Lake Fork Rsvr, 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 Lake Fork Rsvr's primary NOAA station, LAKE FK RSVR.
The climate verdict for Lake Fork Rsvr
Water is the standout signal in Lake Fork Rsvr, Texas: 45.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 65°F. It scores 97/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 97% of them.
- 65°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 97/100
- comfort score, above 97% of station-mapped location scores
- 45.1"
- annual precipitation
- 261 days
- frost-free growing season
Lake Fork Rsvr: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00414976 · Lake Fork Rsvr, TX 65°F mean · 45.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 65°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,969
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Big Spring
- PRCP-MID 45.1"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-TOP 97/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00414976
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Big Spring, 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.
- Lake Fork Rsvr (this station) 65°F
- Hot Columbus, NM 65°F
- Near Big Spring, TX 65°F
- Near Camden, AL 65°F
- Near Cape Hatteras, NC 65°F
Lake Fork Rsvr 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 · Lake Fork Rsvr
Lake Fork Rsvr: 84/100 · grade B
Lake Fork Rsvr publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lake Fork Rsvr, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 97/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 64.8°F · 2.7° from 67.5°F | 92/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 261 days/year | 92/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.2 inches/year | 89/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 75 calendar days | 84/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 45.1 in · 10.1 from 35 in | 64/100 · C |
Lake Fork Rsvr · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lake Fork Rsvr is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 44.9°F and warmest-month mean 83.0°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
- 83.0°F
- Coldest month
- 44.9°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 Lake Fork Rsvr sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lake Fork Rsvr'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, Lake Fork Rsvr sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 69th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 72%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Lake Fork Rsvr is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lake Fork Rsvr compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lake Fork Rsvr's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
97 Top 3% score exceeds 97% 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 | 55°F (13°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.4" | 0.2" | 15.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 59°F (15°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 8.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 74°F (24°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 5.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.2 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 2.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 25.5 |
| August | 93°F (34°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 2.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 25.0 |
| September | 87°F (31°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 16.0 |
| October | 77°F (25°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| November | 66°F (19°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 57°F (14°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 10.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Lake Fork Rsvr runs from a mild 35°F around January 9 to 94°F at the peak near August 3, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 23 through September 5, covering 75 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 29 to November 3.
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 35°F around January 9.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 24, when 30% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 24 at 17%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 90 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 4 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Lake Fork Rsvr.
Where Lake Fork Rsvr Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 75 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Lake Fork Rsvr 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
Snow: 0.2"
7.7 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
Lake Fork Rsvr spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 21% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Lake Fork Rsvr has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 38.1°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.0" and August 2.7". The three wettest months together take 31% 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 Lake Fork Rsvr, it arrives in quantity
45.1" of precipitation falls across only about 89 wet days here, averaging 0.51 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 89 a year, 24% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.51 inches
- Most wet days
- December, about 9
- Fewest wet days
- July, about 5
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 Lake Fork Rsvr, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.2 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. 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
November 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 7
50% probability date
Growing Season
261 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,423
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,380
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Lake Fork Rsvr 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).
- Camden, AL 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Columbus, NM 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Cuthbert, GA 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Inyokern, CA 65°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (45.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Newport News, VA 45.1" · 0.0" off
- Hawley, PA 45.1" · 0.0" off
- Phoenixville, PA 45.1" · 0.0" off
- Farmington, MO 45.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Lake Fork Rsvr's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Lake Fork Rsvr averages 45.1 inches of precipitation a year. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Lake Fork Rsvr's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.1°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 Lake Fork Rsvr's normal, at 2,423 and 2,380 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.
The frost-free window extends for about 261 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Lake Fork Rsvr'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 Lake Fork Rsvr, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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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 Lake Fork Rsvr's primary station: LAKE FK RSVR (USC00414976). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Lake Fork Rsvr; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Lake Fork Rsvr 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.