Dryden Terrell County, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Dryden Terrell County's primary NOAA station, DRYDEN TERRELL CO AP.
The climate verdict for Dryden Terrell County
Dryness leads the climate profile for Dryden Terrell County, Texas, with 9.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 68°F. Its climate comfort score of 73/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 66% of station-mapped location scores.
- 68°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 73/100
- comfort score, above 66% of station-mapped location scores
- 9.8"
- precipitation, annual total
- 272 days
- frost-free growing season
Dryden Terrell County: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00003032 · Dryden Terrell County, TX 68°F mean · 9.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 68°F
- RANK-WARM #6,381
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Crowley
- PRCP-ARID 9.8"
- SWING-MID 35°F
- COMF-MID 73/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00003032
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Crowley, LA (+ 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.
- Dryden Terrell… (this station) 68°F
- Hot New Orleans Alv…, LA 68°F
- Near Crowley, LA 68°F
- Near Donaldsonville, LA 68°F
- Near Groveton, TX 68°F
Dryden Terrell County 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 · Dryden Terrell County
Dryden Terrell County: 68/100 · grade C
Dryden Terrell County publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Dryden Terrell County, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 73/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 68.2°F · 0.7° from 67.5°F | 96/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 272 days/year | 95/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 123 calendar days | 63/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 9.8 in · 25.3 from 35 in | 11/100 · F |
Dryden Terrell County · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Dryden Terrell County's normals sit in a dry climate class: BWh
Annual precipitation falls well below the aridity threshold for this temperature regime, so the normals classify as hot desert (BWh). Class BWh is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically hot desert.
- Köppen code
- BWh
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 84.5°F
- Coldest month
- 49.4°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 Dryden Terrell County sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Dryden Terrell County's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 7% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Dryden Terrell County sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 94%
- Dryden Terrell County's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 82%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Dryden Terrell County is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Dryden Terrell County compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Dryden Terrell County's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
73 Top 34% score exceeds 66% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62°F (17°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 0.7" | 7.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 68°F (20°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 0.6" | 4.4 | 0.5 |
| March | 76°F (24°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.6" | 0.9 | 2.7 |
| April | 84°F (29°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 8.8 |
| May | 91°F (33°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 1.3" | 0.0 | 18.7 |
| June | 95°F (35°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 1.2" | 0.0 | 25.3 |
| July | 97°F (36°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 85°F (29°C) | 1.0" | 0.0 | 26.9 |
| August | 96°F (36°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 0.9" | 0.0 | 27.9 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 1.1" | 0.0 | 18.2 |
| October | 81°F (27°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 1.1" | 0.1 | 6.0 |
| November | 71°F (21°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 0.5" | 1.6 | 0.3 |
| December | 62°F (17°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.4" | 7.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Dryden Terrell County runs from a mild 36°F around January 1 to 98°F at the peak near July 29, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 13 through September 12, covering 123 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 23 to November 16.
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 36°F around January 1.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is October 9, when 17% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 1 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 45 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 20 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Dryden Terrell County.
Where Dryden Terrell County Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 123 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 10 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Dryden Terrell County earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
3.1 days with precipitation
3.2 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
3.0 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
4.0 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
3.0 days with precipitation
3.0 days with precipitation
Dryden Terrell County spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 33% of the annual total and December through February 17%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Dryden Terrell County has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 35.1°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.3" and December 0.4". The three wettest months together take 37% 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.
How Dryden Terrell County's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 44 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 9.8" between them, or roughly 0.22 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
272 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,728
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,933
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Dryden Terrell County 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 (68°F here).
- Crowley, LA 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Donaldsonville, LA 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Grand Coteau, LA 68°F · 0.1°F off
- High Springs, FL 68°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (9.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- John Day, OR 9.8" · 0.0" off
- Blanca, CO 9.8" · 0.0" off
- San Diego, CA 9.8" · 0.0" off
- Hagerman, ID 9.8" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Dryden Terrell County's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 9.8 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. 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 Dryden Terrell County's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 35.1°F. The annual average is 68°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Dryden Terrell County's normal, at 1,728 and 2,933 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.
Dryden Terrell County has a long frost-free window of roughly 272 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
Dryden Terrell County wettest normal
May
May concentrates the scarce annual total (9.8 inches).
Dryden Terrell County driest normal
December
December 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 Dryden Terrell County's primary station: DRYDEN TERRELL CO AP (USW00003032). 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 Dryden Terrell County; 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 Dryden Terrell County 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.