Brownsville weather by month: averages, rainfall & climate trends
Average temperatures in Brownsville follow a clear seasonal rhythm, rising and falling by 22.8°F over the course of the year. The heavier rain months run from June to October. Brownsville weather by month: average temperatures, rainfall, extremes and how the climate has changed since 1940.
Today vs average
−2.0°Fhigh near average
How it's changed
+1.9°Faverage temperature, 2016–2025 vs 1940–1949average temperature vs 1940–49179days above 86°F a year now (2016–2025) · 132 in the 1940sdays above 86°F · 132 in the 1940s+1.9°F vs the 1940s · see how it's changed →Weather by montha typical year, averaged over the full recordJanuary, rain 1.6 incheshigh 70°low 55°February, rain 1.4 incheshigh 73°low 58°March, rain 1.4 incheshigh 78°low 63°April, rain 1.8 incheshigh 83°low 68°May, rain 1.9 incheshigh 87°low 74°June, rain 2.3 incheshigh 90°low 77°July, rain 2.2 incheshigh 92°low 78°August, rain 2.4 incheshigh 92°low 78°September, rain 4.3 incheshigh 88°low 75°October, rain 2.5 incheshigh 84°low 69°November, rain 1.8 incheshigh 77°low 63°December, rain 1.5 incheshigh 73°low 57°wettest month September, 4.3 inches · 25.2 inches a yearsee month by month →Right now
What it's doing today vs the historical average for this date.Right now
70.7°
On this date: October 26
High near average · −2.0°F
- Highest since 1940: 91.8° · 2025
- Lowest since 1940: 50.8° · 2019
- One year ago: 92° / 76°
Every October 26 in history, coldest to hottest
Dots show daily highs (top) and lows (bottom) for each October 26 on record (n = 87). Outlined dots are today's forecast.
Area we sample
Each city's history comes from one ERA5 grid cell, about 28 km across, shown by the dashed box. Near mountains or coasts, conditions can vary across the cell.
Location & data
Historical weather for Brownsville is sampled from the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at 25.90°N, 97.50°W, with daily records since 1940.
- Coordinates
- 25.90°N, 97.50°W
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Period
- 1940–2026
- Data source
- ERA5 (ECMWF)
Last 30 days
27 of the last 31 days were warmer than the historical average for that date. Average difference: +3.1°F.
Each bar is one day, from morning low to afternoon high. Warm-colored bars are days whose mean ran above average; cool bars ran below. The dot inside the bar is the daily mean. The shaded band is the typical 10–90% range expected for that date. Average = the day's mean temperature averaged across every year of record (1940–2026) for that calendar date.
This date over the years
One dot per year, showing the mean temperature on this calendar date. Dots are warmer or cooler than the long-term average (dashed line); the shaded band is the typical 10–90% range, and the highlighted dot is today's forecast. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.
Weather by month
Average temperatures and rainfall for each month: a typical year, from the full record.Climate overview
The year peaks in August, at around 91.9°F by mid-afternoon, with nights around 77.6°F. On about 235 nights a year, the temperature never drops below 68°F. At the other extreme, January brings afternoon highs of about 70.2°F and typical overnight lows of 54.8°F. Freezing temperatures almost never occur.
Brownsville picks up roughly 25.2 inches a year, with a peak of 4.3 inches in September and as little as 1.4 inches in March.
Over the full record (since 1940), the annual mean temperature in Brownsville has risen by 1.9°F between its first decade and its last. Days above 86°F have grown noticeably more frequent, from around 130 a year in the first decade to about 180 in the last.
Climate graph (climograph)
August is the warmest month, January the coolest: a yearly swing of 23°F. Wettest month: September (~4.3 in). Whole year averages ~25.2 inches of rain.
Bars = average monthly rainfall (right axis). Lines = average daily high and low (left axis). Average = each month's value averaged across every year of record (1940–2026).
Rainy days by month
About 68 rainy days a year: most in September (~12), fewest in March (~3).
Bars = average number of days with ≥ 0.08 in per month. Hover for the monthly rainfall total.
Monthly wind
Average daily peak wind at 10 m, by month.
Monthly solar energy
Average daily incoming solar energy in megajoules per square metre: the record's own proxy for how sunny the month is.
Brownsville month by month: what to expect
Typical conditions for each month, averaged across the full record (since 1940). Daylight is the time from sunrise to sunset. Highest and Lowest are the most extreme values in the ERA5 dataset (modelled since 1940), so they can differ from official weather-station readings.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain | Rainy days | Daylight | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70.2° | 54.8° | 1.6 in | 4 | 10.5 h | 91.8° (2017) | 21.4° (1962) |
| February | 73.0° | 57.5° | 1.4 in | 4 | 11.1 h | 95.5° (1954) | 22.4° (1951) |
| March | 77.7° | 62.6° | 1.4 in | 3 | 11.8 h | 101.8° (1984) | 33.7° (1980) |
| April | 82.5° | 68.4° | 1.8 in | 4 | 12.6 h | 103.5° (2017) | 41.8° (2007) |
| May | 86.7° | 73.6° | 1.9 in | 5 | 13.3 h | 103.4° (1999) | 53.5° (2013) |
| June | 90.1° | 77.0° | 2.3 in | 7 | 13.6 h | 102.0° (2012) | 62.0° (1970) |
| July | 91.5° | 77.6° | 2.2 in | 6 | 13.5 h | 101.2° (1943) | 68.5° (1966) |
| August | 91.9° | 77.6° | 2.4 in | 7 | 12.9 h | 102.3° (2023) | 66.8° (1967) |
| September | 88.4° | 75.1° | 4.3 in | 12 | 12.1 h | 104.4° (2000) | 56.3° (1967) |
| October | 83.9° | 69.4° | 2.5 in | 7 | 11.4 h | 95.7° (2012) | 38.8° (1993) |
| November | 77.5° | 62.6° | 1.8 in | 5 | 10.7 h | 94.9° (1988) | 33.8° (1976) |
| December | 72.5° | 57.2° | 1.5 in | 4 | 10.4 h | 89.7° (1945) | 18.2° (1989) |
How it's changed
Year-by-year signals from 1940 to today.Climate stripes
Annual mean shifted from 1940–1949 to 2016–2025 by +1.9°F.
Each vertical stripe is one year. Color encodes how much that year's annual mean differed from the long-term average. Average = each year's annual mean compared to the average of all years (1940–2026). cooler ← → warmer
Annual mean temperature
Long-term trend: +0.22°F per decade.
One point per year, showing the temperature averaged across the whole year. The dashed line is the least-squares long-term trend. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.
Seasonal warming
Mar–May is warming fastest: +0.27°F per decade.
Each faint line is one three-month period's average per year; the bold dashed line is its long-term trend. Different parts of the year often warm at different rates. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.
Hot days vs frost days
Days ≥ 86°F per year: 131.7 early in the record → 178.6 recently. Frost days: 1 → 1.
Thin lines are raw yearly counts; thick lines are the smoothed trend that removes year-to-year noise. The hot-day threshold is auto-picked per city so the line actually moves. Average = a centered 5-year rolling average to smooth weather noise.
Yearly hot & cold extremes
Hottest day since 1940 in 2000, coldest in 1989: 104.4°F / 18.2°F.
One point per year: the single hottest and coldest day recorded that year.
Annual rainfall
~25.2 in/year on average. Last decade: +4% vs that average. Long-term trend: +0.45 in per decade.
One bar per year of total rainfall. Dashed line is the long-term average. Average = the average annual rainfall across every year of record (1940–2026).
Day-by-day grid
Each tiny square is one calendar day across the full record, about 30,000 days per city. Use the mode switch above the chart: Anomaly colors each day by how far it ran from the historical average for that date (red = warmer, blue = cooler), Daily mean temp shows the absolute mean temperature for the day (useful to see seasons and heatwaves), and Precipitation shows daily rainfall (useful to spot wet/dry seasons and droughts). Average = the long-term average for that calendar date (1940–2026).
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