Charlotte, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Charlotte's normal year runs from 42°F January nights to 100°F August afternoons, with 26.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 22.4°C, January lows of 5°C, August highs of 38°C, 681 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCharlotte (5 mi NNW)
- Station IDUSC00411663
- Location28.93°N 98.75°W
- Elevation441 ft (134 m)
- Population1,620
On October 23, the normal high in Charlotte is 86°F and the normal low 59°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 15%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Charlotte.
- Jan 69° 42°
- Feb 74° 46°
- Mar 79° 53°
- Apr 86° 59°
- May 91° 67°
- Jun 96° 72°
- Jul 99° 73°
- Aug 100° 73°
- Sep 94° 69°
- Oct 87° 61°
- Nov 78° 51°
- Dec 70° 44°
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 Charlotte each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 100°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 42°F. The most precipitation falls in September (3.36 in), the least in January (1.48 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69°F | 42°F | 55.6°F | 1.48 | 5 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 74°F | 46°F | 60.4°F | 1.63 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 79°F | 53°F | 66.1°F | 2.09 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 h |
| April | 86°F | 59°F | 72.6°F | 2.14 | 4 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 91°F | 67°F | 79.0°F | 3.19 | 5 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 96°F | 72°F | 84.1°F | 2.91 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 99°F | 73°F | 85.8°F | 2.00 | 4 | 29 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 100°F | 73°F | 86.3°F | 2.08 | 4 | 30 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 94°F | 69°F | 81.6°F | 3.36 | 5 | 22 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 87°F | 61°F | 74.0°F | 2.59 | 5 | 10 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 78°F | 51°F | 64.4°F | 1.76 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 70°F | 44°F | 57.3°F | 1.59 | 5 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 85°F | 59°F | 72.3°F | 26.82 | 59 | 144 | 16 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21°C | 5°C | 13.1°C | 38 mm |
| February | 24°C | 8°C | 15.8°C | 41 mm |
| March | 26°C | 12°C | 18.9°C | 53 mm |
| April | 30°C | 15°C | 22.6°C | 54 mm |
| May | 33°C | 19°C | 26.1°C | 81 mm |
| June | 36°C | 22°C | 28.9°C | 74 mm |
| July | 37°C | 23°C | 29.9°C | 51 mm |
| August | 38°C | 23°C | 30.2°C | 53 mm |
| September | 34°C | 21°C | 27.6°C | 85 mm |
| October | 31°C | 16°C | 23.3°C | 66 mm |
| November | 25°C | 11°C | 18.0°C | 45 mm |
| December | 21°C | 7°C | 14.1°C | 40 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411663; 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 Charlotte?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, November and December. Of those, November 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 USC00411663.
When is the last frost in Charlotte?
In Charlotte, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 26 in half of years and after March 17 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 28 in half of years and before November 6 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
- February 261 year in 10 after March 17; 9 in 10 after January 27
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 281 year in 10 before November 6; 9 in 10 before December 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 278 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 312 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 6 in half of springs and before December 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Charlotte in zone 9a in ZIP code 78011, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Charlotte's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°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 USC00411663; 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 Charlotte?
In a normal year in Charlotte, 144 days a year reach 90°F (29 of them 100°F or more), 16 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 59 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 144a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 29a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 16a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 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 111°F, on August 28, 2011; the lowest is 6°F, on December 30, 1983.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1968, with 47.89 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 2.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00411663; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00411663. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Charlotte?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Charlotte, 4.9 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 3.1 |
| February | 69% | 3.6 |
| March | 72% | 4.6 |
| April | 76% | 5.4 |
| May | 80% | 6.0 |
| June | 86% | 6.8 |
| July | 87% | 6.7 |
| August | 89% | 6.5 |
| September | 82% | 5.3 |
| October | 83% | 4.6 |
| November | 77% | 3.4 |
| December | 71% | 2.8 |
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 Charlotte need?
A normal year in Charlotte brings 1,000 heating degree days, 81% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,673 cooling degree days, 4.0 times the median (908). One month needs 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,248 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 309 | 16 |
| February | 178 | 49 |
| March | 86 | 122 |
| April | 19 | 246 |
| May | 1 | 434 |
| June | 0 | 573 |
| July | 0 | 645 |
| August | 0 | 659 |
| September | 0 | 500 |
| October | 16 | 296 |
| November | 119 | 101 |
| December | 272 | 33 |
| Year (annual) | 1,000 | 3,673 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411663. 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 Charlotte's climate compare?
Charlotte is warmer than 294 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 127. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 72.3°F is warmer than 97%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Charlotte 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 Charlotte share this climate record?
Bigfoot has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Bigfoot, TX929 people · 11 mi NW
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 Charlotte's climate
What is the coldest month in Charlotte?
January, with a normal high of 69°F and a normal low of 42°F. The warmest is August (100°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Charlotte?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Charlotte?
September, with 3.36 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.48 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Charlotte in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Charlotte in zone 9a in ZIP code 78011, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Charlotte's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Charlotte?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 26; in one year in ten it comes after March 17. Waiting until March 17 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Poteet, TX13 miles from this station, 70.4°F a year
- Pleasanton, TX17 miles from this station, 70.3°F a year
- Lytle, TX22 miles from this station, 70.5°F a year
- Cross, TX25 miles from this station, 70.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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