Alief climate — normals and trends
Alief (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,101 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (28.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Alief averages 8 frost days, 123 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.
Alief has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.2 °C (on 27 August 2023) and the coldest -15.7 °C (on 31 January 1949).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AliefTexas
- coords
- 29.71°, -95.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.4°C
Average daily high
25.7°C
Average daily low
15.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,101mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
18.1km/h
Seasonal range
16.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
8 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
123 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
126 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.8 cm
Average feels-like high
26.9 °C
Average feels-like low
16.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
150 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
42.2 °C
27 August 2023
Coldest day
-15.7 °C
31 January 1949
Wettest day
235 mm
11 September 1961
Windiest day
77.4 km/h
11 September 1961
Strongest gust
147.2 km/h
11 September 1961
Hottest feels-like
45.4 °C
20 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-20.6 °C
31 January 1949
Snowiest day
11.6 cm
30 January 1949
Sunniest day
13.4 h
11 June 2020
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.2 °C | -2.4 °C | 123 mm | +29 mm |
| Feb | 20.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 75 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 25.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 62 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 27.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 70 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 30.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 176 mm | +69 mm |
| Jun | 31.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 189 mm | +91 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 94 mm | +9 mm |
| Aug | 32.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 154 mm | +67 mm |
| Sep | 31.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 77 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 30.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 61 mm | -23 mm |
| Nov | 25.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 85 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 20.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 41 mm | -51 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alief?
Alief has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,101 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alief?
The hottest day measured in Alief between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 2023, reaching 42.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alief?
The coldest day measured in Alief between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1949, at -15.7 °C.
Does it snow in Alief?
Almost never: Alief sees virtually no snow, with about 8 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Alief warmed?
Yes: Alief warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alief?
The wettest day measured in Alief between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 1961, with 235 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alief?
The windiest day measured in Alief between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 1961, with winds reaching 77.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alief?
The warmest month in Alief is July (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Alief?
Alief receives on average 1,101 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alief?
Alief gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Alief?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alief between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1949, with 11.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alief?
Yes: Alief has on average 150 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alief?
In Alief, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 20 August 2023, and the lowest was -20.6 °C on 31 January 1949.
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