Taylor, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Taylor's normal year runs from 37°F January nights to 97°F August afternoons, with 37.1 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 19.7°C, January lows of 3°C, August highs of 36°C, 943 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTaylor (1 mi NW)
- Station IDUSC00418862
- Location30.58°N 97.42°W
- Elevation571 ft (174 m)
- Population17,872
On October 23, the normal high in Taylor is 79°F and the normal low 54°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Taylor.
- Jan 61° 37°
- Feb 64° 41°
- Mar 71° 48°
- Apr 78° 55°
- May 85° 64°
- Jun 92° 71°
- Jul 95° 73°
- Aug 97° 73°
- Sep 91° 67°
- Oct 82° 56°
- Nov 70° 46°
- Dec 62° 39°
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 Taylor each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 37°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.60 in), the least in February (2.14 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F | 37°F | 49.1°F | 2.77 | 8 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 64°F | 41°F | 52.6°F | 2.14 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 71°F | 48°F | 59.6°F | 3.10 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 55°F | 66.5°F | 2.65 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 85°F | 64°F | 74.4°F | 4.60 | 8 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 92°F | 71°F | 81.3°F | 3.16 | 7 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 95°F | 73°F | 84.2°F | 2.65 | 6 | 28 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 97°F | 73°F | 84.7°F | 2.69 | 5 | 29 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 91°F | 67°F | 78.6°F | 3.63 | 7 | 19 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 82°F | 56°F | 68.9°F | 3.94 | 7 | 5 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 70°F | 46°F | 58.4°F | 2.78 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 62°F | 39°F | 50.5°F | 3.00 | 8 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 79°F | 56°F | 67.4°F | 37.11 | 87 | 115 | 32 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 3°C | 9.5°C | 70 mm |
| February | 18°C | 5°C | 11.4°C | 54 mm |
| March | 22°C | 9°C | 15.3°C | 79 mm |
| April | 26°C | 13°C | 19.2°C | 67 mm |
| May | 30°C | 18°C | 23.6°C | 117 mm |
| June | 33°C | 22°C | 27.4°C | 80 mm |
| July | 35°C | 23°C | 29.0°C | 67 mm |
| August | 36°C | 23°C | 29.3°C | 68 mm |
| September | 33°C | 19°C | 25.9°C | 92 mm |
| October | 28°C | 13°C | 20.5°C | 100 mm |
| November | 21°C | 8°C | 14.7°C | 71 mm |
| December | 17°C | 4°C | 10.3°C | 76 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00418862; 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 Taylor?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00418862.
When is the last frost in Taylor?
In Taylor, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 8 in half of years and after March 30 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 21 in half of years and before November 2 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
- March 81 year in 10 after March 30; 9 in 10 after February 14
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 211 year in 10 before November 2; 9 in 10 before December 12
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 257 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 286 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 24 in half of springs and before December 4 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Taylor in zone 9a in ZIP code 76574. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Taylor's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (20 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 USC00418862; 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 Taylor?
In a normal year in Taylor, 115 days a year reach 90°F (19 of them 100°F or more), 32 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 87 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 115a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 19a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 32a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 87a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 2000) is 110°F, on September 6, 2000; the lowest is 2°F, on February 17, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 53.83 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 1.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00418862; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00418862. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Taylor?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Taylor, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (68%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 3.0 |
| February | 68% | 3.5 |
| March | 71% | 4.5 |
| April | 75% | 5.4 |
| May | 76% | 5.8 |
| June | 84% | 6.7 |
| July | 87% | 6.7 |
| August | 88% | 6.4 |
| September | 82% | 5.2 |
| October | 81% | 4.3 |
| November | 76% | 3.3 |
| December | 72% | 2.7 |
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 Taylor need?
A normal year in Taylor brings 1,902 heating degree days, 65% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,804 cooling degree days, 3.1 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,763 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 501 | 6 |
| February | 362 | 13 |
| March | 209 | 43 |
| April | 70 | 115 |
| May | 8 | 298 |
| June | 0 | 489 |
| July | 0 | 595 |
| August | 0 | 609 |
| September | 1 | 409 |
| October | 54 | 176 |
| November | 238 | 40 |
| December | 459 | 10 |
| Year (annual) | 1,902 | 2,804 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00418862. 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 Taylor been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 69.3°F, 1.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 67.4°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 67.2°F | −0.2°F | 34.95 |
| 2022 | 67.9°F | +0.5°F | 23.36 |
| 2023 | 69.5°F | +2.1°F | 29.10 |
| 2024 | 69.8°F | +2.4°F | 29.33 |
| 2025 | 69.3°F | +1.9°F | 32.85 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00418862. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Taylor's climate compare?
Taylor is warmer than 211 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 206. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 67.4°F is warmer than 93%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Taylor 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 Taylor 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.
- Hutto, TX42,661 people · 8 mi W
- Thrall, TX873 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.
Questions about Taylor's climate
What is the coldest month in Taylor?
January, with a normal high of 61°F and a normal low of 37°F. The warmest is August (97°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Taylor?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.2 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Taylor?
May, with 4.60 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.14 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Taylor in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Taylor in zone 9a in ZIP code 76574. By the same method at Taylor's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Taylor?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 8; in one year in ten it comes after March 30. Waiting until March 30 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Granger, TX11 miles from this station, 67.5°F a year
- Elgin, TX16 miles from this station, 68.0°F a year
- Georgetown, TX19 miles from this station, 67.1°F a year
- Lexington, TX27 miles from this station, 68.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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