McCamey, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
McCamey's normal year runs from 33°F January nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 14.8 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.4°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 36°C, 376 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMcCamey
- Station IDUSC00415707
- Location31.13°N 102.22°W
- Elevation2,461 ft (750 m)
- Population1,728
On October 23, the normal high in McCamey is 78°F and the normal low 53°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 10%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for McCamey.
- Jan 61° 33°
- Feb 66° 37°
- Mar 74° 45°
- Apr 82° 53°
- May 90° 63°
- Jun 96° 71°
- Jul 96° 73°
- Aug 96° 73°
- Sep 90° 66°
- Oct 81° 55°
- Nov 70° 43°
- Dec 61° 34°
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 McCamey each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 33°F. The most precipitation falls in June (2.11 in), the least in February (0.55 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F | 33°F | 46.7°F | 0.69 | 0.2 | 3 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 66°F | 37°F | 51.5°F | 0.55 | 0.0 | 3 | <1 | 8 | 11 h |
| March | 74°F | 45°F | 59.4°F | 0.86 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 82°F | 53°F | 67.6°F | 1.08 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 90°F | 63°F | 76.3°F | 1.26 | 0.0 | 4 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 96°F | 71°F | 83.2°F | 2.11 | 0.0 | 3 | 26 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 96°F | 73°F | 84.8°F | 1.69 | 0.0 | 4 | 28 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 96°F | 73°F | 84.3°F | 1.88 | 0.0 | 4 | 28 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 90°F | 66°F | 77.6°F | 1.81 | 0.0 | 4 | 17 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 81°F | 55°F | 68.1°F | 1.42 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 70°F | 43°F | 56.0°F | 0.82 | 0.3 | 2 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 61°F | 34°F | 47.8°F | 0.65 | 0.6 | 3 | <1 | 14 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 80°F | 54°F | 66.9°F | 14.82 | 1.1 | 38 | 130 | 46 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 0°C | 8.2°C | 18 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 19°C | 3°C | 10.8°C | 14 mm | 0 cm |
| March | 23°C | 7°C | 15.2°C | 22 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 28°C | 12°C | 19.8°C | 27 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 32°C | 17°C | 24.6°C | 32 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 35°C | 22°C | 28.4°C | 54 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 36°C | 23°C | 29.3°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 36°C | 23°C | 29.1°C | 48 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 32°C | 19°C | 25.3°C | 46 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 27°C | 13°C | 20.1°C | 36 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 21°C | 6°C | 13.3°C | 21 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 16°C | 1°C | 8.8°C | 17 mm | 2 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415707; 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 McCamey?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October and November. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (2).
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 USC00415707.
When is the last frost in McCamey?
In McCamey, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 12 in half of years and after April 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 16 in half of years and before November 2 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 121 year in 10 after April 2; 9 in 10 after February 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 161 year in 10 before November 2; 9 in 10 before December 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 247 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 271 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 1 in half of springs and before November 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts McCamey in zone 8b in ZIP code 79752, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, McCamey's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 17°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 USC00415707; 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 McCamey?
In a normal year in McCamey, 130 days a year reach 90°F (31 of them 100°F or more), 46 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 38 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 130a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 31a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 46a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 38a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1932) is 113°F, on June 20, 1934; the lowest is −2°F, on January 11, 1962.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1986, with 38.71 in; the snowiest season is 1984–85, with 10.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00415707; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00415707. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is McCamey?
Over a year 88% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around McCamey, 5.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (92%) and February the cloudiest (83%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 84% | 3.5 |
| February | 83% | 4.4 |
| March | 85% | 5.6 |
| April | 88% | 6.9 |
| May | 88% | 7.3 |
| June | 92% | 7.7 |
| July | 90% | 7.3 |
| August | 90% | 6.8 |
| September | 87% | 5.7 |
| October | 88% | 4.8 |
| November | 86% | 3.8 |
| December | 83% | 3.2 |
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 McCamey need?
A normal year in McCamey brings 2,118 heating degree days, 61% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,855 cooling degree days, 3.1 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 6,676 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 569 | 0 |
| February | 382 | 4 |
| March | 210 | 36 |
| April | 61 | 140 |
| May | 10 | 360 |
| June | 0 | 546 |
| July | 0 | 614 |
| August | 0 | 598 |
| September | 5 | 383 |
| October | 64 | 158 |
| November | 284 | 16 |
| December | 535 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,118 | 2,855 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415707. 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 McCamey been warmer than normal lately?
Over 54 complete years from 1947 to 2021, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.6°F per century (+0.20°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 McCamey's climate compare?
McCamey is warmer than 199 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 19. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.9°F is warmer than 92%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, McCamey is BSh: hot semi-arid steppe. 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 McCamey share this climate record?
Rankin has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Rankin, TX736 people · 18 mi E
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 McCamey's climate
What is the coldest month in McCamey?
January, with a normal high of 61°F and a normal low of 33°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in McCamey?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 0 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (0.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in McCamey?
June, with 2.11 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.55 in.
What plant hardiness zone is McCamey in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts McCamey in zone 8b in ZIP code 79752, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at McCamey's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 17°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in McCamey?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 12; in one year in ten it comes after April 2. Waiting until April 2 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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