Brownwood climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Brownwood?

Brownwood has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 671 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Brownwood?

The hottest day measured in Brownwood between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 2024, reaching 42.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Brownwood?

The coldest day measured in Brownwood between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1989, at -18.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Brownwood?

Yes. Brownwood gets on average 4.5 cm of snow per year and has around 30 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Brownwood warmed?

Yes: Brownwood warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Brownwood?

The wettest day measured in Brownwood between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1991, with 149 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Brownwood?

The windiest day measured in Brownwood between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1987, with winds reaching 60.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Brownwood?

The warmest month in Brownwood is July (28.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Brownwood?

Brownwood receives on average 671 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 79 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Brownwood?

Brownwood gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Brownwood (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 671 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 (28.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Brownwood averages 30 frost days, 124 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 79 rainy days per year.

Brownwood has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.3 °C (on 21 August 2024) and the coldest -18.8 °C (on 23 December 1989).

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

BrownwoodTexas

coords: 31.71°, -98.99°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

18.5°C

Average daily high

24.7°C

Average daily low

13.0°C

Annual rainfall

671mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

61%

Average peak wind

22.6km/h

Seasonal range

21.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

30 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

124 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

79 d/yr

Annual snowfall

4.5 cm

Average feels-like high

23.5 °C

Average feels-like low

11.2 °C

Average peak gust

39.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

109 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

42.3 °C

21 August 2024

Coldest day

-18.8 °C

23 December 1989

Wettest day

149 mm

20 December 1991

Windiest day

60.2 km/h

23 March 1987

Strongest gust

101.2 km/h

1 April 1983

Hottest feels-like

45.0 °C

19 June 2023

Coldest feels-like

-24.0 °C

23 December 1989

Snowiest day

13.4 cm

24 November 1957

Sunniest day

13.7 h

5 July 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.6 °C31 July 2025	-11.4 °C19 February 2025	20.1 °C	637 mm	169	30
2024	42.3 °C21 August 2024	-12.0 °C15 January 2024	20.5 °C	697 mm	161	15
2023	42.2 °C9 August 2023	-4.9 °C31 January 2023	20.5 °C	552 mm	142	19
2022	42.0 °C19 July 2022	-11.9 °C23 December 2022	20.0 °C	498 mm	165	46
2021	39.3 °C25 July 2021	-16.1 °C15 February 2021	19.2 °C	706 mm	126	21
2020	40.9 °C14 July 2020	-5.0 °C6 February 2020	19.8 °C	600 mm	147	15
2019	41.7 °C26 August 2019	-6.6 °C5 March 2019	19.6 °C	532 mm	152	28
2018	41.9 °C23 July 2018	-10.9 °C17 January 2018	19.3 °C	739 mm	134	30
2017	39.4 °C23 June 2017	-10.3 °C7 January 2017	20.0 °C	622 mm	142	17
2016	38.4 °C1 August 2016	-9.1 °C18 December 2016	19.7 °C	749 mm	124	19
2015	40.9 °C10 August 2015	-7.8 °C8 January 2015	19.4 °C	874 mm	141	33
2014	39.2 °C7 August 2014	-9.9 °C6 January 2014	18.7 °C	361 mm	149	39
2013	40.0 °C28 June 2013	-8.2 °C7 December 2013	18.6 °C	723 mm	137	42
2012	40.8 °C26 June 2012	-6.7 °C26 December 2012	20.0 °C	608 mm	136	19
2011	42.0 °C28 May 2011	-12.3 °C2 February 2011	20.2 °C	479 mm	159	32
2010	40.3 °C1 August 2010	-12.5 °C9 January 2010	18.9 °C	714 mm	126	36
2009	40.3 °C9 July 2009	-8.5 °C28 January 2009	19.0 °C	720 mm	128	34
2008	40.3 °C28 July 2008	-6.8 °C2 January 2008	19.4 °C	496 mm	134	32
2007	38.3 °C8 August 2007	-7.5 °C16 February 2007	18.4 °C	867 mm	103	35
2006	39.2 °C18 July 2006	-6.0 °C4 December 2006	20.1 °C	518 mm	146	17
2005	38.8 °C3 July 2005	-10.6 °C8 December 2005	19.1 °C	510 mm	134	21
2004	38.8 °C1 June 2004	-7.5 °C23 December 2004	18.7 °C	815 mm	111	24
2003	40.5 °C8 August 2003	-7.9 °C25 February 2003	18.8 °C	556 mm	118	34
2002	37.3 °C26 August 2002	-7.9 °C27 February 2002	18.2 °C	916 mm	122	33
2001	38.8 °C14 July 2001	-4.8 °C20 January 2001	18.5 °C	753 mm	107	27
2000	41.5 °C5 September 2000	-6.5 °C12 December 2000	19.5 °C	775 mm	139	27
1999	38.8 °C30 July 1999	-7.1 °C4 January 1999	19.6 °C	641 mm	123	19
1998	38.9 °C12 July 1998	-7.9 °C22 December 1998	19.4 °C	743 mm	145	22
1997	37.1 °C22 August 1997	-8.2 °C13 January 1997	17.3 °C	1,045 mm	101	34
1996	38.0 °C3 August 1996	-13.1 °C4 February 1996	18.4 °C	711 mm	119	44
1995	39.6 °C28 July 1995	-7.3 °C10 December 1995	18.2 °C	789 mm	108	27
1994	41.7 °C27 June 1994	-7.2 °C1 February 1994	18.8 °C	780 mm	120	27
1993	40.8 °C2 June 1993	-6.3 °C26 November 1993	18.0 °C	662 mm	128	38
1992	36.3 °C14 July 1992	-7.7 °C16 January 1992	18.0 °C	802 mm	108	18
1991	38.2 °C19 July 1991	-5.0 °C31 January 1991	18.5 °C	1,017 mm	125	24
1990	38.2 °C27 August 1990	-11.8 °C23 December 1990	18.8 °C	1,071 mm	117	14
1989	41.0 °C18 July 1989	-18.8 °C23 December 1989	18.2 °C	830 mm	140	40
1988	38.4 °C8 August 1988	-8.4 °C11 February 1988	18.8 °C	467 mm	134	34
1987	38.3 °C17 August 1987	-5.6 °C16 December 1987	17.8 °C	866 mm	100	29
1986	39.6 °C30 July 1986	-6.6 °C11 February 1986	18.8 °C	914 mm	114	18
1985	38.4 °C6 August 1985	-17.5 °C2 February 1985	18.3 °C	680 mm	114	40
1984	38.3 °C5 May 1984	-11.9 °C19 January 1984	18.6 °C	704 mm	127	24
1983	39.7 °C27 June 1983	-15.0 °C22 December 1983	17.8 °C	620 mm	120	37
1982	38.6 °C14 August 1982	-13.3 °C11 January 1982	18.6 °C	695 mm	133	34
1981	38.9 °C23 July 1981	-11.3 °C11 February 1981	18.8 °C	822 mm	121	20
1980	41.9 °C28 June 1980	-10.7 °C2 March 1980	18.9 °C	690 mm	127	34
1979	38.4 °C28 September 1979	-12.8 °C2 January 1979	17.5 °C	807 mm	116	45
1978	40.8 °C16 July 1978	-9.4 °C20 January 1978	18.0 °C	571 mm	130	50
1977	39.7 °C25 September 1977	-10.5 °C31 January 1977	18.9 °C	633 mm	126	33
1976	37.4 °C10 August 1976	-11.4 °C8 January 1976	17.3 °C	658 mm	90	37
1975	35.6 °C18 September 1975	-9.2 °C13 January 1975	17.8 °C	610 mm	106	32
1974	39.2 °C23 July 1974	-8.5 °C4 January 1974	18.5 °C	638 mm	110	29
1973	37.5 °C23 August 1973	-12.0 °C12 January 1973	17.5 °C	925 mm	100	30
1972	39.8 °C25 June 1972	-10.6 °C5 January 1972	18.1 °C	555 mm	132	42
1971	38.4 °C4 July 1971	-10.5 °C8 February 1971	18.6 °C	566 mm	122	24
1970	38.5 °C9 August 1970	-10.1 °C7 January 1970	17.8 °C	508 mm	108	35
1969	40.6 °C13 August 1969	-6.4 °C1 January 1969	18.1 °C	772 mm	108	26
1968	36.7 °C10 August 1968	-9.2 °C7 January 1968	17.2 °C	845 mm	98	42
1967	39.8 °C11 May 1967	-6.7 °C19 January 1967	18.7 °C	454 mm	124	32
1966	38.1 °C1 August 1966	-12.0 °C30 January 1966	17.9 °C	514 mm	114	45
1965	38.4 °C15 September 1965	-8.6 °C24 February 1965	18.7 °C	670 mm	125	30
1964	39.5 °C5 August 1964	-10.9 °C14 January 1964	18.5 °C	588 mm	112	37
1963	38.2 °C24 July 1963	-12.8 °C12 January 1963	19.0 °C	398 mm	148	41
1962	39.6 °C12 August 1962	-12.5 °C11 January 1962	18.8 °C	425 mm	138	29
1961	36.9 °C4 August 1961	-8.0 °C8 February 1961	17.7 °C	679 mm	127	32
1960	40.0 °C15 June 1960	-8.8 °C25 February 1960	18.2 °C	496 mm	142	38
1959	39.1 °C1 September 1959	-13.3 °C4 January 1959	17.9 °C	649 mm	124	37
1958	37.7 °C31 July 1958	-7.9 °C14 December 1958	17.2 °C	884 mm	104	36
1957	40.2 °C30 July 1957	-7.8 °C17 January 1957	17.9 °C	1,043 mm	102	29
1956	39.2 °C30 August 1956	-9.8 °C5 February 1956	19.3 °C	349 mm	159	37
1955	39.0 °C10 August 1955	-7.0 °C11 February 1955	19.2 °C	377 mm	156	31
1954	40.9 °C26 July 1954	-8.9 °C21 January 1954	19.8 °C	388 mm	148	23
1953	41.6 °C27 September 1953	-9.4 °C24 December 1953	19.2 °C	556 mm	130	15
1952	39.9 °C6 August 1952	-5.7 °C15 December 1952	18.8 °C	530 mm	136	18
1951	39.9 °C19 July 1951	-15.7 °C2 February 1951	19.1 °C	397 mm	142	40
1950	37.1 °C5 August 1950	-10.9 °C6 December 1950	18.6 °C	533 mm	124	31
1949	38.3 °C7 July 1949	-11.4 °C31 January 1949	18.2 °C	732 mm	121	28
1948	39.8 °C5 June 1948	-11.5 °C11 March 1948	18.3 °C	472 mm	133	41
1947	39.5 °C1 September 1947	-12.3 °C4 January 1947	17.6 °C	573 mm	129	40
1946	40.1 °C29 July 1946	-9.0 °C16 January 1946	18.1 °C	843 mm	86	24
1945	39.4 °C18 August 1945	-5.1 °C19 December 1945	18.4 °C	704 mm	118	13
1944	40.9 °C27 July 1944	-7.2 °C14 January 1944	18.3 °C	727 mm	94	17
1943	40.8 °C3 August 1943	-8.8 °C19 January 1943	18.4 °C	532 mm	115	23
1942	36.7 °C10 August 1942	-7.8 °C8 January 1942	16.9 °C	834 mm	65	25
1941	34.4 °C18 August 1941	-2.9 °C7 February 1941	16.5 °C	978 mm	45	14
1940	37.4 °C3 August 1940	-12.4 °C19 January 1940	16.5 °C	739 mm	78	37

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.7 °C

+2.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

169 d/yr

+45

Frost days (< 0 °C)

30 d/yr

Annual rainfall

637 mm

-34 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	12.1 °C	-1.7 °C	36 mm	-1 mm
Feb	18.0 °C	+1.7 °C	10 mm	-35 mm
Mar	26.2 °C	+5.6 °C	33 mm	-27 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+2.5 °C	86 mm	+6 mm
May	30.3 °C	+1.8 °C	113 mm	+9 mm
Jun	33.2 °C	+0.6 °C	83 mm	+26 mm
Jul	33.2 °C	-1.3 °C	99 mm	+61 mm
Aug	35.1 °C	+0.7 °C	46 mm	+8 mm
Sep	32.7 °C	+2.2 °C	7 mm	-52 mm
Oct	29.1 °C	+3.4 °C	33 mm	-35 mm
Nov	23.5 °C	+4.2 °C	88 mm	+43 mm
Dec	18.5 °C	+3.3 °C	2 mm	-36 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.6 °C

31 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-11.4 °C

19 Feb 2025

Wettest day

36.8 mm

20 Nov 2025

Windiest day

59.5 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

99.4 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.4 °C

31 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-19.4 °C

19 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

2.6 cm

9 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

29 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Brownwood?

Brownwood has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 671 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Brownwood?

The hottest day measured in Brownwood between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 2024, reaching 42.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Brownwood?

The coldest day measured in Brownwood between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1989, at -18.8 °C.

Does it snow in Brownwood?

Yes. Brownwood gets on average 4.5 cm of snow per year and has around 30 frost days.

Has the climate of Brownwood warmed?

Yes: Brownwood warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Brownwood?

The wettest day measured in Brownwood between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1991, with 149 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Brownwood?

The windiest day measured in Brownwood between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1987, with winds reaching 60.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Brownwood?

The warmest month in Brownwood is July (28.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Brownwood?

Brownwood receives on average 671 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 79 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Brownwood?

Brownwood gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Brownwood?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Brownwood between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1957, with 13.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Brownwood?

Yes: Brownwood has on average 109 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Brownwood?

In Brownwood, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.0 °C on 19 June 2023, and the lowest was -24.0 °C on 23 December 1989.

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