Sweetwater Metro Area, TX Climate

The climate of Sweetwater, TX Metro Area is mostly hot and dry throughout the year. Summers in the area are typically long and hot, with temperatures often reaching into the triple digits. Winters, on the other hand, tend to be warm and mild; snowfall is rare in this region. Spring and fall are usually pleasant, with sunny days and mild nights. The area receives an average of 24 inches of precipitation per year, most of which falls during the spring months. Despite its consistently warm temperatures, Sweetwater rarely experiences extreme weather conditions such as droughts or floods.

Sweetwater Metro Area, Texas gets 24 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Sweetwater Metro Area averages 3 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 246 sunny days per year in Sweetwater Metro Area. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Sweetwater Metro Area gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 49 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 29
Rain: averages 24 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 3 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the Sweetwater metro area is 7.9 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Texas.

6.7 Summer - 7.4 Winter

October, April and May are the most pleasant months in the Sweetwater metro area, while July and August are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Sweetwater, Texas	United States
	23.6 in.	38.1 in.
	2.8 in.	27.8 in.
	49.3 days	106.2 days
	246 days	205 days
	94.3°	85.8°
	28.5°	21.7°
	7.9	7
	6	4.3
	2350 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.

July is the hottest month for the Sweetwater metro area with an average high temperature of 94.3°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Texas. In the Sweetwater metro area, there are 2 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the Sweetwater metro area are April, October and May.

In the Sweetwater metro area, there are 90.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is about average compared to other places in Texas.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the Sweetwater metro area with an average of 28.5°. This is one of the coldest places in Texas.

In the Sweetwater metro area, there are 70.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Texas.

In the Sweetwater metro area, there are 0.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Texas.

The humidity is usually acceptable in the Sweetwater metro area but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most uncomfortably humid months in the Sweetwater metro area.

June is the wettest month in the Sweetwater metro area with 3.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.0 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 33% of yearly precipitation and 15% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 23.6 inches in the Sweetwater metro area means that it is drier than most places in Texas.

May is the rainiest month in the Sweetwater metro area with 5.6 days of rain, and December is the driest month with only 3.0 rainy days. There are 49.3 rainy days annually in the Sweetwater metro area, which is one of the least rainy places in Texas. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 20% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 2.8 inches in the Sweetwater metro area means that it is snowier than most places in Texas. January is the snowiest month in the Sweetwater metro area with 1.0 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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