Falcon Dam, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Falcon Dam's primary NOAA station, FALCON DAM.
The climate verdict for Falcon Dam
Falcon Dam, Texas is cooling-led and dry. Its 19.5 inches of annual precipitation pairs with an annual average of 77°F. It scores 76/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 69% of them.
- 77°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 76/100
- comfort score, above 69% of station-mapped location scores
- 19.5"
- yearly precipitation total
Falcon Dam: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00413060 · Falcon Dam, TX 77°F mean · 19.5" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 77°F
- RANK-WARM #6,792
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Yuma Mcas
- PRCP-DRY 19.5"
- SWING-NARROW 30°F
- COMF-TOP 76/100
- LOAD-COOL 4,846 CDD
- STN-1 USC00413060
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Yuma Mcas, AZ ( -0.7 °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.
- Falcon Dam (this station) 77°F
- Hot Mcallen Miller, TX 77°F
- Cold Palm Springs Rg…, CA 76°F
- Near Yuma Mcas, AZ 76°F
- Near Indio Fire, CA 76°F
Falcon Dam 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 · Falcon Dam
Falcon Dam: 51/100 · grade D
Falcon Dam publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Falcon Dam, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 76/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 76.6°F · 9.1° from 67.5°F | 71/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 19.5 in · 15.5 from 35 in | 45/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 190 calendar days | 19/100 · F |
Falcon Dam · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Falcon Dam'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
- 89.6°F
- Coldest month
- 60.1°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 · cooling-led station
Where Falcon Dam sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Falcon Dam'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, Falcon Dam sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 73%
- Falcon Dam's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 91%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Falcon Dam is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Falcon Dam compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Falcon Dam's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
76 Top 31% score exceeds 69% 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
Falcon Dam's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 39 complete annual observations from 1963 to 2015, FALCON DAM warmed at a fitted rate of 0.36°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Falcon Dam primary station fitted change +0.36 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72°F (22°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| February | 77°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.5 | 3.1 |
| March | 84°F (29°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 9.3 |
| April | 91°F (33°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.6 |
| May | 97°F (36°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 2.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 25.8 |
| June | 101°F (38°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 89°F (31°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 29.1 |
| July | 102°F (39°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 89°F (32°C) | 2.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 29.8 |
| August | 103°F (39°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 90°F (32°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 30.3 |
| September | 96°F (35°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 85°F (29°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 25.2 |
| October | 90°F (32°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.0 |
| November | 80°F (27°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 1.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.1 |
| December | 72°F (22°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 0.8 | 0.8 |
The year, day by day
The year in Falcon Dam runs from a mild 48°F around January 2 to 104°F at the peak near August 4, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from April 11 through October 17, covering 190 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 2.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is September 8, when 23% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 30 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 54 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 4 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Falcon Dam.
Where Falcon Dam Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 190 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Falcon Dam 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 and snowfall
5.2 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
3.4 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
3.6 days with precipitation
3.7 days with precipitation
3.5 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
3.9 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
Falcon Dam 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 12%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Falcon Dam has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 29.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 4.9" and February 0.6". 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.
When it rains in Falcon Dam, it arrives in quantity
19.5" of precipitation falls across only about 54 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 54 a year, 15% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.36 inches
- Most wet days
- September, about 7
- Fewest wet days
- April, about 3
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.
Falcon Dam's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
January 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 9
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
608
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
4,846
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Falcon Dam 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 (77°F here).
- Hialeah, FL 77°F · 0.0°F off
- Lihue, HI 76°F · 0.3°F off
- Coral Springs, FL 76°F · 0.4°F off
- Needles, CA 76°F · 0.4°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (19.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Kenmare, ND 19.5" · 0.0" off
- Albin, WY 19.5" · 0.0" off
- Ashland, OR 19.5" · 0.0" off
- Walsh, CO 19.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Falcon Dam's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · dry · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Falcon Dam. Cooling totals 4,846 degree days, more than double the 608 heating measure, and the 29.5°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Heat demand sits beside limited local precipitation: Falcon Dam receives 19.5 inches in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's dry range. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. Month-level precipitation is the useful check on when that small annual total arrives.
The calendar stays thermally compact and dry. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, only 29.5°F apart, while the annual precipitation total remains below PlainClimate's dry threshold. The annual average is 77°F. The monthly rows show whether that limited precipitation is spread through the year or concentrated in a shorter interval.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Falcon Dam. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Falcon Dam'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 Falcon Dam 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 Falcon Dam's primary station: FALCON DAM (USC00413060). 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 Falcon Dam; 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 Falcon Dam 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.