Pine Springs National Park, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Pine Springs National Park's primary NOAA station, PINE SPRINGS NP.
The climate verdict for Pine Springs National Park
Dryness leads the climate profile for Pine Springs National Park, Texas, with 9.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 61°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 61°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 9.8"
- precipitation, annual total
- 225 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Pine Springs National Park: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00023055 · Pine Springs National Park, TX 61°F mean · 9.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 61°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,352
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Carrollton
- PRCP-ARID 9.8"
- SWING-MID 35°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00023055
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Carrollton, GA (+ 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.
- Pine Springs Na… (this station) 61°F
- Hot Kern River Powe…, CA 61°F
- Near Carrollton, GA 61°F
- Near Coronado Nmem, AZ 61°F
- Near Hartwell, GA 61°F
Pine Springs National Park 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 · Pine Springs National Park
Pine Springs National Park: 71/100 · grade B
Pine Springs National Park publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Pine Springs National Park, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 43 calendar days | 93/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 61.3°F · 6.2° from 67.5°F | 81/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 225 days/year | 79/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 9.8 in · 25.2 from 35 in | 11/100 · F |
Pine Springs National Park · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Pine Springs National Park's normals sit in a dry climate class: BWk
Annual precipitation falls well below the aridity threshold for this temperature regime, so the normals classify as cold desert (BWk). Class BWk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold desert.
- Köppen code
- BWk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 78.2°F
- Coldest month
- 42.8°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 Pine Springs National Park sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Pine Springs National Park's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 22% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Pine Springs National Park sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 94%
- Pine Springs National Park's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 81%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Pine Springs National Park is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Pine Springs National Park compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Pine Springs National Park's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53°F (12°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 0.3" | 14.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 59°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 0.3" | 11.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 0.4" | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 74°F (23°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.2" | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| May | 82°F (28°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.5" | 0.1 | 7.2 |
| June | 91°F (33°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 0.9" | 0.0 | 18.2 |
| July | 89°F (31°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 1.9" | 0.0 | 14.4 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 1.6" | 0.0 | 13.4 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 2.1" | 0.0 | 4.2 |
| October | 73°F (23°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.8" | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| November | 61°F (16°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 0.3" | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 53°F (12°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 0.5" | 15.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Pine Springs National Park works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by June 14 and hold at or above 90°F on 27 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 16 dates, bottoming at 32°F around December 24.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 5 through July 1, covering 27 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 28 to October 26.
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.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into January 3, then returns to freezing around December 19, covering 16 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 29, when 27% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 19 at 7%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 52 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 8 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Pine Springs National Park.
Where Pine Springs National Park Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 10 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Pine Springs National Park earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
2.7 days with precipitation
2.8 days with precipitation
3.0 days with precipitation
2.1 days with precipitation
2.6 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
2.8 days with precipitation
3.3 days with precipitation
Pine Springs National Park runs a summer-peaked wet season
44% of Pine Springs National Park'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 September at 2.1", on a 35.4°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: September, July, August, taking 57% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: April at 0.2".
- Winter share: 10% 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.
Pine Springs National Park is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 52 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 14% of the calendar, and they carry 9.8" between them. At roughly 0.19 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is August at about 8 wet days; the driest is April at about 2.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 31
50% probability date
Growing Season
225 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,010
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,666
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
June
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Pine Springs National Park 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 (61°F here).
- Carrollton, GA 61°F · 0.0°F off
- Hartwell, GA 61°F · 0.0°F off
- Lordsburg, NM 61°F · 0.0°F off
- Malvern, AR 61°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (9.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Blanca, CO 9.8" · 0.0" off
- San Diego, CA 9.8" · 0.0" off
- John Day, OR 9.8" · 0.0" off
- Hagerman, ID 9.8" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Pine Springs National Park's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 9.8 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
June and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Pine Springs National Park's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 35.4°F. The annual average is 61°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Pine Springs National Park's normal, at 3,010 and 1,666 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.
A roughly 225-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
Pine Springs National Park wettest normal
September
September concentrates the scarce annual total (9.8 inches).
Pine Springs National Park driest normal
April
April 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 Pine Springs National Park's primary station: PINE SPRINGS NP (USW00023055). 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 Pine Springs National Park; 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 Pine Springs National Park 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.