College Stn, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from College Stn's primary NOAA station, COLLEGE STN.
The climate verdict for College Stn
Warm-season cooling demand defines College Stn, Texas, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 69°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.
- 69°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 96/100
- comfort score, above 96% of station-mapped location scores
- 41.8"
- annual precipitation
- 276 days
- growing season, frost-free days
College Stn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00003904 · College Stn, TX 69°F mean · 41.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 69°F
- RANK-WARM #6,449
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Luling
- PRCP-MID 41.8"
- SWING-MID 34°F
- COMF-TOP 96/100
- LOAD-COOL 3,169 CDD
- STN-1 USW00003904
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Luling, TX (+ 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.
- Hot Amistad Dam, TX 70°F
- Near Candelaria, TX 70°F
- College (this station) 69°F
- Cold Tohono Chul, AZ 69°F
- Near Luling, TX 69°F
College Stn 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 · College Stn
College Stn: 82/100 · grade B
College Stn publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for College Stn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 96/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 276 days/year | 96/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 69.4°F · 1.9° from 67.5°F | 93/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 41.8 in · 6.8 from 35 in | 76/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 113 calendar days | 69/100 · C |
College Stn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
College Stn is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 51.5°F and warmest-month mean 85.7°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
- 85.7°F
- Coldest month
- 51.5°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 · cooling-led station
Where College Stn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for College Stn's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 6% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, College Stn sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 62nd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 84%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for College Stn is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How College Stn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
College Stn'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
College Stn's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 71 complete annual observations from 1952 to 2025, COLLEGE STN warmed at a fitted rate of 0.21°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- College Stn primary station fitted change +0.21 °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 | 62°F (17°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 3.4" | 5.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 66°F (19°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.9" | 3.0 | 0.1 |
| March | 73°F (23°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.4" | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 79°F (26°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 2.9" | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| May | 86°F (30°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 9.4 |
| June | 92°F (33°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 23.4 |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 85°F (30°C) | 2.0" | 0.0 | 28.7 |
| August | 97°F (36°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 86°F (30°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 28.7 |
| September | 91°F (33°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 20.3 |
| October | 82°F (28°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 4.9" | 0.1 | 4.9 |
| November | 71°F (22°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 3.3" | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 63°F (17°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.7" | 4.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in College Stn runs from a mild 41°F around January 4 to 97°F at the peak near August 4, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 31 through September 20, covering 113 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 7 to November 18.
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 41°F around January 4.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is January 29, when 30% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 23 at 17%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 92 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 10 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for College Stn.
Where College Stn Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 113 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
College Stn earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.0 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
5.3 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
College Stn spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 22% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. College Stn has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 34.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 4.9" and July 2.0". The three wettest months together take 32% 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 College Stn, it arrives in quantity
41.8" of precipitation falls across only about 92 wet days here, averaging 0.45 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 92 a year, 25% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.45 inches
- Most wet days
- December, about 9
- Fewest wet days
- July, 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
November 30
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 27
50% probability date
Growing Season
276 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,545
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,169
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to College Stn 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 (69°F here).
- Galliano, LA 69°F · 0.0°F off
- Panama City, FL 69°F · 0.0°F off
- Gainesville, FL 70°F · 0.1°F off
- Hackberry, LA 70°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (41.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hartford City, IN 41.7" · 0.0" off
- Cloverdale, CA 41.7" · 0.0" off
- Dowagiac, MI 41.7" · 0.0" off
- Fredonia, KS 41.8" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How College Stn's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · moderate · mid swing
Air-conditioning demand is the clearest thermal signal here. College Stn accumulates 3,169 cooling degree days, more than twice its 1,545 heating total; the monthly table shows when that imbalance builds rather than treating it as a year-round condition.
College Stn's 41.8 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.
August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in College Stn's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 34.2°F. The annual average is 69°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
The frost-free window extends for about 276 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.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from College Stn's primary station, so the summer figures are a thirty-year average rather than a ceiling: individual years have run hotter and will again. For College Stn that means a descriptive range only — not an official NOAA classification and not a prediction for next summer.
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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 College Stn's primary station: COLLEGE STN (USW00003904). 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 College Stn; 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 College Stn 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.