Fort Davis, 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 Fort Davis's primary NOAA station, FT DAVIS.
The climate verdict for Fort Davis
Dryness leads the climate profile for Fort Davis, Texas, with 15.5 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 63°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 63°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 15.5"
- yearly precipitation total
- 210 days
- frost-free growing season
Fort Davis: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00413262 · Fort Davis, TX 63°F mean · 15.5" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 63°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,626
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alexander City
- PRCP-DRY 15.5"
- SWING-MID 31°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00413262
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Alexander City, AL (+ 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.
- Fort Davis (this station) 63°F
- Hot Calhoun City, MS 63°F
- Near Alexander City, AL 63°F
- Near Alpine, TX 63°F
- Near Bowie, TX 63°F
Fort Davis 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 · Fort Davis
Fort Davis: 70/100 · grade B
Fort Davis publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Fort Davis, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 62.8°F · 4.7° from 67.5°F | 86/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 92 calendar days | 78/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 210 days/year | 71/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 15.5 in · 19.5 from 35 in | 30/100 · F |
Fort Davis · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Fort Davis's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 77.6°F
- Coldest month
- 46.3°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 Fort Davis sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Fort Davis's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 18% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Fort Davis sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 81%
- Fort Davis's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 89%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Fort Davis is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Fort Davis compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Fort Davis's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Fort Davis's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 32 complete annual observations from 1982 to 2024, FT DAVIS warmed at a fitted rate of 0.44°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Fort Davis primary station fitted change +0.44 °C/decade
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) | 31°F (-1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 0.5" | 20.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 67°F (19°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.4" | 13.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 73°F (23°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 0.4" | 7.3 | 0.1 |
| April | 80°F (27°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.5" | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| May | 87°F (31°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 1.2" | 0.0 | 12.0 |
| June | 92°F (33°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 2.3" | 0.0 | 20.1 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 3.0" | 0.0 | 17.0 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 2.6" | 0.0 | 15.5 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 2.1" | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| October | 79°F (26°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.3" | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| November | 69°F (21°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 0.6" | 9.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 62°F (17°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 0.6" | 18.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Fort Davis works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by June 13 and hold at or above 90°F on 45 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 47 dates, bottoming at 30°F around January 7.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 28 through July 11, covering 45 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 6 to November 12.
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.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into January 31, then returns to freezing around December 16, covering 47 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 20, when 34% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 9 at 7%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 64 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 10 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 34°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Fort Davis.
Where Fort Davis Stands Nationally
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 16 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 34°F between the normal high and low.
Fort Davis 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
2.4 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
2.3 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
2.8 days with precipitation
3.4 days with precipitation
Fort Davis runs a summer-peaked wet season
51% of Fort Davis's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is July at 3.0", on a 31.3°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: July, August, June, taking 51% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: March at 0.4".
- Winter share: 10% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
How Fort Davis's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 64 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 15.5" between them, or roughly 0.24 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 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
210 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,406
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,620
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
June
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Fort Davis 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 (63°F here).
- Alexander City, AL 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Calhoun City, MS 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Darlington, SC 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Experiment, GA 63°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Augusta, MT 15.5" · 0.0" off
- Kanosh, UT 15.5" · 0.0" off
- Denio, NV 15.5" · 0.0" off
- Salt Lake City, UT 15.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Fort Davis's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 15.5 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.
June and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Fort Davis's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 31.3°F. The annual average is 63°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Fort Davis's normal, at 2,406 and 1,620 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.
A roughly 210-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Fort Davis's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Fort Davis, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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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 Fort Davis's primary station: FT DAVIS (USC00413262). 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 a census-designated place (GEOID 4826688), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Fort Davis: 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 Fort Davis 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.