Canyon Dam, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Canyon Dam's primary NOAA station, CANYON DAM.
The climate verdict for Canyon Dam
Canyon Dam, Texas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 68°F. It scores 96/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 96% of them.
- 68°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 96/100
- comfort score, above 96% of station-mapped location scores
- 37.8"
- precipitation, annual total
- 275 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Canyon Dam: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00411429 · Canyon Dam, TX 68°F mean · 37.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 68°F
- RANK-WARM #6,381
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beaver Dam
- PRCP-MID 37.8"
- SWING-MID 34°F
- COMF-TOP 96/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00411429
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Beaver Dam, AZ (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every TX station list.
- Canyon Dam (this station) 68°F
- Hot Opihihale, HI 68°F
- Near Beaver Dam, AZ 68°F
- Near Chactaw Nolf Mi…, FL 68°F
- Near Lexington, TX 68°F
Canyon Dam sits in Texas, the #4 hottest U.S. state at 66.2°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Canyon Dam
Canyon Dam: 88/100 · grade A
Canyon Dam publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Canyon Dam, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 96/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 68.1°F · 0.6° from 67.5°F | 96/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 275 days/year | 96/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 37.8 in · 2.8 from 35 in | 90/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 98 calendar days | 76/100 · B |
Canyon Dam · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Canyon Dam is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 50.4°F and warmest-month mean 84.3°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 84.3°F
- Coldest month
- 50.4°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Canyon Dam sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Canyon Dam's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 7% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Canyon Dam sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 53rd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 85%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Canyon Dam is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Canyon Dam compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Canyon Dam's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
96 Top 4% score exceeds 96% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Canyon Dam's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 41 complete annual observations from 1963 to 2023, CANYON DAM warmed at a fitted rate of 0.22°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Canyon Dam primary station fitted change +0.22 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F (16°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 2.4" | 6.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 65°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 2.0" | 3.6 | 0.2 |
| March | 72°F (22°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 2.8" | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| April | 79°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 2.9" | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| May | 85°F (29°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.5" | 0.0 | 7.5 |
| June | 91°F (33°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 19.8 |
| July | 94°F (35°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 2.7" | 0.0 | 25.9 |
| August | 96°F (35°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 2.4" | 0.0 | 28.0 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 16.4 |
| October | 81°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.9" | 0.1 | 3.6 |
| November | 70°F (21°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 2.9" | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 63°F (17°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.4" | 5.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Canyon Dam runs from a mild 39°F around January 8 to 97°F at the peak near August 8, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 7 through September 12, covering 98 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 11 to November 14.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 39°F around January 8.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is March 10, when 32% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 1 at 14%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 95 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 8 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Canyon Dam.
Where Canyon Dam Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 98 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Canyon Dam earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.0 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
Canyon Dam spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 24% of the annual total and December through February 18%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Canyon Dam has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 33.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 4.9" and February 2.0". The three wettest months together take 36% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Canyon Dam, it arrives in quantity
37.8" of precipitation falls across only about 94 wet days here, averaging 0.40 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 94 a year, 26% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.40 inches
- Most wet days
- March, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- August, about 5
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
275 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,672
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,834
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Canyon Dam on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (68°F here).
- Beaver Dam, AZ 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Crowley, LA 68°F · 0.1°F off
- Donaldsonville, LA 68°F · 0.1°F off
- Moss Bluff, LA 68°F · 0.2°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (37.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Eldora, IA 37.9" · 0.0" off
- Chicago, IL 37.9" · 0.0" off
- Lockport, NY 37.9" · 0.0" off
- Marshalltown, IA 37.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Canyon Dam's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · moderate · mid swing
August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Canyon Dam's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 33.9°F. The annual average is 68°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Canyon Dam's normal, at 1,672 and 2,834 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
The frost-free window extends for about 275 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
Canyon Dam's 37.8 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Canyon Dam's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Canyon Dam, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Canyon Dam's primary station: CANYON DAM (USC00411429). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Canyon Dam; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Canyon Dam comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.