Galveston Scholes Fld, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Galveston Scholes Fld's primary NOAA station, GALVESTON SCHOLES FLD.
The climate verdict for Galveston Scholes Fld
Warm-season cooling demand defines Galveston Scholes Fld, Texas, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 72°F. It scores 100/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 99% of them.
- 72°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 100/100
- comfort score, above 99% of station-mapped location scores
- 47.2"
- annual precipitation
Galveston Scholes Fld: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00012923 · Galveston Scholes Fld, TX 72°F mean · 47.2" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 72°F
- RANK-WARM #6,655
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rockport
- PRCP-MID 47.2"
- SWING-NARROW 30°F
- COMF-TOP 100/100
- LOAD-COOL 3,571 CDD
- STN-1 USW00012923
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Rockport, TX (+ 0.1 °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.
- Hot Bruni, TX 73°F
- Galveston Schol… (this station) 72°F
- Cold Palacios, TX 72°F
- Near Rockport, TX 72°F
- Near Sarita, TX 72°F
Galveston Scholes Fld 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 · Galveston Scholes Fld
Galveston Scholes Fld: 79/100 · grade B
Galveston Scholes Fld publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Galveston Scholes Fld, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 100/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 0.1 inches/year | 89/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 72.3°F · 4.8° from 67.5°F | 85/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 82 calendar days | 82/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 47.2 in · 12.2 from 35 in | 57/100 · C |
Galveston Scholes Fld · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Galveston Scholes Fld is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 56.0°F and warmest-month mean 85.9°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
- 85.9°F
- Coldest month
- 56.0°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 · cooling-led station
Where Galveston Scholes Fld sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Galveston Scholes Fld's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 3% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Galveston Scholes Fld sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 26% wettest
- Galveston Scholes Fld's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 91%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Galveston Scholes Fld is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Galveston Scholes Fld compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Galveston Scholes Fld's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
100 Top 1% score exceeds 99% 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
Galveston Scholes Fld's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 76 complete annual observations from 1946 to 2025, GALVESTON SCHOLES FLD warmed at a fitted rate of 0.22°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Galveston Scholes Fld primary station fitted change +0.22 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63°F (17°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 66°F (19°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 72°F (22°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 78°F (26°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| May | 84°F (29°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.4 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 86°F (30°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.1 |
| August | 92°F (33°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 86°F (30°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 24.0 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 6.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.7 |
| October | 82°F (28°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 5.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| November | 72°F (22°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 66°F (19°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 4.2" | 0.1" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Galveston Scholes Fld runs from a mild 49°F around January 10 to 92°F at the peak near August 7, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 18 through September 7, covering 82 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 7 to November 23.
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 49°F around January 10.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is September 4, when 33% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is May 4 at 17%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 95 wet dates a year.
The widest day
January 21 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 14°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Galveston Scholes Fld.
Where Galveston Scholes Fld Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 14°F.
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 82 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Galveston Scholes Fld earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
9.4 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
5.8 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
9.7 days with precipitation
Galveston Scholes Fld spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Galveston Scholes Fld has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 29.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 6.7" and April 2.1". The three wettest months together take 35% 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 Galveston Scholes Fld, it arrives in quantity
47.2" of precipitation falls across only about 95 wet days here, averaging 0.50 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 95 a year, 26% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.50 inches
- Most wet days
- December, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- May, 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.
Snow reaches Galveston Scholes Fld, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.1 inches of snow a year here, most likely in December. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 0 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
January 7
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 18
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
889
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,571
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Galveston Scholes Fld 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 (72°F here).
- Picacho, AZ 72°F · 0.0°F off
- Arcadia, FL 72°F · 0.1°F off
- Casa Grande, AZ 72°F · 0.1°F off
- Florence, AZ 72°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (47.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Painter, VA 47.2" · 0.0" off
- Alton, MO 47.2" · 0.0" off
- Lugoff, SC 47.2" · 0.0" off
- Silverton, OR 47.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Galveston Scholes Fld's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Galveston Scholes Fld. Cooling totals 3,571 degree days, more than double the 889 heating measure, and the 29.9°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 47.2 inches of precipitation at Galveston Scholes Fld. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
Galveston Scholes Fld's 29.9°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 72°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Galveston Scholes Fld. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Galveston Scholes Fld's primary station, so the summer figures are a thirty-year average rather than a ceiling: individual years have run hotter and will again. For Galveston Scholes Fld that means a descriptive range only — not an official NOAA classification and not a prediction for next summer.
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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 Galveston Scholes Fld's primary station: GALVESTON SCHOLES FLD (USW00012923). 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 Galveston Scholes Fld; 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 Galveston Scholes Fld 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.