Camp Wood, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Camp Wood's normal year runs from 35°F January nights to 95°F August afternoons, with 27.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.4°C, January lows of 1°C, August highs of 35°C, 703 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCamp Wood
- Station IDUSC00411398
- Location29.67°N 100.01°W
- Elevation1,480 ft (451 m)
- Population520
On October 23, the normal high in Camp Wood is 79°F and the normal low 54°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 17%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Camp Wood.
- Jan 63° 35°
- Feb 67° 39°
- Mar 74° 46°
- Apr 80° 54°
- May 86° 63°
- Jun 92° 70°
- Jul 94° 71°
- Aug 95° 71°
- Sep 90° 65°
- Oct 81° 56°
- Nov 71° 45°
- Dec 64° 37°
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 Camp Wood each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 35°F. The most precipitation falls in September (3.94 in), the least in February (0.99 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63°F | 35°F | 48.6°F | 1.14 | 5 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 67°F | 39°F | 53.1°F | 0.99 | 5 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 74°F | 46°F | 59.9°F | 2.01 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 h |
| April | 80°F | 54°F | 66.9°F | 1.93 | 4 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 86°F | 63°F | 74.6°F | 3.46 | 6 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 92°F | 70°F | 80.5°F | 3.00 | 6 | 20 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 94°F | 71°F | 82.5°F | 2.18 | 5 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 95°F | 71°F | 82.8°F | 2.94 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 90°F | 65°F | 77.4°F | 3.94 | 6 | 15 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 81°F | 56°F | 68.5°F | 2.68 | 5 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 71°F | 45°F | 57.7°F | 2.10 | 5 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 64°F | 37°F | 50.1°F | 1.31 | 4 | <1 | 14 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 80°F | 54°F | 66.9°F | 27.68 | 59 | 102 | 48 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17°C | 1°C | 9.2°C | 29 mm |
| February | 19°C | 4°C | 11.7°C | 25 mm |
| March | 23°C | 8°C | 15.5°C | 51 mm |
| April | 27°C | 12°C | 19.4°C | 49 mm |
| May | 30°C | 17°C | 23.7°C | 88 mm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 26.9°C | 76 mm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 28.1°C | 55 mm |
| August | 35°C | 22°C | 28.2°C | 75 mm |
| September | 32°C | 19°C | 25.2°C | 100 mm |
| October | 27°C | 13°C | 20.3°C | 68 mm |
| November | 21°C | 7°C | 14.3°C | 53 mm |
| December | 18°C | 3°C | 10.1°C | 33 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Prade Ranch (21 miles away), gets 0 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411398; 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 Camp Wood?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October and November. 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 USC00411398.
When is the last frost in Camp Wood?
In Camp Wood, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 12 in half of years and after April 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 14 in half of years and before October 30 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 121 year in 10 after April 2; 9 in 10 after February 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 141 year in 10 before October 30; 9 in 10 before December 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 248 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 272 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 1 in half of springs and before November 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Camp Wood in zone 8b in ZIP code 78833, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00411398; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Camp Wood?
In a normal year in Camp Wood, 102 days a year reach 90°F (10 of them 100°F or more), 48 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 59 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 102a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 10a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 48a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 59a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1962) is 109°F, on August 21, 1986; the lowest is 5°F, on February 2, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2004, with 38.42 in; the snowiest season is 1965–66, with 5.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00411398; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00411398. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Camp Wood?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Camp Wood, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 3.3 |
| February | 75% | 4.0 |
| March | 75% | 4.8 |
| April | 77% | 5.7 |
| May | 76% | 5.9 |
| June | 85% | 6.8 |
| July | 87% | 6.8 |
| August | 89% | 6.5 |
| September | 82% | 5.3 |
| October | 81% | 4.4 |
| November | 77% | 3.4 |
| December | 76% | 3.0 |
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 Camp Wood need?
A normal year in Camp Wood brings 1,888 heating degree days, 65% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,599 cooling degree days, 2.9 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 6,513 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 510 | 1 |
| February | 342 | 7 |
| March | 197 | 40 |
| April | 67 | 123 |
| May | 7 | 305 |
| June | 0 | 465 |
| July | 0 | 544 |
| August | 0 | 550 |
| September | 3 | 377 |
| October | 51 | 160 |
| November | 245 | 24 |
| December | 466 | 3 |
| Year (annual) | 1,888 | 2,599 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411398. 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 Camp Wood's climate compare?
Camp Wood is warmer than 199 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 134. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.9°F is warmer than 92%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Camp Wood 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 Camp Wood share this climate record?
2 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.
- Uvalde, TX15,589 people · 34 mi SE
- Barksdale, TX0 people · 5 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 Camp Wood's climate
What is the coldest month in Camp Wood?
January, with a normal high of 63°F and a normal low of 35°F. The warmest is August (95°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Camp Wood?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Camp Wood's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Prade Ranch (21 miles away), records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Camp Wood?
September, with 3.94 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.99 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Camp Wood in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Camp Wood in zone 8b in ZIP code 78833, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Camp Wood?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 12; in one year in ten it comes after April 2. Waiting until April 2 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Prade Ranch, TX22 miles from this station, 64.1°F a year
- Rocksprings, TX27 miles from this station, 65.0°F a year
- Brackettville, TX34 miles from this station, 69.0°F a year
- Hunt (10 mi W), TX40 miles from this station, 63.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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