Denton, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Denton's normal year runs from 32°F January nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 35.6 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.1°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 35°C, 904 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDenton Municipal Airport
- Station IDUSW00003991
- Location33.21°N 97.20°W
- Elevation642 ft (196 m)
- From the center3 miles
- Population165,998
On October 23, the normal high in Denton is 75°F and the normal low 50°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 25%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Denton.
- Jan 56° 32°
- Feb 60° 36°
- Mar 68° 45°
- Apr 75° 51°
- May 83° 61°
- Jun 91° 69°
- Jul 96° 73°
- Aug 96° 73°
- Sep 88° 64°
- Oct 78° 53°
- Nov 66° 42°
- Dec 57° 34°
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 Denton each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 32°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.52 in), the least in July (1.77 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 | 56°F | 32°F | 44.0°F | 1.94 | 6 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 60°F | 36°F | 48.2°F | 2.48 | 7 | <1 | 10 | 11 h |
| March | 68°F | 45°F | 56.1°F | 3.11 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 12 h |
| April | 75°F | 51°F | 63.2°F | 3.43 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 61°F | 72.1°F | 4.52 | 10 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 69°F | 80.3°F | 3.67 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 96°F | 73°F | 84.4°F | 1.77 | 5 | 29 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 96°F | 73°F | 84.1°F | 2.39 | 6 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 88°F | 64°F | 76.2°F | 2.65 | 7 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 78°F | 53°F | 65.2°F | 4.17 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 66°F | 42°F | 54.3°F | 2.71 | 6 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 57°F | 34°F | 45.5°F | 2.76 | 6 | <1 | 15 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 53°F | 64.5°F | 35.60 | 82 | 104 | 52 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 0°C | 6.7°C | 49 mm |
| February | 16°C | 2°C | 9.0°C | 63 mm |
| March | 20°C | 7°C | 13.4°C | 79 mm |
| April | 24°C | 11°C | 17.3°C | 87 mm |
| May | 28°C | 16°C | 22.3°C | 115 mm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 26.8°C | 93 mm |
| July | 35°C | 23°C | 29.1°C | 45 mm |
| August | 35°C | 23°C | 28.9°C | 61 mm |
| September | 31°C | 18°C | 24.6°C | 67 mm |
| October | 25°C | 12°C | 18.4°C | 106 mm |
| November | 19°C | 6°C | 12.4°C | 69 mm |
| December | 14°C | 1°C | 7.5°C | 70 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Grapevine (20 miles away), gets 0 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003991; 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 Denton?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USW00003991.
When is the last frost in Denton?
In Denton, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 24 in half of years and after April 17 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 7 in half of years and before October 22 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
- March 241 year in 10 after April 17; 9 in 10 after March 3
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 71 year in 10 before October 22; 9 in 10 before November 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 227 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 256 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 9 in half of springs and before November 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Denton in zones 8a to 8b across its 6 ZIP code areas (8a in 76207, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Denton's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (23 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 USW00003991; 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 Denton ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Denton's 6 ZIP code areas run from zone 8a to 8b: 2 in 8a and 4 in 8b. 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 Denton?
In a normal year in Denton, 104 days a year reach 90°F (22 of them 100°F or more), 52 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 82 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 104a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 22a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 52a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 82a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1996) is 111°F, on July 20, 2022; the lowest is −6°F, on February 16, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 55.88 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00003991; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00003991. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Denton?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Denton, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (72%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 111th (with 13 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.9 |
| February | 72% | 3.5 |
| March | 74% | 4.6 |
| April | 77% | 5.6 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 85% | 6.9 |
| July | 88% | 6.9 |
| August | 87% | 6.3 |
| September | 84% | 5.2 |
| October | 81% | 4.1 |
| November | 79% | 3.1 |
| December | 75% | 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 Denton need?
A normal year in Denton brings 2,637 heating degree days, 51% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,475 cooling degree days, 2.7 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 6,021 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 654 | 1 |
| February | 475 | 5 |
| March | 301 | 26 |
| April | 127 | 73 |
| May | 20 | 240 |
| June | 0 | 460 |
| July | 0 | 603 |
| August | 0 | 590 |
| September | 7 | 344 |
| October | 107 | 112 |
| November | 340 | 17 |
| December | 607 | 3 |
| Year (annual) | 2,637 | 2,475 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003991. 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 Denton been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 65.8°F, 1.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 64.5°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64.9°F | +0.4°F | 31.30 |
| 2022 | 65.6°F | +1.1°F | 26.55 |
| 2023 | 67.0°F | +2.5°F | 24.70 |
| 2024 | 67.4°F | +2.9°F | 38.72 |
| 2025 | 65.8°F | +1.3°F | 33.86 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00003991. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Denton's climate compare?
Denton is warmer than 106 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 191. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.5°F is warmer than 87%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Denton 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 Denton share this climate record?
12 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.
- Corinth, TX24,450 people · 9 mi SE
- Lantana, TX12,583 people · 9 mi SE
- Lake Dallas, TX7,915 people · 12 mi SE
- Oak Point, TX6,826 people · 12 mi E
- Krum, TX6,799 people · 4 mi N
- Argyle, TX6,294 people · 7 mi S
- Shady Shores, TX3,005 people · 10 mi E
- Ponder, TX2,875 people · 6 mi SW
- Copper Canyon, TX2,369 people · 10 mi SE
- Bartonville, TX1,877 people · 9 mi S
- DISH, TX476 people · 8 mi SW
- Corral City, TX40 people · 8 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.
What do Denton's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Denton. This page uses Denton Municipal Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denton (2 mi SE) USC00412404 | 2 mi SE | 630 ft | 65.4°F | 34°F | 96°F | 38.4 | – | March 13 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Denton's climate
What is the coldest month in Denton?
January, with a normal high of 56°F and a normal low of 32°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Denton?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Denton's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Grapevine (20 miles away), records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Denton?
May, with 4.52 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 1.77 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Denton in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Denton in zones 8a to 8b across its 6 ZIP code areas (8a in 76207, the largest). By the same method at Denton's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Denton?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 24; in one year in ten it comes after April 17. Waiting until April 17 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Denton in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Pilot Point, TX16 miles from this station, 64.8°F a year
- Fort Worth, TX17 miles from this station, 66.9°F a year
- Grapevine, TX19 miles from this station, 65.4°F a year
- Dallas, TX24 miles from this station, 66.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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