Wingate, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Wingate's normal year runs from 27°F January nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 25.0 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.2°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 35°C, 635 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWingate
- Station IDUSC00419847
- Location32.04°N 100.11°W
- Elevation2,012 ft (613 m)
- Population (census place)25
On October 23, the normal high in Wingate is 76°F and the normal low 47°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 Wingate.
- Jan 58° 27°
- Feb 62° 32°
- Mar 70° 40°
- Apr 78° 48°
- May 85° 58°
- Jun 92° 66°
- Jul 95° 68°
- Aug 95° 68°
- Sep 88° 61°
- Oct 78° 50°
- Nov 67° 38°
- Dec 58° 29°
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 Wingate each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 27°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.20 in), the least in January (1.07 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 27°F | 42.5°F | 1.07 | 0.2 | 4 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 62°F | 32°F | 46.8°F | 1.37 | 0.4 | 4 | <1 | 12 | 11 h |
| March | 70°F | 40°F | 54.6°F | 1.93 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 48°F | 63.0°F | 1.84 | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 85°F | 58°F | 71.6°F | 3.13 | 0.0 | 7 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 92°F | 66°F | 78.6°F | 3.20 | 0.0 | 6 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 95°F | 68°F | 81.7°F | 1.76 | 0.0 | 4 | 27 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 95°F | 68°F | 81.2°F | 2.14 | 0.0 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 88°F | 61°F | 74.3°F | 3.00 | 0.0 | 5 | 13 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 78°F | 50°F | 63.9°F | 3.06 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 67°F | 38°F | 52.5°F | 1.42 | 0.4 | 4 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 58°F | 29°F | 43.9°F | 1.07 | 0.3 | 4 | <1 | 17 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 49°F | 62.9°F | 24.99 | 1.4 | 58 | 103 | 60 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | −3°C | 5.8°C | 27 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 17°C | 0°C | 8.2°C | 35 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 21°C | 4°C | 12.6°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 26°C | 9°C | 17.2°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 30°C | 14°C | 22.0°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 33°C | 19°C | 25.9°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 20°C | 27.6°C | 45 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 35°C | 20°C | 27.3°C | 54 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 31°C | 16°C | 23.5°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 26°C | 10°C | 17.7°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 19°C | 3°C | 11.4°C | 36 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 15°C | −1°C | 6.6°C | 27 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00419847; 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 Wingate?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (4).
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 USC00419847.
When is the last frost in Wingate?
In Wingate, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 3 in half of years and after April 20 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 4 in half of years and before October 23 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
- April 31 year in 10 after April 20; 9 in 10 after March 14
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 41 year in 10 before October 23; 9 in 10 before November 18
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 217 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 239 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 21 in half of springs and before November 12 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wingate in zone 8a in ZIP code 79566, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Wingate's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (21 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 USC00419847; 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 Wingate?
In a normal year in Wingate, 103 days a year reach 90°F (19 of them 100°F or more), 60 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 58 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 103a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 19a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 60a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 58a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1968) is 112°F, on June 22, 2023; the lowest is −6°F, on February 16, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2004, with 38.36 in; the snowiest season is 2020–21, with 19.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00419847; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00419847. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Wingate?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Wingate, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (78%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 81% | 3.3 |
| February | 78% | 4.0 |
| March | 81% | 5.2 |
| April | 84% | 6.4 |
| May | 83% | 6.8 |
| June | 89% | 7.4 |
| July | 88% | 7.1 |
| August | 88% | 6.5 |
| September | 84% | 5.4 |
| October | 84% | 4.5 |
| November | 83% | 3.5 |
| December | 80% | 3.0 |
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 Wingate need?
A normal year in Wingate brings 2,863 heating degree days, 47% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,118 cooling degree days, 2.3 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,554 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 698 | 0 |
| February | 513 | 2 |
| March | 335 | 13 |
| April | 130 | 68 |
| May | 25 | 230 |
| June | 0 | 407 |
| July | 0 | 519 |
| August | 0 | 501 |
| September | 9 | 289 |
| October | 115 | 83 |
| November | 383 | 6 |
| December | 656 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,863 | 2,118 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00419847. 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 Wingate been warmer than normal lately?
2022 averaged 64.5°F, 1.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 62.9°F. 1 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62.7°F | −0.2°F | 30.38 | 19.0 |
| 2022 | 64.5°F | +1.6°F | 18.48 | 3.0 |
Over 44 complete years from 1969 to 2022, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.6°F per century (+0.31°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00419847; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Wingate's climate compare?
Wingate is warmer than 57 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 108. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.9°F is warmer than 82%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Wingate 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 Wingate share this climate record?
Winters has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Winters, TX2,281 people · 11 mi SE
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 Wingate's climate
What is the coldest month in Wingate?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 27°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Wingate?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (0.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Wingate?
June, with 3.20 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.07 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Wingate in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Wingate in zone 8a in ZIP code 79566, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Wingate's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Wingate?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 3; in one year in ten it comes after April 20. Waiting until April 20 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Bronte (11 mi NNE), TX8 miles from this station, 63.7°F a year
- Merkel (12 mi SW), TX19 miles from this station, 63.3°F a year
- Ballinger, TX22 miles from this station, 65.0°F a year
- Robert Lee, TX27 miles from this station, 64.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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