Temple climate — normals and trends
Temple (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 892 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 (29.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Temple averages 16 frost days, 128 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.
Temple has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.5 °C (on 23 July 2018) and the coldest -18.7 °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
TempleTexas
- coords
- 31.10°, -97.34°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.8°C
Average daily high
25.3°C
Average daily low
14.7°C
Annual rainfall
892mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
19.8km/h
Seasonal range
20.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
16 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
128 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
95 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.0 cm
Average feels-like high
25.4 °C
Average feels-like low
14.0 °C
Average peak gust
37.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
133 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
43.5 °C
23 July 2018
Coldest day
-18.7 °C
31 January 1949
Wettest day
141 mm
27 August 2017
Windiest day
64.0 km/h
12 September 1961
Strongest gust
126.0 km/h
12 September 1961
Hottest feels-like
45.7 °C
23 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-23.2 °C
31 January 1949
Snowiest day
9.9 cm
16 January 1964
Sunniest day
13.3 h
10 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 | 12.9 °C | -1.9 °C | 74 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | 17.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 41 mm | -32 mm |
| Mar | 26.6 °C | +5.5 °C | 71 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 27.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 105 mm | +4 mm |
| May | 30.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 185 mm | +58 mm |
| Jun | 33.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 86 mm | +16 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | -1.6 °C | 276 mm | +236 mm |
| Aug | 35.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 65 mm | +17 mm |
| Sep | 33.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 20 mm | -46 mm |
| Oct | 30.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 52 mm | -33 mm |
| Nov | 24.7 °C | +4.1 °C | 37 mm | -36 mm |
| Dec | 19.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 11 mm | -54 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Temple?
Temple has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 892 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Temple?
The hottest day measured in Temple between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2018, reaching 43.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Temple?
The coldest day measured in Temple between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1949, at -18.7 °C.
Does it snow in Temple?
Yes. Temple gets on average 2.0 cm of snow per year and has around 16 frost days.
Has the climate of Temple warmed?
Yes: Temple warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Temple?
The wettest day measured in Temple between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 2017, with 141 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Temple?
The windiest day measured in Temple between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 1961, with winds reaching 64.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Temple?
The warmest month in Temple is August (29.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Temple?
Temple receives on average 892 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Temple?
Temple 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 Temple?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Temple between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1964, with 9.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Temple?
Yes: Temple has on average 133 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Temple?
In Temple, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.7 °C on 23 July 2018, and the lowest was -23.2 °C on 31 January 1949.
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