Madisonville, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Madisonville's normal year runs from 37°F January nights to 96°F August afternoons, with 46.8 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.5 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.5°C, January lows of 3°C, August highs of 36°C, 1,188 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMadisonville
- Station IDUSC00415477
- Location30.94°N 95.92°W
- Elevation252 ft (77 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population4,642
On October 23, the normal high in Madisonville is 80°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Madisonville.
- Jan 62° 37°
- Feb 66° 41°
- Mar 72° 47°
- Apr 79° 54°
- May 85° 63°
- Jun 92° 69°
- Jul 95° 72°
- Aug 96° 71°
- Sep 91° 65°
- Oct 82° 55°
- Nov 71° 45°
- Dec 64° 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 in Madisonville each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 37°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.86 in), the least in July (2.91 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62°F | 37°F | 49.2°F | 4.36 | 8 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 66°F | 41°F | 53.2°F | 3.35 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 11 h |
| March | 72°F | 47°F | 59.7°F | 3.38 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 54°F | 66.5°F | 3.40 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 85°F | 63°F | 74.0°F | 4.86 | 7 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 92°F | 69°F | 80.3°F | 3.76 | 7 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 95°F | 72°F | 83.1°F | 2.91 | 6 | 28 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 96°F | 71°F | 83.6°F | 3.42 | 5 | 28 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 91°F | 65°F | 78.2°F | 3.87 | 6 | 19 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 82°F | 55°F | 68.5°F | 4.72 | 6 | 5 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 71°F | 45°F | 57.9°F | 4.34 | 7 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 64°F | 38°F | 50.8°F | 4.40 | 8 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 80°F | 55°F | 67.1°F | 46.77 | 79 | 107 | 35 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17°C | 3°C | 9.6°C | 111 mm |
| February | 19°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 85 mm |
| March | 22°C | 8°C | 15.4°C | 86 mm |
| April | 26°C | 12°C | 19.2°C | 86 mm |
| May | 30°C | 17°C | 23.3°C | 123 mm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 26.8°C | 96 mm |
| July | 35°C | 22°C | 28.4°C | 74 mm |
| August | 36°C | 22°C | 28.7°C | 87 mm |
| September | 33°C | 19°C | 25.7°C | 98 mm |
| October | 28°C | 13°C | 20.3°C | 120 mm |
| November | 22°C | 7°C | 14.4°C | 110 mm |
| December | 18°C | 3°C | 10.4°C | 112 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415477; 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 Madisonville?
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 USC00415477.
When is the last frost in Madisonville?
In Madisonville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 16 in half of years and after April 7 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 11 in half of years and before October 25 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 7; 9 in 10 after February 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 111 year in 10 before October 25; 9 in 10 before December 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 240 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 268 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 2 in half of springs and before November 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Madisonville in zone 9a in ZIP code 77864, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Madisonville's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (21 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00415477; 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 Madisonville?
In a normal year in Madisonville, 107 days a year reach 90°F (13 of them 100°F or more), 35 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 79 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 107a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 13a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 35a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 79a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1942) is 112°F, on September 5, 2000; the lowest is −2°F, on January 31, 1949.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 74.86 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 6.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00415477; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00415477. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Madisonville?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Madisonville, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.9 |
| February | 65% | 3.3 |
| March | 71% | 4.4 |
| April | 75% | 5.4 |
| May | 77% | 5.9 |
| June | 81% | 6.3 |
| July | 83% | 6.3 |
| August | 84% | 6.0 |
| September | 81% | 5.1 |
| October | 81% | 4.3 |
| November | 76% | 3.2 |
| December | 69% | 2.6 |
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 Madisonville need?
A normal year in Madisonville brings 1,888 heating degree days, 65% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,678 cooling degree days, 3.0 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 6,636 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 497 | 7 |
| February | 345 | 15 |
| March | 208 | 44 |
| April | 71 | 116 |
| May | 8 | 287 |
| June | 0 | 460 |
| July | 0 | 563 |
| August | 0 | 578 |
| September | 1 | 397 |
| October | 57 | 166 |
| November | 248 | 35 |
| December | 453 | 11 |
| Year (annual) | 1,888 | 2,678 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415477. 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.
Has Madisonville been warmer than normal lately?
Over 55 complete years from 1949 to 2021, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.7°F per century (+0.10°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Madisonville's climate compare?
Madisonville is warmer than 206 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 260. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 67.1°F is warmer than 92%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Madisonville 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 Madisonville 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.
- Normangee, TX547 people · 13 mi NW
- Bedias, TX402 people · 11 mi S
- Iola, TX347 people · 15 mi SW
- Midway, TX186 people · 11 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 Madisonville's climate
What is the coldest month in Madisonville?
January, with a normal high of 62°F and a normal low of 37°F. The warmest is August (96°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Madisonville?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.5 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Madisonville?
May, with 4.86 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 2.91 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Madisonville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Madisonville in zone 9a in ZIP code 77864, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Madisonville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Madisonville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 16; in one year in ten it comes after April 7. Waiting until April 7 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Centerville, TX22 miles from this station, 65.7°F a year
- Huntsville, TX24 miles from this station, 68.7°F a year
- Franklin, TX34 miles from this station, 68.0°F a year
- College Station, TX36 miles from this station, 69.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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