Cameron, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Cameron's normal year runs from 39°F January nights to 95°F August afternoons, with 38.6 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.1 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 20.0°C, January lows of 4°C, August highs of 35°C, 980 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCameron
- Station IDUSC00411348
- Location30.85°N 96.97°W
- Elevation364 ft (111 m)
- Population5,527
On October 23, the normal high in Cameron is 79°F and the normal low 55°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 21%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cameron.
- Jan 61° 39°
- Feb 66° 43°
- Mar 72° 50°
- Apr 78° 57°
- May 85° 65°
- Jun 91° 72°
- Jul 94° 73°
- Aug 95° 73°
- Sep 90° 68°
- Oct 81° 57°
- Nov 71° 48°
- Dec 63° 41°
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 Cameron each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 39°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.28 in), the least in April (2.32 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F | 39°F | 49.8°F | 2.60 | 7 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 66°F | 43°F | 54.6°F | 2.35 | 6 | <1 | 5 | 11 h |
| March | 72°F | 50°F | 61.0°F | 2.90 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 57°F | 67.5°F | 2.32 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 85°F | 65°F | 74.9°F | 5.28 | 8 | 5 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 91°F | 72°F | 81.3°F | 3.61 | 8 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 94°F | 73°F | 83.3°F | 2.61 | 4 | 24 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 95°F | 73°F | 83.8°F | 2.51 | 5 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 90°F | 68°F | 78.8°F | 3.89 | 5 | 14 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 81°F | 57°F | 69.1°F | 4.29 | 6 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 71°F | 48°F | 59.5°F | 3.11 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 63°F | 41°F | 52.1°F | 3.13 | 8 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 79°F | 57°F | 68.0°F | 38.60 | 78 | 88 | 28 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 4°C | 9.9°C | 66 mm |
| February | 19°C | 6°C | 12.6°C | 60 mm |
| March | 22°C | 10°C | 16.1°C | 74 mm |
| April | 26°C | 14°C | 19.7°C | 59 mm |
| May | 29°C | 19°C | 23.8°C | 134 mm |
| June | 33°C | 22°C | 27.4°C | 92 mm |
| July | 34°C | 23°C | 28.5°C | 66 mm |
| August | 35°C | 23°C | 28.8°C | 64 mm |
| September | 32°C | 20°C | 26.0°C | 99 mm |
| October | 27°C | 14°C | 20.6°C | 109 mm |
| November | 22°C | 9°C | 15.3°C | 79 mm |
| December | 17°C | 5°C | 11.2°C | 80 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411348; 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 Cameron?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, May, October and November. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00411348.
When is the last frost in Cameron?
In Cameron, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 6 in half of years and after March 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 23 in half of years and before November 3 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 27; 9 in 10 after February 7
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 231 year in 10 before November 3; 9 in 10 before December 20
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 261 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 292 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 23 in half of springs and before December 6 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cameron in zone 9a in ZIP code 76520, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Cameron's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (18 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 USC00411348; 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 Cameron?
In a normal year in Cameron, 88 days a year reach 90°F (9 of them 100°F or more), 28 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 78 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 88a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 9a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 28a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 78a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1908) is 114°F, on July 10, 1917; the lowest is −7°F, on January 17, 1930.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2004, with 58.24 in; the snowiest season is 1929–30, with 12.4 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00411348; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00411348. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Cameron?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Cameron, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (87%) and February the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.9 |
| February | 66% | 3.4 |
| March | 71% | 4.5 |
| April | 75% | 5.4 |
| May | 77% | 5.9 |
| June | 84% | 6.6 |
| July | 86% | 6.6 |
| August | 87% | 6.2 |
| September | 82% | 5.2 |
| October | 81% | 4.3 |
| November | 76% | 3.2 |
| December | 71% | 2.6 |
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 Cameron need?
A normal year in Cameron brings 1,709 heating degree days, 68% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,820 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 6,901 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 478 | 6 |
| February | 311 | 20 |
| March | 177 | 53 |
| April | 59 | 136 |
| May | 6 | 313 |
| June | 0 | 489 |
| July | 0 | 566 |
| August | 0 | 581 |
| September | 1 | 415 |
| October | 50 | 179 |
| November | 212 | 47 |
| December | 414 | 16 |
| Year (annual) | 1,709 | 2,820 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411348. 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.
How does Cameron's climate compare?
Cameron is warmer than 220 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 221. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 68.0°F is warmer than 93%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cameron 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 Cameron share this climate record?
8 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.
- Rockdale, TX5,637 people · 13 mi S
- Rosebud, TX1,341 people · 16 mi N
- Milano, TX432 people · 12 mi SE
- Buckholts, TX391 people · 10 mi W
- Gause, TX376 people · 15 mi E
- Praesel, TX180 people · 15 mi S
- Ben Arnold, TX62 people · 7 mi N
- Burlington, TX54 people · 11 mi N
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 Cameron's climate
What is the coldest month in Cameron?
January, with a normal high of 61°F and a normal low of 39°F. The warmest is August (95°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Cameron?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.1 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Cameron?
May, with 5.28 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is April with 2.32 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cameron in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cameron in zone 9a in ZIP code 76520, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Cameron's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Cameron?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 6; in one year in ten it comes after March 27. Waiting until March 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Granger, TX22 miles from this station, 67.5°F a year
- Lexington, TX30 miles from this station, 68.1°F a year
- Franklin, TX31 miles from this station, 68.0°F a year
- Taylor, TX32 miles from this station, 67.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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