Fort Worth, 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 Worth's primary NOAA station, FT WORTH NAS.
The climate verdict for Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 68°F. It scores 96/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 96% of them.
- 68°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 96/100
- comfort score, above 96% of station-mapped location scores
- 32.6"
- precipitation, annual total
- 269 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Fort Worth: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00013911 · Fort Worth, TX 68°F mean · 32.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 68°F
- RANK-WARM #6,381
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beaufort Wwtp
- PRCP-MID 32.6"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-TOP 96/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00013911
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Beaufort Wwtp, SC (+ 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 Worth (this station) 68°F
- Hot Dothan Rgnl, AL 68°F
- Near Beaufort Wwtp, SC 68°F
- Near Brunswick, GA 68°F
- Near Cedar Creek, TX 68°F
Fort Worth 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 Worth
Fort Worth: 87/100 · grade A
Fort Worth 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 Worth, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 96/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 67.8°F · 0.3° from 67.5°F | 97/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 269 days/year | 94/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 32.6 in · 2.4 from 35 in | 91/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 105 calendar days | 73/100 · B |
Fort Worth · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Fort Worth is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 47.9°F and warmest-month mean 86.7°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 86.7°F
- Coldest month
- 47.9°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 Worth sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Fort Worth's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 7% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Fort Worth sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 44th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 31st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Fort Worth compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Fort Worth's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
96 Top 4% score exceeds 96% 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%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Fort Worth's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 50 complete annual observations from 1949 to 2025, FT WORTH NAS warmed at a fitted rate of 0.19°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Fort Worth primary station fitted change +0.19 °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 | 59°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.9" | 10.3 | 0.1 |
| February | 63°F (17°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.0" | 6.1 | 0.4 |
| March | 70°F (21°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 3.2" | 1.4 | 0.5 |
| April | 78°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 2.5" | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| May | 85°F (29°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 9.7 |
| June | 92°F (34°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 23.4 |
| July | 97°F (36°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 87°F (30°C) | 2.0" | 0.0 | 28.8 |
| August | 97°F (36°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 87°F (30°C) | 1.8" | 0.0 | 27.2 |
| September | 90°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 2.6" | 0.0 | 17.1 |
| October | 79°F (26°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 4.4 |
| November | 68°F (20°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 2.6" | 1.6 | 0.4 |
| December | 60°F (16°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 2.2" | 6.7 | 0.2 |
The year, day by day
The year in Fort Worth runs from a mild 37°F around January 6 to 98°F at the peak near July 29, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 3 through September 15, covering 105 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 15 to November 10.
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 37°F around January 6.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 19, when 27% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 20 at 15%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 72 wet dates a year.
The widest day
January 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Fort Worth.
Where Fort Worth Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 105 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Fort Worth earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
5.5 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
4.5 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
Fort Worth spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 25% of the annual total and December through February 19%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Fort Worth has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 38.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 4.2" and August 1.8". The three wettest months together take 36% 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 Fort Worth, it arrives in quantity
32.6" of precipitation falls across only about 72 wet days here, averaging 0.45 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 72 a year, 20% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.45 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 9
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 5
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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 27
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 3
50% probability date
Growing Season
269 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,990
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,034
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Fort Worth 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 (68°F here).
- Brunswick, GA 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Fort Stewart, GA 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Jennings, LA 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Lafayette, LA 68°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (32.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Jim Falls, WI 32.6" · 0.0" off
- Jackson, WI 32.6" · 0.0" off
- Cloquet, MN 32.7" · 0.1" off
- St Peter, MN 32.4" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Fort Worth's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · moderate · mid swing
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Fort Worth's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.8°F. The annual average is 68°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Fort Worth's normal, at 1,990 and 3,034 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.
The frost-free window extends for about 269 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
Fort Worth's 32.6 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Fort Worth'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 Worth, 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 Worth's primary station: FT WORTH NAS (USW00013911). 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 an incorporated place (GEOID 4827000). Match rule for Fort Worth: 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 Worth 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.