Mineral Wells, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Mineral Wells's normal year runs from 33°F January nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 31.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.4°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 36°C, 808 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMineral Wells Airport
- Station IDUSW00093985
- Location32.78°N 98.06°W
- Elevation930 ft (284 m)
- Population15,688
On October 23, the normal high in Mineral Wells is 76°F and the normal low 51°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 21%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Mineral Wells.
- Jan 58° 33°
- Feb 62° 37°
- Mar 71° 45°
- Apr 78° 52°
- May 85° 61°
- Jun 92° 68°
- Jul 96° 71°
- Aug 96° 71°
- Sep 89° 64°
- Oct 79° 53°
- Nov 67° 43°
- Dec 59° 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 Mineral Wells 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 May (4.00 in), the least in January (1.59 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 33°F | 45.4°F | 1.59 | 6 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 62°F | 37°F | 49.7°F | 2.19 | 6 | <1 | 9 | 11 h |
| March | 71°F | 45°F | 57.7°F | 2.98 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 52°F | 64.9°F | 2.63 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 85°F | 61°F | 72.8°F | 4.00 | 9 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 92°F | 68°F | 79.9°F | 3.55 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 96°F | 71°F | 83.8°F | 2.13 | 5 | 28 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 96°F | 71°F | 83.5°F | 2.49 | 6 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 64°F | 76.4°F | 2.66 | 6 | 17 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 79°F | 53°F | 66.0°F | 3.28 | 7 | 5 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 67°F | 43°F | 55.0°F | 2.41 | 6 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 59°F | 34°F | 46.5°F | 1.89 | 6 | <1 | 14 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 53°F | 65.1°F | 31.80 | 77 | 111 | 48 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 0°C | 7.4°C | 40 mm |
| February | 17°C | 3°C | 9.8°C | 56 mm |
| March | 21°C | 7°C | 14.3°C | 76 mm |
| April | 25°C | 11°C | 18.3°C | 67 mm |
| May | 29°C | 16°C | 22.7°C | 102 mm |
| June | 33°C | 20°C | 26.6°C | 90 mm |
| July | 36°C | 22°C | 28.8°C | 54 mm |
| August | 36°C | 22°C | 28.6°C | 63 mm |
| September | 31°C | 18°C | 24.7°C | 68 mm |
| October | 26°C | 12°C | 18.9°C | 83 mm |
| November | 20°C | 6°C | 12.8°C | 61 mm |
| December | 15°C | 1°C | 8.1°C | 48 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 USW00093985; 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 Mineral Wells?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, November 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 USW00093985.
When is the last frost in Mineral Wells?
In Mineral Wells, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 24 in half of years and after April 14 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 10 in half of years and before October 27 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 241 year in 10 after April 14; 9 in 10 after March 3
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 101 year in 10 before October 27; 9 in 10 before November 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 231 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 256 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 9 in half of springs and before November 21 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mineral Wells in zone 8a in ZIP code 76067, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Mineral Wells's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (30 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 USW00093985; 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 Mineral Wells?
In a normal year in Mineral Wells, 111 days a year reach 90°F (26 of them 100°F or more), 48 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 77 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 111a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 26a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 48a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 77a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1948) is 114°F, on June 28, 1980; the lowest is −8°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 52.82 in; the snowiest season is 1965–66, with 11.4 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00093985; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00093985. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Mineral Wells?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Mineral Wells, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 3.1 |
| February | 73% | 3.7 |
| March | 76% | 4.8 |
| April | 79% | 5.8 |
| May | 79% | 6.3 |
| June | 86% | 7.0 |
| July | 88% | 7.0 |
| August | 87% | 6.3 |
| September | 84% | 5.3 |
| October | 82% | 4.3 |
| November | 80% | 3.3 |
| December | 76% | 2.8 |
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 Mineral Wells need?
A normal year in Mineral Wells brings 2,410 heating degree days, 55% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,489 cooling degree days, 2.7 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 6,163 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 609 | 1 |
| February | 435 | 7 |
| March | 260 | 35 |
| April | 98 | 95 |
| May | 16 | 256 |
| June | 0 | 449 |
| July | 0 | 581 |
| August | 0 | 573 |
| September | 6 | 348 |
| October | 91 | 122 |
| November | 319 | 19 |
| December | 576 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 2,410 | 2,489 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093985. 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 Mineral Wells been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 68.3°F, 3.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.1°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65.1°F | at normal | 41.53 |
| 2022 | 66.8°F | +1.7°F | 20.07 |
| 2023 | 68.5°F | +3.4°F | 30.27 |
| 2024 | 68.3°F | +3.2°F | 34.46 |
Over 60 complete years from 1949 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.3°F per century (+0.18°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00093985; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Mineral Wells's climate compare?
Mineral Wells is warmer than 138 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 166. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.1°F is warmer than 88%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Mineral Wells 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 Mineral Wells share this climate record?
5 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.
- Graford, TX729 people · 15 mi NW
- Garner, TX522 people · 5 mi NE
- Millsap, TX422 people · 4 mi SE
- Cool, TX233 people · 3 mi E
- Brazos, TX77 people · 9 mi SW
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 Mineral Wells's climate
What is the coldest month in Mineral Wells?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 33°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 71°F at night).
What is the rainiest month in Mineral Wells?
May, with 4.00 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.59 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Mineral Wells in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Mineral Wells in zone 8a in ZIP code 76067, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Mineral Wells's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Mineral Wells?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 24; in one year in ten it comes after April 14. Waiting until April 14 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Weatherford, TX17 miles from this station, 64.2°F a year
- Lake Palo Pinto, TX18 miles from this station, 65.2°F a year
- Granbury, TX23 miles from this station, 64.8°F a year
- Jacksboro, TX30 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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