Texas · 79 cities · Nov 11, 2026

Texas soil temperatures (4 inch)

Median across the state, top 4 inches (modelled)67°FModelled by NOAA GFS, run Nov 11, 12:00 UTC (7 am Eastern). Warmest: McAllen 72°F · coolest: Hereford 54°F
Cities
79
each on its own model grid cell
Change on a week ago
−2°F
median of the cities
Pre-emergent window open
0
of 79 cities today
Held 55°F last spring
Feb 8
median date

Soil temperature today, largest Texas cities

°F, today's average of the 0–4 in layer. Green band: 50–55°F. Bars start at 30°F, not zero.

Houston68°FSan Antonio67°FDallas72°FFort Worth72°FAustin68°FEl Paso67°FCorpus Christi68°FPlano71°FLaredo70°FLubbock60°FCypress67°FAmarillo57°F
Houston68°FSan Antonio67°FDallas72°FFort Worth72°FAustin68°FEl Paso67°FCorpus Chris…68°FPlano71°FLaredo70°FLubbock60°FCypress67°FAmarillo57°F
Source: NOAA NCEP GFS, run Nov 11, 12:00 UTC (7 am Eastern).

Measured at 4 inches in Texas

Daily average of hourly probe readings (NOAA USCRN), latest full day. Measured, not modelled.

NOAA station4 in2 in8 inDay
Monahans 6 ENE62.6°F62.7°F63.6°FNov 10
Muleshoe 19 S56.6°F56.3°F56.8°FNov 10
Bronte 11 NNE64.1°F63.1°F65.7°FNov 10
Port Aransas 32 NNE70.0°F–73.2°FNov 10
Austin 33 NW66.6°F65.5°F–Nov 10
Palestine 6 WNW68.6°F68.8°F–Nov 10

All 79 cities in Texas

CitySoil todayvs a week agoNext 7 daysGrass seed
Houston, TX68°F−6°F63°F–71°FToo late in the season
San Antonio, TX67°F−4°F58°F–68°FToo late in the season
Dallas, TX72°F+1°F58°F–71°FToo late in the season
Fort Worth, TX72°F±0°F59°F–72°FToo late in the season
Austin, TX68°F−5°F59°F–69°FToo late in the season
El Paso, TX67°F−2°F63°F–68°FToo late in the season
Corpus Christi, TX68°F−9°F63°F–70°FToo late in the season
Plano, TX71°F+2°F57°F–69°FToo late in the season
Laredo, TX70°F−10°F63°F–75°FToo late in the season
Lubbock, TX60°F+1°F52°F–60°FToo late in the season
Cypress, TX67°F−4°F61°F–68°FToo late in the season
Amarillo, TX57°F+2°F48°F–55°FToo late in the season

City numbers are the modelled average of the top 4 inches (0–10 cm), not a probe at exactly 4 inches. Measured 2, 4 and 8 inch readings · Texas by ZIP code

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Data: Global Forecast System (GFS) 0.25°, soil temperature 0–10 cm (TSOIL) (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)); U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) hourly data, version 2 (soil temperature at 5 cm and 10 cm, air temperature) (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)); GeoNames gazetteer (cities15000) (GeoNames).