Center, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Center's normal year runs from 36°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 56.5 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.6 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.7°C, January lows of 2°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,435 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCenter
- Station IDUSC00411578
- Location31.81°N 94.16°W
- Elevation325 ft (99 m)
- Population5,231
On October 23, the normal high in Center is 77°F and the normal low 51°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 Center.
- Jan 59° 36°
- Feb 63° 39°
- Mar 70° 46°
- Apr 77° 53°
- May 84° 62°
- Jun 91° 69°
- Jul 94° 72°
- Aug 95° 71°
- Sep 89° 65°
- Oct 80° 53°
- Nov 68° 43°
- Dec 60° 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 Center each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 36°F. The most precipitation falls in December (5.62 in), the least in September (3.57 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F | 36°F | 47.1°F | 5.18 | 10 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 63°F | 39°F | 50.8°F | 4.81 | 10 | <1 | 8 | 11 h |
| March | 70°F | 46°F | 57.8°F | 5.26 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 53°F | 64.7°F | 4.96 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 62°F | 72.9°F | 4.46 | 9 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 69°F | 79.8°F | 4.96 | 9 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 94°F | 72°F | 83.0°F | 3.65 | 8 | 26 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 95°F | 71°F | 82.9°F | 4.18 | 8 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 65°F | 77.0°F | 3.57 | 7 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 80°F | 53°F | 66.5°F | 4.95 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 68°F | 43°F | 55.8°F | 4.89 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 60°F | 37°F | 48.7°F | 5.62 | 10 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 54°F | 65.6°F | 56.49 | 102 | 97 | 42 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 2°C | 8.4°C | 132 mm |
| February | 17°C | 4°C | 10.4°C | 122 mm |
| March | 21°C | 8°C | 14.3°C | 134 mm |
| April | 25°C | 11°C | 18.2°C | 126 mm |
| May | 29°C | 17°C | 22.7°C | 113 mm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 26.6°C | 126 mm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 28.3°C | 93 mm |
| August | 35°C | 22°C | 28.3°C | 106 mm |
| September | 32°C | 18°C | 25.0°C | 91 mm |
| October | 26°C | 12°C | 19.2°C | 126 mm |
| November | 20°C | 6°C | 13.2°C | 124 mm |
| December | 16°C | 3°C | 9.3°C | 143 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411578; 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 Center?
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 (7).
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 USC00411578.
When is the last frost in Center?
In Center, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 13 in half of years and after April 4 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 15 in half of years and before November 1 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 131 year in 10 after April 4; 9 in 10 after February 22
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 151 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 248 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 276 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 28 in half of springs and before November 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Center in zone 8b in ZIP code 75935, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Center's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (28 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 USC00411578; 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 Center?
In a normal year in Center, 97 days a year reach 90°F (11 of them 100°F or more), 42 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 102 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 97a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 42a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 102a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1939) is 112°F, on September 2, 2000; the lowest is 0°F, on February 2, 1951.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 82.18 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 8.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00411578; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00411578. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Center?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Center, 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% | 3.2 |
| March | 71% | 4.3 |
| April | 76% | 5.4 |
| May | 78% | 5.9 |
| June | 81% | 6.3 |
| July | 83% | 6.3 |
| August | 85% | 6.0 |
| September | 82% | 5.1 |
| October | 80% | 4.2 |
| November | 76% | 3.1 |
| December | 69% | 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 Center need?
A normal year in Center brings 2,241 heating degree days, 58% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,485 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 6,229 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 560 | 5 |
| February | 408 | 10 |
| March | 254 | 33 |
| April | 100 | 93 |
| May | 14 | 260 |
| June | 0 | 444 |
| July | 0 | 558 |
| August | 0 | 555 |
| September | 5 | 364 |
| October | 84 | 129 |
| November | 303 | 26 |
| December | 514 | 8 |
| Year (annual) | 2,241 | 2,485 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411578. 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 Center been warmer than normal lately?
Over 67 complete years from 1942 to 2018, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.2°F per century (+0.12°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Center's climate compare?
Center is warmer than 157 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 296. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.6°F is warmer than 89%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Center 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 Center share this climate record?
6 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.
- Logansport, LA1,333 people · 15 mi NE
- Tenaha, TX1,002 people · 11 mi NW
- Timpson, TX1,002 people · 15 mi NW
- Converse, LA377 people · 27 mi E
- Shelbyville, TX187 people · 6 mi SE
- Stanley, LA130 people · 18 mi NE
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 Center's climate
What is the coldest month in Center?
January, with a normal high of 59°F and a normal low of 36°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Center?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.6 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Center?
December, with 5.62 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.57 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Center in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Center in zone 8b in ZIP code 75935, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Center's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Center?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 13; in one year in ten it comes after April 4. Waiting until April 4 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- San Augustine, TX20 miles from this station, 65.4°F a year
- Carthage, TX27 miles from this station, 65.4°F a year
- Mansfield, LA30 miles from this station, 65.5°F a year
- Nacogdoches, TX31 miles from this station, 65.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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