Brady, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Brady's normal year runs from 35°F January nights to 94°F August afternoons, with 27.4 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.3 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.6°C, January lows of 2°C, August highs of 34°C, 695 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBrady
- Station IDUSC00411017
- Location31.14°N 99.35°W
- Elevation1,711 ft (522 m)
- Population4,956
On October 23, the normal high in Brady is 76°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Brady.
- Jan 58° 35°
- Feb 62° 39°
- Mar 70° 46°
- Apr 77° 53°
- May 84° 63°
- Jun 90° 69°
- Jul 93° 72°
- Aug 94° 72°
- Sep 87° 65°
- Oct 78° 55°
- Nov 67° 45°
- Dec 60° 37°
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 Brady each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 35°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.79 in), the least in January (1.33 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 35°F | 46.9°F | 1.33 | 6 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 62°F | 39°F | 50.6°F | 1.71 | 6 | <1 | 9 | 11 h |
| March | 70°F | 46°F | 58.0°F | 2.33 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 53°F | 65.2°F | 2.05 | 5 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 84°F | 63°F | 73.1°F | 3.79 | 8 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 90°F | 69°F | 79.6°F | 2.88 | 6 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 93°F | 72°F | 82.5°F | 2.11 | 5 | 27 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 94°F | 72°F | 82.7°F | 2.21 | 5 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 65°F | 76.0°F | 2.76 | 6 | 15 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 78°F | 55°F | 66.5°F | 2.71 | 6 | 4 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 67°F | 45°F | 56.1°F | 1.87 | 6 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 60°F | 37°F | 48.2°F | 1.63 | 6 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 54°F | 65.4°F | 27.38 | 69 | 107 | 43 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 2°C | 8.3°C | 34 mm |
| February | 17°C | 4°C | 10.3°C | 43 mm |
| March | 21°C | 8°C | 14.4°C | 59 mm |
| April | 25°C | 12°C | 18.4°C | 52 mm |
| May | 29°C | 17°C | 22.8°C | 96 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.4°C | 73 mm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 28.1°C | 54 mm |
| August | 34°C | 22°C | 28.2°C | 56 mm |
| September | 30°C | 18°C | 24.4°C | 70 mm |
| October | 26°C | 13°C | 19.2°C | 69 mm |
| November | 20°C | 7°C | 13.4°C | 47 mm |
| December | 15°C | 3°C | 9.0°C | 41 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411017; 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 Brady?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (5).
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 USC00411017.
When is the last frost in Brady?
In Brady, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 14 in half of years and after April 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 15 in half of years and before October 30 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 141 year in 10 after April 6; 9 in 10 after February 25
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 151 year in 10 before October 30; 9 in 10 before December 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 244 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 269 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 4 in half of springs and before November 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Brady in zone 8b in ZIP code 76825, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Brady's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (27 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 USC00411017; 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 Brady?
In a normal year in Brady, 107 days a year reach 90°F (15 of them 100°F or more), 43 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 69 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 107a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 15a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 43a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 69a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 110°F, on June 29, 1980; the lowest is −2°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1971, with 46.52 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 11.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00411017; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00411017. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Brady?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Brady, 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 Brady need?
A normal year in Brady brings 2,231 heating degree days, 58% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,420 cooling degree days, 2.7 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,188 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 564 | 2 |
| February | 409 | 7 |
| March | 249 | 32 |
| April | 93 | 98 |
| May | 15 | 266 |
| June | 0 | 438 |
| July | 0 | 543 |
| August | 0 | 547 |
| September | 6 | 336 |
| October | 81 | 127 |
| November | 291 | 22 |
| December | 524 | 3 |
| Year (annual) | 2,231 | 2,420 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411017. 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 Brady been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 68.0°F, 2.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.4°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65.5°F | +0.1°F | 30.27 |
| 2022 | 66.2°F | +0.8°F | 20.76 |
| 2024 | 68.0°F | +2.6°F | 21.32 |
Over 53 complete years from 1952 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.4°F per century (+0.13°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00411017; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Brady's climate compare?
Brady is warmer than 144 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 130. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.4°F is warmer than 89%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Brady 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 Brady 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.
- Rochelle, TX140 people · 10 mi NE
- Melvin, TX121 people · 14 mi W
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 Brady's climate
What is the coldest month in Brady?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 35°F. The warmest is August (94°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Brady?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.3 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Brady?
May, with 3.79 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.33 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Brady in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Brady in zone 8b in ZIP code 76825, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Brady's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Brady?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 14; in one year in ten it comes after April 6. Waiting until April 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Mason, TX29 miles from this station, 66.0°F a year
- Eden, TX30 miles from this station, 63.9°F a year
- Menard, TX30 miles from this station, 63.7°F a year
- Concho Park/Ivie Reservoir, TX35 miles from this station, 65.8°F a year
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