Mccook, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Mccook's primary NOAA station, MCCOOK.
The climate verdict for Mccook
Mccook, Texas is cooling-led and dry. Its 19.8 inches of annual precipitation pairs with an annual average of 73°F. It scores 88/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 89% of them.
- 73°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 88/100
- comfort score, above 89% of station-mapped location scores
- 19.8"
- precipitation, annual total
- 331 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Mccook: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00415721 · Mccook, TX 73°F mean · 19.8" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 73°F
- RANK-WARM #6,724
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kingsville
- PRCP-DRY 19.8"
- SWING-NARROW 28°F
- COMF-TOP 88/100
- LOAD-COOL 3,881 CDD
- STN-1 USC00415721
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Kingsville, 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.
- Mccook (this station) 73°F
- Cold Robstown, TX 73°F
- Near Kingsville, TX 73°F
- Near Kingsville Naas, TX 73°F
- Near Armstrong, TX 73°F
Mccook 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 · Mccook
Mccook: 69/100 · grade C
Mccook publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Mccook, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 88/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 331 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 73.4°F · 5.9° from 67.5°F | 82/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 135 calendar days | 56/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 19.8 in · 15.2 from 35 in | 47/100 · D |
Mccook · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Mccook's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSh
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: hot semi-arid steppe (BSh). Class BSh is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically hot semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSh
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 85.8°F
- Coldest month
- 58.1°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 Mccook sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Mccook's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 2% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Mccook sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 73%
- Mccook's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 93%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Mccook is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Mccook compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Mccook's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
88 Top 11% score exceeds 89% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Mccook's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 42 complete annual observations from 1942 to 2025, MCCOOK warmed at a fitted rate of 0.27°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Mccook primary station fitted change +0.27 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69°F (20°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 0.9" | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| February | 74°F (23°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.8" | 0.6 | 2.0 |
| March | 80°F (27°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 1.1" | 0.1 | 4.9 |
| April | 86°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 1.0" | 0.0 | 11.9 |
| May | 90°F (32°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 1.7" | 0.0 | 21.7 |
| June | 95°F (35°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 2.5" | 0.0 | 28.2 |
| July | 97°F (36°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 86°F (30°C) | 1.6" | 0.0 | 29.5 |
| August | 98°F (37°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 86°F (30°C) | 1.3" | 0.0 | 30.0 |
| September | 92°F (33°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 22.9 |
| October | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 2.7" | 0.0 | 15.8 |
| November | 76°F (25°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 1.3" | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| December | 70°F (21°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.1" | 0.6 | 0.3 |
The year, day by day
The year in Mccook runs from a mild 47°F around January 4 to 99°F at the peak near August 5, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 15 through September 26, covering 135 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs January 27 to December 12.
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 47°F around January 4.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is September 11, when 26% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 1 at 10%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 63 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 10 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 Mccook.
Where Mccook Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 135 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Mccook 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
6.5 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
4.5 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
4.5 days with precipitation
3.7 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
5.3 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
Mccook spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 14%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Mccook has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 27.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 3.9" and February 0.8". The three wettest months together take 46% 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 Mccook's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 63 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 19.8" between them, or roughly 0.31 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 19
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
331 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
813
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,881
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Mccook 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 (73°F here).
- Avon Park, FL 73°F · 0.0°F off
- Ajo, AZ 74°F · 0.1°F off
- Fort Pierce, FL 74°F · 0.1°F off
- Naples, FL 74°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (19.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Payson, AZ 19.8" · 0.0" off
- Streeter, ND 19.8" · 0.0" off
- Sharon Springs, KS 19.9" · 0.0" off
- Colville, WA 19.9" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Mccook's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · dry · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Mccook. Cooling totals 3,881 degree days, more than double the 813 heating measure, and the 27.7°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Heat demand sits beside limited local precipitation: Mccook receives 19.8 inches in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Month-level precipitation is the useful check on when that small annual total arrives.
The calendar stays thermally compact and dry. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, only 27.7°F apart, while the annual precipitation total remains below PlainClimate's dry threshold. The annual average is 73°F. The monthly rows show whether that limited precipitation is spread through the year or concentrated in a shorter interval.
With about 331 frost-free days, the calendar is constrained more by sustained heat than by freeze timing. This does not measure crop suitability or soil moisture; it only reports the NOAA-derived frost-free window for Mccook.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Mccook'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 Mccook 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 Mccook's primary station: MCCOOK (USC00415721). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Mccook; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Mccook 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.