Fort Worth climate
Fort Worth is warmest in July, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.9 °C. May is the wettest month (127 mm) and July the driest (43 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Fort Worth averages 950 mm of rain, 194 days above 25 °C and 18 days below freezing.
United States · 199 m elevation · population 1,008,106 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month July 35 °C
- Coldest month January 3.9 °C
- Driest month July 43 mm
- Wettest month May 127 mm
- Least cloud September 37 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 43 °C
- Coldest on record February -11 °C
What to expectFort Worth through the year
Fort Worth has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in January to 35 °C in July, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 194 days a year reach 25 °C, 119 of them reach 30 °C, 18 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 127 mm against 43 mm in July — 3.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1 °C | 66 mm | 48 % |
| February | 16.6 °C | 68 mm | 52 % |
| March | 20.7 °C | 90 mm | 52 % |
| April | 24.9 °C | 94 mm | 48 % |
| May | 28.5 °C | 127 mm | 53 % |
| June | 32.3 °C | 84 mm | 44 % |
| July | 34.8 °C | 43 mm | 39 % |
| August | 34.8 °C | 55 mm | 38 % |
| September | 31.0 °C | 70 mm | 37 % |
| October | 25.7 °C | 95 mm | 38 % |
| November | 19.3 °C | 79 mm | 44 % |
| December | 14.6 °C | 79 mm | 49 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1 °C | 3.9 °C | 8.0 °C | 28.6 °C | -9.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| February | 16.6 °C | 5.8 °C | 10.2 °C | 33.7 °C | -10.7 °C | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| March | 20.7 °C | 9.7 °C | 14.3 °C | 33.3 °C | -8.1 °C | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| April | 24.9 °C | 13.9 °C | 18.7 °C | 37.8 °C | 1.3 °C | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| May | 28.5 °C | 18.5 °C | 23.1 °C | 37.4 °C | 5.9 °C | 27 | 10 | 0 |
| June | 32.3 °C | 22.7 °C | 27.3 °C | 40.5 °C | 14.5 °C | 30 | 24 | 0 |
| July | 34.8 °C | 25.1 °C | 29.8 °C | 43.1 °C | 18.0 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| August | 34.8 °C | 25.1 °C | 29.8 °C | 42.2 °C | 16.9 °C | 31 | 28 | 0 |
| September | 31.0 °C | 21.3 °C | 25.8 °C | 42.1 °C | 9.2 °C | 28 | 19 | 0 |
| October | 25.7 °C | 15.5 °C | 20.0 °C | 36.3 °C | -1.8 °C | 19 | 5 | 0 |
| November | 19.3 °C | 9.6 °C | 13.7 °C | 33.5 °C | -5.5 °C | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| December | 14.6 °C | 5.1 °C | 9.0 °C | 29.6 °C | -7.1 °C | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66 mm | 6 | 10 h/day | 48 % | 67 % | 21 km/h |
| February | 68 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 52 % | 66 % | 22 km/h |
| March | 90 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 52 % | 66 % | 24 km/h |
| April | 94 mm | 8 | 13 h/day | 48 % | 64 % | 25 km/h |
| May | 127 mm | 10 | 14 h/day | 53 % | 69 % | 22 km/h |
| June | 84 mm | 8 | 14 h/day | 44 % | 66 % | 20 km/h |
| July | 43 mm | 5 | 14 h/day | 39 % | 58 % | 18 km/h |
| August | 55 mm | 6 | 13 h/day | 38 % | 56 % | 17 km/h |
| September | 70 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 37 % | 61 % | 17 km/h |
| October | 95 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 38 % | 62 % | 20 km/h |
| November | 79 mm | 6 | 10 h/day | 44 % | 66 % | 21 km/h |
| December | 79 mm | 7 | 10 h/day | 49 % | 67 % | 21 km/h |
How Fort Worth compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Worth | 35 °C | 3.9 °C | 950 mm | 194 |
| Arlington · United States | 35 °C | 4.0 °C | 988 mm | 192 |
| Dallas · United States | 35 °C | 4.1 °C | 1,043 mm | 191 |
| Plano · United States | 34 °C | 3.6 °C | 1,079 mm | 182 |
Where Fort Worth ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The warmest places in North America in August | 21stof 50 | 35 °C |
| The warmest places in North America in July | 22ndof 50 | 35 °C |
| The warmest places in North America in June | 42ndof 50 | 32 °C |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Fort Worth’s climate
When is the best time to visit Fort Worth?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Fort Worth get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 119 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 3.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 18 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Fort Worth?
May, averaging 127 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is July with 43 mm. The year as a whole averages 950 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Fort Worth rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.