Bushland, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Bushland's normal year runs from 21°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 19.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.4°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 33°C, 489 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBushland (1 mi WSW)
- Station IDUSC00411267
- Location35.19°N 102.08°W
- Elevation3,819 ft (1,164 m)
- Population (census place)2,950
On October 23, the normal high in Bushland is 70°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 14%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Bushland.
- Jan 51° 21°
- Feb 55° 24°
- Mar 63° 31°
- Apr 70° 38°
- May 79° 49°
- Jun 88° 60°
- Jul 91° 63°
- Aug 89° 62°
- Sep 83° 54°
- Oct 73° 42°
- Nov 60° 30°
- Dec 51° 22°
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 Bushland each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 21°F. The most precipitation falls in August (2.83 in), the least in February (0.54 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F | 21°F | 35.9°F | 0.66 | 2 | <1 | 29 | 10 h |
| February | 55°F | 24°F | 39.2°F | 0.54 | 3 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 31°F | 47.0°F | 1.26 | 4 | <1 | 17 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 70°F | 38°F | 54.1°F | 1.39 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 h |
| May | 79°F | 49°F | 64.2°F | 2.46 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 h |
| June | 88°F | 60°F | 73.8°F | 2.78 | 7 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 91°F | 63°F | 76.7°F | 2.49 | 8 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 89°F | 62°F | 75.5°F | 2.83 | 8 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 83°F | 54°F | 68.4°F | 1.43 | 6 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 42°F | 57.1°F | 2.05 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 30°F | 44.5°F | 0.80 | 3 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 51°F | 22°F | 36.7°F | 0.56 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 41°F | 56.1°F | 19.25 | 61 | 72 | 128 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | −6°C | 2.2°C | 17 mm |
| February | 13°C | −5°C | 4.0°C | 14 mm |
| March | 17°C | −1°C | 8.3°C | 32 mm |
| April | 21°C | 3°C | 12.3°C | 35 mm |
| May | 26°C | 9°C | 17.9°C | 62 mm |
| June | 31°C | 15°C | 23.2°C | 71 mm |
| July | 33°C | 17°C | 24.8°C | 63 mm |
| August | 32°C | 16°C | 24.2°C | 72 mm |
| September | 28°C | 12°C | 20.2°C | 36 mm |
| October | 23°C | 5°C | 13.9°C | 52 mm |
| November | 15°C | −1°C | 6.9°C | 20 mm |
| December | 11°C | −5°C | 2.6°C | 14 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Canyon (17 miles away), gets 8 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411267; 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 Bushland?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, April 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 USC00411267.
When is the last frost in Bushland?
In Bushland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 22 in half of years and after May 3 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 21 in half of years and before October 6 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 221 year in 10 after May 3; 9 in 10 after April 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 211 year in 10 before October 6; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 182 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 201 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 12 in half of springs and before October 31 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bushland in zone 7a in ZIP code 79124, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Bushland's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (20 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 USC00411267; 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 Bushland?
In a normal year in Bushland, 72 days a year reach 90°F (9 of them 100°F or more), 128 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 61 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 72a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 9a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 128a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 11high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 61a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 2000) is 110°F, on July 12, 2020; the lowest is −13°F, on February 15, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 38.21 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 28.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00411267; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00411267. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Bushland?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Bushland, 5.4 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (90%) and February the cloudiest (81%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 84% | 3.2 |
| February | 81% | 4.0 |
| March | 83% | 5.3 |
| April | 85% | 6.6 |
| May | 86% | 7.3 |
| June | 90% | 7.8 |
| July | 90% | 7.5 |
| August | 88% | 6.6 |
| September | 88% | 5.7 |
| October | 85% | 4.4 |
| November | 85% | 3.4 |
| December | 81% | 2.8 |
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 Bushland need?
A normal year in Bushland brings 4,445 heating degree days, 17% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,231 cooling degree days, 36% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,922 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 902 | 0 |
| February | 722 | 0 |
| March | 559 | 1 |
| April | 337 | 9 |
| May | 116 | 91 |
| June | 6 | 271 |
| July | 0 | 364 |
| August | 3 | 328 |
| September | 43 | 144 |
| October | 268 | 23 |
| November | 614 | 0 |
| December | 876 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,445 | 1,231 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00411267. 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 Bushland been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 59.6°F, 3.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.1°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56.8°F | +0.7°F | 15.03 |
| 2022 | 57.0°F | +0.9°F | 12.72 |
| 2023 | 58.2°F | +2.1°F | 20.77 |
| 2024 | 59.6°F | +3.5°F | 19.58 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00411267. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Bushland's climate compare?
Bushland is warmer than 2 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 44. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.1°F is warmer than 64%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Bushland 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 Bushland share this climate record?
3 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.
- Vega, TX911 people · 20 mi W
- Bishop Hills, TX198 people · 9 mi NE
- Wildorado, TX178 people · 8 mi W
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 Bushland's climate
What is the coldest month in Bushland?
January, with a normal high of 51°F and a normal low of 21°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow in Bushland?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Bushland's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Canyon (17 miles away), records 8 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Bushland?
August, with 2.83 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.54 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Bushland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Bushland in zone 7a in ZIP code 79124, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Bushland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 1°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Bushland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 22; in one year in ten it comes after May 3. Waiting until May 3 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Canyon, TX17 miles from this station, 58.3°F a year
- Amarillo, TX21 miles from this station, 58.7°F a year
- Boys Ranch, TX25 miles from this station, 58.3°F a year
- Hereford, TX31 miles from this station, 57.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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