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Borger, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month

Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score

30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Borger's primary NOAA station, BORGER.

The climate verdict for Borger

Borger, Texas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 61°F. It scores 88/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 89% of them.

61°F
yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
88/100
comfort score, above 89% of station-mapped location scores
22.5"
annual precipitation · 15" snow
199 days
frost-free days per growing season

Borger: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.

Normals record plate

Sheet USC00410958 · Borger, TX 61°F mean · 22.5" precip

TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL

Nearest mean-temperature peer: Blytheville, AR (+ 0 °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.

Borger 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 · Borger

Borger: 53/100 · grade D

Borger publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.

D
53/100Climate Living Index

PlainClimate-derived for Borger, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 88/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.

Borger Living Index dimension scores
DimensionStation valueScore
Annual temperature balance 60.7°F · 6.8° from 67.5°F 79/100 · B
Frost-free season 199 days/year 64/100 · C
Precipitation balance 22.5 in · 12.5 from 35 in 56/100 · C
Snowfall burden 15.0 inches/year 56/100 · C
Normal heat + freeze calendar 191 calendar days 19/100 · F

Borger · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.

Borger's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk

Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.

Köppen code
BSk
Group
Dry (arid or semi-arid)
Warmest month
81.4°F
Coldest month
40.2°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 · balanced station

Where Borger sits across the climate record

Three NOAA fields for Borger's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.

Annual temperature
Top 23% warmest
Among 6,861 stations, Borger sits in the warmer third of annual means.
Annual precipitation
31st percentile wetness
Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
Seasonal temperature swing
41st percentile swing
Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.

How Borger compares across U.S. station-mapped locations

Borger's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations

PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals

88 Top 11% score exceeds 89% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry. This location 0 100 every station-mapped location, bucketed by value
  1. 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
  2. 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
  3. 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
  4. 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
  5. 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
  6. 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
  7. 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
  8. 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
  9. 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
  10. 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.

Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more station-mapped locations. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Borger's measured station temperature trend

Methodology

Across 62 complete annual observations from 1950 to 2017, BORGER warmed at a fitted rate of 0.06°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.

Borger fitted annual mean temperature change, 1950-2017 Fitted station-temperature change from 1950 to 2017, relative to the fitted first year. The linear trend warmed at 0.06 °C per decade. -0.1°C +0.1°C +0.3°C +0.5°C 196019802000
  • Borger primary station fitted change +0.06 °C/decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-M v4, quality-controlled monthly mean temperature. PlainClimate fits ordinary least squares over complete calendar years; minimum 30 years, record must reach 2015 or later.

Monthly Temperatures

Average daily high and low temperatures by month

Month Avg High Avg Low Mean
January 54°F (12°C) 27°F (-3°C) 40°F (5°C)
February 59°F (15°C) 29°F (-2°C) 44°F (7°C)
March 68°F (20°C) 37°F (3°C) 52°F (11°C)
April 76°F (24°C) 44°F (7°C) 60°F (16°C)
May 84°F (29°C) 54°F (12°C) 69°F (21°C)
June 93°F (34°C) 63°F (17°C) 78°F (25°C)
July 95°F (35°C) 68°F (20°C) 81°F (27°C)
August 93°F (34°C) 66°F (19°C) 80°F (27°C)
September 87°F (31°C) 59°F (15°C) 73°F (23°C)
October 76°F (25°C) 47°F (8°C) 62°F (16°C)
November 64°F (18°C) 35°F (2°C) 49°F (10°C)
December 53°F (12°C) 27°F (-3°C) 40°F (5°C)

The year, day by day

Borger works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 95°F by July 14 and hold at or above 90°F on 95 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 96 dates, bottoming at 26°F around January 1.

Normal daily high and low temperature for Borger, January through December Peaks 95°F around July 14. Bottoms 26°F around January 1. 20 40 60 80 100 freezing JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal daily high and low across the calendar year. NOAA 1991–2020 daily normals, BORGER.

When the heat sits

Normal highs reach 90°F from June 3 through September 5, covering 95 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 23 to October 31.

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.

The freezing stretch

The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 28, then returns to freezing around November 25, covering 96 dates in all.

Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.

Where the wet dates fall

The likeliest wet date is August 6, when 27% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 9 at 11%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 67 wet dates a year.

The widest day

April 1 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 32°F between the normal high and the normal low.

Look up any date

Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Borger.

Where Borger Stands Nationally

Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 95 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.

Borger 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

January 0.7"

Snow: 3.6"

3.0 days with precipitation

February 0.6"

Snow: 1.9"

3.9 days with precipitation

March 1.3"

Snow: 2.4"

4.9 days with precipitation

April 2.0"

Snow: 0.6"

6.1 days with precipitation

May 2.7"

7.2 days with precipitation

June 2.8"

7.4 days with precipitation

July 3.0"

6.9 days with precipitation

August 3.7"

8.4 days with precipitation

September 1.8"

5.1 days with precipitation

October 2.0"

Snow: 0.3"

5.7 days with precipitation

November 0.9"

Snow: 2.2"

4.2 days with precipitation

December 0.9"

Snow: 4.0"

3.8 days with precipitation

Borger runs a summer-peaked wet season

43% of Borger's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is August at 3.7", on a 41.2°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.

Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.

How Borger's precipitation splits across the calendar

About 67 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 22.5" between them, or roughly 0.34 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.

Wet days a year
67
Wettest month by days
August
Driest month by days
January

A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.

Winter brings real snow to Borger

Borger averages 15.0 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 9 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.

NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.

Frost Dates & Growing Season

First Fall Freeze

October 28

50% probability date

Last Spring Freeze

April 12

50% probability date

Growing Season

199 days

Heating & Cooling Degree Days

Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling

Heating Degree Days

3,445

Higher = more heating needed

Cooling Degree Days

1,910

Higher = more cooling needed

Warmest Month

July

Coldest Month

January

Nationwide similar cities

Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Borger 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 (61°F here).

Closest by annual precipitation

Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (22.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.

Texas climate overview →

Snow and freeze rhythm

When cold and snow define Borger

mixed demand · moderate · mid swing

July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Borger's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 41.2°F. The annual average is 61°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.

Heating and cooling both register in Borger's normal, at 3,445 and 1,910 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.

  1. 1. Borger coldest normal

    January

    The coldest month still averages 40°F (5°C), above freezing, so this calendar has no hard winter.

  2. 2. Borger typical freeze period

    January through December

    The station reports average freezing days from January through December.

  3. 3. Borger snow peak

    December

    Borger averages 15.0 inches of snow a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals.

Questions about Borger's climate

How much snow does Borger get?
Borger averages 15.0 inches of snow a year, most of it in December, within 22.5 inches of total precipitation. Snowfall is depth on the ground; the precipitation total counts its liquid equivalent, so the two are not additive.
How many days above 90°F does Borger get?
Borger averages about 82 days a year at or above 90°F, concentrated in July and the months either side of it. That is a count of days reaching the threshold, not a measure of how far above it they go.
How much energy does heating and cooling require in Borger?
Borger has 3,445 heating degree days and 1,910 cooling degree days annually, a fairly balanced heating/cooling split. Degree-day definitions: reading weather data.

Data Sources

Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Borger's primary station: BORGER (USC00410958). 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 4809556). Match rule for Borger: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainClimate

On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Borger 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.