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Waco Mammoth National Monument visitation by month and year

March is the busiest month at Waco Mammoth, when the average temperature nearby is 58 degrees. February is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 51 degrees. March runs about 3.5 times the visits of February. The peak sits well away from the warmest month, which is August. Annual visits fell 17.7 percent, from 111,331 in 2019 to 91,678 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Visits by month with average temperature, precipitation, Waco Mammoth04.0k8.0k12k16kJanuary: 4,561 visits on average, 47.1°FJanFebruary: 4,282 visits on average, 50.9°FFebMarch: 14,846 visits on average, 58.0°FMarApril: 9,876 visits on average, 65.2°FAprMay: 8,416 visits on average, 73.6°FMayJune: 9,578 visits on average, 81.2°FJunJuly: 11,047 visits on average, 84.8°FJulAugust: 6,276 visits on average, 85.1°FAugSeptember: 5,792 visits on average, 78.4°FSepOctober: 6,848 visits on average, 68.2°FOctNovember: 6,135 visits on average, 57.1°FNovDecember: 6,611 visits on average, 49.1°FDecJanuary: 47.1°F averageFebruary: 50.9°F averageMarch: 58.0°F averageApril: 65.2°F averageMay: 73.6°F averageJune: 81.2°F averageJuly: 84.8°F averageAugust: 85.1°F averageSeptember: 78.4°F averageOctober: 68.2°F averageNovember: 57.1°F averageDecember: 49.1°F average40°F50°F60°F70°F80°F90°FVisitsRain, inches0.0 in2.0 in4.0 in6.0 inJanuary: 2.72 in precipitationFebruary: 2.69 in precipitationMarch: 3.51 in precipitationApril: 3.16 in precipitationMay: 4.39 in precipitationJune: 3.61 in precipitationJuly: 1.85 in precipitationAugust: 2.44 in precipitationSeptember: 3.15 in precipitationOctober: 4.30 in precipitationNovember: 2.93 in precipitationDecember: 2.76 in precipitation
Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Waco Dam, 2 miles from the park's reference point at 495 feet, station USC00419417 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain from the same station, which records under an inch of snow a year.

Annual visits, 2015 to 2025

Annual recreation visits, Waco Mammoth050k100k198019902000201020202015: 20,5512016: 69,5102017: 101,7922018: 106,9322019: 111,3312020: 46,4572021: 81,3382022: 88,2402023: 98,1232024: 111,9612025: 91,6782025: 92k
Recreation visits per calendar year. A year with a missing month is left blank rather than estimated.

The last ten years

YearRecreation visitsChange on prior year
202591,678-18.1%
2024111,961+14.1%
202398,123+11.2%
202288,240+8.5%
202181,338+75.1%
202046,457-58.3%
2019111,331+4.1%
2018106,932+5.0%
2017101,792+46.4%
201669,510+238.2%

Visitation at other parks

Source: NPS Visitor Use Statistics, monthly recreation visits, as compiled for Publicopia Labs. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USC00419417, 495 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.