Edinburg, 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 Edinburg's primary NOAA station, EDINBURG 17 NNE - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Edinburg
Warm-season cooling demand defines Edinburg, Texas, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 75°F. It scores 100/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 99% of them.
- 75°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 100/100
- comfort score, above 99% of station-mapped location scores
- 23.6"
- yearly precipitation total
- 336 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Edinburg: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00012987 · Edinburg, TX 75°F mean · 23.6" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 75°F
- RANK-WARM #6,792
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Weslaco
- PRCP-DRY 23.6"
- SWING-NARROW 27°F
- COMF-TOP 100/100
- LOAD-COOL 4,270 CDD
- STN-MULTI USW00012987
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Weslaco, TX (+ 0.1 °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.
- Edinburg (this station) 75°F
- Hot Weslaco, TX 75°F
- Near Santa Rosa, TX 75°F
- Near Yuma Quartermas…, AZ 75°F
- Cold Raymondville, TX 74°F
Edinburg 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 · Edinburg
Edinburg: 64/100 · grade C
Edinburg publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Edinburg, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 100/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 336 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 74.9°F · 7.4° from 67.5°F | 77/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 23.6 in · 11.4 from 35 in | 60/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 161 calendar days | 39/100 · F |
Edinburg · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Edinburg'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
- 86.9°F
- Coldest month
- 60.2°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 Edinburg sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Edinburg's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 1% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Edinburg sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 33rd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 93%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Edinburg is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Edinburg compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Edinburg's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
100 Top 1% score exceeds 99% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72°F (22°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.0" | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| February | 76°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.3" | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| March | 81°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.9" | 0.1 | 4.9 |
| April | 87°F (31°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 1.4" | 0.0 | 12.4 |
| May | 93°F (34°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 2.5" | 0.0 | 22.4 |
| June | 96°F (35°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 85°F (29°C) | 3.4" | 0.0 | 28.2 |
| July | 98°F (36°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 86°F (30°C) | 2.0" | 0.0 | 29.4 |
| August | 98°F (37°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 87°F (31°C) | 1.9" | 0.0 | 30.1 |
| September | 94°F (34°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 23.3 |
| October | 88°F (31°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 2.5" | 0.0 | 16.6 |
| November | 80°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 1.1" | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| December | 73°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.1" | 1.7 | 0.2 |
The year, day by day
The year in Edinburg runs from a mild 48°F around January 6 to 99°F at the peak near August 3, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 1 through October 8, covering 161 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs January 1 to December 31.
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 48°F around January 6.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is September 13, when 36% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 31 at 15%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 86 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 28 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Edinburg.
Where Edinburg Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 161 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Edinburg earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.2 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
5.8 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
Edinburg spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 14%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Edinburg has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 26.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 4.7" and March 0.9". The three wettest months together take 45% 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 Edinburg's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 87 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 23.6" between them, or roughly 0.27 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
December 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
336 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
644
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
4,270
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Edinburg 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 (75°F here).
- Yuma Proving Ground, AZ 75°F · 0.1°F off
- Palm Springs, CA 75°F · 0.2°F off
- Gila Bend, AZ 75°F · 0.2°F off
- Immokalee, FL 75°F · 0.2°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (23.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Ouray, CO 23.6" · 0.0" off
- Port Alsworth, AK 23.6" · 0.0" off
- Enderlin, ND 23.6" · 0.1" off
- Turton, SD 23.7" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Edinburg's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · moderate · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Edinburg. Cooling totals 4,270 degree days, more than double the 644 heating measure, and the 26.7°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Edinburg's 23.6 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.
Temperature varies within a narrow 26.7°F band across the normal year. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 75°F. Monthly rows still matter, but they refine a steady profile rather than reveal two climatic extremes.
With about 336 frost-free days, the calendar is constrained more by sustained heat than by freeze timing. This does not measure crop suitability or soil moisture; it only reports the NOAA-derived frost-free window for Edinburg.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Edinburg'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 Edinburg 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 Edinburg's primary station: EDINBURG 17 NNE (USW00012987). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Edinburg 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 4822660). Match rule for Edinburg: 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 Edinburg 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.