Bravo, Texas climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Bravo's normal year runs from 20°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 16.2 inches of precipitation and 4 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.9°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 33°C, 412 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBravo
- Station IDUSC00411033
- Location35.62°N 103.01°W
- Elevation4,160 ft (1,268 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Bravo is 69°F and the normal low 37°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 9%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Bravo.
- Jan 50° 20°
- Feb 54° 23°
- Mar 63° 30°
- Apr 70° 37°
- May 78° 47°
- Jun 88° 57°
- Jul 91° 62°
- Aug 89° 60°
- Sep 82° 53°
- Oct 71° 40°
- Nov 60° 29°
- Dec 50° 21°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Bravo each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 20°F. The most precipitation falls in August (2.88 in), the least in February (0.28 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 20°F | 35.1°F | 0.43 | 0.2 | 2 | <1 | 29 | 10 h |
| February | 54°F | 23°F | 38.6°F | 0.28 | 0.8 | 2 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 30°F | 46.3°F | 0.78 | 0.4 | 3 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 70°F | 37°F | 53.5°F | 0.91 | 0.2 | 4 | <1 | 8 | 13 h |
| May | 78°F | 47°F | 62.8°F | 2.24 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 h |
| June | 88°F | 57°F | 72.5°F | 2.26 | 0.0 | 6 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 91°F | 62°F | 76.3°F | 2.35 | 0.0 | 6 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 89°F | 60°F | 74.5°F | 2.88 | 0.0 | 7 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 82°F | 53°F | 67.4°F | 1.44 | 0.0 | 4 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 40°F | 55.7°F | 1.54 | 0.4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 29°F | 44.1°F | 0.55 | 0.6 | 2 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 50°F | 21°F | 35.5°F | 0.57 | 1.1 | 3 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 70°F | 40°F | 55.2°F | 16.23 | 3.7 | 48 | 67 | 133 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −6°C | 1.7°C | 11 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 12°C | −5°C | 3.7°C | 7 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 17°C | −1°C | 7.9°C | 20 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 21°C | 3°C | 11.9°C | 23 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 26°C | 8°C | 17.1°C | 57 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 14°C | 22.5°C | 57 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 17°C | 24.6°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 16°C | 23.6°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 11°C | 19.7°C | 37 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 4°C | 13.2°C | 39 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 15°C | −2°C | 6.7°C | 14 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 10°C | −6°C | 1.9°C | 14 mm | 3 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411033; 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.
Which months are mildest at Bravo?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. 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 USC00411033.
When is the last frost at Bravo?
In Bravo, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 27 in half of years and after May 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 17 in half of years and before October 4 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
- April 271 year in 10 after May 8; 9 in 10 after April 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 171 year in 10 before October 4; 9 in 10 before October 29
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 172 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 192 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 15 in half of springs and before October 26 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bravo in zone 7a in ZIP code 88430, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°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 USC00411033; 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 at Bravo?
In a normal year in Bravo, 67 days a year reach 90°F (5 of them 100°F or more), 133 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 48 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 67a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 133a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 10high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 48a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1964) is 109°F, on June 26, 1990; the lowest is −17°F, on February 4, 2011.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1991, with 27.44 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 26.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00411033; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00411033. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Bravo?
Over a year 87% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Bravo, 5.5 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (90%) and December the cloudiest (82%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 84% | 3.2 |
| February | 83% | 4.1 |
| March | 84% | 5.4 |
| April | 86% | 6.7 |
| May | 87% | 7.5 |
| June | 90% | 7.9 |
| July | 90% | 7.5 |
| August | 89% | 6.7 |
| September | 89% | 5.8 |
| October | 86% | 4.5 |
| November | 86% | 3.5 |
| December | 82% | 2.8 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Bravo record?
A normal year at Bravo brings 4,634 heating degree days, 14% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,084 cooling degree days, 19% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,693 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 925 | 0 |
| February | 741 | 0 |
| March | 579 | 0 |
| April | 351 | 5 |
| May | 132 | 64 |
| June | 8 | 232 |
| July | 1 | 351 |
| August | 2 | 295 |
| September | 53 | 123 |
| October | 302 | 13 |
| November | 626 | 0 |
| December | 914 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,634 | 1,084 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411033. 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.
Have recent years at Bravo been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 56.4°F, 1.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 55.2°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55.4°F | +0.2°F | 13.10 | – |
| 2023 | 56.5°F | +1.3°F | 14.33 | 6.5 |
| 2024 | 57.5°F | +2.3°F | 18.64 | 6.5 |
| 2025 | 56.4°F | +1.2°F | 16.39 | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00411033. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Bravo's climate compare?
Bravo is warmer than 0 of the 321 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 25. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 55.2°F is warmer than 61%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Bravo is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. 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 Bravo share this climate record?
Nara Visa has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Nara Visa, NM153 people · 6 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 Bravo's climate
What is the coldest month at Bravo?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 20°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow at Bravo?
Yes: 4 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (1.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Bravo?
August, with 2.88 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.28 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Bravo in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Bravo in zone 7a in ZIP code 88430, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come at Bravo?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 27; in one year in ten it comes after May 8. Waiting until May 8 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- McCarty Ranch, NM20 miles from this station, 56.5°F a year
- Amistad (5 mi SSW), NM20 miles from this station, 54.7°F a year
- Rosebud (7 mi NW), NM35 miles from this station, 55.3°F a year
- Dalhart, TX37 miles from this station, 56.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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