Lake Tawakoni, Texas climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Lake Tawakoni's normal year runs from 34°F January nights to 95°F August afternoons, with 44.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.9°C, January lows of 1°C, August highs of 35°C, 1,124 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLake Tawakoni
- Station IDUSC00414980
- Location32.85°N 95.89°W
- Elevation448 ft (137 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Lake Tawakoni is 75°F and the normal low 51°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lake Tawakoni.
- Jan 55° 34°
- Feb 59° 37°
- Mar 67° 44°
- Apr 74° 52°
- May 82° 62°
- Jun 90° 70°
- Jul 94° 73°
- Aug 95° 72°
- Sep 88° 65°
- Oct 78° 54°
- Nov 66° 44°
- Dec 57° 36°
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 Tawakoni each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 34°F. The most precipitation falls in October (5.14 in), the least in August (2.16 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F | 34°F | 44.2°F | 3.37 | 7 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 59°F | 37°F | 48.0°F | 3.46 | 8 | <1 | 10 | 11 h |
| March | 67°F | 44°F | 55.4°F | 4.35 | 10 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 74°F | 52°F | 63.0°F | 3.87 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 62°F | 71.7°F | 4.77 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 90°F | 70°F | 79.6°F | 3.42 | 7 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 94°F | 73°F | 83.3°F | 2.80 | 6 | 26 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 95°F | 72°F | 83.5°F | 2.16 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 88°F | 65°F | 76.6°F | 3.16 | 5 | 15 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 78°F | 54°F | 65.5°F | 5.14 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 66°F | 44°F | 54.7°F | 3.80 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 57°F | 36°F | 46.2°F | 3.95 | 8 | <1 | 13 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 75°F | 54°F | 64.3°F | 44.25 | 87 | 91 | 46 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 1°C | 6.8°C | 86 mm |
| February | 15°C | 3°C | 8.9°C | 88 mm |
| March | 19°C | 7°C | 13.0°C | 110 mm |
| April | 24°C | 11°C | 17.2°C | 98 mm |
| May | 28°C | 16°C | 22.1°C | 121 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.4°C | 87 mm |
| July | 34°C | 23°C | 28.5°C | 71 mm |
| August | 35°C | 22°C | 28.6°C | 55 mm |
| September | 31°C | 18°C | 24.8°C | 80 mm |
| October | 25°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 131 mm |
| November | 19°C | 7°C | 12.6°C | 97 mm |
| December | 14°C | 2°C | 7.9°C | 100 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Emory (6 miles away), gets 1 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00414980; 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 Tawakoni?
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 USC00414980.
When is the last frost at Lake Tawakoni?
In Lake Tawakoni, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 16 in half of years and after April 5 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 14 in half of years and before October 29 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 161 year in 10 after April 5; 9 in 10 after February 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 141 year in 10 before October 29; 9 in 10 before December 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 242 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 270 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 3 in half of springs and before November 29 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lake Tawakoni in zone 8b in ZIP code 75472, 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 16°F (20 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 USC00414980; 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 Tawakoni?
In a normal year in Lake Tawakoni, 91 days a year reach 90°F (16 of them 100°F or more), 46 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 87 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 91a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 16a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 46a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 87a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1975) is 112°F, on September 5, 2000; the lowest is −2°F, on February 18, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 80.48 in; the snowiest season is 1978–79, with 1.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00414980; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00414980. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Lake Tawakoni?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Lake Tawakoni, 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 Tawakoni record?
A normal year at Lake Tawakoni brings 2,599 heating degree days, 52% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,376 cooling degree days, 2.6 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,953 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 646 | 1 |
| February | 479 | 5 |
| March | 317 | 18 |
| April | 123 | 63 |
| May | 18 | 226 |
| June | 0 | 439 |
| July | 0 | 566 |
| August | 0 | 572 |
| September | 6 | 352 |
| October | 95 | 112 |
| November | 328 | 19 |
| December | 588 | 4 |
| Year (annual) | 2,599 | 2,376 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00414980. 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 Tawakoni been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 65.3°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 64.3°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64.5°F | +0.2°F | 43.14 |
| 2022 | 65.1°F | +0.8°F | 42.35 |
| 2023 | 66.3°F | +2.0°F | 47.82 |
| 2024 | 66.5°F | +2.2°F | 56.60 |
| 2025 | 65.3°F | +1.0°F | 48.22 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00414980. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lake Tawakoni's climate compare?
Lake Tawakoni is warmer than 103 of the 321 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 249. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.3°F is warmer than 86%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lake Tawakoni 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 Tawakoni share this climate record?
6 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.
- West Tawakoni, TX2,187 people · 9 mi W
- Quinlan, TX1,561 people · 15 mi W
- East Tawakoni, TX944 people · 5 mi NW
- Point, TX817 people · 6 mi N
- Lone Oak, TX804 people · 10 mi N
- Hawk Cove, TX511 people · 12 mi W
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 Tawakoni's climate
What is the coldest month at Lake Tawakoni?
January, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 34°F. The warmest is August (95°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow at Lake Tawakoni?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Emory (6 miles away), records 1 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Lake Tawakoni?
October, with 5.14 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 2.16 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lake Tawakoni in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lake Tawakoni in zone 8b in ZIP code 75472, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come at Lake Tawakoni?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 16; in one year in ten it comes after April 5. Waiting until April 5 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Emory, TX6 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Wills Point, TX13 miles from this station, 65.2°F a year
- Lake Fork Reservoir, TX21 miles from this station, 64.8°F a year
- Terrell, TX24 miles from this station, 66.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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