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Rio Grande Village, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month

Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score

30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Rio Grande Village's primary NOAA station, RIO GRANDE VILLAGE.

The climate verdict for Rio Grande Village

Rio Grande Village, Texas is cooling-led and dry. Its 12.1 inches of annual precipitation pairs with an annual average of 72°F. It scores 85/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 85% of them.

72°F
average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
85/100
comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
12.1"
yearly precipitation total
258 days
frost-free days per growing season

Rio Grande Village: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.

Normals record plate

Sheet USC00417624 · Rio Grande Village, TX 72°F mean · 12.1" precip

TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL

Nearest mean-temperature peer: Maricopa, AZ ( -0.1 °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.

Rio Grande Village 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 · Rio Grande Village

Rio Grande Village: 45/100 · grade D

Rio Grande Village publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.

D
45/100Climate Living Index

PlainClimate-derived for Rio Grande Village, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.

Rio Grande Village Living Index dimension scores
DimensionStation valueScore
Frost-free season 258 days/year 91/100 · A
Annual temperature balance 72.0°F · 4.5° from 67.5°F 86/100 · A
Precipitation balance 12.1 in · 22.9 from 35 in 19/100 · F
Normal heat + freeze calendar 241 calendar days 0/100 · F

Rio Grande Village · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.

Rio Grande Village'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
89.3°F
Coldest month
50.7°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 · cooling-led station

Where Rio Grande Village sits across the climate record

Three NOAA fields for Rio Grande Village's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.

Annual temperature
Top 3% warmest
Among 6,861 stations, Rio Grande Village sits in the warmer third of annual means.
Annual precipitation
Drier than 90%
Rio Grande Village's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
Seasonal temperature swing
Narrower than 70%
Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Rio Grande Village is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.

How Rio Grande Village compares across U.S. station-mapped locations

Rio Grande Village's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations

PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals

85 Top 15% score exceeds 85% 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. This location 0 100 every station-mapped location, bucketed by value
  1. 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
  2. 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
  3. 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
  4. 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
  5. 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
  6. 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
  7. 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
  8. 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
  9. 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
  10. 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.

Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more station-mapped locations. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Monthly Temperatures

Average daily high and low temperatures by month

Month Avg High Avg Low Mean
January 70°F (21°C) 32°F (0°C) 51°F (10°C)
February 77°F (25°C) 38°F (3°C) 57°F (14°C)
March 85°F (29°C) 45°F (7°C) 65°F (18°C)
April 94°F (34°C) 54°F (12°C) 74°F (23°C)
May 100°F (38°C) 66°F (19°C) 83°F (29°C)
June 105°F (40°C) 74°F (23°C) 89°F (32°C)
July 104°F (40°C) 75°F (24°C) 89°F (32°C)
August 103°F (40°C) 74°F (23°C) 88°F (31°C)
September 97°F (36°C) 68°F (20°C) 82°F (28°C)
October 92°F (33°C) 56°F (13°C) 74°F (23°C)
November 79°F (26°C) 42°F (6°C) 60°F (16°C)
December 70°F (21°C) 32°F (0°C) 51°F (11°C)

The year, day by day

Rio Grande Village works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 105°F by July 31 and hold at or above 90°F on 205 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 36 dates, bottoming at 30°F around January 1.

Normal daily high and low temperature for Rio Grande Village, January through December Peaks 105°F around July 31. Bottoms 30°F around January 1. 20 40 60 80 100 freezing JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal daily high and low across the calendar year. NOAA 1991–2020 daily normals, RIO GRANDE VILLAGE.

When the heat sits

Normal highs reach 90°F from March 31 through October 21, covering 205 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs January 19 to December 15.

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 20, then returns to freezing around December 16, covering 36 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.

The widest day

April 3 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 41°F between the normal high and the normal low.

Look up any date

Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Rio Grande Village.

Where Rio Grande Village Stands Nationally

Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 205 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.

Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 41°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.

Rio Grande Village earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.

Monthly Precipitation

Average monthly rainfall

January 0.5"
February 0.4"
March 0.4"
April 0.5"
May 1.3"
June 2.1"
July 1.9"
August 1.5"
September 1.6"
October 1.1"
November 0.5"
December 0.4"

Rio Grande Village runs a summer-peaked wet season

45% of Rio Grande Village'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 June at 2.1", on a 38.6°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.

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.

Frost Dates & Growing Season

First Fall Freeze

November 19

50% probability date

Last Spring Freeze

March 6

50% probability date

Growing Season

258 days

Heating & Cooling Degree Days

Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling

Heating Degree Days

1,432

Higher = more heating needed

Cooling Degree Days

4,021

Higher = more cooling needed

Warmest Month

July

Coldest Month

January

Nationwide similar cities

Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Rio Grande Village 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 (72°F here).

Closest by annual precipitation

Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.

Texas climate overview →

Scarce-water calendar

Where Rio Grande Village's limited precipitation lands

cooling led · dry · mid swing

Air-conditioning demand is the clearest thermal signal here. Rio Grande Village accumulates 4,021 cooling degree days, more than twice its 1,432 heating total; the monthly table shows when that imbalance builds rather than treating it as a year-round condition.

Heat demand sits beside limited local precipitation: Rio Grande Village receives 12.1 inches in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Month-level precipitation is the useful check on when that small annual total arrives.

July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Rio Grande Village's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.6°F. The annual average is 72°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.

Rio Grande Village has a long frost-free window of roughly 258 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.

Rio Grande Village wettest normal

June

June concentrates the scarce annual total (12.1 inches).

Rio Grande Village driest normal

February

February is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.

Questions about Rio Grande Village's climate

How dry is Rio Grande Village?
Rio Grande Village receives 12.1 inches of precipitation a year. For reference, the contiguous United States averages near 30 inches. Based on NOAA 30-year climate normals (1991-2020).
How many days above 90°F does Rio Grande Village get?
Rio Grande Village averages about 205 days a year at or above 90°F, concentrated in July and the months either side of it. That is a count of days reaching the threshold, not a measure of how far above it they go.
How much energy does heating and cooling require in Rio Grande Village?
Rio Grande Village has 1,432 heating degree days and 4,021 cooling degree days annually, a cooling-dominated climate. Degree-day definitions: reading weather data.

Data Sources

Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Rio Grande Village's primary station: RIO GRANDE VILLAGE (USC00417624). 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 Rio Grande Village; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainClimate

On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Rio Grande Village 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.