Hords Creek Dam, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Hords Creek Dam's primary NOAA station, HORDS CREEK DAM.
The climate verdict for Hords Creek Dam
Hords Creek Dam, Texas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 64°F. It scores 93/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 93% of them.
- 64°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 93/100
- comfort score, above 93% of station-mapped location scores
- 27.2"
- precipitation, annual total
- 223 days
- frost-free growing season
Hords Creek Dam: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00414278 · Hords Creek Dam, TX 64°F mean · 27.2" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 64°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,900
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alabaster Shelb…
- PRCP-MID 27.2"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-TOP 93/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00414278
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Alabaster Shelby County, AL (+ 0 °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.
- Hords Creek Dam (this station) 64°F
- Hot Belzoni, MS 64°F
- Near Alabaster Shelb…, AL 64°F
- Near Ashland, LA 64°F
- Near Bamberg, SC 64°F
Hords Creek Dam 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 · Hords Creek Dam
Hords Creek Dam: 78/100 · grade B
Hords Creek Dam publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Hords Creek Dam, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 93/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 64.4°F · 3.1° from 67.5°F | 91/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.1 inches/year | 89/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 223 days/year | 78/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 27.2 in · 7.8 from 35 in | 72/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 120 calendar days | 65/100 · C |
Hords Creek Dam · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Hords Creek Dam is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 45.3°F and warmest-month mean 82.4°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
- 82.4°F
- Coldest month
- 45.3°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 · balanced station
Where Hords Creek Dam sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Hords Creek Dam's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 14% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Hords Creek Dam sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 37th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 76%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Hords Creek Dam is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Hords Creek Dam compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Hords Creek Dam's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
93 Top 7% score exceeds 93% 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
Hords Creek Dam's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 47 complete annual observations from 1955 to 2025, HORDS CREEK DAM warmed at a fitted rate of 0.15°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Hords Creek Dam primary station fitted change +0.15 °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 | 59°F (15°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 19.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 63°F (17°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 1.7" | 0.1" | 12.5 | 0.2 |
| March | 70°F (21°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.0" | 0.0" | 5.3 | 0.6 |
| April | 79°F (26°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 1.4 | 3.2 |
| May | 85°F (29°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.1 |
| June | 92°F (33°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 19.1 |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 26.5 |
| August | 95°F (35°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 2.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 24.6 |
| September | 88°F (31°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.6 |
| October | 80°F (26°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| November | 68°F (20°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 7.0 | 0.1 |
| December | 60°F (16°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.3" | 0.0" | 17.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Hords Creek Dam works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 96°F by July 30 and hold at or above 90°F on 94 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 26 dates, bottoming at 32°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 6 through September 7, covering 94 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 16 to November 8.
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.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into January 18, then returns to freezing around December 24, covering 26 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 27, when 23% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 17 at 11%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 61 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 12 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Hords Creek Dam.
Where Hords Creek Dam Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 94 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Hords Creek Dam earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
4.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
5.0 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
3.9 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
3.4 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
4.1 days with precipitation
Hords Creek Dam spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 16%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Hords Creek Dam has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 37.1°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 3.7" and January 1.2". The three wettest months together take 37% 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 Hords Creek Dam, it arrives in quantity
27.2" of precipitation falls across only about 61 wet days here, averaging 0.45 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 61 a year, 17% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.45 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 7
- Fewest wet days
- July, about 3
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 Hords Creek Dam, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.1 inches of snow a year here, most likely in February. 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.
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
November 7
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 29
50% probability date
Growing Season
223 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,505
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,308
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Hords Creek Dam 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 (64°F here).
- Ashland, LA 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Bamberg, SC 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Belzoni, MS 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Benton, LA 64°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (27.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Bartlett, NE 27.2" · 0.0" off
- Little Falls, MN 27.2" · 0.0" off
- Littlefork, MN 27.1" · 0.0" off
- Albion, NE 27.2" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Hords Creek Dam's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · moderate · mid swing
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Hords Creek Dam's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.1°F. The annual average is 64°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Hords Creek Dam's normal, at 2,505 and 2,308 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
A roughly 223-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
Hords Creek Dam's 27.2 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Hords Creek Dam's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Hords Creek Dam, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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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 Hords Creek Dam's primary station: HORDS CREEK DAM (USC00414278). 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 Hords Creek Dam; 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 Hords Creek Dam 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.