Kingsville, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Kingsville's normal year runs from 47°F January nights to 97°F August afternoons, with 27.0 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 22.9°C, January lows of 8°C, August highs of 36°C, 686 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationKingsville Naas
- Station IDUSW00012928
- Location27.50°N 97.82°W
- Elevation56 ft (17 m)
- Population24,884
On October 23, the normal high in Kingsville is 84°F and the normal low 62°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 Kingsville.
- Jan 69° 47°
- Feb 73° 51°
- Mar 78° 57°
- Apr 84° 64°
- May 89° 70°
- Jun 94° 75°
- Jul 96° 76°
- Aug 97° 76°
- Sep 92° 72°
- Oct 86° 64°
- Nov 78° 54°
- Dec 71° 48°
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 Kingsville each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 47°F. The most precipitation falls in September (4.75 in), the least in January (1.16 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69°F | 47°F | 57.7°F | 1.16 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 73°F | 51°F | 61.9°F | 1.17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 78°F | 57°F | 67.4°F | 1.77 | 6 | 2 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 84°F | 64°F | 73.9°F | 1.78 | 6 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 89°F | 70°F | 79.7°F | 3.50 | 6 | 16 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 94°F | 75°F | 84.3°F | 3.18 | 6 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| July | 96°F | 76°F | 85.7°F | 1.37 | 5 | 29 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| August | 97°F | 76°F | 86.3°F | 2.30 | 7 | 30 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 92°F | 72°F | 82.2°F | 4.75 | 11 | 23 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 86°F | 64°F | 75.2°F | 2.91 | 6 | 12 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 78°F | 54°F | 65.9°F | 1.43 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 10 h 50 min |
| December | 71°F | 48°F | 59.4°F | 1.69 | 7 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 84°F | 63°F | 73.3°F | 27.01 | 82 | 148 | 5 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20°C | 8°C | 14.3°C | 29 mm |
| February | 23°C | 10°C | 16.6°C | 30 mm |
| March | 26°C | 14°C | 19.7°C | 45 mm |
| April | 29°C | 18°C | 23.3°C | 45 mm |
| May | 32°C | 21°C | 26.5°C | 89 mm |
| June | 34°C | 24°C | 29.1°C | 81 mm |
| July | 36°C | 24°C | 29.8°C | 35 mm |
| August | 36°C | 24°C | 30.2°C | 58 mm |
| September | 34°C | 22°C | 27.9°C | 121 mm |
| October | 30°C | 18°C | 24.0°C | 74 mm |
| November | 25°C | 12°C | 18.8°C | 36 mm |
| December | 22°C | 9°C | 15.2°C | 43 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012928; 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 Kingsville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, November and December. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USW00012928.
When is the last frost in Kingsville?
In Kingsville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 3 in half of years and after March 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 14 in half of years and before November 21 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 93% of years here (NOAA).
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- February 31 year in 10 after March 6; 9 in 10 after December 27
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 141 year in 10 before November 21; 9 in 10 before January 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 314 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 355 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 14 in half of springs and before December 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kingsville in zone 9b in ZIP code 78363, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Kingsville's NOAA station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 28°F (15 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 USW00012928; 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 Kingsville?
In a normal year in Kingsville, 148 days a year reach 90°F (19 of them 100°F or more), 5 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 82 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 148a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 19a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 5a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 82a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1902) is 115°F, on June 15, 1998; the lowest is 14°F, on February 3, 1951.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 49.67 in; the snowiest season is 1966–67, with 2.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00012928; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00012928. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Kingsville?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Kingsville, 4.9 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (89%) and December the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 3.0 |
| February | 70% | 3.6 |
| March | 73% | 4.6 |
| April | 77% | 5.4 |
| May | 81% | 6.0 |
| June | 87% | 6.6 |
| July | 87% | 6.5 |
| August | 89% | 6.3 |
| September | 81% | 5.2 |
| October | 84% | 4.6 |
| November | 77% | 3.5 |
| December | 70% | 2.8 |
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 Kingsville need?
A normal year in Kingsville brings 837 heating degree days, 84% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,891 cooling degree days, 4.3 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,603 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 262 | 36 |
| February | 151 | 64 |
| March | 71 | 146 |
| April | 12 | 279 |
| May | 0 | 458 |
| June | 0 | 579 |
| July | 0 | 642 |
| August | 0 | 662 |
| September | 0 | 515 |
| October | 12 | 328 |
| November | 99 | 128 |
| December | 229 | 56 |
| Year (annual) | 837 | 3,891 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00012928. 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 Kingsville been warmer than normal lately?
Over 41 complete years from 1952 to 2020, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.6°F per century (+0.25°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Kingsville's climate compare?
Kingsville is warmer than 304 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 129. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 73.3°F is warmer than 98%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Kingsville 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 Kingsville share this climate record?
Ricardo 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.
- Ricardo, TX1,070 people · 6 mi S
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Kingsville's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Kingsville. This page uses Kingsville Naas; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsville station USC00414810 | 3 mi NW | 57 ft | 73.3°F | 47°F | 96°F | 30.9 | 0 | January 25 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Kingsville's climate
What is the coldest month in Kingsville?
January, with a normal high of 69°F and a normal low of 47°F. The warmest is August (97°F by day, 76°F at night).
Does it snow in Kingsville?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Kingsville's NOAA station; Kingsville's own co-op station Kingsville station records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Kingsville?
September, with 4.75 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.16 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Kingsville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Kingsville in zone 9b in ZIP code 78363, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Kingsville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 28°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come in Kingsville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 3; in one year in ten it comes after March 6. Waiting until March 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Bishop, TX6 miles from this station, 72.4°F a year
- Sarita, TX21 miles from this station, 72.1°F a year
- Alice, TX21 miles from this station, 72.8°F a year
- Robstown, TX22 miles from this station, 73.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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