Climate and average weather in Tyler

In Tyler, the summers are humid, sweltering, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.

Best: early March to mid May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Tyler typically varies from 39°F to 94°F, and is rarely below 27°F or above 101°F. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Tyler for warm-weather activities are from early March to mid May and late September to late November.

Hottest
Aug
94°
Coldest
Jan
39°
Wettest
May
4.5 in
Driest
Jul
2.2 in
Rain / yr
43.3 in
103 wet days
Daylight
9.9–14.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
538 ft
32.4°N
Clearest
Oct
42% cloud

Tyler is city in and county seat of Smith County, Texas, United States.

Density
701/km²
people per km²
Founded
1846

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Tyler weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early March to mid May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Tyler, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.2 months, from May 23 to September 27, with daily high temperatures above 85°F. The hottest month of the year in Tyler is August, with an average high of 94°F and low of 75°F.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from November 26 to February 27, with daily high temperatures below 64°F. The coldest month of the year in Tyler is January, with an average low of 39°F and high of 57°F.

Days typically run about 19°F warmer than nights year-round.

20°40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan5739
Feb6143
Mar6849
Apr7656
May8365
Jun9072
Jul9475
Aug9475
Sep8869
Oct7858
Nov6748
Dec5941

How hot and cold Tyler really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Tyler feels like about 101°F (around July 17). About 109 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan57573439
Feb61613843
Mar68684749
Apr76765656
May84836565
Jun94907272
Jul100947575
Aug99947575
Sep90886969
Oct78785858
Nov67674548
Dec59593641

Average hourly temperature in Tyler

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 94°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 39°F.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Tyler weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan57° / 39°3.58.310.14.3
Feb61° / 43°3.98.210.85.2
Mar68° / 49°4.21011.86.4
Apr76° / 56°4.19.212.87.0
May83° / 65°4.511.213.65.7
Jun90° / 72°3.41014.14.0
Jul94° / 75°2.28.513.93.1
Aug94° / 75°2.46.713.23.1
Sep88° / 69°2.96.712.24.9
Oct78° / 58°4.27.511.27.3
Nov67° / 48°3.88.110.36.6
Dec59° / 41°4.18.89.94.7

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Tyler gets about 43.3 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.9 months, from around Feb 14 to Jul 11, peaking in May at about 35% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 29.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 4.5 in over about 11 wet days; July is the driest, with 2.2 in.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMay 28 · 35%Sep 29 · 18%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan278
Feb298
Mar3210
Apr319
May3511
Jun3410
Jul279
Aug237
Sep227
Oct248
Nov268
Dec299

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Tyler collects about 43.3 in of rain across 103 wet days — roughly 3.6 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 4.5 in, while July is the driest at just 2.2 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 30% of the year’s total.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec3.53.94.24.14.53.42.22.42.94.23.84.1
Rainfall (in)Rain days
Jan3.58
Feb3.98
Mar4.210
Apr4.19
May4.511
Jun3.410
Jul2.29
Aug2.47
Sep2.97
Oct4.28
Nov3.88
Dec4.19

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Tyler, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 31 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around November 7. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 68% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 8 and lasts for 6.7 months, ending around May 30. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 56% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 29 · 73%Feb 16 · 44%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4753
Feb4456
Mar4753
Apr5149
May5446
Jun6139
Jul6634
Aug6832
Sep6832
Oct6535
Nov5644
Dec5050

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 8, brings about 14 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.17:285:33
Feb10.87:116:00
Mar11.86:386:23
Apr12.85:586:45
May13.65:287:07
Jun14.15:187:25
Jul13.95:297:25
Aug13.25:497:01
Sep12.26:106:21
Oct11.26:315:42
Nov10.36:575:16
Dec9.97:215:14

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Tyler averages about 13 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 10 and 17 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.6 months, from around Jun 10 to Nov 25. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 16 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is May, down near 11 sunny days — about 32% fewer than the September peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightSep 2917 daysMay 2310 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan12Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr11Mixed
May11Mixed
Jun12Mixed
Jul14Mixed
Aug15Mixed
Sep15Bright
Oct16Bright
Nov13Mixed
Dec12Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Tyler, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.3 months, from around April 28 to October 5. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 98% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 6 to April 27, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 96% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 22 · 97%Jul 12 · 1%comfortablehumidoppressivemuggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9154000
Feb8595100
Mar691711300
Apr4818211210
May17122337110
Jun141134482
Jul02831563
Aug151237442
Sep16111828261
Oct4617161650
Nov711410500
Dec8585100

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Tyler is typically calm, near 7 mph, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 7.0 months, from around Oct 26 to May 25. The windiest month is April, averaging about 8 mph (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 26 to Oct 25, with August the calmest month at about 6 mph.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyApr 7 · 8 mphAug 23 · 5 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan8light breeze
Feb8light breeze
Mar8light breeze
Apr8light breeze
May8light breeze
Jun7calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep6calm
Oct7calm
Nov8light breeze
Dec8light breeze

Best time to visit Tyler

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Tyler throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid March, Tyler is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Tyler for general outdoor tourist activities run from early March to mid May and again from late September to late November, with a peak score in the last week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 22 · 7.5

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.3fair
Feb5.2fair
Mar6.4good
Apr7.0good
May5.7good
Jun4.0fair
Jul3.1poor
Aug3.1poor
Sep4.9fair
Oct7.2good
Nov6.6good
Dec4.7fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Tyler for hot-weather activities run from late April to late June and again from mid August to late October, with a peak score in the last week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 29 · 7.9

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Tyler, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 94°F), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 57°F), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Tyler sees daytime highs around 94°F and nights near 75°F. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Tyler by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tyler peaks around June 20 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 20UV 10Dec 20UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5High
Mar6High
Apr10Very high
May10Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Tyler

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan30
Feb4.50
Mar61.5
Apr7.55
May85.5
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug85.5
Sep74
Oct5.50
Nov40
Dec1.50

Air quality in Tyler by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Tyler is worst in July — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1620 µg/m³Dec 197 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar11Good
Apr11Good
May14Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayReliably frost-free (≥90%)

Tyler is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about March 2 to November 26 (270 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freeMar 290%Nov 2690%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan7731
Feb8621
Mar960
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov940
Dec8231

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Tyler banks about 6,271 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan0
Feb54
Mar277
Apr484
May750
Jun928
Jul1,066
Aug1,063
Sep853
Oct557
Nov220
Dec19

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Tyler receives about 4.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.4 and 6.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.4 months, from around Mar 23 to Oct 3. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.5 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.5 kWh/m² — roughly 62% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 166.5 kWhDec 182.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.7Moderate
Feb3.3Moderate
Mar4.3Bright
Apr5.4Bright
May5.8Bright
Jun6.2Intense
Jul6.5Intense
Aug6.0Bright
Sep5.0Bright
Oct4.0Bright
Nov3.0Moderate
Dec2.5Moderate

Where is Tyler?

Tyler sits at 32.4°N, 95.3°W, 538 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Longview, 34 mi away.

Topography around Tyler

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Tyler.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Tyler has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 ft around an average of 545 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 367 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 581 ft.

The land around Tyler is covered by trees (49%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 2 miles, trees (63%) and grassland (28%) within 10 miles, and trees (61%) and grassland (36%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
184 ft
10 miles
367 ft
50 miles
581 ft
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Longview 34 mi · Palestine 45 mi · Marshall 56 mi · Sulphur Springs 57 mi · Mount Pleasant 59 mi · Terrell 63 mi · Nacogdoches 64 mi · Corsicana 70 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Tyler (32.3513°, -95.3011°, elevation 538 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).