Climate · Big Thicket Lake Estates

Big Thicket Lake Estates, TX climate

Big Thicket Lake Estates has warm winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 93°, a January night drops to 41°, and snow is almost unheard of.

NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decade
July high
93°
321st coolest of 1,859 Texas towns
January low
41°
692nd mildest of 1,859 Texas towns
Rain + melted snow
57 in
58th wettest of 1,859 Texas towns
Snow a winter
0.1 in
886th snowiest of 1,796 Texas towns
A normal year

What a year in Big Thicket Lake Estates feels like

Winter

64° / 42°
Typical high / low · Snow is rare

Spring

79° / 57°
Typical high / low · Last frost around Mar 1

Summer

93° / 72°
Typical high / low · 103 days reach 90° in a normal year

Fall

80° / 58°
Typical high / low · First frost around Nov 24
Best months to be outsideFebMarAprOctNovDecHighs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
Month by month

Big Thicket Lake Estates weather by month

Average highs, lows, rain and snow for every month, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals.

MonthHighLowRain + meltSnowWet daysSnow on ground30-yr range
January62°41°4.8" 0.1"100 46° – 58°
February66°45°3.8" 090 46° – 64°
March73°51°3.8" 090 55° – 69°
April79°57°4.0" 070 63° – 72°
May86°65°5.0" 080 72° – 79°
June91°71°5.4" 0100 78° – 85°
July93°73°4.1" 080 81° – 87°
August94°73°5.1" 080 79° – 89°
September89°68°5.2" 080 76° – 83°
October81°58°5.4" 070 65° – 76°
November71°49°4.9" 080 54° – 66°
December63°42°5.0" 0110 46° – 58°
Year79°58°56.6"0.1"1030

“Wet days” have at least 0.01" of rain or melted snow. “Snow on ground” counts days with 1" or more. The 30-year range is the coldest and warmest that month’s average temperature got between 1991 and 2020.

Rain & snow

Rain and snow in Big Thicket Lake Estates

Big Thicket Lake Estates gets 57 inches of rain and melted snow a year. June is the wettest month and March the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 103 days a year.

57 in
Rain + melted snow a year
More rain than 96% of U.S. towns
0.1 in
Snow in a normal winter
Less snow than 92% of U.S. towns
0 days
With 1"+ of snow on the ground
Fewer than 87% of U.S. towns

Rain + melted snow by month

Inches of water
5.4"

Snowfall by month

About 0.1" in a normal year, so most winters see none.
Frost & the growing season

About 269 frost-free days a year

In half of years the last 32° night comes by March 1 and the first one by November 24. That leaves about 269 frost-free days for gardens, longer than 93% of U.S. towns.

36
nights at or below 32° in a normal year
0
nights below 0° in a normal year
103
days that reach 90° in a normal year

Freezing nights by month

Average nights at or below 32°

90° days by month

Average days at 90° or more
Heating & cooling

Heating and cooling a home in Big Thicket Lake Estates

Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Big Thicket Lake Estates, 35% of that work is heating and 65% is cooling, so air conditioning is the bigger bill.

35%heating
1,647 heating degree daysLess heating than 94% of U.S. towns
2,995 cooling degree daysMore cooling than 96% of U.S. towns

Degree days measure how far each day’s average temperature falls below or rises above 65°, added up over a year. Source: NOAA station normals.

Compared with other towns

How Big Thicket Lake Estates compares

Summer heat93° July high
Hotter than 93% of U.S. towns321st coolest of 1,859 Texas towns
Winter cold41° January low
Milder than 95% of U.S. towns692nd mildest of 1,859 Texas towns
Precipitation57" a year
Wetter than 96% of U.S. towns58th wettest of 1,859 Texas towns
Snow0.1" a winter
Less snow than 92% of U.S. towns886th snowiest of 1,796 Texas towns