C C Botanical Gardens, Texas climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
C C Botanical Gardens's normal year runs from 48°F January nights to 91°F August afternoons, with 32.3 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 22.1°C, January lows of 9°C, August highs of 33°C, 820 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationC C Botanical Gardens
- Station IDUSC00412013
- Location27.66°N 97.40°W
- Elevation16 ft (5 m)
On October 8, the normal high in C C Botanical Gardens is 85°F and the normal low 68°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 C C Botanical Gardens.
- Jan 65° 48°
- Feb 69° 52°
- Mar 75° 58°
- Apr 79° 64°
- May 84° 70°
- Jun 90° 75°
- Jul 90° 76°
- Aug 91° 76°
- Sep 88° 73°
- Oct 83° 66°
- Nov 74° 57°
- Dec 68° 50°
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 C C Botanical Gardens each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 48°F. The most precipitation falls in September (6.53 in), the least in February (1.52 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65°F | 48°F | 56.3°F | 1.83 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 69°F | 52°F | 60.6°F | 1.52 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 75°F | 58°F | 66.3°F | 1.98 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 64°F | 71.2°F | 1.83 | 5 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 84°F | 70°F | 77.2°F | 3.70 | 6 | 5 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 90°F | 75°F | 82.4°F | 4.06 | 6 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| July | 90°F | 76°F | 83.1°F | 2.33 | 5 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| August | 91°F | 76°F | 83.9°F | 1.78 | 4 | 29 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 88°F | 73°F | 80.2°F | 6.53 | 10 | 18 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 83°F | 66°F | 74.3°F | 2.67 | 6 | 5 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 74°F | 57°F | 65.5°F | 2.28 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 68°F | 50°F | 59.0°F | 1.76 | 5 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 80°F | 64°F | 71.7°F | 32.27 | 72 | 108 | 3 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°C | 9°C | 13.5°C | 46 mm |
| February | 21°C | 11°C | 15.9°C | 39 mm |
| March | 24°C | 15°C | 19.1°C | 50 mm |
| April | 26°C | 18°C | 21.8°C | 46 mm |
| May | 29°C | 21°C | 25.1°C | 94 mm |
| June | 32°C | 24°C | 28.0°C | 103 mm |
| July | 32°C | 24°C | 28.4°C | 59 mm |
| August | 33°C | 25°C | 28.8°C | 45 mm |
| September | 31°C | 23°C | 26.8°C | 166 mm |
| October | 28°C | 19°C | 23.5°C | 68 mm |
| November | 23°C | 14°C | 18.6°C | 58 mm |
| December | 20°C | 10°C | 15.0°C | 45 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00412013; 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 C C Botanical Gardens?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, May, October, November and December. Of those, December 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 USC00412013.
When is the last frost at C C Botanical Gardens?
In C C Botanical Gardens, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after January 29 in half of years and after March 1 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 24 in half of years and before December 1 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 80% of years here (NOAA).
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- January 291 year in 10 after March 1; 9 in 10 after December 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 241 year in 10 before December 1; 9 in 10 before February 5
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 337 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 10 in half of springs and before January 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts C C Botanical Gardens in zone 10a in ZIP code 78413, 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 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 30°F (15 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00412013; 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 C C Botanical Gardens?
In a normal year in C C Botanical Gardens, 108 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 3 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 72 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 108a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 3a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 72a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1959) is 109°F, on September 5, 2000; the lowest is 12°F, on January 12, 1962.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 58.53 in; the snowiest season is 2017–18, with 4.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00412013; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00412013. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at C C Botanical Gardens?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at C C Botanical Gardens, 4.9 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (89%) and December the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 3.0 |
| February | 70% | 3.6 |
| March | 73% | 4.6 |
| April | 77% | 5.4 |
| May | 81% | 6.0 |
| June | 87% | 6.6 |
| July | 87% | 6.5 |
| August | 89% | 6.3 |
| September | 81% | 5.2 |
| October | 84% | 4.6 |
| November | 77% | 3.5 |
| December | 70% | 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 C C Botanical Gardens record?
A normal year at C C Botanical Gardens brings 885 heating degree days, 84% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,334 cooling degree days, 3.7 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,018 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 290 | 20 |
| February | 168 | 46 |
| March | 74 | 114 |
| April | 16 | 201 |
| May | 1 | 377 |
| June | 0 | 520 |
| July | 0 | 561 |
| August | 0 | 584 |
| September | 0 | 456 |
| October | 10 | 300 |
| November | 98 | 113 |
| December | 228 | 42 |
| Year (annual) | 885 | 3,334 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00412013. 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 C C Botanical Gardens been warmer than normal?
2023 averaged 73.0°F, 1.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 71.7°F. 2 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 72.1°F | +0.4°F | 50.88 |
| 2022 | 70.8°F | −0.9°F | 31.05 |
| 2023 | 73.0°F | +1.3°F | 29.23 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00412013. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does C C Botanical Gardens's climate compare?
C C Botanical Gardens is warmer than 285 of the 321 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 170. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 71.7°F is warmer than 96%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, C C Botanical Gardens 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.
Questions about C C Botanical Gardens's climate
What is the coldest month at C C Botanical Gardens?
January, with a normal high of 65°F and a normal low of 48°F. The warmest is August (91°F by day, 76°F at night).
Does it snow at C C Botanical Gardens?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.3 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month at C C Botanical Gardens?
September, with 6.53 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.52 in.
What plant hardiness zone is C C Botanical Gardens in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts C C Botanical Gardens in zone 10a in ZIP code 78413, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 30°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come at C C Botanical Gardens?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after January 29; in one year in ten it comes after March 1. Waiting until March 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
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