Albany, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Albany's normal year runs from 32°F January nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 28.9 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.8°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 35°C, 735 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAlbany
- Station IDUSC00410120
- Location32.70°N 99.30°W
- Elevation1,448 ft (441 m)
- Population1,893
On October 23, the normal high in Albany is 76°F and the normal low 50°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 17%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Albany.
- Jan 57° 32°
- Feb 61° 35°
- Mar 69° 42°
- Apr 77° 50°
- May 84° 60°
- Jun 91° 68°
- Jul 95° 72°
- Aug 95° 71°
- Sep 87° 63°
- Oct 78° 52°
- Nov 67° 42°
- Dec 58° 33°
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 Albany each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 32°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.87 in), the least in January (1.22 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57°F | 32°F | 44.2°F | 1.22 | 0.9 | 4 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 61°F | 35°F | 47.9°F | 1.73 | 0.4 | 4 | <1 | 12 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 42°F | 55.5°F | 2.36 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 50°F | 63.5°F | 2.81 | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 60°F | 72.0°F | 3.39 | 0.0 | 7 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 68°F | 79.5°F | 3.87 | 0.0 | 6 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 95°F | 72°F | 83.2°F | 2.27 | 0.0 | 5 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 95°F | 71°F | 82.7°F | 2.11 | 0.0 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 63°F | 75.2°F | 2.97 | 0.0 | 5 | 14 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 78°F | 52°F | 65.2°F | 2.72 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 67°F | 42°F | 54.2°F | 1.93 | 0.3 | 4 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 58°F | 33°F | 45.6°F | 1.54 | 0.6 | 4 | <1 | 15 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 52°F | 64.1°F | 28.92 | 2.3 | 59 | 106 | 57 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 0°C | 6.8°C | 31 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 16°C | 2°C | 8.8°C | 44 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 20°C | 6°C | 13.1°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 25°C | 10°C | 17.5°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 29°C | 16°C | 22.2°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 33°C | 20°C | 26.4°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 22°C | 28.4°C | 58 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 35°C | 21°C | 28.2°C | 54 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 31°C | 17°C | 24.0°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 26°C | 11°C | 18.4°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 19°C | 5°C | 12.3°C | 49 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 14°C | 1°C | 7.6°C | 39 mm | 2 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00410120; 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 Albany?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, November 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 USC00410120.
When is the last frost in Albany?
In Albany, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 30 in half of years and after April 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 8 in half of years and before October 23 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 301 year in 10 after April 16; 9 in 10 after March 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 81 year in 10 before October 23; 9 in 10 before November 25
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 225 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 249 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 13 in half of springs and before November 18 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Albany in zone 8a in ZIP code 76430, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Albany's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (21 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 USC00410120; 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 Albany?
In a normal year in Albany, 106 days a year reach 90°F (23 of them 100°F or more), 57 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 59 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 106a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 23a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 57a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 59a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1901) is 115°F, on June 27, 1972; the lowest is −8°F, on January 4, 1947.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1941, with 47.01 in; the snowiest season is 1946–47, with 13.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00410120; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00410120. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Albany?
Over a year 83% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Albany, 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (76%).
| 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 Albany need?
A normal year in Albany brings 2,666 heating degree days, 50% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,355 cooling degree days, 2.6 times 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 5,908 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 646 | 1 |
| February | 484 | 5 |
| March | 319 | 23 |
| April | 130 | 83 |
| May | 26 | 243 |
| June | 1 | 435 |
| July | 0 | 566 |
| August | 0 | 549 |
| September | 11 | 317 |
| October | 105 | 113 |
| November | 342 | 18 |
| December | 603 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 2,666 | 2,355 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00410120. 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 Albany been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 65.8°F, 1.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 64.1°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63.3°F | −0.8°F | 28.60 | 11.5 |
| 2022 | 65.1°F | +1.0°F | 17.34 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 66.8°F | +2.7°F | 25.22 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 67.2°F | +3.1°F | 30.65 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 65.8°F | +1.7°F | 33.12 | 3.0 |
Over 43 complete years from 1950 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.7°F per century (+0.15°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00410120; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Albany's climate compare?
Albany is warmer than 97 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 145. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.1°F is warmer than 86%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Albany 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.
Questions about Albany's climate
What is the coldest month in Albany?
January, with a normal high of 57°F and a normal low of 32°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Albany?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Albany?
June, with 3.87 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.22 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Albany in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Albany in zone 8a in ZIP code 76430, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Albany's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Albany?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 30; in one year in ten it comes after April 16. Waiting until April 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Fort Griffin, TX16 miles from this station, 63.2°F a year
- Breckenridge, TX24 miles from this station, 63.7°F a year
- Putnam, TX24 miles from this station, 64.5°F a year
- Abilene, TX30 miles from this station, 66.0°F a year
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