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United States › Texas › Smith County › Climate Station TYLER POUNDS FLD, TX US Distance 7.9 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Smith County home comfortable runs roughly $542 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Smith County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: August

94.9°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 37.4°F.

Smith County gets 42.1" of precipitation a year, and 28% of it falls in Apr, May, Jun.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low Precip
January 57.9° 37.4° 3.39"
February 62.0° 41.2° 3.68"
March 69.9° 48.0° 3.72"
April 76.6° 54.8° 3.48"
May 83.4° 64.0° 4.07"
June 90.3° 71.2° 4.38"
July 94.4° 74.4° 2.10"
August 94.9° 73.8° 2.61"
September 88.8° 67.2° 3.07"
October 78.9° 56.5° 4.31"
November 67.6° 46.5° 3.26"
December 59.4° 39.2° 4.03"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 28% falling in the wettest three months (Apr, May, Jun).

January 3.39"
February 3.68"
March 3.72"
April 3.48"
May 4.07"
June 4.38"
July 2.10"
August 2.61"
September 3.07"
October 4.31"
November 3.26"
December 4.03"
Annual total 42.1"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 2,685
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 2,072
Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.88¢/kWh, Texas average $426
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $115

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Smith County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Smith County?

Smith County averages a high of 94.9°F in August and a low of 37.4°F in January. Annual precipitation is 42.1 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Smith County?

The wettest stretch is Apr, May, Jun, which accounts for 28% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Smith County?

The average daily high in August, the hottest month, is 94.9°F. That drives 2,685 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Smith County?

The weather station used for Smith County, TYLER POUNDS FLD, TX US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 42.1 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station TYLER POUNDS FLD, TX US (USW00013972), 7.9 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Texas residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.