Fort Stockton Pecos, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Fort Stockton Pecos's primary NOAA station, FT STOCKTON PECOS AP.
The climate verdict for Fort Stockton Pecos
Dryness leads the climate profile for Fort Stockton Pecos, Texas, with 12.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 67°F. It scores 85/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 85% of them.
- 67°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 85/100
- comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
- 12.8"
- annual precipitation
- 257 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Fort Stockton Pecos: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00023091 · Fort Stockton Pecos, TX 67°F mean · 12.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 67°F
- RANK-WARM #6,244
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cedar Island
- PRCP-DRY 12.8"
- SWING-MID 34°F
- COMF-TOP 85/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00023091
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Cedar Island, NC (+ 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 Stockton P… (this station) 67°F
- Hot Dallas, TX 67°F
- Near Cedar Island, NC 67°F
- Near Cleveland, TX 67°F
- Near Columbus Metro, GA 67°F
Fort Stockton Pecos 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 Stockton Pecos
Fort Stockton Pecos: 72/100 · grade B
Fort Stockton Pecos 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 Stockton Pecos, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 66.6°F · 0.9° from 67.5°F | 96/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 257 days/year | 91/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 108 calendar days | 72/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 12.8 in · 22.2 from 35 in | 21/100 · F |
Fort Stockton Pecos · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Fort Stockton Pecos'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
- 82.6°F
- Coldest month
- 48.6°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 Stockton Pecos sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Fort Stockton Pecos's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 9% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Fort Stockton Pecos sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 88%
- Fort Stockton Pecos's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 84%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Fort Stockton Pecos is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Fort Stockton Pecos compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Fort Stockton Pecos's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
85 Top 15% score exceeds 85% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F (16°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 0.6" | 10.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 66°F (19°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 0.4" | 5.5 | 0.3 |
| March | 74°F (23°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 0.6" | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| April | 82°F (28°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.6" | 0.2 | 9.2 |
| May | 89°F (32°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 1.6" | 0.0 | 17.7 |
| June | 95°F (35°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 1.8" | 0.0 | 25.2 |
| July | 94°F (35°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 1.7" | 0.0 | 26.7 |
| August | 94°F (34°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 1.4" | 0.0 | 26.2 |
| September | 87°F (31°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 1.7" | 0.0 | 14.8 |
| October | 80°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 1.0" | 0.2 | 6.2 |
| November | 69°F (21°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 0.6" | 2.6 | 0.4 |
| December | 62°F (16°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 0.6" | 9.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Fort Stockton Pecos runs from a mild 35°F around January 3 to 95°F at the peak near June 12, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 19 through September 3, covering 108 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 5 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.
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 35°F around January 3.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is September 7, when 20% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 14 at 7%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 47 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 11 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Fort Stockton Pecos.
Where Fort Stockton Pecos Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 108 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 13 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Fort Stockton Pecos earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
2.9 days with precipitation
2.2 days with precipitation
2.8 days with precipitation
2.0 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
3.0 days with precipitation
Fort Stockton Pecos runs a summer-peaked wet season
38% of Fort Stockton Pecos'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 June at 1.8", on a 34°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: June, September, July, taking 41% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 0.4".
- Winter share: 13% 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 Stockton Pecos's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 47 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 12.8" 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
November 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 8
50% probability date
Growing Season
257 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,979
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,604
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Fort Stockton Pecos 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 (67°F here).
- Newton, GA 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Quitman, GA 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Rayville, LA 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Shreveport, LA 67°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Rifle, CO 12.8" · 0.0" off
- Ritzville, WA 12.8" · 0.0" off
- Loma, MT 12.8" · 0.0" off
- Santa FE, NM 12.8" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Fort Stockton Pecos's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 12.8 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 Fort Stockton Pecos's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 34.0°F. The annual average is 67°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Fort Stockton Pecos's normal, at 1,979 and 2,604 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.
Fort Stockton Pecos has a long frost-free window of roughly 257 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
Fort Stockton Pecos wettest normal
June
June concentrates the scarce annual total (12.8 inches).
Fort Stockton Pecos driest normal
February
February 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 Fort Stockton Pecos's primary station: FT STOCKTON PECOS AP (USW00023091). 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 Fort Stockton Pecos; 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 Fort Stockton Pecos 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.