Canyon Lake climate — normals and trends
Canyon Lake (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 798 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 August (28.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Canyon Lake averages 14 frost days, 119 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
Canyon Lake has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.8 °C (on 28 August 2011) 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
Canyon LakeTexas
- coords
- 29.88°, -98.26°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.3°C
Average daily high
25.0°C
Average daily low
14.4°C
Annual rainfall
798mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
17.8km/h
Seasonal range
18.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
14 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
119 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.5 cm
Average feels-like high
25.1 °C
Average feels-like low
13.8 °C
Average peak gust
38.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
125 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
41.8 °C
28 August 2011
Coldest day
-15.7 °C
31 January 1949
Wettest day
127 mm
10 May 1968
Windiest day
53.4 km/h
11 September 1961
Strongest gust
114.5 km/h
11 September 1961
Hottest feels-like
44.2 °C
10 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-21.6 °C
23 December 1989
Snowiest day
8.7 cm
30 January 1949
Sunniest day
13.3 h
25 June 1940
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 | 12.8 °C | -2.2 °C | 65 mm | +14 mm |
| Feb | 17.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 34 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 26.4 °C | +5.1 °C | 58 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 27.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 68 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 31.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 118 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 32.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 75 mm | +7 mm |
| Jul | 31.7 °C | -1.8 °C | 202 mm | +156 mm |
| Aug | 34.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 26 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 33.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 27 mm | -44 mm |
| Oct | 30.2 °C | +4.0 °C | 25 mm | -46 mm |
| Nov | 24.4 °C | +4.1 °C | 33 mm | -27 mm |
| Dec | 19.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 13 mm | -38 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Canyon Lake?
Canyon Lake has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 798 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Canyon Lake?
The hottest day measured in Canyon Lake between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2011, reaching 41.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Canyon Lake?
The coldest day measured in Canyon Lake between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1949, at -15.7 °C.
Does it snow in Canyon Lake?
Yes. Canyon Lake gets on average 1.5 cm of snow per year and has around 14 frost days.
Has the climate of Canyon Lake warmed?
Yes: Canyon Lake warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Canyon Lake?
The wettest day measured in Canyon Lake between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 1968, with 127 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Canyon Lake?
The windiest day measured in Canyon Lake between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 1961, with winds reaching 53.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Canyon Lake?
The warmest month in Canyon Lake is August (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Canyon Lake?
Canyon Lake receives on average 798 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Canyon Lake?
Canyon Lake gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Canyon Lake?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Canyon Lake between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1949, with 8.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Canyon Lake?
Yes: Canyon Lake has on average 125 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Canyon Lake?
In Canyon Lake, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 10 July 2022, and the lowest was -21.6 °C on 23 December 1989.
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