Lytle, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Lytle's primary NOAA station, LYTLE 3W.
The climate verdict for Lytle
Warm-season cooling demand defines Lytle, Texas, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 71°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.
- 71°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 97/100
- comfort score, above 97% of station-mapped location scores
- 29.6"
- yearly precipitation total
- 281 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Lytle: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00415454 · Lytle, TX 71°F mean · 29.6" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 71°F
- RANK-WARM #6,587
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sugar Land
- PRCP-MID 29.6"
- SWING-MID 31°F
- COMF-TOP 97/100
- LOAD-COOL 3,252 CDD
- STN-1 USC00415454
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sugar Land, 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.
- Lytle (this station) 71°F
- Hot Goliad, TX 71°F
- Near Sugar Land, TX 71°F
- Near Houston-port, TX 71°F
- Near El Campo, TX 71°F
Lytle 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 · Lytle
Lytle: 83/100 · grade B
Lytle publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lytle, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 97/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 281 days/year | 97/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 70.5°F · 3.0° from 67.5°F | 91/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 29.6 in · 5.4 from 35 in | 81/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 115 calendar days | 67/100 · C |
Lytle · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lytle is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 54.1°F and warmest-month mean 84.7°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
- 84.7°F
- Coldest month
- 54.1°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 Lytle sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lytle's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 4% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Lytle sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 40th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 90%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Lytle is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lytle compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lytle'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 | 66°F (19°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.7" | 0.0" | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 70°F (21°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 2.7 | 0.3 |
| March | 77°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| April | 83°F (28°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 2.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.2 |
| May | 87°F (31°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.4 |
| June | 94°F (34°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 21.9 |
| July | 96°F (36°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 85°F (29°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.2 |
| August | 96°F (36°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 85°F (29°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 28.9 |
| September | 91°F (33°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 19.2 |
| October | 84°F (29°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 5.7 |
| November | 74°F (23°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 1.7 | 0.1 |
| December | 67°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 5.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Lytle runs from a mild 42°F around January 5 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 29 through September 20, covering 115 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 17 to November 27.
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 42°F around January 5.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 23, when 27% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 28 at 16%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 88 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 3 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Lytle.
Where Lytle Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 115 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Lytle 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
8.2 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
Lytle spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 24% of the annual total and December through February 18%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Lytle has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 30.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 4.1" and December 1.6". The three wettest months together take 37% 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.
How Lytle's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 88 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 29.6" between them, or roughly 0.34 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Lytle's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 24
50% probability date
Growing Season
281 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,210
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,252
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Lytle 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 (71°F here).
- New Orleans, LA 71°F · 0.0°F off
- Paauilo, HI 71°F · 0.0°F off
- Carefree, AZ 71°F · 0.1°F off
- Tucson, AZ 71°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (29.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hartington, NE 29.6" · 0.0" off
- Cambridge, MN 29.7" · 0.0" off
- Salina, KS 29.7" · 0.1" off
- Springfield, MN 29.6" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Lytle's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · moderate · mid swing
Air-conditioning demand is the clearest thermal signal here. Lytle accumulates 3,252 cooling degree days, more than twice its 1,210 heating total; the monthly table shows when that imbalance builds rather than treating it as a year-round condition.
Lytle's 29.6 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.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Lytle's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 30.6°F. The annual average is 71°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
The frost-free window extends for about 281 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 Lytle'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 Lytle 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 Lytle's primary station: LYTLE 3W (USC00415454). 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 4845288). Match rule for Lytle: 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 Lytle 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.