Kermit, 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 Kermit's primary NOAA station, KERMIT.
The climate verdict for Kermit
Dryness leads the climate profile for Kermit, Texas, with 12.6 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 64°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 64°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 12.6"
- yearly precipitation total
- 230 days
- frost-free growing season
Kermit: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00414775 · Kermit, TX 64°F mean · 12.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 64°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,900
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bridgeport
- PRCP-DRY 12.6"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00414775
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bridgeport, 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.
- Kermit (this station) 64°F
- Hot Greenwood Leflo…, MS 64°F
- Near Bridgeport, TX 64°F
- Near Dumas, AR 64°F
- Near Greenville, MS 64°F
Kermit 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 · Kermit
Kermit: 53/100 · grade D
Kermit publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Kermit, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 64.0°F · 3.5° from 67.5°F | 90/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 230 days/year | 81/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 182 calendar days | 24/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 12.6 in · 22.4 from 35 in | 20/100 · F |
Kermit · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Kermit's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 81.7°F
- Coldest month
- 44.3°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 Kermit sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Kermit'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, Kermit sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 88%
- Kermit's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 75%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Kermit is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Kermit compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Kermit's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% 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 | 60°F (15°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 0.5" | 23.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 65°F (19°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 0.5" | 15.0 | 0.2 |
| March | 73°F (23°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.0" | 5.2 | 1.1 |
| April | 81°F (27°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.5" | 0.7 | 6.2 |
| May | 88°F (31°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 1.4" | 0.1 | 15.2 |
| June | 95°F (35°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 1.5" | 0.0 | 25.4 |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 1.4" | 0.0 | 25.9 |
| August | 95°F (35°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 1.5" | 0.0 | 27.1 |
| September | 88°F (31°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 2.0" | 0.0 | 13.9 |
| October | 80°F (27°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.2" | 0.7 | 5.6 |
| November | 68°F (20°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 0.6" | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| December | 61°F (16°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 0.5" | 20.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Kermit works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 96°F by August 3 and hold at or above 90°F on 111 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 71 dates, bottoming at 28°F around January 2.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 21 through September 8, covering 111 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 8 to November 9.
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 11, then returns to freezing around December 3, covering 71 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.
The widest day
April 11 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 35°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Kermit.
Where Kermit 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.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 13 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Kermit earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Kermit spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 35% of the annual total and December through February 12%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Kermit has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 37.4°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 2.0" and February 0.5". The three wettest months together take 40% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
230 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,578
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,260
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Kermit 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).
- Dumas, AR 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Greenville, MS 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Kite, GA 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Livingston, AL 64°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Fence Lake, NM 12.6" · 0.0" off
- Palmer, AK 12.6" · 0.0" off
- Rocky Ford, CO 12.6" · 0.0" off
- San Manuel, AZ 12.6" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Kermit's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 12.6 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Kermit's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.4°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 Kermit's normal, at 2,578 and 2,260 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 230-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.
Kermit wettest normal
September
September concentrates the scarce annual total (12.6 inches).
Kermit driest normal
February
February is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Kermit's primary station: KERMIT (USC00414775). 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 4839004). Match rule for Kermit: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Kermit 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.