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United States / Texas / Gainesville Metro Area / Cooke County / Gainesville / Zip Codes
Gainesville, TX has a humid subtropical climate with hot summers and cool winters. The average high temperature in the summer months is around 91°F while temperatures drop to an average low of 32°F in winter. Rainfall is fairly consistent throughout the year, with an average of approximately 34 inches per year. During August, temperatures can reach as high as 104°F, making it one of the hottest cities in Texas. The spring season is when Gainesville receives most of its rainfall, which helps to keep the city green and lush.

Gainesville, Texas gets 40 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Gainesville averages 3 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 233 sunny days per year in Gainesville. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Gainesville gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 69 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 94 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 31
Rain: averages 40 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 3 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Gainesville is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Texas.

4.9 Summer - 7.1 Winter
October, May and April are the most pleasant months in Gainesville, while July and August are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateGainesville, TexasUnited States
  40.1 in.38.1 in.
  3.2 in.27.8 in.
  69.2 days106.2 days
  233 days205 days
  94.1°85.8°
  30.5°21.7°
  7.27
  5.54.3
  751 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

August is the hottest month for Gainesville with an average high temperature of 95.2°, which ranks it as about average compared to other places in Texas. In Gainesville, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Gainesville are October, May and April.
In Gainesville, there are 77.1 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Texas.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Gainesville with an average of 30.5°. This is colder than most places in Texas.
In Gainesville, there are 54.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Texas.
In Gainesville, there are 0.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Texas.
Humidity in Gainesville can be uncomfortable during the summer, but comfortable for most of the year. The most uncomfortably humid months are July, June and August. The humid season runs from June-September and the most comfortable months are October-May.
May is the wettest month in Gainesville with 5.2 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.9 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 31% of yearly precipitation and 18% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 40.1 inches in Gainesville means that it is wetter than most places in Texas.
May is the rainiest month in Gainesville with 8.3 days of rain, and July is the driest month with only 4.4 rainy days. There are 69.2 rainy days annually in Gainesville, which is less rainy than most places in Texas. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 3.2 inches in Gainesville means that it is one of the snowiest places in Texas. January is the snowiest month in Gainesville with 1.3 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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Bp · Gainesville, TX
Not like it use to be!
Over 13 years ago

I have lived here for the last 52 years, and my parents and grandparents were also born here in Gainesville, Cooke county. I am very disheartened by the increase in  More

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David · Gainesville, TX
Quality of life for African Americans
Over 14 years ago

Unemplyment for peoples of African descent seem to be way higher than the city average. Culturally the town is very segregated emotional and culturaly with limited  More

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