Copper Breaks State Park, Texas climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Copper Breaks State Park's normal year runs from 27°F January nights to 99°F July afternoons, with 26.3 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.6°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 37°C, 669 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCopper Breaks State Park
- Station IDUSC00411995
- Location34.11°N 99.74°W
- Elevation1,475 ft (450 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Copper Breaks State Park is 76°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 17%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Copper Breaks State Park.
- Jan 57° 27°
- Feb 60° 30°
- Mar 70° 40°
- Apr 79° 47°
- May 87° 59°
- Jun 95° 68°
- Jul 99° 73°
- Aug 98° 71°
- Sep 90° 62°
- Oct 79° 49°
- Nov 66° 38°
- Dec 58° 29°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Copper Breaks State Park each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 99°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 27°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.91 in), the least in January (1.05 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57°F | 27°F | 41.9°F | 1.05 | 0.7 | 3 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 60°F | 30°F | 45.0°F | 1.06 | 0.0 | 3 | <1 | 17 | 11 h |
| March | 70°F | 40°F | 55.0°F | 1.75 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 79°F | 47°F | 62.7°F | 2.37 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 87°F | 59°F | 73.0°F | 3.49 | 0.0 | 7 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 95°F | 68°F | 81.4°F | 3.91 | 0.0 | 7 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 99°F | 73°F | 85.8°F | 1.92 | 0.0 | 4 | 28 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 98°F | 71°F | 84.6°F | 2.85 | 0.0 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 90°F | 62°F | 76.1°F | 2.53 | 0.0 | 4 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 79°F | 49°F | 63.9°F | 2.34 | 0.0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 66°F | 38°F | 52.0°F | 1.78 | 0.9 | 5 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 58°F | 29°F | 43.3°F | 1.29 | 0.0 | 3 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 49°F | 63.7°F | 26.34 | 1.6 | 55 | 114 | 84 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | −3°C | 5.5°C | 27 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 15°C | −1°C | 7.2°C | 27 mm | 0 cm |
| March | 21°C | 4°C | 12.8°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 26°C | 8°C | 17.1°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 30°C | 15°C | 22.8°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 35°C | 20°C | 27.4°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 37°C | 23°C | 29.9°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 37°C | 22°C | 29.2°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 32°C | 17°C | 24.5°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 26°C | 9°C | 17.7°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 19°C | 3°C | 11.1°C | 45 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 14°C | −2°C | 6.3°C | 33 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411995; 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.
Which months are mildest at Copper Breaks State Park?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. Of those, April 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 USC00411995.
When is the last frost at Copper Breaks State Park?
In Copper Breaks State Park, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 1 in half of years and after April 20 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 4 in half of years and before October 18 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
- April 11 year in 10 after April 20; 9 in 10 after March 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 41 year in 10 before October 18; 9 in 10 before November 21
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 217 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 242 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 14 in half of springs and before November 14 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Copper Breaks State Park in zone 7b in ZIP code 79252, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00411995; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 at Copper Breaks State Park?
In a normal year in Copper Breaks State Park, 114 days a year reach 90°F (38 of them 100°F or more), 84 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 55 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 114a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 38a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 84a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 55a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00411995.
How sunny is it at Copper Breaks State Park?
Over a year 83% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Copper Breaks State Park, 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 82% | 3.1 |
| February | 76% | 3.7 |
| March | 79% | 5.0 |
| April | 81% | 6.0 |
| May | 81% | 6.5 |
| June | 88% | 7.3 |
| July | 89% | 7.1 |
| August | 88% | 6.4 |
| September | 85% | 5.3 |
| October | 83% | 4.2 |
| November | 82% | 3.3 |
| December | 78% | 2.7 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Copper Breaks State Park record?
A normal year at Copper Breaks State Park brings 2,981 heating degree days, 45% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,559 cooling degree days, 2.8 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,926 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 716 | 0 |
| February | 561 | 1 |
| March | 331 | 21 |
| April | 139 | 71 |
| May | 23 | 269 |
| June | 0 | 494 |
| July | 0 | 645 |
| August | 0 | 608 |
| September | 13 | 348 |
| October | 127 | 93 |
| November | 398 | 10 |
| December | 671 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,981 | 2,559 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411995. 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 Copper Breaks State Park's climate compare?
Copper Breaks State Park is warmer than 81 of the 321 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 125. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.7°F is warmer than 85%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Copper Breaks State Park 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 Copper Breaks State Park share this climate record?
Crowell 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.
- Crowell, TX733 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 Copper Breaks State Park's climate
What is the coldest month at Copper Breaks State Park?
January, with a normal high of 57°F and a normal low of 27°F. The warmest is July (99°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow at Copper Breaks State Park?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in November (0.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Copper Breaks State Park?
June, with 3.91 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.05 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Copper Breaks State Park in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Copper Breaks State Park in zone 7b in ZIP code 79252, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come at Copper Breaks State Park?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 1; in one year in ten it comes after April 20. Waiting until April 20 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Quanah, TX11 miles from this station, 62.1°F a year
- Vernon, TX24 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Truscott (3 mi W), TX25 miles from this station, 63.6°F a year
- Paducah, TX33 miles from this station, 62.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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