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Hale Center, Texas Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Plainview Wtr Productn, 17.4 km from Hale Center

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 91°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 24°F. A normal year brings 18.4 in of precipitation and 7.0 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Plainview (PVW), since 1908. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Hale Center through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-250255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
81°F
Normal low
55°F
Record high
96°Fin 1953
Record low
39°Fin 1989
Chance of a wet day
19%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January53°F24°F84°F (1909)-7°F (1918)0.67 in2.40.9 in27.48320
February57°F27°F89°F (2017)-8°F (1933)0.52 in3.61.8 in22.06550
March65°F34°F98°F (2026)-2°F (1922)1.04 in4.60.7 in11.54813
April73°F42°F102°F (2012)15°F (1920)1.46 in4.20.2 in3.424921
May81°F53°F108°F (2000)24°F (1909)2.51 in6.70.0 in0.176138
June89°F63°F112°F (2017)39°F (1917)2.99 in7.40.0 in0.03332
July91°F67°F110°F (2020)50°F (1924)2.05 in5.60.0 in0.00434
August90°F65°F108°F (2026)45°F (1915)2.31 in6.50.0 in0.01391
September83°F57°F102°F (2014)33°F (1912)1.79 in5.80.0 in0.029188
October74°F45°F99°F (2000)17°F (1993)1.50 in5.40.1 in2.821038
November62°F33°F90°F (1950)3°F (1991)0.90 in3.20.9 in15.05311
December53°F26°F82°F (2025)-5°F (1924)0.68 in3.32.4 in26.18000
Year73°F45°F18.42 in597.0 in1083,8661,548

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

18.4 in in a normal year, most in June.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Hale Center, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Plainview Wtr Productn.

7.0 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Plainview Wtr Productn. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around April 11 and the first fall freeze around October 29, a growing season of about 200 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 22, first October 21
Median at 32°F
last April 11, first October 29
Median at 28°F
last April 1, first November 7

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Hale Center.

The muggiest month is August, when 6 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January23°F57%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February25°F54%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March30°F49%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April34°F43%99%1%0%0%0%0%
May44°F47%83%13%4%0%0%0%
June55°F50%40%34%24%2%0%0%
July58°F49%27%40%28%5%0%0%
August58°F51%27%36%31%6%0%0%
September53°F55%54%27%16%2%0%0%
October41°F54%90%7%3%1%0%0%
November30°F55%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December24°F58%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is July, with the sky 42 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 54 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is April, averaging 13.0 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 18, with 14 h 26 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 16, with 9 h 53 min.

Hours of daylight at Hale Center through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Hale County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Hale County: 83.9°F (+6.1 °F against 1991-2020), the 2nd warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Hale County: 0.63 in (-1.54 in against 1991-2020), the 12th driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Hale County: 65.9°F (+4.1 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Hale County: 8.67 in (-5.01 in against 1991-2020), the 12th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
84.8°F in 2011
Coolest August
72.0°F in 1971
Wettest August
7.72 in in 1966
Driest August
0.08 in in 1899

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Hale County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-7.5-5-2.50+2.5+5+7.51900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Texas climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Hale Center in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1908. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00417081 (Plainview Wtr Productn), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00417079, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.