Ferris, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Ferris's normal year runs from 36°F January nights to 97°F August afternoons, with 40.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.9°C, January lows of 2°C, August highs of 36°C, 1,038 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFerris
- Station IDUSC00413133
- Location32.53°N 96.66°W
- Elevation470 ft (143 m)
- Population4,200
On October 23, the normal high in Ferris is 77°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 18%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Ferris.
- Jan 58° 36°
- Feb 62° 39°
- Mar 69° 45°
- Apr 77° 53°
- May 84° 63°
- Jun 92° 71°
- Jul 96° 74°
- Aug 97° 73°
- Sep 90° 66°
- Oct 80° 55°
- Nov 67° 45°
- Dec 59° 37°
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 Ferris each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 36°F. The most precipitation falls in October (4.86 in), the least in July (1.98 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 36°F | 46.5°F | 2.96 | 6 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 62°F | 39°F | 50.3°F | 3.08 | 6 | <1 | 8 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 45°F | 57.2°F | 4.00 | 6 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 53°F | 65.0°F | 3.85 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 63°F | 73.5°F | 4.34 | 7 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 92°F | 71°F | 81.1°F | 3.95 | 5 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 96°F | 74°F | 84.7°F | 1.98 | 4 | 29 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 97°F | 73°F | 84.9°F | 2.81 | 4 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 90°F | 66°F | 78.1°F | 2.69 | 4 | 17 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 80°F | 55°F | 67.2°F | 4.86 | 6 | 4 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 67°F | 45°F | 55.9°F | 2.84 | 5 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 59°F | 37°F | 47.8°F | 3.51 | 5 | <1 | 12 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 55°F | 66.0°F | 40.87 | 63 | 106 | 40 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 2°C | 8.1°C | 75 mm |
| February | 17°C | 4°C | 10.2°C | 78 mm |
| March | 21°C | 7°C | 14.0°C | 102 mm |
| April | 25°C | 12°C | 18.3°C | 98 mm |
| May | 29°C | 17°C | 23.1°C | 110 mm |
| June | 33°C | 22°C | 27.3°C | 100 mm |
| July | 36°C | 23°C | 29.3°C | 50 mm |
| August | 36°C | 23°C | 29.4°C | 71 mm |
| September | 32°C | 19°C | 25.6°C | 68 mm |
| October | 26°C | 13°C | 19.6°C | 123 mm |
| November | 20°C | 7°C | 13.3°C | 72 mm |
| December | 15°C | 3°C | 8.8°C | 89 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Waxahachie (13 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 USC00413133; 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 Ferris?
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 (5).
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 USC00413133.
When is the last frost in Ferris?
In Ferris, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 12 in half of years and after March 31 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 19 in half of years and before November 2 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 121 year in 10 after March 31; 9 in 10 after February 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 191 year in 10 before November 2; 9 in 10 before December 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 253 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 278 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 1 in half of springs and before December 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ferris in zone 8b in ZIP code 75125, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Ferris's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 17°F (16 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 USC00413133; 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.
How hot and how cold does it get in Ferris?
In a normal year in Ferris, 106 days a year reach 90°F (22 of them 100°F or more), 40 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 63 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 106a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 22a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 40a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 63a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1962) is 112°F, on July 20, 2022; the lowest is −1°F, on February 16, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 63.03 in; the snowiest season is 1977–78, with 12.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00413133; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00413133. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Ferris?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Ferris, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (68%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.9 |
| February | 68% | 3.3 |
| March | 72% | 4.4 |
| April | 76% | 5.4 |
| May | 76% | 5.8 |
| June | 84% | 6.7 |
| July | 88% | 6.7 |
| August | 87% | 6.2 |
| September | 84% | 5.2 |
| October | 80% | 4.1 |
| November | 76% | 3.1 |
| December | 73% | 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 Ferris need?
A normal year in Ferris brings 2,285 heating degree days, 57% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,685 cooling degree days, 3.0 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,414 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 575 | 3 |
| February | 420 | 7 |
| March | 268 | 26 |
| April | 94 | 92 |
| May | 12 | 275 |
| June | 0 | 483 |
| July | 0 | 611 |
| August | 0 | 617 |
| September | 3 | 396 |
| October | 76 | 145 |
| November | 298 | 25 |
| December | 540 | 5 |
| Year (annual) | 2,285 | 2,685 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00413133. 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 Ferris been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 66.9°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 66.0°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 68.0°F | +2.0°F | 47.38 |
| 2024 | 68.0°F | +2.0°F | 50.15 |
| 2025 | 66.9°F | +0.9°F | 41.42 |
Over 31 complete years from 1965 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.0°F per century (+0.28°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00413133; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Ferris's climate compare?
Ferris is warmer than 172 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 235. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.0°F is warmer than 90%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Ferris 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 Ferris share this climate record?
10 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.
- Mesquite, TXalso near: Dallas Love Field (17 mi, 68.0°F a year); Terrell (19 mi, 66.3°F a year)150,140 people · 16 mi N
- Lancaster, TX40,780 people · 8 mi NW
- Balch Springs, TX27,307 people · 13 mi N
- Seagoville, TX20,124 people · 11 mi NE
- Hutchins, TX7,996 people · 8 mi N
- Wilmer, TX6,774 people · 5 mi N
- Combine, TX2,717 people · 9 mi NE
- Palmer, TX2,621 people · 8 mi S
- Bear Creek Ranch, TX1,897 people · 6 mi W
- Bristol, TX566 people · 8 mi SE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Ferris's climate
What is the coldest month in Ferris?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 36°F. The warmest is August (97°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Ferris?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Ferris's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Waxahachie (13 miles away), records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Ferris?
October, with 4.86 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 1.98 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Ferris in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Ferris in zone 8b in ZIP code 75125, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Ferris's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 17°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Ferris?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 12; in one year in ten it comes after March 31. Waiting until March 31 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Waxahachie, TX13 miles from this station, 65.2°F a year
- Bardwell, TX19 miles from this station, 65.8°F a year
- Grand Prairie, TX20 miles from this station, 65.6°F a year
- Kaufman, TX23 miles from this station, 64.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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