Hico, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hico's normal year runs from 32°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 36.2 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.1°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 35°C, 919 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHico
- Station IDUSC00414137
- Location31.98°N 98.03°W
- Elevation1,043 ft (318 m)
- Population1,476
On October 23, the normal high in Hico is 76°F and the normal low 50°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 Hico.
- Jan 59° 32°
- Feb 62° 35°
- Mar 69° 43°
- Apr 77° 51°
- May 83° 61°
- Jun 91° 69°
- Jul 94° 72°
- Aug 96° 71°
- Sep 88° 63°
- Oct 78° 52°
- Nov 68° 42°
- Dec 59° 33°
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 Hico each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 32°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.77 in), the least in July (2.06 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F | 32°F | 45.1°F | 2.40 | 7 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 62°F | 35°F | 48.4°F | 2.81 | 7 | <1 | 10 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 43°F | 56.1°F | 3.02 | 7 | <1 | 4 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 51°F | 64.2°F | 3.12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 61°F | 72.0°F | 4.39 | 8 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 69°F | 80.0°F | 4.77 | 7 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 94°F | 72°F | 83.1°F | 2.06 | 6 | 27 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 96°F | 71°F | 83.1°F | 2.73 | 6 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 88°F | 63°F | 75.4°F | 2.72 | 6 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 78°F | 52°F | 65.3°F | 3.81 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 68°F | 42°F | 54.7°F | 2.20 | 7 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 59°F | 33°F | 46.2°F | 2.14 | 6 | <1 | 16 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 52°F | 64.5°F | 36.17 | 78 | 92 | 54 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 0°C | 7.3°C | 61 mm |
| February | 17°C | 2°C | 9.1°C | 71 mm |
| March | 21°C | 6°C | 13.4°C | 77 mm |
| April | 25°C | 11°C | 17.9°C | 79 mm |
| May | 28°C | 16°C | 22.2°C | 112 mm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 26.7°C | 121 mm |
| July | 35°C | 22°C | 28.4°C | 52 mm |
| August | 35°C | 21°C | 28.4°C | 69 mm |
| September | 31°C | 17°C | 24.1°C | 69 mm |
| October | 26°C | 11°C | 18.5°C | 97 mm |
| November | 20°C | 5°C | 12.6°C | 56 mm |
| December | 15°C | 1°C | 7.9°C | 54 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Stephenville (21 miles away), gets 1 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00414137; 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 Hico?
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 USC00414137.
When is the last frost in Hico?
In Hico, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 24 in half of years and after April 11 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 7 in half of years and before October 25 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 241 year in 10 after April 11; 9 in 10 after March 4
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 71 year in 10 before October 25; 9 in 10 before November 25
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 229 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 253 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 11 in half of springs and before November 18 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hico in zone 8b in ZIP code 76457, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hico's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (15 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00414137; 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 Hico?
In a normal year in Hico, 92 days a year reach 90°F (11 of them 100°F or more), 54 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 78 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 92a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 54a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 78a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1916) is 113°F, on August 11, 1936; the lowest is −11°F, on January 31, 1949.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2007, with 54.86 in; the snowiest season is 1963–64, with 17.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00414137; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00414137. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hico?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hico, 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 Hico need?
A normal year in Hico brings 2,531 heating degree days, 53% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,365 cooling degree days, 2.6 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 5,955 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 619 | 1 |
| February | 466 | 3 |
| March | 299 | 23 |
| April | 107 | 83 |
| May | 19 | 238 |
| June | 0 | 450 |
| July | 0 | 560 |
| August | 0 | 559 |
| September | 9 | 321 |
| October | 98 | 108 |
| November | 327 | 18 |
| December | 586 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 2,531 | 2,365 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00414137. 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 Hico's climate compare?
Hico is warmer than 106 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 196. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.5°F is warmer than 87%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hico 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 Hico share this climate record?
3 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.
- Iredell, TX319 people · 9 mi E
- Cranfills Gap, TX286 people · 19 mi SE
- Carlton, TX12 people · 9 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 Hico's climate
What is the coldest month in Hico?
January, with a normal high of 59°F and a normal low of 32°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Hico?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Hico's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Stephenville (21 miles away), records 1 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Hico?
June, with 4.77 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 2.06 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hico in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hico in zone 8b in ZIP code 76457, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Hico's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Hico?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 24; in one year in ten it comes after April 11. Waiting until April 11 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Dublin, TX17 miles from this station, 63.8°F a year
- Stephenville, TX21 miles from this station, 65.0°F a year
- Rainbow, TX27 miles from this station, 64.7°F a year
- Proctor, TX27 miles from this station, 66.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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