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Junction, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month

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30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Junction's primary NOAA station, JUNCTION 4SSW.

The climate verdict for Junction

Junction, Texas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 65°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.

65°F
average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
93/100
comfort score, above 93% of station-mapped location scores
23.0"
yearly precipitation total
203 days
frost-free days per growing season

Junction: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.

Normals record plate

Sheet USC00414670 · Junction, TX 65°F mean · 23.0" precip

TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL

Nearest mean-temperature peer: Cooper Dam, TX (+ 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.

Junction 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 · Junction

Junction: 65/100 · grade C

Junction publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.

C
65/100Climate Living Index

PlainClimate-derived for Junction, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 93/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.

Junction Living Index dimension scores
DimensionStation valueScore
Annual temperature balance 64.6°F · 2.9° from 67.5°F 91/100 · A
Snowfall burden 0.4 inches/year 87/100 · A
Frost-free season 203 days/year 66/100 · C
Precipitation balance 23.0 in · 12.0 from 35 in 58/100 · C
Normal heat + freeze calendar 168 calendar days 34/100 · F

Junction · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.

Junction is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa

Coldest-month mean 45.8°F and warmest-month mean 81.9°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
81.9°F
Coldest month
45.8°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 Junction sits across the climate record

Three NOAA fields for Junction's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.

Annual temperature
Top 13% warmest
Among 6,861 stations, Junction sits in the warmer third of annual means.
Annual precipitation
32nd percentile wetness
Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
Seasonal temperature swing
Narrower than 79%
Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Junction is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.

How Junction compares across U.S. station-mapped locations

Junction'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. This location 0 100 every station-mapped location, bucketed by value
  1. 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
  2. 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
  3. 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
  4. 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
  5. 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
  6. 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
  7. 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
  8. 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
  9. 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Below this entry.
  10. 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.

Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more station-mapped locations. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Junction's measured station temperature trend

Methodology

Across 46 complete annual observations from 1916 to 2025, JUNCTION 4SSW warmed at a fitted rate of 0.12°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.

Junction fitted annual mean temperature change, 1916-2025 Fitted station-temperature change from 1916 to 2025, relative to the fitted first year. The linear trend warmed at 0.12 °C per decade. -0.2°C +0.3°C +0.8°C +1.3°C 192019401960198020002020
  • Junction primary station fitted change +0.12 °C/decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-M v4, quality-controlled monthly mean temperature. PlainClimate fits ordinary least squares over complete calendar years; minimum 30 years, record must reach 2015 or later.

Monthly Temperatures

Average daily high and low temperatures by month

Month Avg High Avg Low Mean
January 62°F (17°C) 30°F (-1°C) 46°F (8°C)
February 66°F (19°C) 34°F (1°C) 50°F (10°C)
March 73°F (23°C) 42°F (5°C) 58°F (14°C)
April 81°F (27°C) 49°F (10°C) 65°F (18°C)
May 87°F (30°C) 60°F (15°C) 73°F (23°C)
June 93°F (34°C) 67°F (19°C) 80°F (27°C)
July 96°F (35°C) 68°F (20°C) 82°F (28°C)
August 96°F (35°C) 68°F (20°C) 82°F (28°C)
September 89°F (32°C) 61°F (16°C) 75°F (24°C)
October 81°F (27°C) 50°F (10°C) 65°F (18°C)
November 70°F (21°C) 39°F (4°C) 54°F (12°C)
December 63°F (17°C) 30°F (-1°C) 47°F (8°C)

The year, day by day

Junction works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 97°F by August 1 and hold at or above 90°F on 106 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 62 dates, bottoming at 29°F around January 1.

Normal daily high and low temperature for Junction, January through December Peaks 97°F around August 1. Bottoms 29°F around January 1. 20 40 60 80 100 freezing JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal daily high and low across the calendar year. NOAA 1991–2020 daily normals, JUNCTION 4SSW.

When the heat sits

Normal highs reach 90°F from May 29 through September 11, covering 106 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 6 to November 14.

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 February 6, then returns to freezing around December 7, covering 62 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 September 2, when 16% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 18 at 12%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 50 wet dates a year.

The widest day

February 3 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 33°F between the normal high and the normal low.

Look up any date

Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Junction.

Where Junction Stands Nationally

Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 106 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.

Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 33°F between the normal high and low.

Junction earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.

Monthly Precipitation

Average monthly rainfall and snowfall

January 0.9"

Snow: 0.1"

3.5 days with precipitation

February 1.3"

3.9 days with precipitation

March 2.0"

4.8 days with precipitation

April 2.0"

3.6 days with precipitation

May 2.7"

4.8 days with precipitation

June 2.6"

3.9 days with precipitation

July 1.5"

4.1 days with precipitation

August 1.9"

4.4 days with precipitation

September 2.7"

4.6 days with precipitation

October 2.9"

4.1 days with precipitation

November 1.4"

Snow: 0.2"

3.9 days with precipitation

December 1.2"

Snow: 0.1"

4.0 days with precipitation

Junction spreads its precipitation across the year

Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 15%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Junction has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 36.1°F seasonal spread.

The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 2.9" and January 0.9". The three wettest months together take 36% 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 Junction, it arrives in quantity

23.0" of precipitation falls across only about 50 wet days here, averaging 0.46 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 50 a year, 14% of all days
Average depth per wet day
0.46 inches
Most wet days
March, about 5
Fewest wet days
January, about 4

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 Junction, but rarely amounts to much

The normals record 0.4 inches of snow a year here, most likely in November. 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; about 0 days a year record any measurable snow at all.

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

October 28

50% probability date

Last Spring Freeze

April 8

50% probability date

Growing Season

203 days

Heating & Cooling Degree Days

Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling

Heating Degree Days

2,418

Higher = more heating needed

Cooling Degree Days

2,313

Higher = more cooling needed

Warmest Month

July

Coldest Month

January

Nationwide similar cities

Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Junction 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 (65°F here).

Closest by annual precipitation

Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (23.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.

Texas climate overview →

Data-derived climate profile

How Junction's climate pattern fits together

mixed demand · moderate · mid swing

July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Junction's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 36.1°F. The annual average is 65°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.

Heating and cooling both register in Junction's normal, at 2,418 and 2,313 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 203-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.

Junction's 23.0 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 Junction'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 Junction, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.

Questions about Junction's climate

How much rain does Junction get?
Junction receives 23.0 inches of precipitation, including 0.4 inches of snow. Based on NOAA 30-year climate normals (1991-2020).
How many days above 90°F does Junction get?
Junction averages about 117 days a year at or above 90°F, concentrated in July and the months either side of it. That is a count of days reaching the threshold, not a measure of how far above it they go.
How much energy does heating and cooling require in Junction?
Junction has 2,418 heating degree days and 2,313 cooling degree days annually, a fairly balanced heating/cooling split. Degree-day definitions: reading weather data.

Data Sources

Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Junction's primary station: JUNCTION 4SSW (USC00414670). For informational purposes only.

Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4838248). Match rule for Junction: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainClimate

On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Junction 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.