Welch, TX climate
Welch has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 94°, a January night drops to 29°, and about 5 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in Welch feels like
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Welch weather by month
Average highs, lows, rain and snow for every month, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals.
| Month | High | Low | Rain + melt | Snow | Wet days | Snow on ground | 30-yr range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 29° | 0.7" | 1.4" | 3 | 1 | 37° – 48° |
| February | 61° | 32° | 0.7" | 1.2" | 3 | 1 | 41° – 52° |
| March | 69° | 39° | 1.0" | 0.3" | 4 | 0 | 49° – 60° |
| April | 78° | 46° | 1.1" | 0 | 4 | 0 | 56° – 68° |
| May | 85° | 57° | 2.2" | 0 | 6 | 0 | 66° – 78° |
| June | 93° | 65° | 2.3" | 0 | 7 | 0 | 75° – 85° |
| July | 94° | 68° | 1.8" | 0 | 5 | 0 | 77° – 85° |
| August | 93° | 67° | 1.9" | 0 | 6 | 0 | 75° – 86° |
| September | 85° | 60° | 2.7" | 0 | 6 | 0 | 68° – 78° |
| October | 76° | 49° | 1.5" | 0.1" | 5 | 0 | 59° – 67° |
| November | 65° | 37° | 0.9" | 0.8" | 4 | 0 | 44° – 56° |
| December | 57° | 30° | 0.7" | 1.2" | 3 | 1 | 38° – 47° |
| Year | 76° | 48° | 17.3" | 5.0" | 56 | 3 |
“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 and snow in Welch
Welch gets 17 inches of rain and melted snow a year. September is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 56 days a year.
About 215 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by April 3 and the first one by November 4. That leaves about 215 frost-free days for gardens, longer than 80% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in Welch
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Welch, 64% of that work is heating and 36% is cooling.
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.