Carthage, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Carthage's normal year runs from 36°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 52.3 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.8 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.6°C, January lows of 2°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,328 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCarthage
- Station IDUSC00411500
- Location32.16°N 94.34°W
- Elevation305 ft (93 m)
- Population6,653
On October 23, the normal high in Carthage is 75°F and the normal low 52°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 Carthage.
- Jan 57° 36°
- Feb 61° 40°
- Mar 69° 46°
- Apr 76° 54°
- May 83° 63°
- Jun 89° 70°
- Jul 92° 73°
- Aug 93° 73°
- Sep 87° 66°
- Oct 78° 55°
- Nov 67° 45°
- Dec 59° 38°
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 Carthage each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 36°F. The most precipitation falls in December (5.63 in), the least in August (3.44 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57°F | 36°F | 46.5°F | 4.66 | 9 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 61°F | 40°F | 50.4°F | 4.23 | 8 | <1 | 8 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 46°F | 57.5°F | 4.92 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 76°F | 54°F | 64.7°F | 4.72 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 63°F | 72.8°F | 4.35 | 7 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 89°F | 70°F | 79.8°F | 4.04 | 8 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 92°F | 73°F | 82.8°F | 3.64 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 93°F | 73°F | 82.8°F | 3.44 | 6 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 66°F | 76.7°F | 3.67 | 6 | 14 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 78°F | 55°F | 66.3°F | 4.54 | 6 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 67°F | 45°F | 55.6°F | 4.44 | 7 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 59°F | 38°F | 48.5°F | 5.63 | 9 | <1 | 11 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 55°F | 65.4°F | 52.28 | 85 | 89 | 39 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 2°C | 8.1°C | 118 mm |
| February | 16°C | 4°C | 10.2°C | 107 mm |
| March | 20°C | 8°C | 14.2°C | 125 mm |
| April | 24°C | 12°C | 18.2°C | 120 mm |
| May | 28°C | 17°C | 22.7°C | 110 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.6°C | 103 mm |
| July | 34°C | 23°C | 28.2°C | 92 mm |
| August | 34°C | 23°C | 28.2°C | 87 mm |
| September | 31°C | 19°C | 24.8°C | 93 mm |
| October | 26°C | 13°C | 19.1°C | 115 mm |
| November | 19°C | 7°C | 13.1°C | 113 mm |
| December | 15°C | 3°C | 9.2°C | 143 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411500; 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 Carthage?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October 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 USC00411500.
When is the last frost in Carthage?
In Carthage, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 8 in half of years and after March 31 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 19 in half of years and before November 2 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 81 year in 10 after March 31; 9 in 10 after February 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 191 year in 10 before November 2; 9 in 10 before December 8
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 255 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 284 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 24 in half of springs and before December 2 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Carthage in zone 8b in ZIP code 75633, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Carthage's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (24 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 USC00411500; 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 Carthage?
In a normal year in Carthage, 89 days a year reach 90°F (9 of them 100°F or more), 39 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 85 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 89a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 9a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 39a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 85a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1951) is 109°F, on September 5, 2000; the lowest is 1°F, on December 24, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1991, with 77.47 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 9.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00411500; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00411500. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Carthage?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Carthage, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (85%) and February the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.8 |
| February | 65% | 3.1 |
| March | 71% | 4.3 |
| April | 76% | 5.4 |
| May | 77% | 5.9 |
| June | 82% | 6.4 |
| July | 84% | 6.4 |
| August | 85% | 6.0 |
| September | 82% | 5.1 |
| October | 80% | 4.1 |
| November | 75% | 3.0 |
| December | 70% | 2.5 |
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 Carthage need?
A normal year in Carthage brings 2,263 heating degree days, 58% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,428 cooling degree days, 2.7 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,160 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 578 | 3 |
| February | 414 | 7 |
| March | 260 | 29 |
| April | 93 | 86 |
| May | 12 | 254 |
| June | 0 | 444 |
| July | 0 | 552 |
| August | 0 | 552 |
| September | 4 | 355 |
| October | 82 | 121 |
| November | 303 | 20 |
| December | 516 | 6 |
| Year (annual) | 2,263 | 2,428 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411500. 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 Carthage been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 66.9°F, 1.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.4°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66.9°F | +1.5°F | 45.48 |
Over 54 complete years from 1953 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.3°F per century (+0.13°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00411500; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Carthage's climate compare?
Carthage is warmer than 144 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 291. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.4°F is warmer than 89%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Carthage 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 Carthage 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.
- Beckville, TX754 people · 9 mi NW
- Gary City, TX343 people · 9 mi S
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 Carthage's climate
What is the coldest month in Carthage?
January, with a normal high of 57°F and a normal low of 36°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Carthage?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.8 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Carthage?
December, with 5.63 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 3.44 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Carthage in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Carthage in zone 8b in ZIP code 75633, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Carthage's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Carthage?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 8; in one year in ten it comes after March 31. Waiting until March 31 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Marshall, TX22 miles from this station, 64.3°F a year
- Hallsville, TX25 miles from this station, 64.6°F a year
- Center, TX27 miles from this station, 65.6°F a year
- Longview, TX27 miles from this station, 66.2°F a year
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