South Padre Island weather by month
What a typical year looks like in South Padre Island, Texas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Port Isabel, 14 km from South Padre Island; records cover 1928–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 28.8 in730 mm
- Snow a year
- 0.2 in0.5 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jan 14
- First fall freeze
- Rare
- Heating degree days
- 550
- Cooling degree days
- 3,838
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 38°3° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
South Padre Island in January
Highs average 69°21° and lows 52°11°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1936)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 184
- Cooling degree days
- 38
South Padre Island in February
Highs average 72°22° and lows 56°13°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2006)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 98
- Cooling degree days
- 78
South Padre Island in March
Highs average 76°24° and lows 61°16°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1984)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 45
- Cooling degree days
- 152
South Padre Island in April
Highs average 81°27° and lows 67°19°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1989)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1938)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 277
South Padre Island in May
Highs average 86°30° and lows 73°23°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2006)
- Record low
- 52°11° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 447
South Padre Island in June
Highs average 90°32° and lows 76°25°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1985)
- Record low
- 62°17° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 546
South Padre Island in July
Highs average 91°33° and lows 77°25°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1954)
- Record low
- 66°19° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 589
South Padre Island in August
Highs average 92°33° and lows 77°25°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2012)
- Record low
- 67°19° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 606
South Padre Island in September
Highs average 89°31° and lows 74°23°, with 6.2 in156 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (2002)
- Record low
- 55°13° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 486
South Padre Island in OctoberThis month
Highs average 85°30° and lows 69°21°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1941)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 378
South Padre Island in November
Highs average 78°25° and lows 61°16°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1988)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 49
- Cooling degree days
- 172
South Padre Island in December
Highs average 71°21° and lows 54°12°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1977)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 160
- Cooling degree days
- 69