Menard, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Menard's normal year runs from 29°F January nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 24.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.6°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 35°C, 618 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMenard
- Station IDUSC00415822
- Location30.90°N 99.79°W
- Elevation1,979 ft (603 m)
- Population1,309
On October 23, the normal high in Menard is 77°F and the normal low 47°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 18%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Menard.
- Jan 60° 29°
- Feb 65° 33°
- Mar 71° 41°
- Apr 80° 48°
- May 86° 58°
- Jun 92° 65°
- Jul 95° 68°
- Aug 95° 67°
- Sep 88° 60°
- Oct 80° 49°
- Nov 68° 39°
- Dec 61° 31°
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 Menard each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 29°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.40 in), the least in January (1.11 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F | 29°F | 44.7°F | 1.11 | 5 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 65°F | 33°F | 48.8°F | 1.35 | 5 | <1 | 12 | 11 h |
| March | 71°F | 41°F | 56.0°F | 2.10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 h |
| April | 80°F | 48°F | 64.1°F | 2.00 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 86°F | 58°F | 72.0°F | 3.40 | 6 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 92°F | 65°F | 78.4°F | 3.07 | 6 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 95°F | 68°F | 81.4°F | 1.58 | 4 | 26 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 95°F | 67°F | 80.9°F | 2.00 | 6 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 88°F | 60°F | 74.1°F | 2.20 | 5 | 13 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 80°F | 49°F | 64.5°F | 2.50 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 68°F | 39°F | 53.6°F | 1.80 | 5 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 61°F | 31°F | 46.0°F | 1.21 | 4 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 49°F | 63.7°F | 24.32 | 62 | 104 | 64 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | −1°C | 7.1°C | 28 mm |
| February | 18°C | 1°C | 9.3°C | 34 mm |
| March | 22°C | 5°C | 13.3°C | 53 mm |
| April | 27°C | 9°C | 17.8°C | 51 mm |
| May | 30°C | 15°C | 22.2°C | 86 mm |
| June | 33°C | 19°C | 25.8°C | 78 mm |
| July | 35°C | 20°C | 27.4°C | 40 mm |
| August | 35°C | 19°C | 27.2°C | 51 mm |
| September | 31°C | 16°C | 23.4°C | 56 mm |
| October | 27°C | 10°C | 18.1°C | 64 mm |
| November | 20°C | 4°C | 12.0°C | 46 mm |
| December | 16°C | −1°C | 7.8°C | 31 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 USC00415822; 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 Menard?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (5).
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 USC00415822.
When is the last frost in Menard?
In Menard, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 7 in half of years and after April 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 30 in half of years and before October 15 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
- April 71 year in 10 after April 23; 9 in 10 after March 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 301 year in 10 before October 15; 9 in 10 before November 12
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 204 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 224 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 27 in half of springs and before November 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Menard in zone 8a in ZIP code 76859, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Menard's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (15 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 USC00415822; 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 Menard?
In a normal year in Menard, 104 days a year reach 90°F (17 of them 100°F or more), 64 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 62 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 104a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 17a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 64a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 62a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1895) is 114°F, on May 29, 1927; the lowest is −2°F, on January 18, 1930.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1974, with 37.38 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 14.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00415822; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00415822. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Menard?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Menard, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (87%) and February the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 3.3 |
| February | 75% | 4.0 |
| March | 75% | 4.9 |
| April | 78% | 5.8 |
| May | 78% | 6.1 |
| June | 86% | 7.0 |
| July | 86% | 6.8 |
| August | 87% | 6.4 |
| September | 81% | 5.3 |
| October | 82% | 4.5 |
| November | 79% | 3.4 |
| December | 77% | 3.0 |
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 Menard need?
A normal year in Menard brings 2,581 heating degree days, 52% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,137 cooling degree days, 2.4 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,699 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 631 | 1 |
| February | 455 | 3 |
| March | 297 | 18 |
| April | 112 | 85 |
| May | 21 | 238 |
| June | 1 | 402 |
| July | 0 | 510 |
| August | 0 | 493 |
| September | 10 | 283 |
| October | 109 | 92 |
| November | 353 | 11 |
| December | 591 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,581 | 2,137 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415822. 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 Menard been warmer than normal lately?
Over 33 complete years from 1965 to 2016, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 8.8°F per century (+0.49°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 Menard's climate compare?
Menard is warmer than 81 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 104. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.7°F is warmer than 85%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Menard 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.
Questions about Menard's climate
What is the coldest month in Menard?
January, with a normal high of 60°F and a normal low of 29°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 68°F at night).
What is the rainiest month in Menard?
May, with 3.40 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.11 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Menard in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Menard in zone 8a in ZIP code 76859, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Menard's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Menard?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 7; in one year in ten it comes after April 23. Waiting until April 23 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Fort McKavett, TX20 miles from this station, 64.4°F a year
- Eden, TX22 miles from this station, 63.9°F a year
- Junction, TX27 miles from this station, 66.5°F a year
- Brady, TX30 miles from this station, 65.4°F a year
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