Persimmon Gap, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Persimmon Gap's primary NOAA station, PERSIMMON GAP.
The climate verdict for Persimmon Gap
Dryness leads the climate profile for Persimmon Gap, Texas, with 10.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 68°F. It scores 87/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 87% of them.
- 68°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 87/100
- comfort score, above 87% of station-mapped location scores
- 10.8"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 260 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Persimmon Gap: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00416959 · Persimmon Gap, TX 68°F mean · 10.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 68°F
- RANK-WARM #6,381
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grand Coteau
- PRCP-ARID 10.8"
- SWING-MID 36°F
- COMF-TOP 87/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00416959
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Grand Coteau, LA (+ 0 °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.
- Persimmon Gap (this station) 68°F
- Hot Marianna, FL 68°F
- Near Grand Coteau, LA 68°F
- Near Gulfport - Bilo…, MS 68°F
- Near High Springs, FL 68°F
Persimmon Gap 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 · Persimmon Gap
Persimmon Gap: 68/100 · grade C
Persimmon Gap publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Persimmon Gap, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 87/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 68.3°F · 0.8° from 67.5°F | 96/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 260 days/year | 92/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.6 inches/year | 86/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 137 calendar days | 55/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 10.8 in · 24.1 from 35 in | 15/100 · F |
Persimmon Gap · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Persimmon Gap's normals sit in a dry climate class: BWh
Annual precipitation falls well below the aridity threshold for this temperature regime, so the normals classify as hot desert (BWh). Class BWh is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically hot desert.
- Köppen code
- BWh
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 84.9°F
- Coldest month
- 49.0°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 · balanced station
Where Persimmon Gap sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Persimmon Gap's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 7% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Persimmon Gap sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 92%
- Persimmon Gap's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 80%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Persimmon Gap is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Persimmon Gap compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Persimmon Gap's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
87 Top 13% score exceeds 87% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65°F (18°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 0.4" | 0.2" | 13.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 70°F (21°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 6.5 | 0.5 |
| March | 78°F (26°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| April | 86°F (30°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 14.1 |
| May | 94°F (34°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 23.4 |
| June | 98°F (37°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.9 |
| July | 97°F (36°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 85°F (29°C) | 1.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 28.3 |
| August | 97°F (36°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.9 |
| September | 90°F (32°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 19.0 |
| October | 84°F (29°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 9.8 |
| November | 73°F (23°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 0.5" | 0.1" | 3.5 | 0.7 |
| December | 65°F (18°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.4" | 0.3" | 12.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Persimmon Gap runs from a mild 33°F around January 1 to 99°F at the peak near June 11, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 3 through September 16, covering 137 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 14 to November 23.
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 33°F around January 1.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 31, when 18% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 9 at 7%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 46 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 7 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 34°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Persimmon Gap.
Where Persimmon Gap Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 137 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 11 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Persimmon Gap earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 0.2"
2.9 days with precipitation
2.4 days with precipitation
2.3 days with precipitation
2.3 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
4.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
3.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
2.8 days with precipitation
Persimmon Gap runs a summer-peaked wet season
45% of Persimmon Gap's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is July at 1.8", on a 35.9°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: July, August, September, taking 47% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 0.3".
- Winter share: 11% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
How Persimmon Gap's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 46 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 10.8" between them, or roughly 0.24 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.
Snow reaches Persimmon Gap, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.6 inches of snow a year here, most likely in December. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 0 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
260 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,789
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,037
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Persimmon Gap 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 (68°F here).
- Grand Coteau, LA 68°F · 0.0°F off
- High Springs, FL 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Marianna, FL 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Natchitoches, LA 68°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (10.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Dubois, WY 10.9" · 0.0" off
- Eureka, NV 10.9" · 0.0" off
- Hatton, WA 10.8" · 0.0" off
- Tularosa, NM 10.8" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Persimmon Gap's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 10.8 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Annual snowfall totals 0.6 inches. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Persimmon Gap's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 35.9°F. The annual average is 68°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Persimmon Gap's normal, at 1,789 and 3,037 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
Persimmon Gap has a long frost-free window of roughly 260 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
Persimmon Gap wettest normal
July
July concentrates the scarce annual total (10.8 inches).
Persimmon Gap driest normal
February
February is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Persimmon Gap's primary station: PERSIMMON GAP (USC00416959). 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 Persimmon Gap; 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 Persimmon Gap 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.