Hico, Texas Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Hico, 0.3 km from Hico

The warmest month is August, with an average high of 96°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 32°F. A normal year brings 36.2 in of precipitation and 1.9 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Stephenville/Clark (SEP), since 1918. The line marks today.

Normal low
Normal high
Record high
Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high: 85°F
Normal low: 60°F
Record high: 99°Fin 1977
Record low: 42°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.

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Record high	Record low	Precipitation	Wet days	Snowfall	Freeze nights	Heating DD	Cooling DD
January	59°F	32°F	87°F (2006)	-2°F (1949)	2.40 in	7.3	0.5 in	16.9	619	1
February	62°F	35°F	96°F (1996)	0°F (2021)	2.81 in	6.6	0.9 in	10.1	466	3
March	69°F	43°F	96°F (2026)	9°F (1948)	3.02 in	7.4	0.0 in	4.1	299	23
April	77°F	51°F	103°F (1925)	25°F (2009)	3.12 in	6.2	0.0 in	0.8	107	83
May	83°F	61°F	103°F (1984)	36°F (2013)	4.39 in	7.5	0.0 in	0.0	19	238
June	91°F	69°F	109°F (1980)	51°F (1982)	4.77 in	6.7	0.0 in	0.0	0	450
July	94°F	72°F	111°F (1925)	52°F (1924)	2.06 in	5.5	0.0 in	0.0	0	560
August	96°F	71°F	110°F (2023)	50°F (1992)	2.73 in	5.8	0.0 in	0.0	0	559
September	88°F	63°F	110°F (1953)	33°F (1942)	2.72 in	5.7	0.0 in	0.0	9	321
October	78°F	52°F	103°F (1951)	21°F (1993)	3.81 in	6.5	0.0 in	0.4	98	108
November	68°F	42°F	92°F (2017)	11°F (1950)	2.20 in	6.6	0.0 in	6.4	327	18
December	59°F	33°F	89°F (2005)	-8°F (1989)	2.14 in	6.3	0.5 in	15.8	586	2
Year	77°F	52°F			36.17 in	78	1.9 in	54	2,531	2,365

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.

36.2 in in a normal year, most in June.

Chance of a wet day

Chance of a wet day
Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Chalk Mtn, 21.3 km away; Hico keeps no snowfall normals.

1.9 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Hico. 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 March 24 and the first fall freeze around November 7, a growing season of about 229 days.

Median at 36°F: last April 5, first October 30
Median at 32°F: last March 24, first November 7
Median at 28°F: last March 11, first November 18

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

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

The muggiest month is June, when 68 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

Month	Dew point	Humidity	Dry	Comfortable	Humid	Muggy	Oppressive	Miserable
January	34°F	70%	96%	3%	1%	0%	0%	0%
February	38°F	70%	93%	6%	2%	0%	0%	0%
March	45°F	68%	79%	13%	8%	0%	0%	0%
April	51°F	66%	57%	19%	19%	5%	0%	0%
May	61°F	69%	20%	17%	26%	34%	4%	0%
June	66°F	66%	3%	8%	20%	44%	24%	0%
July	66°F	58%	2%	9%	27%	42%	20%	0%
August	65°F	57%	3%	10%	31%	38%	18%	0%
September	61°F	63%	22%	12%	23%	31%	12%	0%
October	52°F	65%	55%	17%	13%	13%	1%	0%
November	43°F	69%	82%	11%	7%	1%	0%	0%
December	36°F	70%	94%	4%	2%	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 39 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 57 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 12.1 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 17, with 14 h 15 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 10 h 03 min.

Day length

Solar energy

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

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Hico 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 1918. 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 USC00414137 (Hico), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00003969, 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.