Paris, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Paris's normal year runs from 33°F January nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 48.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.3°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 35°C, 1,242 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationParis
- Station IDUSC00416794
- Location33.67°N 95.56°W
- Elevation542 ft (165 m)
- Population25,037
On October 23, the normal high in Paris is 75°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 26%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Paris.
- Jan 54° 33°
- Feb 59° 37°
- Mar 67° 45°
- Apr 75° 53°
- May 83° 63°
- Jun 91° 71°
- Jul 96° 75°
- Aug 96° 74°
- Sep 89° 67°
- Oct 78° 55°
- Nov 65° 44°
- Dec 56° 36°
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 Paris 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 (5.63 in), the least in August (2.95 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 33°F | 43.4°F | 3.08 | 9 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 59°F | 37°F | 47.8°F | 3.34 | 9 | <1 | 10 | 11 h |
| March | 67°F | 45°F | 55.7°F | 4.35 | 10 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 75°F | 53°F | 63.9°F | 4.70 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 63°F | 72.7°F | 5.63 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 71°F | 81.1°F | 4.26 | 8 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 96°F | 75°F | 85.3°F | 3.51 | 6 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 96°F | 74°F | 85.1°F | 2.95 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 89°F | 67°F | 77.6°F | 3.95 | 7 | 15 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 78°F | 55°F | 66.4°F | 4.62 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 65°F | 44°F | 54.6°F | 4.21 | 7 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 56°F | 36°F | 45.8°F | 4.28 | 8 | <1 | 13 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 54°F | 65.0°F | 48.88 | 95 | 96 | 46 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | 1°C | 6.3°C | 78 mm |
| February | 15°C | 3°C | 8.8°C | 85 mm |
| March | 19°C | 7°C | 13.2°C | 110 mm |
| April | 24°C | 12°C | 17.7°C | 119 mm |
| May | 28°C | 17°C | 22.6°C | 143 mm |
| June | 33°C | 22°C | 27.3°C | 108 mm |
| July | 35°C | 24°C | 29.6°C | 89 mm |
| August | 36°C | 23°C | 29.5°C | 75 mm |
| September | 32°C | 19°C | 25.3°C | 100 mm |
| October | 26°C | 13°C | 19.1°C | 117 mm |
| November | 18°C | 7°C | 12.6°C | 107 mm |
| December | 13°C | 2°C | 7.7°C | 109 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 USC00416794; 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 Paris?
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 (7).
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 USC00416794.
When is the last frost in Paris?
In Paris, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 14 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 1 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 141 year in 10 after April 2; 9 in 10 after February 24
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 161 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 247 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 274 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 1 in half of springs and before December 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Paris in zone 8a in ZIP code 75460. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Paris's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (26 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 USC00416794; 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 Paris?
In a normal year in Paris, 96 days a year reach 90°F (21 of them 100°F or more), 46 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 95 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 96a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 21a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 46a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 95a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1896) is 115°F, on August 10, 1936; the lowest is −5°F, on January 19, 1930.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1957, with 75.65 in; the snowiest season is 1977–78, with 21.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00416794; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00416794. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Paris?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Paris, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (86%) and February the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.7 |
| February | 67% | 3.2 |
| March | 71% | 4.3 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 75% | 5.8 |
| June | 82% | 6.5 |
| July | 86% | 6.6 |
| August | 86% | 6.0 |
| September | 82% | 5.1 |
| October | 79% | 4.0 |
| November | 76% | 3.0 |
| December | 72% | 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 Paris need?
A normal year in Paris brings 2,636 heating degree days, 51% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,652 cooling degree days, 2.9 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,223 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 672 | 1 |
| February | 487 | 4 |
| March | 311 | 23 |
| April | 117 | 84 |
| May | 19 | 258 |
| June | 1 | 483 |
| July | 0 | 629 |
| August | 0 | 624 |
| September | 7 | 385 |
| October | 91 | 136 |
| November | 333 | 21 |
| December | 598 | 3 |
| Year (annual) | 2,636 | 2,652 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00416794. 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 Paris been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 65.9°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.0°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65.2°F | +0.2°F | 46.97 |
| 2022 | 66.0°F | +1.0°F | 41.24 |
| 2025 | 65.9°F | +0.9°F | 51.18 |
Over 101 complete years from 1902 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted -1.4°F per century (−0.08°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00416794; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Paris's climate compare?
Paris is warmer than 129 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 273. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.0°F is warmer than 88%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Paris 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 Paris share this climate record?
7 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.
- Reno, TX3,549 people · 5 mi E
- Blossom, TX1,478 people · 10 mi E
- Roxton, TX555 people · 13 mi SW
- Petty, TX155 people · 15 mi W
- Toco, TX93 people · 5 mi W
- Sun Valley, TX74 people · 7 mi E
- Brookston, TX0 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 Paris's climate
What is the coldest month in Paris?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 33°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 75°F at night).
What is the rainiest month in Paris?
May, with 5.63 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 2.95 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Paris in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Paris in zone 8a in ZIP code 75460. By the same method at Paris's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Paris?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 14; 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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