Thompsons, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Thompsons's primary NOAA station, THOMPSONS 3 WSW.
The climate verdict for Thompsons
Warm-season cooling demand defines Thompsons, Texas, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 70°F. It scores 87/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 87% of them.
- 70°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 87/100
- comfort score, above 87% of station-mapped location scores
- 50.1"
- annual precipitation
- 294 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Thompsons: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00418996 · Thompsons, TX 70°F mean · 50.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 70°F
- RANK-WARM #6,518
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rockefeller WL…
- PRCP-WET 50.1"
- SWING-MID 31°F
- COMF-TOP 87/100
- LOAD-COOL 2,971 CDD
- STN-1 USC00418996
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Rockefeller WL Refuge, LA (+ 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.
- Thompsons (this station) 70°F
- Hot Houma, LA 70°F
- Near Rockefeller WL…, LA 70°F
- Cold Randolph, TX 69°F
- Near Pensacola Rgnl, FL 69°F
Thompsons 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 · Thompsons
Thompsons: 81/100 · grade B
Thompsons publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Thompsons, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 87/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 294 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 69.5°F · 2.0° from 67.5°F | 93/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.1 inches/year | 89/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 96 calendar days | 77/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 50.1 in · 15.1 from 35 in | 47/100 · D |
Thompsons · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Thompsons is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 53.0°F and warmest-month mean 83.7°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 83.7°F
- Coldest month
- 53.0°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 · cooling-led station
Where Thompsons sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Thompsons's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 5% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Thompsons sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 19% wettest
- Thompsons's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 90%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Thompsons is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Thompsons compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Thompsons's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
87 Top 13% score exceeds 87% 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63°F (17°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 67°F (19°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 1.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 72°F (22°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| April | 79°F (26°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| May | 85°F (30°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.6 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 24.3 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.5 |
| August | 93°F (34°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 28.3 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.6 |
| October | 82°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 5.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.9 |
| November | 72°F (22°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| December | 65°F (18°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.9" | 0.1" | 2.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Thompsons runs from a mild 43°F around January 11 to 94°F at the peak near August 6, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 8 through September 11, covering 96 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 5 to November 23.
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 43°F around January 11.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 31, when 28% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 18 at 19%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 87 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 18 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Thompsons.
Where Thompsons Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 96 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 50 inches.
Thompsons earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
8.6 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
7.5 days with precipitation
Thompsons spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Thompsons has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 30.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 5.2" and February 3.0". The three wettest months together take 30% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Thompsons, it arrives in quantity
50.1" of precipitation falls across only about 87 wet days here, averaging 0.57 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 87 a year, 24% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.57 inches
- Most wet days
- January, about 9
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 6
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Snow reaches Thompsons, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.1 inches of snow a year here, most likely in December. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 0 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 6
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
294 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,320
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,971
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Thompsons 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 (70°F here).
- Gainesville, FL 70°F · 0.0°F off
- Hackberry, LA 70°F · 0.0°F off
- Bushnell, FL 70°F · 0.1°F off
- Galliano, LA 69°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (50.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Gray, ME 50.1" · 0.0" off
- Cordele, GA 50.1" · 0.0" off
- Donegal, PA 50.1" · 0.0" off
- Dunn, NC 50.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Thompsons's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · mid swing
Air-conditioning demand is the clearest thermal signal here. Thompsons accumulates 2,971 cooling degree days, more than twice its 1,320 heating total; the monthly table shows when that imbalance builds rather than treating it as a year-round condition.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 50.1 inches of precipitation at Thompsons. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Thompsons's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 30.7°F. The annual average is 70°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
The frost-free window extends for about 294 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Thompsons's primary station, so the summer figures are a thirty-year average rather than a ceiling: individual years have run hotter and will again. For Thompsons that means a descriptive range only — not an official NOAA classification and not a prediction for next summer.
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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 Thompsons's primary station: THOMPSONS 3 WSW (USC00418996). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4872740). Match rule for Thompsons: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Thompsons 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.