Abilene, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Abilene's normal year runs from 34°F January nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 25.2 inches of precipitation and 4 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.9°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 36°C, 641 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAbilene Regional Airport
- Station IDUSW00013962
- Location32.41°N 99.68°W
- Elevation1,790 ft (546 m)
- From the center4 miles
- Population130,501
On October 23, the normal high in Abilene is 77°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Abilene.
- Jan 59° 34°
- Feb 63° 37°
- Mar 71° 45°
- Apr 79° 53°
- May 86° 62°
- Jun 93° 70°
- Jul 96° 73°
- Aug 96° 72°
- Sep 89° 65°
- Oct 79° 55°
- Nov 68° 43°
- Dec 59° 35°
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 Abilene each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 34°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.44 in), the least in January (1.10 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F | 34°F | 46.3°F | 1.10 | 0.7 | 5 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 63°F | 37°F | 50.1°F | 1.29 | 1.0 | 5 | <1 | 9 | 11 h |
| March | 71°F | 45°F | 58.1°F | 1.73 | 0.1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 53°F | 66.0°F | 1.86 | 0.3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 86°F | 62°F | 74.1°F | 3.21 | 0.0 | 8 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 93°F | 70°F | 81.1°F | 3.44 | 0.0 | 7 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 96°F | 73°F | 84.7°F | 1.92 | 0.0 | 5 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 96°F | 72°F | 84.2°F | 2.53 | 0.0 | 6 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 65°F | 76.8°F | 2.67 | 0.0 | 6 | 13 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 79°F | 55°F | 67.0°F | 2.83 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 68°F | 43°F | 55.5°F | 1.40 | 0.7 | 5 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 59°F | 35°F | 47.3°F | 1.26 | 0.9 | 5 | <1 | 13 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 54°F | 66.0°F | 25.24 | 3.7 | 67 | 102 | 48 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 1°C | 7.9°C | 28 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 17°C | 3°C | 10.1°C | 33 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 22°C | 7°C | 14.5°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 26°C | 12°C | 18.9°C | 47 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 30°C | 17°C | 23.4°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 34°C | 21°C | 27.3°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 36°C | 23°C | 29.3°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 36°C | 22°C | 29.0°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 32°C | 18°C | 24.9°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 26°C | 13°C | 19.4°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 20°C | 6°C | 13.1°C | 36 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 15°C | 2°C | 8.5°C | 32 mm | 2 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013962; 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 Abilene?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (5).
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 USW00013962.
When is the last frost in Abilene?
In Abilene, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 20 in half of years and after April 10 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 10 in half of years and before October 28 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
- March 201 year in 10 after April 10; 9 in 10 after March 1
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 101 year in 10 before October 28; 9 in 10 before November 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 236 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 261 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 6 in half of springs and before November 23 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Abilene in zone 8a across its 6 ZIP code areas (8a in 79601, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Abilene's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (30 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 USW00013962; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Abilene ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Abilene's 6 ZIP code areas are all in zone 8a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Abilene?
In a normal year in Abilene, 102 days a year reach 90°F (19 of them 100°F or more), 48 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 67 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 102a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 19a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 48a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 67a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in Abilene's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1885) is 113°F, on August 21, 2024; the lowest is −9°F, on January 4, 1947.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1941, with 48.77 in; the snowiest season is 2020–21, with 18.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00013962; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record ABIthr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Abilene, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 63°F. The muggiest month is June, with an average dew point of 64°F; the driest air comes in December (29°F). March is the windiest month (13.1 mph on average), and July has the most clear or nearly clear hours (82%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F | 57% | 37% | 10.8 mph | 70% | 23% |
| February | 34°F | 52% | 34% | 11.9 mph | 69% | 22% |
| March | 43°F | 54% | 35% | 13.1 mph | 71% | 19% |
| April | 50°F | 55% | 35% | 12.5 mph | 73% | 16% |
| May | 62°F | 61% | 41% | 11.5 mph | 75% | 11% |
| June | 64°F | 58% | 40% | 10.6 mph | 79% | 6% |
| July | 63°F | 51% | 34% | 9.2 mph | 82% | 5% |
| August | 62°F | 56% | 38% | 8.6 mph | 78% | 8% |
| September | 54°F | 57% | 37% | 9.6 mph | 80% | 10% |
| October | 44°F | 59% | 39% | 10.6 mph | 73% | 18% |
| November | 34°F | 56% | 37% | 10.9 mph | 74% | 18% |
| December | 29°F | 58% | 39% | 10.3 mph | 70% | 22% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00013962. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Abilene?
Over a year 83% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Abilene, 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (76%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 93rd (with 5 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 3.2 |
| February | 76% | 3.9 |
| March | 79% | 5.0 |
| April | 82% | 6.1 |
| May | 81% | 6.5 |
| June | 88% | 7.2 |
| July | 88% | 7.0 |
| August | 87% | 6.4 |
| September | 84% | 5.3 |
| October | 83% | 4.3 |
| November | 82% | 3.4 |
| December | 78% | 2.9 |
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 Abilene need?
A normal year in Abilene brings 2,319 heating degree days, 57% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,696 cooling degree days, 3.0 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,433 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 583 | 2 |
| February | 425 | 8 |
| March | 255 | 41 |
| April | 92 | 122 |
| May | 16 | 298 |
| June | 0 | 485 |
| July | 0 | 612 |
| August | 0 | 595 |
| September | 7 | 362 |
| October | 84 | 146 |
| November | 307 | 23 |
| December | 551 | 3 |
| Year (annual) | 2,319 | 2,696 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013962. 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 Abilene been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 67.9°F, 1.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 66.0°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 66.0°F | at normal | 24.43 | 15.4 |
| 2022 | 67.5°F | +1.5°F | 14.63 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | 68.5°F | +2.5°F | 23.14 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 68.7°F | +2.7°F | 27.78 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 67.9°F | +1.9°F | 21.51 | 1.0 |
Over 77 complete years from 1947 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.2°F per century (+0.12°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00013962; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Abilene's climate compare?
Abilene is warmer than 172 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 112. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.0°F is warmer than 90%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Abilene 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 Abilene share this climate record?
7 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their 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.
- Potosi, TX4,524 people · 5 mi S
- Clyde, TX4,051 people · 10 mi E
- Tye, TX1,241 people · 11 mi W
- Tuscola, TX847 people · 15 mi SW
- Buffalo Gap, TX633 people · 12 mi SW
- Lawn, TX315 people · 19 mi S
- Impact, TX21 people · 7 mi NW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Abilene's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Abilene. This page uses Abilene Regional Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abilene (6 mi ESE) USC00410013 | 6 mi E | 1,802 ft | 63.7°F | 30°F | 95°F | 27.8 | 3 | April 1 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Abilene's climate
What is the coldest month in Abilene?
January, with a normal high of 59°F and a normal low of 34°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Abilene?
Yes: 4 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (1.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Abilene?
June, with 3.44 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.10 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Abilene in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Abilene in zone 8a across its 6 ZIP code areas (8a in 79601, the largest). By the same method at Abilene's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Abilene?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 20; in one year in ten it comes after April 10. Waiting until April 10 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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- Merkel (12 mi SW), TX27 miles from this station, 63.3°F a year
- Anson, TX27 miles from this station, 63.7°F a year
- Putnam, TX29 miles from this station, 64.5°F a year
- Albany, TX30 miles from this station, 64.1°F a year
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