Yoakum, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Yoakum's normal year runs from 41°F January nights to 96°F August afternoons, with 40.1 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.1 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 20.6°C, January lows of 5°C, August highs of 35°C, 1,019 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationYoakum
- Station IDUSC00419952
- Location29.27°N 97.16°W
- Elevation295 ft (90 m)
- Population5,875
On October 23, the normal high in Yoakum is 81°F and the normal low 57°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 21%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Yoakum.
- Jan 63° 41°
- Feb 67° 45°
- Mar 73° 52°
- Apr 79° 58°
- May 86° 66°
- Jun 91° 71°
- Jul 94° 73°
- Aug 96° 72°
- Sep 90° 68°
- Oct 83° 59°
- Nov 73° 50°
- Dec 65° 43°
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 Yoakum each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 41°F. The most precipitation falls in October (4.44 in), the least in February (1.92 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63°F | 41°F | 52.1°F | 2.87 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 30 min |
| February | 67°F | 45°F | 55.9°F | 1.92 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 73°F | 52°F | 62.4°F | 3.26 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 58°F | 68.5°F | 3.44 | 6 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 86°F | 66°F | 76.0°F | 3.80 | 6 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 91°F | 71°F | 81.2°F | 4.37 | 7 | 23 | <1 | 14 h |
| July | 94°F | 73°F | 83.2°F | 2.83 | 5 | 28 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| August | 96°F | 72°F | 84.0°F | 3.48 | 6 | 29 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| September | 90°F | 68°F | 79.3°F | 3.84 | 8 | 20 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 83°F | 59°F | 70.9°F | 4.44 | 6 | 7 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 73°F | 50°F | 61.5°F | 3.15 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 65°F | 43°F | 54.2°F | 2.71 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 80°F | 58°F | 69.1°F | 40.11 | 82 | 119 | 17 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17°C | 5°C | 11.2°C | 73 mm |
| February | 19°C | 7°C | 13.3°C | 49 mm |
| March | 23°C | 11°C | 16.9°C | 83 mm |
| April | 26°C | 14°C | 20.3°C | 87 mm |
| May | 30°C | 19°C | 24.4°C | 97 mm |
| June | 33°C | 22°C | 27.3°C | 111 mm |
| July | 34°C | 23°C | 28.4°C | 72 mm |
| August | 35°C | 22°C | 28.9°C | 88 mm |
| September | 32°C | 20°C | 26.3°C | 98 mm |
| October | 28°C | 15°C | 21.6°C | 113 mm |
| November | 23°C | 10°C | 16.4°C | 80 mm |
| December | 19°C | 6°C | 12.3°C | 69 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00419952; 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 Yoakum?
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 (6).
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 USC00419952.
When is the last frost in Yoakum?
In Yoakum, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 2 in half of years and after March 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 30 in half of years and before November 7 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 21 year in 10 after March 23; 9 in 10 after January 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 301 year in 10 before November 7; 9 in 10 before December 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 276 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 313 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 11 in half of springs and before December 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Yoakum in zone 9a in ZIP code 77987, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Yoakum's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 24°F (18 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 USC00419952; 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 Yoakum?
In a normal year in Yoakum, 119 days a year reach 90°F (15 of them 100°F or more), 17 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 82 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 119a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 15a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 17a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 82a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1941) is 112°F, on August 29, 2011; the lowest is 6°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1997, with 68.67 in; the snowiest season is 2017–18, with 3.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00419952; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00419952. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Yoakum?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Yoakum, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (87%) and February the cloudiest (68%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 3.0 |
| February | 68% | 3.5 |
| March | 71% | 4.5 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 78% | 5.9 |
| June | 84% | 6.7 |
| July | 86% | 6.6 |
| August | 87% | 6.3 |
| September | 81% | 5.2 |
| October | 82% | 4.4 |
| November | 76% | 3.3 |
| December | 71% | 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 Yoakum need?
A normal year in Yoakum brings 1,446 heating degree days, 73% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,963 cooling degree days, 3.3 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 7,219 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 410 | 12 |
| February | 278 | 21 |
| March | 151 | 69 |
| April | 42 | 146 |
| May | 4 | 345 |
| June | 0 | 485 |
| July | 0 | 564 |
| August | 0 | 587 |
| September | 1 | 430 |
| October | 36 | 219 |
| November | 170 | 66 |
| December | 354 | 20 |
| Year (annual) | 1,446 | 2,963 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00419952. 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 Yoakum been warmer than normal lately?
Over 42 complete years from 1954 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted -0.8°F per century (−0.04°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Yoakum's climate compare?
Yoakum is warmer than 243 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 229. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 69.1°F is warmer than 94%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Yoakum 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 Yoakum share this climate record?
Shiner 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.
- Shiner, TX2,163 people · 11 mi N
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 Yoakum's climate
What is the coldest month in Yoakum?
January, with a normal high of 63°F and a normal low of 41°F. The warmest is August (96°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Yoakum?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.1 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Yoakum?
October, with 4.44 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 1.92 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Yoakum in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Yoakum in zone 9a in ZIP code 77987, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Yoakum's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 24°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Yoakum?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 2; in one year in ten it comes after March 23. Waiting until March 23 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Cheapside, TX16 miles from this station, 69.6°F a year
- Cuero, TX17 miles from this station, 70.9°F a year
- Hallettsville, TX19 miles from this station, 71.7°F a year
- Gonzales, TX22 miles from this station, 68.8°F a year
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