Editing Mills County, Texas (section)

== Climate ==
Mills County typically offers hot summers and cool winters.<ref name=":8" /> Rainfall tends to be spread throughout the year, and snowfall is infrequent.<ref name=":8" /> The county receives an average of 25-26 inches of rain a year based on historical records.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Goldthwaite Eagle - June 7, 2023 |url=https://1318.newstogo.us/editionviewer/?Edition=5f389866-dcdf-47f6-8ab6-9933d48888b7&Section=0 |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=1318.newstogo.us}}</ref> Records show a high historical yearly rainfall of 26.75 inches.<ref name=":30">{{Cite web |title=The Goldthwaite Eagle - December 27, 2023 |url=https://1318.newstogo.us/editionviewer/default.aspx?Edition=ca6db5de-e01f-45a1-96a6-fe72d78a0684 |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=1318.newstogo.us}}</ref> Averaging fourteen miles per hour, prevailing winds come from the south-southeast.<ref name=":8" /> The county's growing season last 230 days.<ref name=":27">{{Cite book |title=2023/24 Mills County Visitor Guide |publisher=The Goldthwaite Eagle |year=2023 |location=Goldthwaite, Texas}}</ref> The Köppen Climate Classification for Goldthwaite, the county seat, is "humid subtropical" (Cfa).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goldthwaite, Texas Koppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase) |url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=416314&cityname=Goldthwaite,+Texas,+United+States+of+America&units= |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=Weatherbase}}</ref>

'''Highest monthly precipitation'''  was 13.71 inches, recorded in October 2018.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Climate at a Glance {{!}} National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/time-series |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=www.ncei.noaa.gov}}</ref>

One long-time county resident recalls the acute droughts of 2011 and the seven-year drought that occurred in the 1950s.<ref name=":32">{{Cite journal |last=Schreiber |first=Colleen |date=2024 |title=Pigfoot Ranch Caretakers Long on Stewardship and Family History |journal=Livestock Weekly |volume=76 |issue=1 |pages=9–11}}</ref>

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| Jan high F = 58.8
| Feb high F = 62.6
| Mar high F = 70.4
| Apr high F = 78.4
| May high F = 83.9
| Jun high F = 89.7
| Jul high F = 93.7
| Aug high F = 93.8
| Sep high F = 87.6
| Oct high F = 78.8
| Nov high F = 68.3
| Dec high F = 60.1
| year high F = 77.2

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| Jan record high F = 88
| Feb record high F = 98
| Mar record high F = 98
| Apr record high F = 99
| May record high F = 103
| Jun record high F = 107
| Jul record high F = 108
| Aug record high F = 110
| Sep record high F = 108
| Oct record high F = 97
| Nov record high F = 90
| Dec record high F = 85
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| Jan low F = 33
| Feb low F = 37.4
| Mar low F = 44.2
| Apr low F = 53.6
| May low F = 61.9
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| Jul low F = 70.9
| Aug low F = 71
| Sep low F = 65.3
| Oct low F = 55.2
| Nov low F = 44.3
| Dec low F = 35.1
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| Apr record low F = 28
| May record low F = 40
| Jun record low F = 50
| Jul record low F = 57
| Aug record low F = 53
| Sep record low F = 40
| Oct record low F = 26
| Nov record low F = 12
| Dec record low F = -7
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