Crosbyton, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Crosbyton's normal year runs from 26°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 21.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.8°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 34°C, 551 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCrosbyton
- Station IDUSC00412121
- Location33.65°N 101.25°W
- Elevation3,010 ft (917 m)
- Population1,465
On October 23, the normal high in Crosbyton is 73°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 16%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Crosbyton.
- Jan 54° 26°
- Feb 59° 29°
- Mar 67° 37°
- Apr 76° 44°
- May 83° 55°
- Jun 90° 64°
- Jul 93° 68°
- Aug 92° 67°
- Sep 85° 59°
- Oct 75° 48°
- Nov 64° 36°
- Dec 55° 28°
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 Crosbyton each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 26°F. The most precipitation falls in June (2.98 in), the least in January (0.79 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 26°F | 40.0°F | 0.79 | 3 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 59°F | 29°F | 43.8°F | 0.86 | 4 | <1 | 19 | 11 h |
| March | 67°F | 37°F | 51.9°F | 1.40 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 12 h |
| April | 76°F | 44°F | 60.0°F | 1.82 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 55°F | 69.1°F | 2.88 | 7 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 90°F | 64°F | 77.0°F | 2.98 | 7 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 93°F | 68°F | 80.1°F | 2.40 | 6 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 92°F | 67°F | 79.3°F | 2.01 | 6 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 59°F | 72.0°F | 2.73 | 6 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 48°F | 61.6°F | 1.73 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 36°F | 49.7°F | 1.12 | 4 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 55°F | 28°F | 41.2°F | 0.98 | 4 | <1 | 23 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 47°F | 60.5°F | 21.70 | 60 | 89 | 89 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | −3°C | 4.4°C | 20 mm |
| February | 15°C | −2°C | 6.6°C | 22 mm |
| March | 20°C | 3°C | 11.1°C | 36 mm |
| April | 24°C | 7°C | 15.6°C | 46 mm |
| May | 28°C | 13°C | 20.6°C | 73 mm |
| June | 32°C | 18°C | 25.0°C | 76 mm |
| July | 34°C | 20°C | 26.7°C | 61 mm |
| August | 33°C | 19°C | 26.3°C | 51 mm |
| September | 29°C | 15°C | 22.2°C | 69 mm |
| October | 24°C | 9°C | 16.4°C | 44 mm |
| November | 18°C | 2°C | 9.8°C | 28 mm |
| December | 13°C | −2°C | 5.1°C | 25 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, White River Reservoir (16 miles away), gets 3 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00412121; 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 Crosbyton?
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 USC00412121.
When is the last frost in Crosbyton?
In Crosbyton, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 5 in half of years and after April 22 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 5 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 51 year in 10 after April 22; 9 in 10 after March 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 51 year in 10 before October 20; 9 in 10 before November 18
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 213 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 234 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 22 in half of springs and before November 15 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Crosbyton in zone 7b in ZIP code 79322, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Crosbyton's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°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 USC00412121; 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 Crosbyton?
In a normal year in Crosbyton, 89 days a year reach 90°F (13 of them 100°F or more), 89 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 60 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 89a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 13a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 89a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 6high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 60a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 113°F, on June 28, 1994; the lowest is −14°F, on February 12, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1941, with 44.42 in; the snowiest season is 1960–61, with 37.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00412121; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00412121. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Crosbyton?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Crosbyton, 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 Crosbyton need?
A normal year in Crosbyton brings 3,417 heating degree days, 36% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,796 cooling degree days, 98% 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 4,958 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 773 | 0 |
| February | 594 | 1 |
| March | 415 | 8 |
| April | 194 | 43 |
| May | 53 | 180 |
| June | 2 | 362 |
| July | 0 | 468 |
| August | 1 | 444 |
| September | 22 | 231 |
| October | 164 | 57 |
| November | 461 | 4 |
| December | 738 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,417 | 1,796 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00412121. 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 Crosbyton been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 61.6°F, 1.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 60.5°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60.8°F | +0.3°F | 18.36 |
| 2022 | 61.2°F | +0.7°F | 14.22 |
| 2023 | 61.8°F | +1.3°F | 26.67 |
| 2024 | 62.8°F | +2.3°F | 16.78 |
| 2025 | 61.6°F | +1.1°F | 19.54 |
Over 75 complete years from 1948 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.7°F per century (+0.10°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00412121; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Crosbyton's climate compare?
Crosbyton is warmer than 34 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 72. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 60.5°F is warmer than 76%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Crosbyton 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 Crosbyton share this climate record?
Ralls 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.
- Ralls, TX1,613 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 Crosbyton's climate
What is the coldest month in Crosbyton?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 26°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Crosbyton?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Crosbyton's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, White River Reservoir (16 miles away), records 3 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Crosbyton?
June, with 2.98 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.79 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Crosbyton in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Crosbyton in zone 7b in ZIP code 79322, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Crosbyton's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Crosbyton?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 5; in one year in ten it comes after April 22. Waiting until April 22 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- White River Reservoir, TX16 miles from this station, 62.2°F a year
- Floydada, TX24 miles from this station, 59.5°F a year
- Spur, TX24 miles from this station, 61.4°F a year
- Post, TX32 miles from this station, 62.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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