Terlingua Rch, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Terlingua Rch's primary NOAA station, TERLINGUA RCH 2.
The climate verdict for Terlingua Rch
Dryness leads the climate profile for Terlingua Rch, Texas, with 11.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 66°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.
- 66°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 85/100
- comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
- 11.7"
- annual precipitation
- 256 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Terlingua Rch: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00418926 · Terlingua Rch, TX 66°F mean · 11.7" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 66°F
- RANK-WARM #6,244
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beaumont Expsta…
- PRCP-ARID 11.7"
- SWING-MID 32°F
- COMF-TOP 85/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00418926
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Beaumont Expstation, MS (+ 0 °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.
- Terlingua Rch (this station) 66°F
- Hot Crane, TX 66°F
- Near Beaumont Expsta…, MS 66°F
- Near Brooklet, GA 66°F
- Near Coleman, TX 66°F
Terlingua Rch 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 · Terlingua Rch
Terlingua Rch: 69/100 · grade C
Terlingua Rch publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Terlingua Rch, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 66.3°F · 1.2° from 67.5°F | 95/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 256 days/year | 91/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 119 calendar days | 65/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 11.7 in · 23.3 from 35 in | 17/100 · F |
Terlingua Rch · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Terlingua Rch's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSh
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: hot semi-arid steppe (BSh). Class BSh is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically hot semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSh
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 81.1°F
- Coldest month
- 49.0°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 · balanced station
Where Terlingua Rch sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Terlingua Rch's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 9% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Terlingua Rch sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 91%
- Terlingua Rch's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 87%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Terlingua Rch is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Terlingua Rch compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Terlingua Rch'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.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63°F (17°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 0.4" | 11.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 67°F (20°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 0.7" | 6.9 | 0.1 |
| March | 76°F (24°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 0.6" | 3.0 | 0.7 |
| April | 84°F (29°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.4" | 0.3 | 8.1 |
| May | 91°F (33°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 1.3" | 0.0 | 20.3 |
| June | 95°F (35°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 1.6" | 0.0 | 25.0 |
| July | 94°F (34°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 2.1" | 0.0 | 24.6 |
| August | 93°F (34°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 1.2" | 0.0 | 25.0 |
| September | 89°F (31°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 1.6" | 0.0 | 13.2 |
| October | 81°F (27°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 1.3" | 0.2 | 4.8 |
| November | 71°F (22°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 0.5" | 3.7 | 0.1 |
| December | 63°F (17°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 0.1" | 12.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Terlingua Rch runs from a mild 34°F around January 5 to 96°F at the peak near June 10, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 12 through September 7, covering 119 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 27 to November 18.
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.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 34°F around January 5.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 9, when 19% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 17 at 5%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 38 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 31 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 33°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Terlingua Rch.
Where Terlingua Rch Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 119 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 12 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Terlingua Rch earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
1.7 days with precipitation
1.7 days with precipitation
1.6 days with precipitation
1.8 days with precipitation
4.0 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
3.9 days with precipitation
3.9 days with precipitation
2.1 days with precipitation
1.6 days with precipitation
Terlingua Rch runs a summer-peaked wet season
42% of Terlingua Rch'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 July at 2.1", on a 32.1°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.
- Wettest three months: July, June, September, taking 45% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: December at 0.1".
- Winter share: 10% falls in December, January and February.
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.
How Terlingua Rch's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 38 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 11.7" between them, or roughly 0.31 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 19
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 8
50% probability date
Growing Season
256 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,913
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,396
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
June
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Terlingua Rch 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 (66°F here).
- Brooklet, GA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Fitzgerald, GA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Hemet, CA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Jasper, FL 66°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Ephraim, UT 11.7" · 0.0" off
- Virginia City, NV 11.7" · 0.0" off
- Fairbanks, AK 11.7" · 0.0" off
- Newman, CA 11.7" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Terlingua Rch's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 11.7 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
June and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Terlingua Rch's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 32.1°F. The annual average is 66°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Terlingua Rch's normal, at 1,913 and 2,396 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
Terlingua Rch has a long frost-free window of roughly 256 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
Terlingua Rch wettest normal
July
July concentrates the scarce annual total (11.7 inches).
Terlingua Rch driest normal
December
December is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Terlingua Rch's primary station: TERLINGUA RCH 2 (USC00418926). 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 Terlingua Rch; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Terlingua Rch 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.