Sugar Land, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Sugar Land's normal year runs from 43°F January nights to 94°F August afternoons, with 51.1 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 21.4°C, January lows of 6°C, August highs of 35°C, 1,298 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSugar Land
- Station IDUSC00418728
- Location29.62°N 95.66°W
- Elevation84 ft (26 m)
- Population109,851
On October 23, the normal high in Sugar Land is 81°F and the normal low 60°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 17%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Sugar Land.
- Jan 64° 43°
- Feb 68° 48°
- Mar 74° 54°
- Apr 81° 60°
- May 87° 68°
- Jun 92° 74°
- Jul 94° 76°
- Aug 94° 76°
- Sep 90° 71°
- Oct 83° 62°
- Nov 73° 53°
- Dec 66° 45°
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 Sugar Land each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 43°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.67 in), the least in February (3.03 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64°F | 43°F | 53.5°F | 3.94 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 68°F | 48°F | 58.1°F | 3.03 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 74°F | 54°F | 64.0°F | 3.64 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 81°F | 60°F | 70.2°F | 3.62 | 5 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 87°F | 68°F | 77.4°F | 4.30 | 6 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 92°F | 74°F | 82.9°F | 5.67 | 8 | 24 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 94°F | 76°F | 85.1°F | 3.76 | 7 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 94°F | 76°F | 85.2°F | 4.95 | 8 | 28 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 90°F | 71°F | 80.5°F | 5.30 | 7 | 20 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 83°F | 62°F | 72.5°F | 5.21 | 5 | 7 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 73°F | 53°F | 62.6°F | 4.42 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 66°F | 45°F | 55.4°F | 3.27 | 6 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 81°F | 61°F | 70.6°F | 51.11 | 77 | 116 | 7 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°C | 6°C | 11.9°C | 100 mm |
| February | 20°C | 9°C | 14.5°C | 77 mm |
| March | 23°C | 12°C | 17.8°C | 92 mm |
| April | 27°C | 15°C | 21.2°C | 92 mm |
| May | 31°C | 20°C | 25.2°C | 109 mm |
| June | 33°C | 23°C | 28.3°C | 144 mm |
| July | 35°C | 24°C | 29.5°C | 96 mm |
| August | 35°C | 24°C | 29.6°C | 126 mm |
| September | 32°C | 22°C | 26.9°C | 135 mm |
| October | 29°C | 17°C | 22.5°C | 132 mm |
| November | 23°C | 11°C | 17.0°C | 112 mm |
| December | 19°C | 7°C | 13.0°C | 83 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00418728; 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 Sugar Land?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October, November and December. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (5).
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 USC00418728.
When is the last frost in Sugar Land?
In Sugar Land, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 9 in half of years and after March 11 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 13 in half of years and before November 19 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 91 year in 10 after March 11; 9 in 10 after January 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 131 year in 10 before November 19; 9 in 10 before January 13
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 305 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 337 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 28 in half of springs and before January 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sugar Land in zone 9b across its 3 ZIP code areas (9b in 77479, the largest).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00418728; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Sugar Land ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Sugar Land's 3 ZIP code areas are all in zone 9b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Sugar Land?
In a normal year in Sugar Land, 116 days a year reach 90°F (8 of them 100°F or more), 7 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 77 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 116a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 8a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 7a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 77a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 108°F, on August 3, 1899; the lowest is 6°F, on January 31, 1949.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 75.31 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 3.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00418728; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00418728. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Sugar Land?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Sugar Land, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. October is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (66%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 243rd (with 32 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.9 |
| February | 66% | 3.3 |
| March | 72% | 4.5 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 79% | 6.0 |
| June | 81% | 6.3 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 82% | 5.8 |
| September | 80% | 5.0 |
| October | 83% | 4.4 |
| November | 77% | 3.3 |
| December | 70% | 2.6 |
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 Sugar Land need?
A normal year in Sugar Land brings 1,208 heating degree days, 78% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,289 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 7,712 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 367 | 11 |
| February | 220 | 27 |
| March | 114 | 85 |
| April | 25 | 183 |
| May | 1 | 387 |
| June | 0 | 537 |
| July | 0 | 623 |
| August | 0 | 626 |
| September | 0 | 465 |
| October | 22 | 256 |
| November | 143 | 71 |
| December | 315 | 20 |
| Year (annual) | 1,208 | 3,289 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00418728. 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.
How does Sugar Land's climate compare?
Sugar Land is warmer than 265 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 288. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 70.6°F is warmer than 96%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Sugar Land 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 Sugar Land share this climate record?
17 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.
- Fulshear, TXalso near: Sealy (16 mi, 69.4°F a year); Thompsons (21 mi, 69.5°F a year)54,629 people · 15 mi W
- Rosenberg, TX42,571 people · 11 mi SW
- Mission Bend, TX37,280 people · 5 mi N
- Katy, TX27,741 people · 16 mi NW
- Pecan Grove, TX24,798 people · 5 mi W
- Cinco Ranch, TX19,139 people · 10 mi NW
- Stafford, TX17,555 people · 5 mi E
- Richmond, TX13,305 people · 7 mi SW
- Four Corners, TX11,490 people · 3 mi N
- Meadows Place, TX4,630 people · 5 mi NE
- Hunters Creek Village, TX4,482 people · 14 mi NE
- Spring Valley Village, TX4,394 people · 15 mi NE
- Bunker Hill Village, TX3,889 people · 12 mi NE
- Piney Point Village, TX3,143 people · 13 mi NE
- Hedwig Village, TX2,386 people · 14 mi NE
- Cumings, TX2,343 people · 9 mi W
- Fifth Street, TX945 people · 7 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Sugar Land's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Sugar Land. This page uses Sugar Land; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Sugarland Mem USW00012977 | in town | 82 ft | 71.1°F | 45°F | 95°F | 49.7 | – | February 2 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Sugar Land's climate
What is the coldest month in Sugar Land?
January, with a normal high of 64°F and a normal low of 43°F. The warmest is August (94°F by day, 76°F at night).
Does it snow in Sugar Land?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Sugar Land?
June, with 5.67 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.03 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Sugar Land in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Sugar Land in zone 9b across its 3 ZIP code areas (9b in 77479, the largest).
How late can frost come in Sugar Land?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 9; in one year in ten it comes after March 11. Waiting until March 11 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Sugar Land in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Thompsons, TX10 miles from this station, 69.5°F a year
- Houston Hobby Airport, TX22 miles from this station, 71.1°F a year
- Houston Clover Field, TX26 miles from this station, 71.3°F a year
- Houston, TX30 miles from this station, 70.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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