Corsicana climate — normals and trends
Corsicana (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 961 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 (29.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Corsicana averages 19 frost days, 120 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 96 rainy days per year.
Corsicana has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.1 °C (on 20 August 2023) and the coldest -18.7 °C (on 2 February 1951).
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
CorsicanaTexas
- coords
- 32.10°, -96.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.2°C
Average daily high
24.6°C
Average daily low
14.4°C
Annual rainfall
961mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
19.6km/h
Seasonal range
21.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
19 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
120 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
96 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.9 cm
Average feels-like high
24.7 °C
Average feels-like low
13.5 °C
Average peak gust
37.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
128 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
43.1 °C
20 August 2023
Coldest day
-18.7 °C
2 February 1951
Wettest day
196 mm
14 October 1957
Windiest day
51.3 km/h
12 September 1961
Strongest gust
111.2 km/h
12 September 1961
Hottest feels-like
46.4 °C
22 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-24.5 °C
2 February 1951
Snowiest day
12.8 cm
16 January 1964
Sunniest day
13.4 h
26 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.3 °C | -1.4 °C | 95 mm | +28 mm |
| Feb | 16.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 54 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 25.3 °C | +5.3 °C | 72 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 26.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 128 mm | +12 mm |
| May | 29.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 136 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 32.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 230 mm | +157 mm |
| Jul | 34.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 74 mm | +32 mm |
| Aug | 35.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 66 mm | +20 mm |
| Sep | 33.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 30 mm | -37 mm |
| Oct | 30.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 45 mm | -45 mm |
| Nov | 24.0 °C | +4.3 °C | 71 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 18.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 22 mm | -52 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Corsicana?
Corsicana has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 961 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Corsicana?
The hottest day measured in Corsicana between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 2023, reaching 43.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Corsicana?
The coldest day measured in Corsicana between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1951, at -18.7 °C.
Does it snow in Corsicana?
Yes. Corsicana gets on average 2.9 cm of snow per year and has around 19 frost days.
Has the climate of Corsicana warmed?
Yes: Corsicana warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Corsicana?
The wettest day measured in Corsicana between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 1957, with 196 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Corsicana?
The windiest day measured in Corsicana between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 1961, with winds reaching 51.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Corsicana?
The warmest month in Corsicana is August (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Corsicana?
Corsicana receives on average 961 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 96 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Corsicana?
Corsicana 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 Corsicana?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Corsicana between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1964, with 12.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Corsicana?
Yes: Corsicana has on average 128 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Corsicana?
In Corsicana, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.4 °C on 22 July 2018, and the lowest was -24.5 °C on 2 February 1951.
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