Lake Fork Reservoir, Texas climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Lake Fork Reservoir's normal year runs from 35°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 45.1 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.2 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.2°C, January lows of 2°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,147 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLake Fork Reservoir
- Station IDUSC00414976
- Location32.82°N 95.53°W
- Elevation414 ft (126 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Lake Fork Reservoir is 75°F and the normal low 53°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lake Fork Reservoir.
- Jan 55° 35°
- Feb 59° 39°
- Mar 66° 47°
- Apr 74° 53°
- May 81° 63°
- Jun 89° 70°
- Jul 93° 73°
- Aug 93° 73°
- Sep 87° 66°
- Oct 77° 55°
- Nov 66° 46°
- Dec 57° 38°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Lake Fork Reservoir each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 35°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.97 in), the least in July (2.71 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F | 35°F | 44.9°F | 3.41 | 8 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 59°F | 39°F | 48.9°F | 3.39 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 11 h |
| March | 66°F | 47°F | 56.4°F | 4.16 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 74°F | 53°F | 63.9°F | 3.93 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 63°F | 72.0°F | 4.97 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 89°F | 70°F | 79.5°F | 3.89 | 8 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 93°F | 73°F | 83.0°F | 2.71 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 93°F | 73°F | 83.0°F | 2.71 | 6 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 66°F | 76.5°F | 3.26 | 6 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 77°F | 55°F | 66.2°F | 4.70 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 66°F | 46°F | 55.8°F | 3.70 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 57°F | 38°F | 47.5°F | 4.31 | 9 | <1 | 11 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 75°F | 55°F | 64.8°F | 45.14 | 89 | 91 | 42 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 2°C | 7.2°C | 87 mm |
| February | 15°C | 4°C | 9.4°C | 86 mm |
| March | 19°C | 8°C | 13.6°C | 106 mm |
| April | 24°C | 12°C | 17.7°C | 100 mm |
| May | 27°C | 17°C | 22.2°C | 126 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.4°C | 99 mm |
| July | 34°C | 23°C | 28.3°C | 69 mm |
| August | 34°C | 23°C | 28.3°C | 69 mm |
| September | 31°C | 19°C | 24.7°C | 83 mm |
| October | 25°C | 13°C | 19.0°C | 119 mm |
| November | 19°C | 8°C | 13.2°C | 94 mm |
| December | 14°C | 3°C | 8.6°C | 109 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00414976; 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.
Which months are mildest at Lake Fork Reservoir?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00414976.
When is the last frost at Lake Fork Reservoir?
In Lake Fork Reservoir, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 7 in half of years and after March 28 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 23 in half of years and before November 3 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 71 year in 10 after March 28; 9 in 10 after February 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 231 year in 10 before November 3; 9 in 10 before December 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 260 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 287 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 22 in half of springs and before December 6 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lake Fork Reservoir in zone 8b in ZIP code 75783, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (24 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 USC00414976; 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 at Lake Fork Reservoir?
In a normal year in Lake Fork Reservoir, 91 days a year reach 90°F (12 of them 100°F or more), 42 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 89 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 91a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 12a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 42a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 89a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1989) is 110°F, on September 5, 2000; the lowest is −7°F, on February 16, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 75.00 in; the snowiest season is 2000–01, with 3.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00414976; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00414976. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Lake Fork Reservoir?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Lake Fork Reservoir, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (86%) and February the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.8 |
| February | 66% | 3.2 |
| March | 71% | 4.3 |
| April | 76% | 5.4 |
| May | 77% | 5.9 |
| June | 83% | 6.5 |
| July | 86% | 6.6 |
| August | 86% | 6.1 |
| September | 83% | 5.1 |
| October | 80% | 4.1 |
| November | 75% | 3.0 |
| December | 71% | 2.5 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Lake Fork Reservoir record?
A normal year at Lake Fork Reservoir brings 2,423 heating degree days, 55% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,380 cooling degree days, 2.6 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,027 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 625 | 2 |
| February | 454 | 4 |
| March | 287 | 21 |
| April | 108 | 75 |
| May | 16 | 232 |
| June | 0 | 434 |
| July | 0 | 558 |
| August | 0 | 560 |
| September | 5 | 350 |
| October | 84 | 121 |
| November | 299 | 22 |
| December | 545 | 4 |
| Year (annual) | 2,423 | 2,380 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00414976. 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.
Have recent years at Lake Fork Reservoir been warmer than normal?
2024 averaged 66.8°F, 2.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 64.8°F. 2 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63.7°F | −1.1°F | 40.44 |
| 2023 | 66.3°F | +1.5°F | 44.80 |
| 2024 | 66.8°F | +2.0°F | 57.72 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00414976. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lake Fork Reservoir's climate compare?
Lake Fork Reservoir is warmer than 122 of the 321 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 254. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.8°F is warmer than 87%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lake Fork Reservoir 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 Lake Fork Reservoir share this climate record?
4 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their 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.
- Winnsboro, TX3,661 people · 17 mi NE
- Quitman, TX2,043 people · 5 mi SE
- Alba, TX508 people · 7 mi SW
- Yantis, TX440 people · 8 mi N
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Lake Fork Reservoir's climate
What is the coldest month at Lake Fork Reservoir?
January, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 35°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow at Lake Fork Reservoir?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.2 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month at Lake Fork Reservoir?
May, with 4.97 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 2.71 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lake Fork Reservoir in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lake Fork Reservoir in zone 8b in ZIP code 75783, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come at Lake Fork Reservoir?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 7; in one year in ten it comes after March 28. Waiting until March 28 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Mineola, TX13 miles from this station, 64.2°F a year
- Emory, TX15 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Lake Tawakoni, TX21 miles from this station, 64.3°F a year
- Sulphur Springs, TX23 miles from this station, 64.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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