College Station, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
College Station's normal year runs from 41°F January nights to 97°F August afternoons, with 41.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 20.8°C, January lows of 5°C, August highs of 36°C, 1,060 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCollege Station Easterwood Field
- Station IDUSW00003904
- Location30.59°N 96.36°W
- Elevation305 ft (93 m)
- Population128,023
On October 14, the normal high in College Station is 83°F and the normal low 61°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 College Station.
- Jan 62° 41°
- Feb 66° 45°
- Mar 73° 52°
- Apr 79° 58°
- May 86° 66°
- Jun 92° 73°
- Jul 95° 75°
- Aug 97° 75°
- Sep 91° 70°
- Oct 82° 60°
- Nov 71° 50°
- Dec 63° 43°
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 College Station each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 41°F. The most precipitation falls in October (4.93 in), the least in July (1.98 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62°F | 41°F | 51.5°F | 3.43 | 9 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 66°F | 45°F | 55.3°F | 2.90 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 73°F | 52°F | 62.1°F | 3.41 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 58°F | 68.7°F | 2.87 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 86°F | 66°F | 76.4°F | 4.60 | 8 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 92°F | 73°F | 82.6°F | 4.01 | 8 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 95°F | 75°F | 85.1°F | 1.98 | 5 | 29 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 97°F | 75°F | 85.7°F | 3.10 | 6 | 29 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 91°F | 70°F | 80.6°F | 3.50 | 7 | 20 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 82°F | 60°F | 71.1°F | 4.93 | 7 | 5 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 71°F | 50°F | 60.4°F | 3.31 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 63°F | 43°F | 53.1°F | 3.71 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 80°F | 59°F | 69.4°F | 41.75 | 92 | 117 | 16 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17°C | 5°C | 10.8°C | 87 mm |
| February | 19°C | 7°C | 12.9°C | 74 mm |
| March | 23°C | 11°C | 16.7°C | 87 mm |
| April | 26°C | 15°C | 20.4°C | 73 mm |
| May | 30°C | 19°C | 24.7°C | 117 mm |
| June | 33°C | 23°C | 28.1°C | 102 mm |
| July | 35°C | 24°C | 29.5°C | 50 mm |
| August | 36°C | 24°C | 29.8°C | 79 mm |
| September | 33°C | 21°C | 27.0°C | 89 mm |
| October | 28°C | 16°C | 21.7°C | 125 mm |
| November | 22°C | 10°C | 15.8°C | 84 mm |
| December | 17°C | 6°C | 11.7°C | 94 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003904; 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 College Station?
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 (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 USW00003904.
When is the last frost in College Station?
In College Station, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 27 in half of years and after March 18 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 30 in half of years and before November 10 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 271 year in 10 after March 18; 9 in 10 after January 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 301 year in 10 before November 10; 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 316 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 7 in half of springs and before December 18 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts College Station in zone 9a across its 3 ZIP code areas (9a in 77845, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, College Station's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 23°F (30 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 USW00003904; 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.
What hardiness zone is each College Station ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. College Station's 3 ZIP code areas are all in zone 9a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in College Station?
In a normal year in College Station, 117 days a year reach 90°F (18 of them 100°F or more), 16 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 92 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 117a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 18a 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
- 92a normal year
The highest temperature in College Station's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1888) is 112°F, on August 27, 2023; the lowest is −3°F, on January 31, 1949.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1968, with 61.04 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 8.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00003904; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record CLLthr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is College Station?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around College Station, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (87%) and February the cloudiest (66%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 210th (with 32 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.9 |
| February | 66% | 3.4 |
| March | 71% | 4.5 |
| April | 75% | 5.4 |
| May | 77% | 5.9 |
| June | 84% | 6.6 |
| July | 86% | 6.6 |
| August | 87% | 6.2 |
| September | 82% | 5.2 |
| October | 81% | 4.3 |
| November | 76% | 3.2 |
| December | 71% | 2.6 |
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 College Station need?
A normal year in College Station brings 1,545 heating degree days, 71% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,169 cooling degree days, 3.5 times the median (908). Two months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,355 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 430 | 11 |
| February | 293 | 22 |
| March | 157 | 67 |
| April | 44 | 154 |
| May | 3 | 355 |
| June | 0 | 528 |
| July | 0 | 625 |
| August | 0 | 640 |
| September | 1 | 469 |
| October | 36 | 224 |
| November | 194 | 58 |
| December | 387 | 18 |
| Year (annual) | 1,545 | 3,169 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003904. 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 College Station been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 71.6°F, 2.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 69.4°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 70.2°F | +0.8°F | 38.40 |
| 2022 | 70.8°F | +1.4°F | 35.12 |
| 2023 | 72.9°F | +3.5°F | 28.97 |
| 2024 | 72.4°F | +3.0°F | 46.09 |
| 2025 | 71.6°F | +2.2°F | 31.65 |
Over 71 complete years from 1952 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.8°F per century (+0.21°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00003904; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does College Station's climate compare?
College Station is warmer than 248 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 239. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 69.4°F is warmer than 94%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, College Station 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 College Station 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.
- Bryan, TXalso near: Somerville (25 mi, 67.0°F a year); Franklin (26 mi, 68.0°F a year)91,541 people · 5 mi N
- Lake Bryan, TX1,880 people · 11 mi NW
- Snook, TX551 people · 9 mi SW
- Kurten, TX406 people · 15 mi N
- Wixon Valley, TX233 people · 12 mi N
- Tunis, TX21 people · 10 mi W
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 College Station's climate
What is the coldest month in College Station?
January, with a normal high of 62°F and a normal low of 41°F. The warmest is August (97°F by day, 75°F at night).
What is the rainiest month in College Station?
October, with 4.93 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 1.98 in.
What plant hardiness zone is College Station in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts College Station in zone 9a across its 3 ZIP code areas (9a in 77845, the largest). By the same method at College Station's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 23°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in College Station?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 27; in one year in ten it comes after March 18. Waiting until March 18 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- College Station in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Somerville, TX21 miles from this station, 67.0°F a year
- Washington State Park, TX22 miles from this station, 68.0°F a year
- Brenham, TX30 miles from this station, 68.0°F a year
- Franklin, TX32 miles from this station, 68.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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