Abernathy, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Abernathy's normal year runs from 24°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 19.2 inches of precipitation and 7 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.2°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 33°C, 487 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAbernathy
- Station IDUSC00410012
- Location33.83°N 101.84°W
- Elevation3,368 ft (1,027 m)
- Population2,838
On October 23, the normal high in Abernathy is 72°F and the normal low 43°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 15%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Abernathy.
- Jan 55° 24°
- Feb 58° 28°
- Mar 66° 35°
- Apr 74° 43°
- May 81° 54°
- Jun 89° 63°
- Jul 91° 67°
- Aug 91° 66°
- Sep 84° 58°
- Oct 75° 46°
- Nov 63° 34°
- Dec 55° 26°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Abernathy each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 24°F. The most precipitation falls in May (2.86 in), the least in February (0.69 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F | 24°F | 39.5°F | 0.70 | 1.4 | 3 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 58°F | 28°F | 42.9°F | 0.69 | 1.6 | 4 | <1 | 22 | 11 h |
| March | 66°F | 35°F | 50.5°F | 1.15 | 0.4 | 4 | <1 | 11 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 43°F | 58.4°F | 1.25 | 0.1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 54°F | 67.3°F | 2.86 | 0.0 | 6 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 89°F | 63°F | 76.2°F | 2.72 | 0.0 | 7 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 91°F | 67°F | 78.8°F | 1.86 | 0.0 | 6 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 91°F | 66°F | 78.1°F | 2.00 | 0.0 | 6 | 19 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 58°F | 70.7°F | 2.51 | 0.0 | 6 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 46°F | 60.1°F | 1.71 | 0.1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 63°F | 34°F | 48.4°F | 0.93 | 1.1 | 3 | <1 | 14 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 55°F | 26°F | 40.5°F | 0.81 | 1.8 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 45°F | 59.3°F | 19.19 | 6.5 | 57 | 73 | 106 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | −4°C | 4.2°C | 18 mm | 4 cm |
| February | 15°C | −2°C | 6.1°C | 18 mm | 4 cm |
| March | 19°C | 2°C | 10.3°C | 29 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 23°C | 6°C | 14.7°C | 32 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 12°C | 19.6°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 17°C | 24.6°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 19°C | 26.0°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 19°C | 25.6°C | 51 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 14°C | 21.5°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 8°C | 15.6°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 1°C | 9.1°C | 24 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 13°C | −3°C | 4.7°C | 21 mm | 5 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00410012; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Abernathy?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, September and October. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (4).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00410012.
When is the last frost in Abernathy?
In Abernathy, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 9 in half of years and after April 25 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 18 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 91 year in 10 after April 25; 9 in 10 after March 24
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 18; 9 in 10 before November 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 204 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 225 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 29 in half of springs and before November 9 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Abernathy in zone 7b in ZIP code 79311, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Abernathy's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (19 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00410012; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Abernathy?
In a normal year in Abernathy, 73 days a year reach 90°F (7 of them 100°F or more), 106 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 57 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 73a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 106a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 7high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 57a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00410012.
How sunny is Abernathy?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Abernathy, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (90%) and February the cloudiest (80%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 84% | 3.3 |
| February | 80% | 4.1 |
| March | 82% | 5.3 |
| April | 85% | 6.5 |
| May | 84% | 7.0 |
| June | 90% | 7.6 |
| July | 89% | 7.2 |
| August | 89% | 6.7 |
| September | 85% | 5.5 |
| October | 84% | 4.4 |
| November | 85% | 3.5 |
| December | 82% | 3.0 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Abernathy need?
A normal year in Abernathy brings 3,638 heating degree days, 32% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,581 cooling degree days, 74% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,598 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 792 | 0 |
| February | 619 | 1 |
| March | 454 | 4 |
| April | 226 | 28 |
| May | 71 | 142 |
| June | 1 | 337 |
| July | 0 | 427 |
| August | 1 | 405 |
| September | 26 | 197 |
| October | 191 | 41 |
| November | 498 | 1 |
| December | 761 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,638 | 1,581 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00410012. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Abernathy been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 61.2°F, 1.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 59.3°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.4°F | +0.1°F | 18.07 | 9.6 |
| 2022 | 60.0°F | +0.7°F | 14.67 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 61.4°F | +2.1°F | 20.27 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 62.2°F | +2.9°F | 20.68 | 9.4 |
| 2025 | 61.2°F | +1.9°F | 21.94 | 3.3 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00410012. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Abernathy's climate compare?
Abernathy is warmer than 27 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 42. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 59.3°F is warmer than 73%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Abernathy is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Abernathy share this climate record?
Petersburg has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Petersburg, TX971 people · 14 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Abernathy's climate
What is the coldest month in Abernathy?
January, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 24°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Abernathy?
Yes: 7 inches in a normal year, falling on 4 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (1.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Abernathy?
May, with 2.86 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.69 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Abernathy in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Abernathy in zone 7b in ZIP code 79311, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Abernathy's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Abernathy?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 9; in one year in ten it comes after April 25. Waiting until April 25 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Lubbock, TX12 miles from this station, 61.4°F a year
- Littlefield, TX24 miles from this station, 58.5°F a year
- Plainview, TX26 miles from this station, 59.7°F a year
- Olton, TX29 miles from this station, 58.6°F a year
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