La Joya, 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 La Joya's primary NOAA station, LA JOYA.
The climate verdict for La Joya
Warm-season cooling demand defines La Joya, Texas, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 73°F. It scores 100/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 99% of them.
- 73°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 100/100
- comfort score, above 99% of station-mapped location scores
- 20.2"
- annual precipitation
- 339 days
- frost-free growing season
La Joya: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00414911 · La Joya, TX 73°F mean · 20.2" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 73°F
- RANK-WARM #6,724
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kingsville
- PRCP-DRY 20.2"
- SWING-NARROW 28°F
- COMF-TOP 100/100
- LOAD-COOL 3,875 CDD
- STN-1 USC00414911
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Kingsville, TX ( -0.1 °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.
- Hot Corpus Christi…, TX 74°F
- La Joya (this station) 73°F
- Cold Armstrong, TX 73°F
- Near Kingsville, TX 73°F
- Near Kingsville Naas, TX 73°F
La Joya 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 · La Joya
La Joya: 71/100 · grade B
La Joya publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for La Joya, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 100/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 339 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.2 inches/year | 89/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 73.4°F · 5.9° from 67.5°F | 82/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 134 calendar days | 56/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 20.2 in · 14.8 from 35 in | 48/100 · D |
La Joya · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
La Joya's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSh
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: hot semi-arid steppe (BSh). Class BSh is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically hot semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSh
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 85.9°F
- Coldest month
- 58.0°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 La Joya sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for La Joya's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 2% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, La Joya sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 72%
- La Joya's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 93%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for La Joya is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How La Joya compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
La Joya's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
100 Top 1% score exceeds 99% 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.
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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| February | 74°F (23°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| March | 79°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.9 |
| April | 85°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 1.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.6 |
| May | 90°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 23.6 |
| June | 95°F (35°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 28.4 |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 85°F (30°C) | 2.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 29.3 |
| August | 97°F (36°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 86°F (30°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 30.3 |
| September | 92°F (33°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 26.2 |
| October | 87°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 2.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.1 |
| November | 78°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| December | 71°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.4" | 0.2" | 0.7 | 0.8 |
The year, day by day
The year in La Joya runs from a mild 46°F around January 4 to 97°F at the peak near August 10, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 17 through September 27, covering 134 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs January 25 to December 18.
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 46°F around January 4.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is September 10, when 20% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 26 at 7%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 40 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 La Joya.
Where La Joya Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 134 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
La Joya earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
2.8 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
2.7 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
3.9 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
3.4 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
2.5 days with precipitation
La Joya 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 15%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. La Joya has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 27.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 3.5" and January 0.8". The three wettest months together take 39% 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 La Joya, it arrives in quantity
20.2" of precipitation falls across only about 39 wet days here, averaging 0.52 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 39 a year, 11% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.52 inches
- Most wet days
- September, about 6
- Fewest wet days
- April, about 3
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 La Joya, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.2 inches of snow a year here, most likely in December. 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
December 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 23
50% probability date
Growing Season
339 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
796
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,875
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to La Joya 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 (73°F here).
- Avon Park, FL 73°F · 0.0°F off
- Ajo, AZ 74°F · 0.1°F off
- Fort Pierce, FL 74°F · 0.1°F off
- Naples, FL 74°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (20.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Bellemont, AZ 20.2" · 0.0" off
- Ipswich, SD 20.2" · 0.0" off
- Alpine, AZ 20.1" · 0.0" off
- Gettysburg, SD 20.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How La Joya's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · moderate · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in La Joya. Cooling totals 3,875 degree days, more than double the 796 heating measure, and the 27.9°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
La Joya's 20.2 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.
Temperature varies within a narrow 27.9°F band across the normal year. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 73°F. Monthly rows still matter, but they refine a steady profile rather than reveal two climatic extremes.
With about 339 frost-free days, the calendar is constrained more by sustained heat than by freeze timing. This does not measure crop suitability or soil moisture; it only reports the NOAA-derived frost-free window for La Joya.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from La Joya'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 La Joya 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 La Joya's primary station: LA JOYA (USC00414911). 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 4840384). Match rule for La Joya: 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 La Joya 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.