Orange, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Orange's normal year runs from 40°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 64.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.3°C, January lows of 5°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,636 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationOrange (9 mi N)
- Station IDUSC00416680
- Location30.23°N 93.74°W
- Elevation18 ft (6 m)
- Population19,275
On October 23, the normal high in Orange is 77°F and the normal low 54°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 29%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Orange.
- Jan 61° 40°
- Feb 64° 44°
- Mar 70° 50°
- Apr 76° 56°
- May 83° 64°
- Jun 88° 71°
- Jul 90° 73°
- Aug 90° 72°
- Sep 87° 67°
- Oct 79° 57°
- Nov 69° 47°
- Dec 62° 42°
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 Orange each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 40°F. The most precipitation falls in June (6.84 in), the least in March (3.52 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F | 40°F | 50.5°F | 5.65 | 12 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 64°F | 44°F | 54.0°F | 4.18 | 11 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 70°F | 50°F | 60.3°F | 3.52 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 12 h |
| April | 76°F | 56°F | 66.0°F | 4.18 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 83°F | 64°F | 73.5°F | 5.14 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 88°F | 71°F | 79.3°F | 6.84 | 12 | 15 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 90°F | 73°F | 81.3°F | 5.82 | 13 | 21 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 90°F | 72°F | 81.3°F | 6.71 | 13 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 67°F | 77.0°F | 6.44 | 11 | 12 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 79°F | 57°F | 68.1°F | 5.96 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 69°F | 47°F | 58.3°F | 4.71 | 10 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 62°F | 42°F | 52.2°F | 5.26 | 11 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 57°F | 66.8°F | 64.41 | 127 | 74 | 19 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 5°C | 10.3°C | 144 mm |
| February | 18°C | 7°C | 12.2°C | 106 mm |
| March | 21°C | 10°C | 15.7°C | 89 mm |
| April | 24°C | 13°C | 18.9°C | 106 mm |
| May | 28°C | 18°C | 23.1°C | 131 mm |
| June | 31°C | 21°C | 26.3°C | 174 mm |
| July | 32°C | 23°C | 27.4°C | 148 mm |
| August | 32°C | 22°C | 27.4°C | 170 mm |
| September | 30°C | 20°C | 25.0°C | 164 mm |
| October | 26°C | 14°C | 20.1°C | 151 mm |
| November | 21°C | 8°C | 14.6°C | 120 mm |
| December | 17°C | 5°C | 11.2°C | 134 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00416680; 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 Orange?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (9).
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 USC00416680.
When is the last frost in Orange?
In Orange, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 28 in half of years and after March 29 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 23 in half of years and before November 4 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
- February 281 year in 10 after March 29; 9 in 10 after January 29
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 231 year in 10 before November 4; 9 in 10 before December 24
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 273 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 313 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 3 in half of springs and before December 12 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Orange in zone 9b in ZIP code 77630. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Orange's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 24°F (27 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 USC00416680; 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 Orange?
In a normal year in Orange, 74 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 19 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 127 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 74a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 19a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 127a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1986) is 111°F, on August 11, 2019; the lowest is 10°F, on January 22, 2025.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2017, with 93.13 in; the snowiest season is 2024–25, with 2.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00416680; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00416680. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Orange?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Orange, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. October is the sunniest month (81%) and February the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.8 |
| February | 65% | 3.2 |
| March | 71% | 4.4 |
| April | 75% | 5.4 |
| May | 79% | 6.0 |
| June | 79% | 6.1 |
| July | 79% | 6.0 |
| August | 81% | 5.7 |
| September | 80% | 5.0 |
| October | 81% | 4.3 |
| November | 78% | 3.3 |
| December | 69% | 2.5 |
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 Orange need?
A normal year in Orange brings 1,752 heating degree days, 67% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,429 cooling degree days, 2.7 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 6,448 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 456 | 7 |
| February | 321 | 12 |
| March | 187 | 42 |
| April | 73 | 102 |
| May | 8 | 270 |
| June | 0 | 427 |
| July | 0 | 504 |
| August | 0 | 504 |
| September | 2 | 361 |
| October | 56 | 153 |
| November | 236 | 34 |
| December | 412 | 14 |
| Year (annual) | 1,752 | 2,429 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00416680. 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 Orange been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 68.4°F, 1.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 66.8°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 67.4°F | +0.6°F | 56.66 |
| 2023 | 69.7°F | +2.9°F | 38.08 |
| 2024 | 69.7°F | +2.9°F | 66.84 |
| 2025 | 68.4°F | +1.6°F | 50.94 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00416680. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Orange's climate compare?
Orange is warmer than 197 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 304. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.8°F is warmer than 92%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Orange 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 Orange share this climate record?
10 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.
- West Orange, TX3,397 people · 10 mi S
- Vinton, LA3,108 people · 10 mi E
- Mauriceville, TX2,981 people · 8 mi W
- DeQuincy, LA2,872 people · 23 mi NE
- Pinehurst, TX2,226 people · 8 mi S
- Little Cypress, TX1,968 people · 3 mi S
- Forest Heights, TX1,644 people · 1 mi NW
- Oretta, LA565 people · 28 mi NE
- Deweyville, TX538 people · 5 mi N
- Starks, LA300 people · 7 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 Orange's climate
What is the coldest month in Orange?
January, with a normal high of 61°F and a normal low of 40°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Orange?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Orange?
June, with 6.84 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is March with 3.52 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Orange in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Orange in zone 9b in ZIP code 77630. By the same method at Orange's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 24°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Orange?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 28; in one year in ten it comes after March 29. Waiting until March 29 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Beaumont City, TX24 miles from this station, 69.5°F a year
- Beaumont, TX25 miles from this station, 69.9°F a year
- Lumberton, TX26 miles from this station, 67.9°F a year
- Hackberry, LA31 miles from this station, 69.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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