Boys Rch, 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 Boys Rch's primary NOAA station, BOYS RCH.
The climate verdict for Boys Rch
Dryness leads the climate profile for Boys Rch, Texas, with 18.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 58°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 58°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 18.8"
- annual precipitation · 12" snow
- 187 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Boys Rch: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00411000 · Boys Rch, TX 58°F mean · 18.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 58°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,803
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hopkinsville
- PRCP-DRY 18.8"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,034 HDD
- STN-1 USC00411000
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Hopkinsville, KY (+ 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.
- Boys Rch (this station) 58°F
- Cold W Paducah, KY 58°F
- Hot Hopkinsville, KY 58°F
- Near Wupatki Nationa…, AZ 58°F
- Near Bardwell, KY 58°F
Boys Rch 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 · Boys Rch
Boys Rch: 47/100 · grade D
Boys Rch publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Boys Rch, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 58.3°F · 9.2° from 67.5°F | 71/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 11.7 inches/year | 61/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 187 days/year | 55/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 18.8 in · 16.2 from 35 in | 43/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 198 calendar days | 15/100 · F |
Boys Rch · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Boys Rch'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
- 79.9°F
- Coldest month
- 37.2°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 · heating-led station
Where Boys Rch sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Boys Rch's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 30% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Boys Rch sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 74%
- Boys Rch's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 47th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Boys Rch compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Boys Rch's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Boys Rch's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 86 complete annual observations from 1924 to 2025, BOYS RCH warmed at a fitted rate of 0.13°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Boys Rch primary station fitted change +0.13 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53°F (12°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.6" | 3.1" | 28.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 57°F (14°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.4" | 1.6" | 23.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 1.1" | 1.0" | 14.6 | 0.3 |
| April | 73°F (23°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.3" | 0.3" | 4.5 | 1.5 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 1.8" | 0.1" | 0.3 | 7.3 |
| June | 91°F (33°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 2.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.1 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 2.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 23.3 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.5 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.6 |
| October | 74°F (23°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 2.1" | 0.3" | 3.7 | 1.7 |
| November | 63°F (17°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 0.6" | 1.8" | 18.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 53°F (12°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.7" | 3.5" | 28.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Boys Rch works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 93°F by July 7 and hold at or above 90°F on 75 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 123 dates, bottoming at 21°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 11 through August 24, covering 75 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 30 to October 26.
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 March 12, then returns to freezing around November 11, covering 123 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 4, when 27% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 22 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 58 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 25 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 33°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Boys Rch.
Where Boys Rch Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 75 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 33°F between the normal high and low.
Boys Rch earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 3.1"
2.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.6"
2.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.0"
4.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
4.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
5.9 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
4.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.8"
3.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.5"
3.4 days with precipitation
Boys Rch runs a summer-peaked wet season
46% of Boys Rch'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 3.3", on a 42.7°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.
- Wettest three months: August, July, June, taking 46% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 0.4".
- Winter share: 9% falls in December, January and February.
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 Boys Rch's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 58 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 18.8" between them, or roughly 0.33 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.
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.
Snow reaches Boys Rch, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 11.7 inches of snow a year here, most likely in December. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 5 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 19
50% probability date
Growing Season
187 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,034
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,609
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Boys Rch 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 (58°F here).
- Blackwell, OK 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Carthage, MO 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Hopkinsville, KY 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Jasper, GA 58°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (18.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Lakin, KS 18.8" · 0.0" off
- Stratton, CO 18.8" · 0.0" off
- Dayton, WA 18.8" · 0.0" off
- Dupree, SD 18.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Boys Rch's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Boys Rch's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,034 annual heating degree days against 1,609 for cooling. Its 42.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Boys Rch's frost-free season lasts about 187 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Boys Rch's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 42.7°F. The annual average is 58°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Boys Rch's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 18.8 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Annual snowfall totals 11.7 inches. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Boys Rch's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Boys Rch, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Boys Rch's primary station: BOYS RCH (USC00411000). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Boys Rch; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Boys Rch 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.