Brownwood, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Brownwood's normal year runs from 32°F January nights to 97°F July afternoons, with 30.6 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.7°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 36°C, 778 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBrownwood (2 mi ENE)
- Station IDUSC00411138
- Location31.74°N 98.95°W
- Elevation1,394 ft (425 m)
- Population18,772
On October 23, the normal high in Brownwood is 78°F and the normal low 50°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 16%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Brownwood.
- Jan 60° 32°
- Feb 64° 36°
- Mar 71° 44°
- Apr 79° 51°
- May 85° 62°
- Jun 93° 69°
- Jul 97° 72°
- Aug 97° 72°
- Sep 90° 65°
- Oct 80° 53°
- Nov 69° 42°
- Dec 61° 34°
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 Brownwood each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 32°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.25 in), the least in December (1.37 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F | 32°F | 45.6°F | 1.60 | 0.2 | 4 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 64°F | 36°F | 49.8°F | 2.20 | 0.3 | 5 | <1 | 11 | 11 h |
| March | 71°F | 44°F | 57.3°F | 2.39 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 51°F | 65.1°F | 2.38 | 0.2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 85°F | 62°F | 73.5°F | 4.25 | 0.0 | 7 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 93°F | 69°F | 80.9°F | 3.75 | 0.0 | 6 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 97°F | 72°F | 84.3°F | 2.04 | 0.0 | 4 | 28 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 97°F | 72°F | 84.3°F | 2.63 | 0.0 | 5 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 90°F | 65°F | 77.0°F | 2.88 | 0.0 | 5 | 18 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 80°F | 53°F | 66.7°F | 3.43 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 69°F | 42°F | 55.4°F | 1.72 | 0.2 | 4 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 61°F | 34°F | 47.4°F | 1.37 | 0.4 | 4 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 79°F | 53°F | 65.6°F | 30.64 | 1.3 | 58 | 116 | 55 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 0°C | 7.6°C | 41 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 18°C | 2°C | 9.9°C | 56 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 22°C | 7°C | 14.1°C | 61 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 26°C | 11°C | 18.4°C | 60 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 30°C | 16°C | 23.1°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 34°C | 21°C | 27.2°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 36°C | 22°C | 29.1°C | 52 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 36°C | 22°C | 29.1°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 32°C | 18°C | 25.0°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 27°C | 12°C | 19.3°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 20°C | 6°C | 13.0°C | 44 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 16°C | 1°C | 8.6°C | 35 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411138; 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 Brownwood?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. Of those, November 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 USC00411138.
When is the last frost in Brownwood?
In Brownwood, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 22 in half of years and after April 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 10 in half of years and before October 28 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 221 year in 10 after April 9; 9 in 10 after March 3
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 101 year in 10 before October 28; 9 in 10 before November 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 233 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 258 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 7 in half of springs and before November 21 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Brownwood in zone 8a in ZIP code 76802, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Brownwood's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (17 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 USC00411138; 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 Brownwood?
In a normal year in Brownwood, 116 days a year reach 90°F (30 of them 100°F or more), 55 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 58 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 116a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 30a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 55a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 58a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 113°F, on July 19, 1925; the lowest is −6°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1990, with 45.97 in; the snowiest season is 1965–66, with 10.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00411138; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00411138. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Brownwood?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Brownwood, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (74%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 3.1 |
| February | 74% | 3.8 |
| March | 75% | 4.8 |
| April | 78% | 5.8 |
| May | 78% | 6.1 |
| June | 86% | 7.0 |
| July | 88% | 6.9 |
| August | 87% | 6.4 |
| September | 83% | 5.3 |
| October | 81% | 4.3 |
| November | 79% | 3.3 |
| December | 76% | 2.9 |
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 Brownwood need?
A normal year in Brownwood brings 2,352 heating degree days, 56% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,608 cooling degree days, 2.9 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,304 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 602 | 1 |
| February | 432 | 5 |
| March | 266 | 27 |
| April | 96 | 99 |
| May | 15 | 277 |
| June | 0 | 477 |
| July | 0 | 600 |
| August | 0 | 598 |
| September | 5 | 366 |
| October | 84 | 137 |
| November | 306 | 19 |
| December | 548 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 2,352 | 2,608 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411138. 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 Brownwood been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 67.4°F, 1.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.6°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 66.8°F | +1.3°F | 20.74 | 8.0 |
| 2022 | 68.3°F | +2.7°F | 16.96 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 69.3°F | +3.7°F | 25.82 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 68.7°F | +3.1°F | 35.14 | 1.0 |
| 2025 | 67.4°F | +1.8°F | 31.21 | 0.0 |
Over 48 complete years from 1949 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.1°F per century (+0.17°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00411138; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Brownwood's climate compare?
Brownwood is warmer than 157 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 158. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.6°F is warmer than 89%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Brownwood 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 Brownwood share this climate record?
5 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.
- Early, TX3,174 people · 1 mi NE
- Lake Brownwood, TX1,754 people · 11 mi NW
- Bangs, TX1,535 people · 11 mi W
- Blanket, TX360 people · 11 mi NE
- Zephyr, TX215 people · 10 mi SE
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 Brownwood's climate
What is the coldest month in Brownwood?
January, with a normal high of 60°F and a normal low of 32°F. The warmest is July (97°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Brownwood?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (0.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Brownwood?
May, with 4.25 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is December with 1.37 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Brownwood in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Brownwood in zone 8a in ZIP code 76802, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Brownwood's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (17 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Brownwood?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 22; in one year in ten it comes after April 9. Waiting until April 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Rising Star, TX24 miles from this station, 63.8°F a year
- Coleman, TX29 miles from this station, 66.3°F a year
- Goldthwaite, TX29 miles from this station, 64.7°F a year
- Proctor, TX30 miles from this station, 66.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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