Crane, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Crane's primary NOAA station, CRANE - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Crane
Dryness leads the climate profile for Crane, Texas, with 12.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 66°F. It scores 87/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 87% of them.
- 66°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 87/100
- comfort score, above 87% of station-mapped location scores
- 12.1"
- annual precipitation · 2" snow
- 245 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Crane: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00412082 · Crane, TX 66°F mean · 12.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 66°F
- RANK-WARM #6,244
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beaumont Expsta…
- PRCP-DRY 12.1"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-TOP 87/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-MULTI USC00412082
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Beaumont Expstation, MS (+ 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.
- Crane (this station) 66°F
- Hot Fitzgerald, GA 66°F
- Near Beaumont Expsta…, MS 66°F
- Near Brooklet, GA 66°F
- Near Coleman, TX 66°F
Crane 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 · Crane
Crane: 68/100 · grade C
Crane publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Crane, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 87/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 66.3°F · 1.2° from 67.5°F | 95/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 245 days/year | 87/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 2.0 inches/year | 76/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 126 calendar days | 61/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 12.1 in · 22.9 from 35 in | 19/100 · F |
Crane · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Crane's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSh
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: hot semi-arid steppe (BSh). Class BSh is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically hot semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSh
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 84.2°F
- Coldest month
- 46.1°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 · balanced station
Where Crane sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Crane's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 9% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Crane sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 89%
- Crane's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 72%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Crane is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Crane compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Crane's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
87 Top 13% score exceeds 87% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F (16°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 0.7" | 0.6" | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 65°F (18°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.5" | 0.1" | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 73°F (23°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 3.6 | 1.2 |
| April | 82°F (28°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| May | 89°F (32°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 1.3" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 17.4 |
| June | 95°F (35°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 25.2 |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 28.2 |
| August | 95°F (35°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 26.6 |
| September | 88°F (31°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 1.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.4 |
| October | 80°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| November | 69°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 0.8" | 0.1" | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| December | 60°F (16°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 0.6" | 1.2" | 14.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Crane works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 97°F by August 3 and hold at or above 90°F on 111 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 15 dates, bottoming at 32°F around December 28.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 21 through September 8, covering 111 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 9 to November 11.
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.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into January 6, then returns to freezing around December 23, covering 15 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is September 1, when 13% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 25 at 7%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 33 wet dates a year.
The widest day
February 4 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Crane.
Where Crane Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 111 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 12 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Crane earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 0.6"
2.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
2.2 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
2.2 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
3.5 days with precipitation
3.9 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
2.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.2"
2.5 days with precipitation
Crane spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 16%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Crane has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 38.1°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 1.7" and February 0.5". The three wettest months together take 39% 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 Crane, it arrives in quantity
12.1" of precipitation falls across only about 34 wet days here, averaging 0.36 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 34 a year, 9% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.36 inches
- Most wet days
- September, about 4
- Fewest wet days
- November, about 2
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.
Snow reaches Crane, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 2.0 inches of snow a year here, most likely in December. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 1 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 16
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 16
50% probability date
Growing Season
245 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,256
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,745
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Crane 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 (66°F here).
- Brooklet, GA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Fitzgerald, GA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Hemet, CA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Jasper, FL 66°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Shelby, MT 12.1" · 0.0" off
- Evanston, WY 12.1" · 0.0" off
- Hachita, NM 12.1" · 0.0" off
- Lindsay, CA 12.1" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Crane's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 12.1 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Annual snowfall totals 2.0 inches. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Crane's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.1°F. The annual average is 66°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Crane's normal, at 2,256 and 2,745 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
Crane has a long frost-free window of roughly 245 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
Crane wettest normal
September
September concentrates the scarce annual total (12.1 inches).
Crane driest normal
February
February is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Crane's primary station: CRANE (USC00412082). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Crane area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4817516). Match rule for Crane: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Crane 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.