Alvord, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Alvord's normal year runs from 29°F January nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 35.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.5°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 35°C, 895 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAlvord (3 mi N)
- Station IDUSC00410206
- Location33.39°N 97.72°W
- Elevation1,010 ft (308 m)
- Population1,594
On October 23, the normal high in Alvord is 75°F and the normal low 48°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Alvord.
- Jan 56° 29°
- Feb 60° 34°
- Mar 68° 42°
- Apr 76° 51°
- May 82° 61°
- Jun 91° 69°
- Jul 95° 72°
- Aug 95° 71°
- Sep 88° 63°
- Oct 78° 51°
- Nov 66° 40°
- Dec 57° 32°
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 Alvord each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 29°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.59 in), the least in January (1.53 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F | 29°F | 42.4°F | 1.53 | 5 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 60°F | 34°F | 46.8°F | 2.37 | 6 | <1 | 15 | 11 h |
| March | 68°F | 42°F | 54.6°F | 3.09 | 7 | <1 | 7 | 12 h |
| April | 76°F | 51°F | 63.0°F | 3.31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 61°F | 71.5°F | 4.59 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 69°F | 79.9°F | 4.17 | 7 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 95°F | 72°F | 83.5°F | 2.32 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 95°F | 71°F | 83.0°F | 2.82 | 6 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 88°F | 63°F | 75.6°F | 3.16 | 6 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 78°F | 51°F | 64.4°F | 3.30 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 66°F | 40°F | 53.3°F | 2.23 | 6 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 57°F | 32°F | 44.2°F | 2.36 | 5 | <1 | 19 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 51°F | 63.5°F | 35.25 | 76 | 94 | 73 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | −1°C | 5.8°C | 39 mm |
| February | 15°C | 1°C | 8.2°C | 60 mm |
| March | 20°C | 5°C | 12.6°C | 78 mm |
| April | 24°C | 10°C | 17.2°C | 84 mm |
| May | 28°C | 16°C | 21.9°C | 117 mm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 26.6°C | 106 mm |
| July | 35°C | 22°C | 28.6°C | 59 mm |
| August | 35°C | 22°C | 28.3°C | 72 mm |
| September | 31°C | 17°C | 24.2°C | 80 mm |
| October | 25°C | 11°C | 18.0°C | 84 mm |
| November | 19°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 57 mm |
| December | 14°C | 0°C | 6.8°C | 60 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Decatur (12 miles away), gets 1 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00410206; 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 Alvord?
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 (6).
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 USC00410206.
When is the last frost in Alvord?
In Alvord, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 1 in half of years and after April 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 4 in half of years and before October 20 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 11 year in 10 after April 21; 9 in 10 after March 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 41 year in 10 before October 20; 9 in 10 before November 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 219 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 240 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 18 in half of springs and before November 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Alvord in zone 8a in ZIP code 76225, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Alvord's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (18 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00410206; 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 Alvord?
In a normal year in Alvord, 94 days a year reach 90°F (16 of them 100°F or more), 73 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 76 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 94a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 16a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 73a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 76a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00410206.
How sunny is Alvord?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Alvord, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.9 |
| February | 72% | 3.5 |
| March | 74% | 4.6 |
| April | 77% | 5.6 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 85% | 6.9 |
| July | 88% | 6.9 |
| August | 87% | 6.3 |
| September | 84% | 5.2 |
| October | 81% | 4.1 |
| November | 79% | 3.1 |
| December | 75% | 2.6 |
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 Alvord need?
A normal year in Alvord brings 2,862 heating degree days, 47% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,353 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 5,823 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 702 | 1 |
| February | 514 | 4 |
| March | 343 | 22 |
| April | 136 | 78 |
| May | 26 | 226 |
| June | 0 | 445 |
| July | 0 | 572 |
| August | 0 | 559 |
| September | 9 | 326 |
| October | 122 | 104 |
| November | 365 | 14 |
| December | 645 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 2,862 | 2,353 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00410206. 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.
How does Alvord's climate compare?
Alvord is warmer than 72 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 187. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.5°F is warmer than 84%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Alvord 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 Alvord share this climate record?
Sunset 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.
- Sunset, TX586 people · 5 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.
Questions about Alvord's climate
What is the coldest month in Alvord?
January, with a normal high of 56°F and a normal low of 29°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Alvord?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Alvord's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Decatur (12 miles away), records 1 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Alvord?
May, with 4.59 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.53 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Alvord in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Alvord in zone 8a in ZIP code 76225, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Alvord's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Alvord?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 1; in one year in ten it comes after April 21. Waiting until April 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Decatur, TX12 miles from this station, 65.0°F a year
- Bridgeport, TX13 miles from this station, 64.0°F a year
- Bowie, TX14 miles from this station, 62.8°F a year
- Jacksboro, TX29 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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