Burnet, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Burnet's normal year runs from 38°F January nights to 96°F August afternoons, with 28.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.7°C, January lows of 3°C, August highs of 35°C, 721 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBurnet Municipal Airport
- Station IDUSW00003999
- Location30.74°N 98.24°W
- Elevation1,288 ft (393 m)
- Population6,869
On October 23, the normal high in Burnet is 78°F and the normal low 56°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Burnet.
- Jan 61° 38°
- Feb 64° 42°
- Mar 72° 49°
- Apr 79° 56°
- May 85° 64°
- Jun 92° 71°
- Jul 95° 73°
- Aug 96° 73°
- Sep 89° 68°
- Oct 80° 58°
- Nov 69° 47°
- Dec 61° 40°
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 Burnet each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 38°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.67 in), the least in February (1.63 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F | 38°F | 49.4°F | 1.65 | 6 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 64°F | 42°F | 52.9°F | 1.63 | 6 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 72°F | 49°F | 60.2°F | 2.66 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 56°F | 67.4°F | 2.12 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 85°F | 64°F | 74.6°F | 3.67 | 8 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 92°F | 71°F | 81.2°F | 2.85 | 6 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 95°F | 73°F | 84.1°F | 1.79 | 5 | 27 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 96°F | 73°F | 84.4°F | 1.76 | 5 | 28 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 68°F | 78.4°F | 2.89 | 6 | 15 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 80°F | 58°F | 69.0°F | 3.18 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 69°F | 47°F | 58.1°F | 2.25 | 7 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 61°F | 40°F | 50.5°F | 1.93 | 6 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 79°F | 57°F | 67.5°F | 28.38 | 76 | 103 | 26 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 3°C | 9.7°C | 42 mm |
| February | 18°C | 5°C | 11.6°C | 41 mm |
| March | 22°C | 9°C | 15.7°C | 68 mm |
| April | 26°C | 13°C | 19.7°C | 54 mm |
| May | 29°C | 18°C | 23.7°C | 93 mm |
| June | 33°C | 22°C | 27.3°C | 72 mm |
| July | 35°C | 23°C | 28.9°C | 45 mm |
| August | 35°C | 23°C | 29.1°C | 45 mm |
| September | 32°C | 20°C | 25.8°C | 73 mm |
| October | 27°C | 14°C | 20.6°C | 81 mm |
| November | 21°C | 8°C | 14.5°C | 57 mm |
| December | 16°C | 4°C | 10.3°C | 49 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Burnet's own co-op station Burnet station does: 0 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003999; 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 Burnet?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USW00003999.
When is the last frost in Burnet?
In Burnet, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 6 in half of years and after March 28 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 23 in half of years and before November 5 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 61 year in 10 after March 28; 9 in 10 after February 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 231 year in 10 before November 5; 9 in 10 before December 12
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 262 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 291 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 21 in half of springs and before December 6 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Burnet in zone 8b in ZIP code 78611, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Burnet's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (23 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 USW00003999; 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 Burnet?
In a normal year in Burnet, 103 days a year reach 90°F (12 of them 100°F or more), 26 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 76 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 103a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 12a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 26a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 76a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1996) is 110°F, on July 23, 2018; the lowest is 3°F, on February 16, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2016, with 39.86 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00003999; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00003999. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Burnet?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Burnet, 4.9 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 3.2 |
| February | 72% | 3.8 |
| March | 73% | 4.7 |
| April | 76% | 5.6 |
| May | 76% | 6.0 |
| June | 85% | 6.8 |
| July | 86% | 6.8 |
| August | 88% | 6.4 |
| September | 81% | 5.2 |
| October | 81% | 4.4 |
| November | 77% | 3.3 |
| December | 74% | 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 Burnet need?
A normal year in Burnet brings 1,845 heating degree days, 66% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,788 cooling degree days, 3.1 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 6,774 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 488 | 4 |
| February | 349 | 10 |
| March | 193 | 44 |
| April | 58 | 130 |
| May | 6 | 302 |
| June | 0 | 484 |
| July | 0 | 592 |
| August | 0 | 603 |
| September | 2 | 404 |
| October | 52 | 176 |
| November | 241 | 33 |
| December | 458 | 7 |
| Year (annual) | 1,845 | 2,788 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003999. 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 Burnet been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 69.4°F, 1.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 67.5°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 67.7°F | +0.2°F | – |
| 2022 | 68.6°F | +1.1°F | 17.01 |
| 2023 | 70.2°F | +2.7°F | 24.05 |
| 2024 | 70.3°F | +2.8°F | 26.27 |
| 2025 | 69.4°F | +1.9°F | 35.31 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00003999. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Burnet's climate compare?
Burnet is warmer than 213 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 140. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 67.5°F is warmer than 93%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Burnet 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 Burnet share this climate record?
7 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.
- Granite Shoals, TX5,417 people · 13 mi SW
- Horseshoe Bay, TX5,218 people · 16 mi SW
- Meadowlakes, TX1,843 people · 13 mi S
- Cottonwood Shores, TX1,668 people · 14 mi SW
- Sunrise Beach Village, TX803 people · 15 mi SW
- Buchanan Lake Village, TX502 people · 14 mi NW
- Highland Haven, TX410 people · 13 mi SW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Burnet's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Burnet. This page uses Burnet Municipal Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnet station USC00411250 | 1 mi N | 1,285 ft | 65.3°F | 34°F | 94°F | 32.3 | 0 | March 15 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Burnet's climate
What is the coldest month in Burnet?
January, with a normal high of 61°F and a normal low of 38°F. The warmest is August (96°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Burnet?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Burnet's NOAA station; Burnet's own co-op station Burnet station records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Burnet?
May, with 3.67 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.63 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Burnet in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Burnet in zone 8b in ZIP code 78611, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Burnet's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Burnet?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 6; in one year in ten it comes after March 28. Waiting until March 28 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Austin (33 mi NW), TX12 miles from this station, 67.4°F a year
- Lampasas, TX23 miles from this station, 66.0°F a year
- Llano, TX25 miles from this station, 67.1°F a year
- Georgetown, TX31 miles from this station, 67.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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