Goliad, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Goliad's normal year runs from 43°F January nights to 96°F August afternoons, with 37.2 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 21.5°C, January lows of 6°C, August highs of 36°C, 945 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGoliad
- Station IDUSC00413618
- Location28.66°N 97.39°W
- Elevation142 ft (43 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population1,716
On October 22, the normal high in Goliad is 83°F and the normal low 59°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 21%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Goliad.
- Jan 66° 43°
- Feb 70° 47°
- Mar 75° 53°
- Apr 81° 60°
- May 87° 67°
- Jun 92° 73°
- Jul 95° 74°
- Aug 96° 74°
- Sep 91° 70°
- Oct 84° 61°
- Nov 75° 52°
- Dec 68° 45°
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 Goliad each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 43°F. The most precipitation falls in September (4.69 in), the least in February (1.73 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66°F | 43°F | 54.4°F | 2.71 | 7 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 70°F | 47°F | 58.3°F | 1.73 | 7 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 75°F | 53°F | 64.3°F | 2.74 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 h |
| April | 81°F | 60°F | 70.7°F | 2.67 | 5 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 87°F | 67°F | 77.1°F | 4.54 | 5 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 92°F | 73°F | 82.0°F | 3.90 | 7 | 26 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 95°F | 74°F | 84.3°F | 2.95 | 6 | 29 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 96°F | 74°F | 85.0°F | 3.41 | 6 | 30 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 91°F | 70°F | 80.5°F | 4.69 | 8 | 23 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 84°F | 61°F | 72.6°F | 3.41 | 7 | 9 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 75°F | 52°F | 63.2°F | 2.33 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 68°F | 45°F | 56.1°F | 2.13 | 7 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 82°F | 60°F | 70.7°F | 37.21 | 77 | 135 | 13 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19°C | 6°C | 12.4°C | 69 mm |
| February | 21°C | 8°C | 14.6°C | 44 mm |
| March | 24°C | 12°C | 17.9°C | 70 mm |
| April | 27°C | 16°C | 21.5°C | 68 mm |
| May | 30°C | 20°C | 25.1°C | 115 mm |
| June | 33°C | 23°C | 27.8°C | 99 mm |
| July | 35°C | 23°C | 29.1°C | 75 mm |
| August | 36°C | 23°C | 29.4°C | 87 mm |
| September | 33°C | 21°C | 26.9°C | 119 mm |
| October | 29°C | 16°C | 22.6°C | 87 mm |
| November | 24°C | 11°C | 17.3°C | 59 mm |
| December | 20°C | 7°C | 13.4°C | 54 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00413618; 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 Goliad?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, October, November and December. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (5).
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 USC00413618.
When is the last frost in Goliad?
In Goliad, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 25 in half of years and after March 17 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 1 in half of years and before November 6 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
- February 251 year in 10 after March 17; 9 in 10 after January 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 11 year in 10 before November 6; 9 in 10 before December 31
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 280 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 316 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 5 in half of springs and before December 15 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Goliad in zone 9a in ZIP code 77963, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Goliad's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 23°F (22 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 USC00413618; 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 Goliad?
In a normal year in Goliad, 135 days a year reach 90°F (20 of them 100°F or more), 13 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 77 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 135a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 20a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 13a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 77a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1937) is 112°F, on July 9, 1939; the lowest is 7°F, on January 12, 1962.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1981, with 59.48 in; the snowiest season is 1957–58, with 6.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00413618; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00413618. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Goliad?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Goliad, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (87%) and February the cloudiest (68%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 3.0 |
| February | 68% | 3.5 |
| March | 71% | 4.5 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 79% | 6.0 |
| June | 85% | 6.7 |
| July | 86% | 6.6 |
| August | 87% | 6.3 |
| September | 81% | 5.2 |
| October | 83% | 4.5 |
| November | 77% | 3.4 |
| December | 70% | 2.8 |
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 Goliad need?
A normal year in Goliad brings 1,162 heating degree days, 78% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,270 cooling degree days, 3.6 times the median (908). Two months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,732 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 343 | 16 |
| February | 220 | 32 |
| March | 110 | 87 |
| April | 25 | 198 |
| May | 2 | 378 |
| June | 0 | 511 |
| July | 0 | 597 |
| August | 0 | 618 |
| September | 0 | 465 |
| October | 23 | 258 |
| November | 132 | 79 |
| December | 306 | 31 |
| Year (annual) | 1,162 | 3,270 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00413618. 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.
How does Goliad's climate compare?
Goliad is warmer than 269 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 208. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 70.7°F is warmer than 96%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Goliad 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.
Questions about Goliad's climate
What is the coldest month in Goliad?
January, with a normal high of 66°F and a normal low of 43°F. The warmest is August (96°F by day, 74°F at night).
Does it snow in Goliad?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Goliad?
September, with 4.69 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.73 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Goliad in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Goliad in zone 9a in ZIP code 77963, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Goliad's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 23°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Goliad?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 25; in one year in ten it comes after March 17. Waiting until March 17 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
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