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00410493. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Ballinger been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 66.9°F, 1.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.0°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65.2°F | +0.2°F | 19.17 |
| 2022 | 66.4°F | +1.4°F | 15.90 |
| 2023 | 67.9°F | +2.9°F | 19.74 |
| 2024 | 68.1°F | +3.1°F | 29.34 |
| 2025 | 66.9°F | +1.9°F | 16.55 |
Over 56 complete years from 1947 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.8°F per century (+0.10°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00410493; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Ballinger's climate compare?
Ballinger is warmer than 129 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 93. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.0°F is warmer than 88%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Ballinger is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Ballinger share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Miles, TX934 people · 16 mi SW
- Rowena, TX231 people · 8 mi SW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Ballinger's climate
What is the coldest month in Ballinger?
January, with a normal high of 59°F and a normal low of 31°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Ballinger?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.6 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Ballinger?
May, with 3.08 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.01 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Ballinger in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Ballinger in zone 8a in ZIP code 76821, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Ballinger's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Ballinger?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 22; in one year in ten it comes after April 12. Waiting until April 12 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Paint Rock, TX16 miles from this station, 65.1°F a year
- Concho Park/Ivie Reservoir, TX21 miles from this station, 65.8°F a year
- Wingate, TX22 miles from this station, 62.9°F a year
- Hords Creek Dam, TX25 miles from this station, 64.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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