Bishop, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Bishop's primary NOAA station, BISHOP.
The climate verdict for Bishop
Warm-season cooling demand defines Bishop, Texas, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 72°F. It scores 96/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 96% of them.
- 72°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 96/100
- comfort score, above 96% of station-mapped location scores
- 28.8"
- annual precipitation
- 297 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Bishop: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00410805 · Bishop, TX 72°F mean · 28.8" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 72°F
- RANK-WARM #6,655
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bruni
- PRCP-MID 28.8"
- SWING-NARROW 30°F
- COMF-TOP 96/100
- LOAD-COOL 3,672 CDD
- STN-1 USC00410805
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bruni, TX (+ 0.1 °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.
- Hot Bruni, TX 73°F
- Bishop (this station) 72°F
- Cold Benavides, TX 72°F
- Near Charlotte, TX 72°F
- Near Falfurrias, TX 72°F
Bishop 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 · Bishop
Bishop: 80/100 · grade B
Bishop publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Bishop, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 96/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 297 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 72.4°F · 4.9° from 67.5°F | 85/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 28.8 in · 6.2 from 35 in | 78/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 116 calendar days | 67/100 · C |
Bishop · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Bishop is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 56.5°F and warmest-month mean 86.2°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
- 86.2°F
- Coldest month
- 56.5°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 Bishop sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Bishop'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, Bishop 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 91%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Bishop is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Bishop compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Bishop's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
96 Top 4% score exceeds 96% 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.5" | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 71°F (22°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.6" | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| March | 77°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 1.7" | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| April | 83°F (28°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 1.5" | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| May | 88°F (31°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.3" | 0.0 | 14.7 |
| June | 93°F (34°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 83°F (29°C) | 2.3" | 0.0 | 26.8 |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 85°F (30°C) | 2.1" | 0.0 | 26.8 |
| August | 97°F (36°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 86°F (30°C) | 2.7" | 0.0 | 29.4 |
| September | 91°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 5.2" | 0.0 | 19.0 |
| October | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 8.9 |
| November | 77°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.7" | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| December | 70°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 2.2" | 3.4 | 0.2 |
The year, day by day
The year in Bishop runs from a mild 45°F around January 9 to 98°F at the peak near August 10, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 26 through September 18, covering 116 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 10 to December 15.
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 9.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is September 9, when 28% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 18 at 13%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 68 wet dates a year.
The widest day
January 1 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Bishop.
Where Bishop Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 116 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Bishop 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
6.8 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
Bishop spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 25% of the annual total and December through February 18%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Bishop has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 29.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 5.2" and January 1.5". The three wettest months together take 40% 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 Bishop, it arrives in quantity
28.8" of precipitation falls across only about 67 wet days here, averaging 0.43 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 67 a year, 18% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.43 inches
- Most wet days
- September, about 9
- Fewest wet days
- April, about 4
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 7
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 13
50% probability date
Growing Season
297 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
954
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,672
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Bishop 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 (72°F here).
- Casa Grande, AZ 72°F · 0.0°F off
- Florence, AZ 72°F · 0.0°F off
- Wauchula, FL 72°F · 0.0°F off
- Kissimmee, FL 73°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (28.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Howells, NE 28.8" · 0.0" off
- Hudson, KS 28.7" · 0.0" off
- Osceola, NE 28.8" · 0.0" off
- Taloga, OK 28.8" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Bishop's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · moderate · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Bishop. Cooling totals 3,672 degree days, more than double the 954 heating measure, and the 29.7°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Bishop's 28.8 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 29.7°F band across the normal year. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 72°F. Monthly rows still matter, but they refine a steady profile rather than reveal two climatic extremes.
The frost-free window extends for about 297 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 Bishop'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 Bishop 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 Bishop's primary station: BISHOP (USC00410805). 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 4808392). Match rule for Bishop: 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 Bishop 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.