Goldthwaite, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Goldthwaite's normal year runs from 33°F January nights to 93°F August afternoons, with 30.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.2°C, January lows of 1°C, August highs of 34°C, 773 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGoldthwaite (1 mi WSW)
- Station IDUSC00413614
- Location31.44°N 98.59°W
- Elevation1,507 ft (459 m)
- Population1,767
On October 23, the normal high in Goldthwaite is 75°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Goldthwaite.
- Jan 58° 33°
- Feb 62° 37°
- Mar 69° 45°
- Apr 76° 53°
- May 83° 61°
- Jun 89° 68°
- Jul 93° 71°
- Aug 93° 71°
- Sep 87° 65°
- Oct 78° 55°
- Nov 67° 44°
- Dec 59° 35°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Goldthwaite each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 33°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.21 in), the least in December (1.60 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 33°F | 45.5°F | 1.70 | 6 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 62°F | 37°F | 49.5°F | 2.23 | 6 | <1 | 8 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 45°F | 56.7°F | 2.42 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 76°F | 53°F | 64.4°F | 2.23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 83°F | 61°F | 71.9°F | 4.21 | 8 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 89°F | 68°F | 78.7°F | 4.16 | 6 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 93°F | 71°F | 81.8°F | 1.82 | 4 | 26 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 93°F | 71°F | 82.1°F | 2.01 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 65°F | 76.3°F | 2.51 | 5 | 13 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 78°F | 55°F | 66.3°F | 3.49 | 6 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 67°F | 44°F | 55.4°F | 2.06 | 6 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 59°F | 35°F | 47.4°F | 1.60 | 6 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 53°F | 64.7°F | 30.44 | 70 | 89 | 37 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 1°C | 7.5°C | 43 mm |
| February | 17°C | 3°C | 9.7°C | 57 mm |
| March | 21°C | 7°C | 13.7°C | 61 mm |
| April | 25°C | 11°C | 18.0°C | 57 mm |
| May | 28°C | 16°C | 22.2°C | 107 mm |
| June | 32°C | 20°C | 25.9°C | 106 mm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 27.7°C | 46 mm |
| August | 34°C | 22°C | 27.8°C | 51 mm |
| September | 31°C | 18°C | 24.6°C | 64 mm |
| October | 26°C | 13°C | 19.1°C | 89 mm |
| November | 19°C | 7°C | 13.0°C | 52 mm |
| December | 15°C | 2°C | 8.6°C | 41 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00413614; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Goldthwaite?
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 USC00413614.
When is the last frost in Goldthwaite?
In Goldthwaite, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 23 in half of years and after April 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 11 in half of years and before October 29 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 231 year in 10 after April 9; 9 in 10 after March 3
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 111 year in 10 before October 29; 9 in 10 before November 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 234 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 258 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 8 in half of springs and before November 21 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Goldthwaite in zone 8b in ZIP code 76844, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Goldthwaite's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (24 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 USC00413614; 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 in Goldthwaite?
In a normal year in Goldthwaite, 89 days a year reach 90°F (8 of them 100°F or more), 37 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 70 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 89a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 8a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 37a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 70a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1960) is 110°F, on August 6, 1964; the lowest is −7°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1997, with 45.19 in; the snowiest season is 1945–46, with 9.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00413614; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00413614. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Goldthwaite?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Goldthwaite, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (74%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 3.1 |
| February | 74% | 3.8 |
| March | 75% | 4.8 |
| April | 78% | 5.8 |
| May | 78% | 6.1 |
| June | 86% | 7.0 |
| July | 88% | 6.9 |
| August | 87% | 6.4 |
| September | 83% | 5.3 |
| October | 81% | 4.3 |
| November | 79% | 3.3 |
| December | 76% | 2.9 |
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 much heating and cooling does Goldthwaite need?
A normal year in Goldthwaite brings 2,372 heating degree days, 56% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,281 cooling degree days, 2.5 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,974 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 605 | 1 |
| February | 436 | 3 |
| March | 275 | 18 |
| April | 99 | 81 |
| May | 16 | 230 |
| June | 0 | 411 |
| July | 0 | 521 |
| August | 0 | 530 |
| September | 5 | 343 |
| October | 83 | 125 |
| November | 304 | 17 |
| December | 548 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,372 | 2,281 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00413614. 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.
Has Goldthwaite been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 67.6°F, 2.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 64.7°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65.2°F | +0.5°F | 22.82 |
| 2022 | 66.2°F | +1.5°F | 19.06 |
| 2023 | 67.8°F | +3.1°F | 27.55 |
| 2024 | 67.6°F | +2.9°F | 31.61 |
Over 41 complete years from 1961 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.5°F per century (+0.25°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00413614; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Goldthwaite's climate compare?
Goldthwaite is warmer than 116 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 155. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.7°F is warmer than 87%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Goldthwaite 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 Goldthwaite 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.
- Mullin, TX128 people · 9 mi NW
- Priddy, TX102 people · 17 mi N
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 Goldthwaite's climate
What is the coldest month in Goldthwaite?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 33°F. The warmest is August (93°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Goldthwaite?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Goldthwaite?
May, with 4.21 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is December with 1.60 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Goldthwaite in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Goldthwaite in zone 8b in ZIP code 76844, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Goldthwaite's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Goldthwaite?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 23; in one year in ten it comes after April 9. Waiting until April 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- San Saba, TX15 miles from this station, 65.4°F a year
- Evant, TX25 miles from this station, 65.5°F a year
- Brownwood, TX29 miles from this station, 65.6°F a year
- Lampasas, TX35 miles from this station, 66.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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