Livingston, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Livingston's normal year runs from 40°F January nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 51.0 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 20.3°C, January lows of 5°C, July highs of 35°C, 1,295 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLivingston (2 mi NNE)
- Station IDUSC00415271
- Location30.74°N 94.93°W
- Elevation178 ft (54 m)
- Population5,562
On October 23, the normal high in Livingston is 79°F and the normal low 56°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Livingston.
- Jan 62° 40°
- Feb 66° 43°
- Mar 73° 51°
- Apr 79° 57°
- May 85° 66°
- Jun 92° 72°
- Jul 95° 75°
- Aug 96° 74°
- Sep 90° 68°
- Oct 81° 58°
- Nov 71° 49°
- Dec 63° 42°
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 Livingston each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 40°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.07 in), the least in July (3.22 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62°F | 40°F | 50.9°F | 4.53 | 8 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 66°F | 43°F | 54.5°F | 3.75 | 7 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 73°F | 51°F | 61.7°F | 3.67 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 57°F | 67.9°F | 4.33 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 85°F | 66°F | 75.7°F | 4.47 | 7 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 92°F | 72°F | 82.0°F | 5.07 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 95°F | 75°F | 84.9°F | 3.22 | 7 | 28 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 96°F | 74°F | 84.8°F | 3.41 | 7 | 28 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 90°F | 68°F | 78.9°F | 4.42 | 6 | 17 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 81°F | 58°F | 69.5°F | 4.56 | 6 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 71°F | 49°F | 59.8°F | 4.54 | 6 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 63°F | 42°F | 52.7°F | 5.01 | 8 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 79°F | 58°F | 68.6°F | 50.98 | 80 | 103 | 36 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17°C | 5°C | 10.5°C | 115 mm |
| February | 19°C | 6°C | 12.5°C | 95 mm |
| March | 23°C | 10°C | 16.5°C | 93 mm |
| April | 26°C | 14°C | 19.9°C | 110 mm |
| May | 30°C | 19°C | 24.3°C | 114 mm |
| June | 33°C | 22°C | 27.8°C | 129 mm |
| July | 35°C | 24°C | 29.4°C | 82 mm |
| August | 35°C | 23°C | 29.3°C | 87 mm |
| September | 32°C | 20°C | 26.1°C | 112 mm |
| October | 27°C | 14°C | 20.8°C | 116 mm |
| November | 22°C | 9°C | 15.4°C | 115 mm |
| December | 17°C | 6°C | 11.5°C | 127 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station, and no record within 25 miles keeps one, so snow is left out here rather than estimated.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415271; 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 Livingston?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October and November. 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 USC00415271.
When is the last frost in Livingston?
In Livingston, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 1 in half of years and after March 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 24 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 11 year in 10 after March 27; 9 in 10 after February 4
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 241 year in 10 before November 3; 9 in 10 before December 23
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 269 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 302 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 14 in half of springs and before December 12 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Livingston in zone 9a in ZIP code 77350, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Livingston's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 21°F (17 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 USC00415271; 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 Livingston?
In a normal year in Livingston, 103 days a year reach 90°F (11 of them 100°F or more), 36 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 80 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 103a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 36a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 80a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1937) is 111°F, on July 18, 1980; the lowest is 3°F, on December 24, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 80.41 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 11.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00415271; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00415271. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Livingston?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Livingston, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (64%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.8 |
| February | 64% | 3.2 |
| March | 71% | 4.4 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 77% | 5.9 |
| June | 80% | 6.2 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 82% | 5.8 |
| September | 80% | 5.0 |
| October | 81% | 4.3 |
| November | 77% | 3.3 |
| December | 68% | 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 much heating and cooling does Livingston need?
A normal year in Livingston brings 1,647 heating degree days, 69% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,995 cooling degree days, 3.3 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 7,096 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 447 | 10 |
| February | 312 | 19 |
| March | 168 | 66 |
| April | 57 | 144 |
| May | 5 | 336 |
| June | 0 | 510 |
| July | 0 | 618 |
| August | 0 | 615 |
| September | 2 | 419 |
| October | 49 | 190 |
| November | 210 | 52 |
| December | 399 | 16 |
| Year (annual) | 1,647 | 2,995 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415271. 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.
How does Livingston's climate compare?
Livingston is warmer than 230 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 287. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 68.6°F is warmer than 94%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Livingston 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 Livingston share this climate record?
9 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 Livingston, TX7,888 people · 6 mi SW
- Onalaska, TX3,367 people · 12 mi NW
- Indian Springs, TX1,008 people · 11 mi E
- Point Blank, TX691 people · 17 mi W
- Cape Royale, TX524 people · 14 mi SW
- Cedar Point, TX319 people · 10 mi NW
- Goodrich, TX277 people · 9 mi S
- Chester, TX273 people · 23 mi NE
- Seven Oaks, TX75 people · 9 mi NE
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 Livingston's climate
What is the coldest month in Livingston?
January, with a normal high of 62°F and a normal low of 40°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 75°F at night).
What is the rainiest month in Livingston?
June, with 5.07 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 3.22 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Livingston in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Livingston in zone 9a in ZIP code 77350, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Livingston's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 21°F (17 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Livingston?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 1; in one year in ten it comes after March 27. Waiting until March 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Cleveland, TX27 miles from this station, 66.6°F a year
- Wildwood, TX32 miles from this station, 68.0°F a year
- Groveton, TX34 miles from this station, 68.2°F a year
- Lufkin, TX36 miles from this station, 66.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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