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Has the climate in Spring changed?

Spring has warmed about 4.1°F since 1971.

About 0.7°F per decade, measured from Spring's official daily weather records, 1971–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Spring's climate has warmed faster than most other cities in United States.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
12 fewer nights
1970s
27 / yr
Recent
15 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+2.7°F
1970s
67.1°F
Recent
69.8°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
16 more days
1970s
96 / yr
Recent
112 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
8 fewer days
1970s
101 / yr
Recent
93 / yr
Drier on average

Spring's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2025.

62°64°66°68°70°72°74°1971: 68.5°F1972: 67.3°F1973: 67.3°F1974: 69.3°F1975: 67.6°F1976: 65.2°F1977: 68.0°F1978: 67.2°F1979: 63.9°F1980: 67.8°F1981: 66.9°F1982: 66.7°F1983: 66.9°F1984: 67.5°F1985: 67.4°F1986: 68.3°F1987: 65.5°F1988: 67.0°F1989: 66.2°F1990: 69.5°F1991: 68.1°F1992: 67.3°F1993: 66.7°F1994: 68.7°F1995: 68.2°F1996: 69.1°F1997: 67.6°F1998: 70.6°F1999: 70.9°F2000: 70.3°F2001: 68.2°F2002: 68.4°F2003: 68.4°F2004: 68.4°F2005: 69.2°F2006: 68.6°F2007: 68.3°F2008: 68.0°F2009: 67.9°F2010: 67.5°F2011: 70.2°F2012: 69.9°F2013: 68.1°F2014: 66.5°F2015: 69.6°F2016: 70.4°F2017: 71.4°F2018: 69.5°F2019: 69.5°F2020: 70.6°F2021: 70.7°F2022: 71.7°F2023: 72.3°F2024: 71.3°F2025: 71.5°Flong-term trend1971198019902000201020202025
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 6 fewer freezing nights a year and about 4 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

When in the year the change shows up

How much warmer each month is now than in the 1970s. Useful if you garden or care about a particular season — otherwise the headline above already has the answer.

0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°+2.0°+2.5°+3.0°January: +2.4°F+2.4JFebruary: +2.5°F+2.5FMarch: +1.8°F+1.8MApril: +1.9°F+1.9AMay: +1.9°F+1.9MJune: +1.7°F+1.7JJuly: +1.2°F+1.2JAugust: +1.8°F+1.8ASeptember: +2.0°F+2.0SOctober: +2.3°F+2.3ONovember: +2.2°F+2.2NDecember: +2.6°F+2.6D

December has warmed the most — about 2.6°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Conroe (NOAA GHCN station USC00411956), about 29 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →