Carthage weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Carthage, Texas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Carthage, 1 km from Carthage; records cover 1951–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 52.3 in1328 mm
- Snow a year
- 0.8 in2 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 7
- First fall freeze
- Nov 16
- Heating degree days
- 2,262
- Cooling degree days
- 2,429
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 22°−6° (heating, 99%) and 101°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Carthage in January
Highs average 57°14° and lows 36°2°, with 4.7 in118 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1971)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 578
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Carthage in February
Highs average 61°16° and lows 40°4°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1986)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 414
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Carthage in March
Highs average 69°20° and lows 46°8°, with 4.9 in125 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1974)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 260
- Cooling degree days
- 29
Carthage in April
Highs average 76°24° and lows 54°12°, with 4.7 in120 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1987)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1987)
- Heating degree days
- 93
- Cooling degree days
- 86
Carthage in May
Highs average 83°28° and lows 63°17°, with 4.4 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1998)
- Record low
- 39°4° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 254
Carthage in June
Highs average 89°32° and lows 70°21°, with 4 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1953)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 444
Carthage in July
Highs average 92°34° and lows 73°23°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1971)
- Record low
- 55°13° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 552
Carthage in August
Highs average 93°34° and lows 73°23°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1962)
- Record low
- 50°10° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 552
Carthage in September
Highs average 87°31° and lows 66°19°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 109°43° (2000)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 355
Carthage in OctoberThis month
Highs average 78°26° and lows 55°13°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1953)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 82
- Cooling degree days
- 121
Carthage in November
Highs average 67°19° and lows 45°7°, with 4.4 in113 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1955)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 303
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Carthage in December
Highs average 59°15° and lows 38°3°, with 5.6 in143 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1955)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 516
- Cooling degree days
- 6