Prade Ranch, Texas climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Prade Ranch's normal year runs from 31°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 29.3 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.2 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.8°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 33°C, 745 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPrade Ranch
- Station IDUSC00417232
- Location29.92°N 99.79°W
- Elevation2,052 ft (625 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Prade Ranch is 77°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 15%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Prade Ranch.
- Jan 62° 31°
- Feb 66° 35°
- Mar 72° 43°
- Apr 78° 50°
- May 84° 60°
- Jun 90° 67°
- Jul 92° 69°
- Aug 93° 68°
- Sep 87° 61°
- Oct 80° 51°
- Nov 69° 40°
- Dec 63° 31°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Prade Ranch each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 31°F. The most precipitation falls in September (4.09 in), the least in January (1.22 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62°F | 31°F | 46.1°F | 1.22 | 3 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 66°F | 35°F | 50.5°F | 1.43 | 3 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 72°F | 43°F | 57.1°F | 2.25 | 4 | <1 | 6 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 50°F | 64.1°F | 2.14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 84°F | 60°F | 72.2°F | 4.04 | 6 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 90°F | 67°F | 78.3°F | 3.10 | 4 | 16 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 92°F | 69°F | 80.3°F | 1.85 | 3 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 93°F | 68°F | 80.3°F | 2.36 | 4 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 61°F | 74.3°F | 4.09 | 5 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 80°F | 51°F | 65.1°F | 3.25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 69°F | 40°F | 54.7°F | 2.08 | 4 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 63°F | 31°F | 46.9°F | 1.51 | 3 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 50°F | 64.1°F | 29.32 | 48 | 86 | 68 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | −1°C | 7.8°C | 31 mm |
| February | 19°C | 2°C | 10.3°C | 36 mm |
| March | 22°C | 6°C | 13.9°C | 57 mm |
| April | 26°C | 10°C | 17.8°C | 54 mm |
| May | 29°C | 16°C | 22.3°C | 103 mm |
| June | 32°C | 19°C | 25.7°C | 79 mm |
| July | 33°C | 20°C | 26.8°C | 47 mm |
| August | 34°C | 20°C | 26.8°C | 60 mm |
| September | 31°C | 16°C | 23.5°C | 104 mm |
| October | 26°C | 10°C | 18.4°C | 83 mm |
| November | 21°C | 5°C | 12.6°C | 53 mm |
| December | 17°C | 0°C | 8.3°C | 38 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00417232; 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.
Which months are mildest at Prade Ranch?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, May, October and November. Of those, February 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 USC00417232.
When is the last frost at Prade Ranch?
In Prade Ranch, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 5 in half of years and after April 25 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 2 in half of years and before October 20 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
- April 51 year in 10 after April 25; 9 in 10 after March 11
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 21 year in 10 before October 20; 9 in 10 before November 18
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 212 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 239 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 17 in half of springs and before November 12 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Prade Ranch in zone 8b in ZIP code 78873, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00417232; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 at Prade Ranch?
In a normal year in Prade Ranch, 86 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 68 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 48 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 86a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 68a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 48a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1955) is 110°F, on June 21, 2023; the lowest is 0°F, on November 29, 1976.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 42.02 in; the snowiest season is 1965–66, with 6.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00417232; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00417232. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Prade Ranch?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Prade Ranch, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 3.1 |
| February | 72% | 3.8 |
| March | 72% | 4.6 |
| April | 74% | 5.4 |
| May | 75% | 5.8 |
| June | 84% | 6.7 |
| July | 85% | 6.7 |
| August | 88% | 6.4 |
| September | 80% | 5.2 |
| October | 80% | 4.4 |
| November | 76% | 3.3 |
| December | 73% | 2.9 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Prade Ranch record?
A normal year at Prade Ranch brings 2,364 heating degree days, 56% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,079 cooling degree days, 2.3 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,710 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 586 | 0 |
| February | 410 | 3 |
| March | 264 | 19 |
| April | 104 | 75 |
| May | 15 | 240 |
| June | 0 | 399 |
| July | 0 | 474 |
| August | 0 | 473 |
| September | 8 | 285 |
| October | 93 | 97 |
| November | 321 | 13 |
| December | 563 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,364 | 2,079 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00417232. 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.
Have recent years at Prade Ranch been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 67.0°F, 2.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 64.1°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64.0°F | −0.1°F | 28.05 |
| 2022 | 65.1°F | +1.0°F | 15.97 |
| 2023 | 66.5°F | +2.5°F | 23.81 |
| 2024 | 67.9°F | +3.8°F | 21.21 |
| 2025 | 67.0°F | +2.9°F | 28.03 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00417232. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Prade Ranch's climate compare?
Prade Ranch is warmer than 97 of the 321 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 151. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.1°F is warmer than 86%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Prade Ranch 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 Prade Ranch share this climate record?
Leakey has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Leakey, TX323 people · 13 mi S
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 Prade Ranch's climate
What is the coldest month at Prade Ranch?
January, with a normal high of 62°F and a normal low of 31°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow at Prade Ranch?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.2 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month at Prade Ranch?
September, with 4.09 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.22 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Prade Ranch in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Prade Ranch in zone 8b in ZIP code 78873, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come at Prade Ranch?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 5; in one year in ten it comes after April 25. Waiting until April 25 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Hunt (10 mi W), TX20 miles from this station, 63.9°F a year
- Camp Wood, TX22 miles from this station, 66.9°F a year
- Rocksprings, TX26 miles from this station, 65.0°F a year
- Medina (1 mi NE), TX34 miles from this station, 66.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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