Canada · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Houston.

July leads for comfortable weather in Houston: typically 22.6°C by day, 8.8°C at night, with 38 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortJuly
Typical high22.6°C
Typical low8.8°C
Rain in July38 mm
Comfort

July

July · August · June

80climate match
Beach

July

July · August · June

41climate match
Outdoors

June

June · August · July

86climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against July’s 80days reach only -3.3°C, 27° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.

Month by month

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.

Jan
5-3.3° / -11.1°
Feb
50.6° / -9.5°
Mar
55.4° / -5.7°
Apr
2711.2° / -1.3°
May
5317° / 3.2°
Jun
6620.1° / 6.9°
Jul
8022.6° / 8.8°
Aug
7922.4° / 7.9°
Sep
5417.3° / 4.3°
Oct
189.4° / -0.1°
Nov
51.5° / -5.1°
Dec
5-3° / -10.1°
Monthly climate evidence for Houston — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured
MonthDayNightRainWet daysDaylightComfortCoverage
January-3.3°C-11.1°C34 mm7.77 h 505Strong coverage
February0.6°C-9.5°C19 mm4.49 h 375Strong coverage
March5.4°C-5.7°C12 mm3.511 h 395Strong coverage
April11.2°C-1.3°C17 mm4.313 h 5827Strong coverage
May17°C3.2°C32 mm6.216 h53Strong coverage
June20.1°C6.9°C46 mm8.817 h 1266Strong coverage
July22.6°C8.8°C38 mm7.716 h 4380Strong coverage
August22.4°C7.9°C34 mm6.214 h 5479Strong coverage
September17.3°C4.3°C34 mm7.812 h 3754Strong coverage
October9.4°C-0.1°C44 mm8.910 h 2418Strong coverage
November1.5°C-5.1°C34 mm6.88 h 235Strong coverage
December-3°C-10.1°C27 mm6.37 h 195Strong coverage
Records at HOUSTON, 1957–2024
MonthRecord highRecord lowWettest dayWettest / driest monthYears
January13.0°C29 Jan 2024-39.5°C15 Jan 202042 mm27 Jan 1962108 mm1962 · driest 0 mm in 201743
February13.0°C25 Feb 1992-38.0°C11 Feb 202128 mm1 Feb 195955 mm1959 · driest 0 mm in 201442
March23.0°C31 Mar 2016-35.6°C3 Mar 196225 mm16 Mar 196054 mm1960 · driest 0 mm in 202441
April26.5°C25 Apr 2005-19.5°C1 Apr 202024 mm4 Apr 199456 mm2012 · driest 0 mm in 201942
May34.0°C14 May 2023-6.7°C9 May 196044 mm2 May 200794 mm2011 · driest 0 mm in 202340
June40.0°C27 Jun 2021-4.4°C4 Jun 196030 mm25 Jun 1962126 mm1959 · driest 6 mm in 202341
July36.0°C13 Jul 2014-2.8°C9 Jul 196049 mm17 Jul 199679 mm2023 · driest 7 mm in 201742
August37.0°C12 Aug 1990-3.3°C10 Aug 195990 mm24 Aug 2008242 mm2008 · driest 0 mm in 201842
September32.0°C4 Sep 1988-9.4°C26 Sep 196130 mm18 Sep 200286 mm2002 · driest 3 mm in 201743
October26.0°C1 Oct 2022-18.0°C29 Oct 199150 mm24 Oct 201781 mm2017 · driest 6 mm in 199343
November14.5°C21 Nov 2005-33.9°C21 Nov 196338 mm18 Nov 196283 mm1959 · driest 0 mm in 201543
December12.0°C10 Dec 2005-39.5°C20 Dec 202229 mm30 Dec 195871 mm1958 · driest 0 mm in 201443
Typical days per month at HOUSTON, 1991–2020
MonthDays 25°C+Days 30°C+Frost nightsHeavy rain (10 mm+)Snow days
January0028<16
February0026<14
March0026<13
April<1021<1<1
May208<1<1
June61<1<10
July920<10
August103<1<10
September3<15<10
October0017<11
November0026<13
December0029<15
How often, not how much — every day in HOUSTON’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
MonthWarm & dry daysWet daysWashoutsWeek with 3+ wet daysDaytime mean has ranged
January0%25%2%31%-6.8–0.1°C
February0%16%1%9%-2.7–3.4°C
March<1%11%<1%7%2.6–8.5°C
April4%13%<1%11%9.4–13.3°C
May26%20%3%20%14.3–20.1°C
June43%28%4%33%17.6–22.8°C
July61%25%3%25%20.7–25.4°C
August61%21%3%24%19.8–25.4°C
September29%24%2%28%14.4–20.4°C
October3%28%3%35%7.7–11.5°C
November0%23%3%22%-1.0–3.9°C
December0%22%2%24%-7.9–0.1°C

A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.

1959Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 37-year average. Warmest: 2013. Coolest: 1959.2023

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity
GeoNames 5977783
NOAA station
CA001073615 · HOUSTON
Station distance
0.2 km from the place centre
Climate period
1991–2020
Minimum month coverage
28 usable years
Daylight
Calculated from latitude 54.40°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

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