Fort Worth Meacham Field, Texas climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Fort Worth Meacham Field's normal year runs from 35°F January nights to 96°F August afternoons, with 35.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.8°C, January lows of 2°C, August highs of 36°C, 898 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFort Worth Meacham Field
- Station IDUSW00013961
- Location32.82°N 97.36°W
- Elevation687 ft (209 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Fort Worth Meacham Field is 75°F and the normal low 53°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Fort Worth Meacham Field.
- Jan 56° 35°
- Feb 61° 39°
- Mar 68° 47°
- Apr 76° 54°
- May 84° 63°
- Jun 92° 71°
- Jul 96° 75°
- Aug 96° 75°
- Sep 88° 67°
- Oct 78° 56°
- Nov 66° 45°
- Dec 58° 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 at Fort Worth Meacham Field each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 35°F. The most precipitation falls in October (4.46 in), the least in January (2.05 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F | 35°F | 45.8°F | 2.05 | 6 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 61°F | 39°F | 49.8°F | 2.41 | 7 | <1 | 7 | 11 h |
| March | 68°F | 47°F | 57.3°F | 3.16 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 76°F | 54°F | 64.7°F | 3.06 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 63°F | 73.3°F | 4.02 | 9 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 92°F | 71°F | 81.4°F | 4.02 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 96°F | 75°F | 85.1°F | 2.18 | 5 | 28 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 96°F | 75°F | 85.2°F | 2.23 | 5 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 88°F | 67°F | 77.7°F | 2.59 | 6 | 15 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 78°F | 56°F | 66.9°F | 4.46 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 66°F | 45°F | 55.7°F | 2.52 | 6 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 58°F | 37°F | 47.5°F | 2.64 | 6 | <1 | 9 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 55°F | 65.9°F | 35.34 | 77 | 106 | 33 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 2°C | 7.7°C | 52 mm |
| February | 16°C | 4°C | 9.9°C | 61 mm |
| March | 20°C | 8°C | 14.1°C | 80 mm |
| April | 24°C | 12°C | 18.2°C | 78 mm |
| May | 29°C | 17°C | 22.9°C | 102 mm |
| June | 33°C | 22°C | 27.4°C | 102 mm |
| July | 35°C | 24°C | 29.5°C | 55 mm |
| August | 36°C | 24°C | 29.6°C | 57 mm |
| September | 31°C | 19°C | 25.4°C | 66 mm |
| October | 26°C | 13°C | 19.4°C | 113 mm |
| November | 19°C | 7°C | 13.2°C | 64 mm |
| December | 14°C | 3°C | 8.6°C | 67 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Haltom City (4 miles away), gets 2 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013961; 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.
Which months are mildest at Fort Worth Meacham Field?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USW00013961.
When is the last frost at Fort Worth Meacham Field?
In Fort Worth Meacham Field, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 11 in half of years and after April 3 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 19 in half of years and before November 3 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 111 year in 10 after April 3; 9 in 10 after February 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 191 year in 10 before November 3; 9 in 10 before December 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 252 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 275 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 28 in half of springs and before December 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fort Worth Meacham Field in zone 8b in ZIP code 76106, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (26 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 USW00013961; 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 at Fort Worth Meacham Field?
In a normal year in Fort Worth Meacham Field, 106 days a year reach 90°F (24 of them 100°F or more), 33 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 77 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 106a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 24a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 33a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 77a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1940) is 112°F, on July 12, 1998; the lowest is −2°F, on January 31, 1949.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 57.84 in; the snowiest season is 1947–48, with 8.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00013961; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00013961. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Fort Worth Meacham Field?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Fort Worth Meacham Field, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 3.0 |
| February | 71% | 3.5 |
| March | 74% | 4.6 |
| April | 76% | 5.6 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 85% | 6.8 |
| July | 88% | 6.9 |
| August | 87% | 6.3 |
| September | 84% | 5.2 |
| October | 81% | 4.2 |
| November | 78% | 3.2 |
| December | 75% | 2.7 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Fort Worth Meacham Field record?
A normal year at Fort Worth Meacham Field brings 2,342 heating degree days, 56% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,693 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 6,405 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 595 | 2 |
| February | 432 | 7 |
| March | 270 | 30 |
| April | 99 | 90 |
| May | 14 | 271 |
| June | 0 | 491 |
| July | 0 | 625 |
| August | 0 | 626 |
| September | 4 | 385 |
| October | 83 | 142 |
| November | 299 | 22 |
| December | 545 | 4 |
| Year (annual) | 2,342 | 2,693 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013961. 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.
Have recent years at Fort Worth Meacham Field been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 68.0°F, 2.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.9°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 66.0°F | +0.1°F | 30.68 |
| 2022 | 67.0°F | +1.1°F | 35.17 |
| 2023 | 68.9°F | +3.0°F | 30.95 |
| 2024 | 68.6°F | +2.7°F | 30.66 |
| 2025 | 68.0°F | +2.1°F | – |
Over 36 complete years from 1973 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.6°F per century (+0.20°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00013961; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Fort Worth Meacham Field's climate compare?
Fort Worth Meacham Field is warmer than 172 of the 321 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 189. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.9°F is warmer than 90%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Fort Worth Meacham Field 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 Fort Worth Meacham Field share this climate record?
2 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.
- Saginaw, TX26,116 people · 3 mi N
- Sansom Park, TX5,402 people · 3 mi SW
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 Fort Worth Meacham Field's climate
What is the coldest month at Fort Worth Meacham Field?
January, with a normal high of 56°F and a normal low of 35°F. The warmest is August (96°F by day, 75°F at night).
Does it snow at Fort Worth Meacham Field?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Haltom City (4 miles away), records 2 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Fort Worth Meacham Field?
October, with 4.46 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 2.05 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Fort Worth Meacham Field in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Fort Worth Meacham Field in zone 8b in ZIP code 76106, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come at Fort Worth Meacham Field?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 11; in one year in ten it comes after April 3. Waiting until April 3 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Fort Worth Meacham Field Naaf, TX1 miles from this station, 67.5°F a year
- Haltom City, TX4 miles from this station, 65.4°F a year
- White Settlement, TX6 miles from this station, 67.8°F a year
- Fort Worth Nature Center, TX7 miles from this station, 66.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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