Jacksboro, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Jacksboro's normal year runs from 30°F January nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 32.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.5°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 35°C, 830 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationJacksboro
- Station IDUSC00414517
- Location33.21°N 98.17°W
- Elevation1,081 ft (330 m)
- Population4,656
On October 23, the normal high in Jacksboro is 75°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Jacksboro.
- Jan 55° 30°
- Feb 59° 34°
- Mar 68° 42°
- Apr 76° 50°
- May 83° 60°
- Jun 91° 68°
- Jul 96° 72°
- Aug 96° 71°
- Sep 88° 63°
- Oct 78° 51°
- Nov 66° 40°
- Dec 57° 32°
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 Jacksboro each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 30°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.29 in), the least in January (1.49 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F | 30°F | 42.5°F | 1.49 | 5 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 59°F | 34°F | 46.6°F | 2.26 | 5 | <1 | 12 | 11 h |
| March | 68°F | 42°F | 54.8°F | 2.95 | 7 | <1 | 5 | 12 h |
| April | 76°F | 50°F | 62.7°F | 2.84 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 60°F | 71.4°F | 4.29 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 68°F | 79.3°F | 4.01 | 7 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 96°F | 72°F | 83.6°F | 1.85 | 4 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 96°F | 71°F | 83.3°F | 2.18 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 88°F | 63°F | 75.4°F | 3.14 | 6 | 14 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 78°F | 51°F | 64.5°F | 3.85 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 66°F | 40°F | 53.1°F | 1.86 | 5 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 57°F | 32°F | 44.5°F | 1.94 | 5 | <1 | 15 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 51°F | 63.5°F | 32.66 | 71 | 97 | 56 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | −1°C | 5.8°C | 38 mm |
| February | 15°C | 1°C | 8.1°C | 57 mm |
| March | 20°C | 5°C | 12.7°C | 75 mm |
| April | 24°C | 10°C | 17.1°C | 72 mm |
| May | 28°C | 15°C | 21.9°C | 109 mm |
| June | 33°C | 20°C | 26.3°C | 102 mm |
| July | 35°C | 22°C | 28.7°C | 47 mm |
| August | 35°C | 22°C | 28.5°C | 55 mm |
| September | 31°C | 17°C | 24.1°C | 80 mm |
| October | 25°C | 11°C | 18.1°C | 98 mm |
| November | 19°C | 5°C | 11.7°C | 47 mm |
| December | 14°C | 0°C | 6.9°C | 49 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Bridgeport (23 miles away), gets 2 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00414517; 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 Jacksboro?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, November 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 USC00414517.
When is the last frost in Jacksboro?
In Jacksboro, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 28 in half of years and after April 18 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 7 in half of years and before October 23 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 281 year in 10 after April 18; 9 in 10 after March 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 71 year in 10 before October 23; 9 in 10 before November 23
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 225 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 247 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 14 in half of springs and before November 16 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Jacksboro in zone 8a in ZIP code 76458, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Jacksboro's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (20 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 USC00414517; 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 Jacksboro?
In a normal year in Jacksboro, 97 days a year reach 90°F (20 of them 100°F or more), 56 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 71 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 97a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 20a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 56a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 71a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1941) is 113°F, on June 28, 1980; the lowest is −11°F, on February 16, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1957, with 54.28 in; the snowiest season is 1960–61, with 10.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00414517; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00414517. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Jacksboro?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Jacksboro, 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 | 79% | 3.1 |
| February | 74% | 3.7 |
| March | 77% | 4.8 |
| April | 80% | 5.9 |
| May | 80% | 6.3 |
| June | 87% | 7.1 |
| July | 88% | 7.0 |
| August | 87% | 6.3 |
| September | 84% | 5.3 |
| October | 82% | 4.2 |
| November | 81% | 3.3 |
| December | 77% | 2.7 |
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 Jacksboro need?
A normal year in Jacksboro brings 2,865 heating degree days, 47% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,345 cooling degree days, 2.6 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,808 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 700 | 1 |
| February | 517 | 3 |
| March | 336 | 21 |
| April | 139 | 71 |
| May | 28 | 226 |
| June | 1 | 431 |
| July | 0 | 577 |
| August | 0 | 567 |
| September | 12 | 326 |
| October | 122 | 107 |
| November | 372 | 14 |
| December | 638 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,865 | 2,345 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00414517. 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 Jacksboro been warmer than normal lately?
2022 averaged 63.6°F, 0.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 63.5°F. 1 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62.6°F | −0.9°F | 33.48 |
| 2022 | 63.6°F | +0.1°F | 26.25 |
Over 48 complete years from 1948 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.4°F per century (+0.13°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00414517; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Jacksboro's climate compare?
Jacksboro is warmer than 72 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 173. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.5°F is warmer than 84%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Jacksboro 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 Jacksboro share this climate record?
Perrin has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Perrin, TX271 people · 13 mi SE
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 Jacksboro's climate
What is the coldest month in Jacksboro?
January, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 30°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Jacksboro?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Jacksboro's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Bridgeport (23 miles away), records 2 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Jacksboro?
May, with 4.29 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.49 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Jacksboro in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Jacksboro in zone 8a in ZIP code 76458, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Jacksboro's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Jacksboro?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 28; in one year in ten it comes after April 18. Waiting until April 18 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Bridgeport, TX23 miles from this station, 64.0°F a year
- Graham, TX24 miles from this station, 64.5°F a year
- Alvord, TX29 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Mineral Wells, TX30 miles from this station, 65.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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