Houston Hooks Mem, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Houston Hooks Mem's primary NOAA station, HOUSTON HOOKS MEM AP.
The climate verdict for Houston Hooks Mem
Warm-season cooling demand defines Houston Hooks Mem, Texas, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 70°F. It scores 85/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 85% of them.
- 70°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 85/100
- comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
- 50.8"
- precipitation, annual total
- 287 days
- frost-free growing season
Houston Hooks Mem: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00053910 · Houston Hooks Mem, TX 70°F mean · 50.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 70°F
- RANK-WARM #6,518
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cheapside
- PRCP-WET 50.8"
- SWING-MID 32°F
- COMF-TOP 85/100
- LOAD-COOL 3,146 CDD
- STN-1 USW00053910
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Cheapside, TX ( -0.2 °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.
- Houston Hooks M… (this station) 70°F
- Cold Cheapside, TX 70°F
- Hot San Antonio Kel…, TX 70°F
- Near San Antonio, TX 70°F
- Near Hondo, TX 70°F
Houston Hooks Mem 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 · Houston Hooks Mem
Houston Hooks Mem: 76/100 · grade B
Houston Hooks Mem publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Houston Hooks Mem, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 287 days/year | 99/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 69.8°F · 2.3° from 67.5°F | 92/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 111 calendar days | 70/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 50.8 in · 15.8 from 35 in | 44/100 · D |
Houston Hooks Mem · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Houston Hooks Mem is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 53.0°F and warmest-month mean 84.5°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
- 84.5°F
- Coldest month
- 53.0°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 · cooling-led station
Where Houston Hooks Mem sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Houston Hooks Mem's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 5% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Houston Hooks Mem sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 18% wettest
- Houston Hooks Mem's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 88%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Houston Hooks Mem is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Houston Hooks Mem compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Houston Hooks Mem's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
85 Top 15% score exceeds 85% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63°F (17°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.5" | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 68°F (20°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.7" | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 74°F (23°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.4" | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| April | 80°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| May | 87°F (30°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.9" | 0.0 | 9.0 |
| June | 92°F (33°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 5.4" | 0.0 | 22.5 |
| July | 94°F (35°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 85°F (29°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 26.3 |
| August | 95°F (35°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 85°F (29°C) | 4.9" | 0.0 | 28.0 |
| September | 91°F (33°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 5.2" | 0.0 | 18.9 |
| October | 82°F (28°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 5.6" | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| November | 72°F (22°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.0" | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 65°F (18°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.7" | 5.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Houston Hooks Mem runs from a mild 42°F around January 6 to 96°F at the peak near August 3, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 31 through September 18, covering 111 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 27 to November 22.
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.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 42°F around January 6.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is June 25, when 36% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is May 6 at 29%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 122 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 24 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Houston Hooks Mem.
Where Houston Hooks Mem Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 111 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 51 inches.
Houston Hooks Mem earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
10.6 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
Houston Hooks Mem spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Houston Hooks Mem has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 31.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 5.6" and February 2.7". The three wettest months together take 32% 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 Houston Hooks Mem, it arrives in quantity
50.8" of precipitation falls across only about 122 wet days here, averaging 0.42 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 122 a year, 33% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.42 inches
- Most wet days
- November, about 11
- Fewest wet days
- May, about 9
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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 3
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 19
50% probability date
Growing Season
287 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,368
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,146
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Houston Hooks Mem 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 (70°F here).
- Inverness, FL 70°F · 0.0°F off
- Hastings, FL 70°F · 0.1°F off
- Lake Charles, LA 70°F · 0.1°F off
- Chalmette, LA 70°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (50.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Glenmoore, PA 50.8" · 0.0" off
- Lumberton, NC 50.8" · 0.0" off
- Mooringsport, LA 50.8" · 0.0" off
- Oakland, MD 50.8" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Houston Hooks Mem's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · mid swing
Air-conditioning demand is the clearest thermal signal here. Houston Hooks Mem accumulates 3,146 cooling degree days, more than twice its 1,368 heating total; the monthly table shows when that imbalance builds rather than treating it as a year-round condition.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 50.8 inches of precipitation at Houston Hooks Mem. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Houston Hooks Mem's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 31.5°F. The annual average is 70°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
The frost-free window extends for about 287 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Houston Hooks Mem's primary station, so the summer figures are a thirty-year average rather than a ceiling: individual years have run hotter and will again. For Houston Hooks Mem that means a descriptive range only — not an official NOAA classification and not a prediction for next summer.
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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 Houston Hooks Mem's primary station: HOUSTON HOOKS MEM AP (USW00053910). 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 Houston Hooks Mem; 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 Houston Hooks Mem 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.