Hondo, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hondo's normal year runs from 39°F January nights to 97°F August afternoons, with 24.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 20.9°C, January lows of 4°C, August highs of 36°C, 633 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHondo Municipal Airport
- Station IDUSW00012962
- Location29.36°N 99.17°W
- Elevation920 ft (280 m)
- Population8,969
On October 23, the normal high in Hondo is 82°F and the normal low 57°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Hondo.
- Jan 65° 39°
- Feb 70° 43°
- Mar 76° 50°
- Apr 83° 57°
- May 88° 66°
- Jun 94° 71°
- Jul 97° 73°
- Aug 97° 72°
- Sep 91° 68°
- Oct 84° 59°
- Nov 73° 48°
- Dec 66° 40°
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 Hondo each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 39°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.43 in), the least in December (1.18 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65°F | 39°F | 52.0°F | 1.21 | 6 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 70°F | 43°F | 56.6°F | 1.27 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 76°F | 50°F | 63.0°F | 1.88 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 83°F | 57°F | 69.8°F | 2.10 | 6 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 88°F | 66°F | 76.9°F | 3.43 | 8 | 13 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 94°F | 71°F | 82.8°F | 2.94 | 6 | 24 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 97°F | 73°F | 84.7°F | 2.06 | 5 | 28 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 97°F | 72°F | 84.8°F | 1.93 | 5 | 29 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 91°F | 68°F | 79.6°F | 2.76 | 7 | 20 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 84°F | 59°F | 71.4°F | 2.59 | 6 | 6 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 73°F | 48°F | 60.6°F | 1.56 | 6 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 66°F | 40°F | 52.9°F | 1.18 | 6 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 82°F | 57°F | 69.6°F | 24.91 | 71 | 127 | 25 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19°C | 4°C | 11.1°C | 31 mm |
| February | 21°C | 6°C | 13.7°C | 32 mm |
| March | 24°C | 10°C | 17.2°C | 48 mm |
| April | 28°C | 14°C | 21.0°C | 53 mm |
| May | 31°C | 19°C | 24.9°C | 87 mm |
| June | 35°C | 22°C | 28.2°C | 75 mm |
| July | 36°C | 23°C | 29.3°C | 52 mm |
| August | 36°C | 22°C | 29.3°C | 49 mm |
| September | 33°C | 20°C | 26.4°C | 70 mm |
| October | 29°C | 15°C | 21.9°C | 66 mm |
| November | 23°C | 9°C | 15.9°C | 40 mm |
| December | 19°C | 5°C | 11.6°C | 30 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Hondo's own co-op station Hondo station does: 0 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012962; 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 Hondo?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, October, November and December. Of those, October 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 USW00012962.
When is the last frost in Hondo?
In Hondo, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 6 in half of years and after March 24 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 20 in half of years and before November 3 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 61 year in 10 after March 24; 9 in 10 after February 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 201 year in 10 before November 3; 9 in 10 before December 8
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 263 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 290 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 21 in half of springs and before December 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hondo in zone 9a in ZIP code 78861, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hondo's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (27 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 USW00012962; 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 Hondo?
In a normal year in Hondo, 127 days a year reach 90°F (25 of them 100°F or more), 25 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 71 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 127a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 25a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 25a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 71a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1975) is 112°F, on September 5, 2000; the lowest is 6°F, on February 15, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1992, with 45.34 in; the snowiest season is 1984–85, with 12.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00012962; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00012962. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Hondo, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 68°F. The muggiest month is June, with an average dew point of 69°F, above the 65°F at which most people call the air sticky; the driest air comes in December (38°F). April is the windiest month (9.4 mph on average), and July has the most clear or nearly clear hours (80%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 63% | 42% | 8.0 mph | 65% | 26% |
| February | 44°F | 60% | 39% | 8.9 mph | 71% | 20% |
| March | 53°F | 66% | 44% | 9.3 mph | 66% | 22% |
| April | 59°F | 64% | 43% | 9.4 mph | 61% | 24% |
| May | 68°F | 69% | 47% | 8.8 mph | 72% | 11% |
| June | 69°F | 65% | 45% | 8.9 mph | 73% | 8% |
| July | 68°F | 61% | 37% | 8.1 mph | 80% | 5% |
| August | 66°F | 57% | 40% | 7.4 mph | 76% | 5% |
| September | 61°F | 64% | 39% | 7.5 mph | 76% | 7% |
| October | 52°F | 66% | 42% | 8.0 mph | 70% | 17% |
| November | 43°F | 64% | 41% | 7.8 mph | – | – |
| December | 38°F | 61% | 41% | 7.9 mph | – | – |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00012962. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Hondo?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hondo, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 3.1 |
| February | 72% | 3.8 |
| March | 72% | 4.6 |
| April | 74% | 5.4 |
| May | 75% | 5.8 |
| June | 84% | 6.7 |
| July | 85% | 6.7 |
| August | 88% | 6.4 |
| September | 80% | 5.2 |
| October | 80% | 4.4 |
| November | 76% | 3.3 |
| December | 73% | 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 Hondo need?
A normal year in Hondo brings 1,454 heating degree days, 73% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,147 cooling degree days, 3.5 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 7,375 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 410 | 7 |
| February | 261 | 25 |
| March | 140 | 78 |
| April | 33 | 177 |
| May | 3 | 373 |
| June | 0 | 534 |
| July | 0 | 609 |
| August | 0 | 612 |
| September | 1 | 437 |
| October | 32 | 229 |
| November | 188 | 56 |
| December | 387 | 11 |
| Year (annual) | 1,454 | 3,147 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012962. 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 Hondo been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 71.4°F, 1.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 69.6°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 70.9°F | +1.3°F | – |
| 2023 | 72.0°F | +2.5°F | 21.48 |
| 2024 | 72.5°F | +3.0°F | 9.14 |
| 2025 | 71.4°F | +1.8°F | – |
Over 40 complete years from 1977 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 6.1°F per century (+0.34°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00012962; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hondo's climate compare?
Hondo is warmer than 253 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 107. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 69.6°F is warmer than 95%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hondo 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 Hondo share this climate record?
4 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.
- Sabinal, TX1,383 people · 18 mi W
- Knippa, TX997 people · 28 mi W
- D'Hanis, TX638 people · 6 mi W
- Yancey, TX221 people · 15 mi S
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Hondo's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Hondo. This page uses Hondo Municipal Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hondo station USC00414254 | 3 mi SE | 879 ft | 69.6°F | 39°F | 95°F | 30.8 | 0 | February 28 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Hondo's climate
What is the coldest month in Hondo?
January, with a normal high of 65°F and a normal low of 39°F. The warmest is August (97°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Hondo?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Hondo's NOAA station; Hondo's own co-op station Hondo station records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Hondo?
May, with 3.43 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is December with 1.18 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hondo in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hondo in zone 9a in ZIP code 78861, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Hondo's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Hondo?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 6; in one year in ten it comes after March 24. Waiting until March 24 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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- Lytle, TX22 miles from this station, 70.5°F a year
- San Antonio/Seaworld, TX29 miles from this station, 71.2°F a year
- Medina (1 mi NE), TX32 miles from this station, 66.6°F a year
- San Antonio Kelly Air Force Base, TX35 miles from this station, 70.0°F a year
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