Climate · St. Hedwig

St. Hedwig, TX climate

St. Hedwig has warm winters and hot summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 96°, a January night drops to 41°, and snow is almost unheard of.

NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decade
July high
96°
638th hottest of 1,859 Texas towns
January low
41°
698th mildest of 1,859 Texas towns
Rain + melted snow
32 in
804th driest 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 St. Hedwig feels like

Winter

66° / 43°
Typical high / low · Snow is rare

Spring

81° / 58°
Typical high / low · Last frost around Feb 21

Summer

95° / 73°
Typical high / low · 133 days reach 90° in a normal year

Fall

82° / 59°
Typical high / low · First frost around Dec 5
Best months to be outsideJanFebMarAprOctNovDecHighs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
Month by month

St. Hedwig 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
January64°41°2.0" 080 48° – 57°
February68°45°1.8" 0100 49° – 64°
March74°52°2.6" 090 57° – 69°
April81°57°2.4" 060 64° – 76°
May87°66°3.9" 080 72° – 81°
June93°72°3.4" 070 79° – 87°
July96°74°2.1" 070 80° – 88°
August97°73°2.4" 040 81° – 90°
September91°68°3.4" 080 77° – 85°
October83°59°3.2" 080 68° – 76°
November73°50°2.3" 070 56° – 67°
December65°42°2.1" 0.1"80 47° – 57°
Year81°58°31.7"0.1"890

“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 St. Hedwig

St. Hedwig gets 32 inches of rain and melted snow a year. May is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 89 days a year.

32 in
Rain + melted snow a year
Less rain than 73% 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
3.9"

Snowfall by month

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

About 289 frost-free days a year

In half of years the last 32° night comes by February 21 and the first one by December 5. That leaves about 289 frost-free days for gardens, longer than 94% of U.S. towns.

12
nights at or below 32° in a normal year
0
nights below 0° in a normal year
133
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 St. Hedwig

Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In St. Hedwig, 32% of that work is heating and 68% is cooling, so air conditioning is the bigger bill.

32%heating
1,366 heating degree daysLess heating than 96% of U.S. towns
2,951 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 St. Hedwig compares

Summer heat96° July high
Hotter than 97% of U.S. towns638th hottest of 1,859 Texas towns
Winter cold41° January low
Milder than 94% of U.S. towns698th mildest of 1,859 Texas towns
Precipitation32" a year
Drier than 73% of U.S. towns804th driest of 1,859 Texas towns
Snow0.1" a winter
Less snow than 92% of U.S. towns886th snowiest of 1,796 Texas towns
Growing season289 frost-free days