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Kempner, Texas Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Lampasas, 17.4 km from Kempner

The warmest month is August, with an average high of 97°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 34°F. A normal year brings 32.2 in of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Fort Hood/Gray Aaf (GRK), since 1978. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Kempner 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
88°F
Normal low
62°F
Record high
103°Fin 2023
Record low
42°Fin 1994
Chance of a wet day
17%
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 daysFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January60°F34°F88°F (2000)5°F (1982)2.24 in7.616.85662
February64°F38°F94°F (1986)2°F (1985)2.19 in6.610.54065
March71°F44°F96°F (1991)17°F (2002)2.96 in7.64.526230
April78°F52°F98°F (1996)29°F (1987)2.53 in5.60.790101
May85°F62°F100°F (1984)37°F (1995)4.58 in7.50.013273
June92°F69°F107°F (1980)41°F (1987)3.53 in6.30.00468
July96°F72°F111°F (2018)55°F (1995)1.88 in4.30.00587
August97°F72°F110°F (2023)56°F (1992)2.34 in5.20.00594
September90°F65°F112°F (2000)41°F (1994)2.45 in5.20.06384
October81°F54°F102°F (1979)24°F (1993)3.02 in6.40.371146
November70°F43°F91°F (2017)19°F (1993)2.25 in6.16.027430
December61°F35°F87°F (2024)-2°F (1989)2.20 in6.416.15233
Year79°F53°F32.17 in75552,2122,622

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.

32.2 in in a normal year, most in May.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Kempner, in percent.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Lampasas. 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 22 and the first fall freeze around November 12, a growing season of about 238 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 3, first November 3
Median at 32°F
last March 22, first November 12
Median at 28°F
last March 6, first November 26

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

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

The muggiest month is June, when 73 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January36°F70%94%4%2%0%0%0%
February40°F70%90%6%4%0%0%0%
March47°F69%71%18%11%1%0%0%
April53°F66%51%20%22%8%0%0%
May62°F70%17%12%26%38%6%0%
June67°F67%2%7%18%48%25%0%
July66°F60%2%7%23%49%20%0%
August66°F58%2%8%26%48%16%0%
September62°F64%19%11%20%35%14%0%
October54°F66%50%16%15%16%3%0%
November45°F70%75%12%10%3%0%0%
December38°F70%90%6%3%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 40 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 59 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 11.6 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 15, with 14 h 10 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 19, with 10 h 07 min.

Hours of daylight at Kempner 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 Lampasas 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 Lampasas County: 86.9°F (+3.2 °F against 1991-2020), the 6th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Lampasas County: 0.83 in (-1.41 in against 1991-2020), the 31st driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Lampasas County: 70.8°F (+2.7 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Lampasas County: 24.20 in (+2.90 in against 1991-2020), the 23rd wettest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
89.8°F in 2011
Coolest August
77.5°F in 1971
Wettest August
8.85 in in 2016
Driest August
0.00 in in 1902

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Lampasas County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-4-20+2+41900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Texas climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Kempner 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 1978. 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 USC00415018 (Lampasas), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00414792, 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.