Poteet, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Poteet's normal year runs from 41°F January nights to 98°F August afternoons, with 28.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 21.3°C, January lows of 5°C, August highs of 36°C, 720 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPoteet
- Station IDUSC00417215
- Location29.03°N 98.57°W
- Elevation425 ft (130 m)
- Population3,005
On October 23, the normal high in Poteet is 83°F and the normal low 57°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Poteet.
- Jan 66° 41°
- Feb 70° 45°
- Mar 76° 52°
- Apr 82° 58°
- May 88° 67°
- Jun 94° 72°
- Jul 96° 74°
- Aug 98° 74°
- Sep 92° 69°
- Oct 85° 60°
- Nov 75° 49°
- Dec 67° 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 Poteet each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 98°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 41°F. The most precipitation falls in September (3.99 in), the least in November (1.47 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66°F | 41°F | 53.3°F | 1.62 | 4 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 70°F | 45°F | 57.4°F | 1.81 | 4 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 76°F | 52°F | 63.9°F | 1.96 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 82°F | 58°F | 70.3°F | 2.08 | 3 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 88°F | 67°F | 77.4°F | 3.59 | 6 | 13 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| June | 94°F | 72°F | 82.9°F | 3.42 | 4 | 24 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 96°F | 74°F | 85.1°F | 2.44 | 4 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 98°F | 74°F | 85.6°F | 1.99 | 3 | 29 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 92°F | 69°F | 80.7°F | 3.99 | 5 | 22 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 85°F | 60°F | 72.2°F | 2.26 | 4 | 10 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 75°F | 49°F | 62.1°F | 1.47 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 67°F | 42°F | 54.4°F | 1.73 | 4 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 82°F | 59°F | 70.4°F | 28.36 | 51 | 132 | 20 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 41 mm |
| February | 21°C | 7°C | 14.1°C | 46 mm |
| March | 24°C | 11°C | 17.7°C | 50 mm |
| April | 28°C | 15°C | 21.3°C | 53 mm |
| May | 31°C | 19°C | 25.2°C | 91 mm |
| June | 34°C | 22°C | 28.3°C | 87 mm |
| July | 36°C | 23°C | 29.5°C | 62 mm |
| August | 36°C | 23°C | 29.8°C | 51 mm |
| September | 33°C | 21°C | 27.1°C | 101 mm |
| October | 29°C | 15°C | 22.3°C | 57 mm |
| November | 24°C | 10°C | 16.7°C | 37 mm |
| December | 19°C | 6°C | 12.4°C | 44 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00417215; 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 Poteet?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, October, November and December. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (3).
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 USC00417215.
When is the last frost in Poteet?
In Poteet, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 22 in half of years and after March 18 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 1 in half of years and before November 8 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 221 year in 10 after March 18; 9 in 10 after January 25
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 11 year in 10 before November 8; 9 in 10 before December 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 281 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 317 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 4 in half of springs and before December 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Poteet in zone 9a in ZIP code 78065, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Poteet's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 23°F (21 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 USC00417215; 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 Poteet?
In a normal year in Poteet, 132 days a year reach 90°F (27 of them 100°F or more), 20 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 51 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 132a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 27a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 20a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 51a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1941) is 110°F, on May 24, 1986; the lowest is −1°F, on January 31, 1949.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1946, with 49.06 in; the snowiest season is 1965–66, with 3.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00417215; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00417215. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Poteet?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Poteet, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 3.1 |
| February | 69% | 3.6 |
| March | 71% | 4.5 |
| April | 74% | 5.4 |
| May | 76% | 5.8 |
| June | 84% | 6.7 |
| July | 86% | 6.7 |
| August | 88% | 6.4 |
| September | 81% | 5.2 |
| October | 81% | 4.4 |
| November | 76% | 3.3 |
| December | 72% | 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 Poteet need?
A normal year in Poteet brings 1,293 heating degree days, 76% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,305 cooling degree days, 3.6 times the median (908). Two months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,655 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 373 | 12 |
| February | 238 | 25 |
| March | 120 | 86 |
| April | 30 | 189 |
| May | 3 | 387 |
| June | 0 | 537 |
| July | 0 | 622 |
| August | 0 | 640 |
| September | 0 | 471 |
| October | 27 | 250 |
| November | 154 | 67 |
| December | 348 | 19 |
| Year (annual) | 1,293 | 3,305 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00417215. 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 Poteet been warmer than normal lately?
2021 averaged 73.9°F, 3.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 70.4°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 73.9°F | +3.5°F | 29.35 |
Over 46 complete years from 1944 to 2017, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.1°F per century (+0.06°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00417215; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Poteet's climate compare?
Poteet is warmer than 262 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 138. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 70.4°F is warmer than 95%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Poteet 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 Poteet share this climate record?
2 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.
- Sandy Oaks, TX5,698 people · 14 mi NE
- Leming, TX898 people · 6 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 Poteet's climate
What is the coldest month in Poteet?
January, with a normal high of 66°F and a normal low of 41°F. The warmest is August (98°F by day, 74°F at night).
Does it snow in Poteet?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Poteet?
September, with 3.99 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 1.47 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Poteet in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Poteet in zone 9a in ZIP code 78065, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Poteet's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 23°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Poteet?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 22; in one year in ten it comes after March 18. Waiting until March 18 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Pleasanton, TX7 miles from this station, 70.3°F a year
- Charlotte, TX13 miles from this station, 72.3°F a year
- Lytle, TX22 miles from this station, 70.5°F a year
- San Antonio Kelly Air Force Base, TX25 miles from this station, 70.0°F a year
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