Dallas Love Field, Texas climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Dallas Love Field's normal year runs from 38°F January nights to 97°F July afternoons, with 38.3 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 20.0°C, January lows of 3°C, July highs of 36°C, 973 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDallas Love Field
- Station IDUSW00013960
- Location32.85°N 96.86°W
- Elevation440 ft (134 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Dallas Love Field is 77°F and the normal low 56°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Dallas Love Field.
- Jan 58° 38°
- Feb 62° 42°
- Mar 70° 49°
- Apr 77° 57°
- May 85° 66°
- Jun 93° 74°
- Jul 97° 78°
- Aug 97° 77°
- Sep 90° 70°
- Oct 80° 59°
- Nov 68° 48°
- Dec 59° 40°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Dallas Love Field each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 38°F. The most precipitation falls in October (4.79 in), the least in July (1.71 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 38°F | 47.8°F | 2.59 | 0.1 | 7 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 62°F | 42°F | 52.0°F | 2.78 | 0.9 | 7 | <1 | 5 | 11 h |
| March | 70°F | 49°F | 59.6°F | 3.45 | 0.3 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 57°F | 67.1°F | 3.15 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 85°F | 66°F | 75.4°F | 4.57 | 0.0 | 9 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 93°F | 74°F | 83.3°F | 3.83 | 0.0 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 97°F | 78°F | 87.3°F | 1.71 | 0.0 | 5 | 29 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 97°F | 77°F | 87.3°F | 2.19 | 0.0 | 5 | 28 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 90°F | 70°F | 80.1°F | 3.10 | 0.0 | 6 | 17 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 80°F | 59°F | 69.1°F | 4.79 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 68°F | 48°F | 57.8°F | 2.93 | 0.1 | 7 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 59°F | 40°F | 49.5°F | 3.23 | 0.3 | 7 | <1 | 7 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 58°F | 68.0°F | 38.32 | 1.7 | 82 | 108 | 23 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 3°C | 8.8°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| February | 17°C | 5°C | 11.1°C | 71 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 21°C | 10°C | 15.3°C | 88 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 25°C | 14°C | 19.5°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 29°C | 19°C | 24.1°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 34°C | 23°C | 28.5°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 36°C | 25°C | 30.7°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 36°C | 25°C | 30.7°C | 56 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 32°C | 21°C | 26.7°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 26°C | 15°C | 20.6°C | 122 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 20°C | 9°C | 14.3°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 15°C | 4°C | 9.7°C | 82 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013960; 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.
Which months are mildest at Dallas Love Field?
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 (7).
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 USW00013960.
When is the last frost at Dallas Love Field?
In Dallas Love Field, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 2 in half of years and after March 19 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 29 in half of years and before November 10 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 21 year in 10 after March 19; 9 in 10 after February 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 291 year in 10 before November 10; 9 in 10 before December 18
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 272 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 298 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 18 in half of springs and before December 12 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Dallas Love Field in zone 8b in ZIP code 75235, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°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 USW00013960; 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 at Dallas Love Field?
In a normal year in Dallas Love Field, 108 days a year reach 90°F (22 of them 100°F or more), 23 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 82 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 108a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 22a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 23a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 82a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1939) is 112°F, on June 27, 1980; the lowest is 0°F, on January 23, 1940.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 68.02 in; the snowiest season is 1977–78, with 14.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00013960; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00013960. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Dallas Love Field?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Dallas Love Field, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (68%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.9 |
| February | 68% | 3.3 |
| March | 72% | 4.4 |
| April | 76% | 5.4 |
| May | 76% | 5.8 |
| June | 84% | 6.7 |
| July | 88% | 6.7 |
| August | 87% | 6.2 |
| September | 84% | 5.2 |
| October | 80% | 4.1 |
| November | 76% | 3.1 |
| December | 73% | 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Dallas Love Field record?
A normal year at Dallas Love Field brings 1,992 heating degree days, 63% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,125 cooling degree days, 3.4 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,039 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 537 | 4 |
| February | 376 | 11 |
| March | 213 | 47 |
| April | 65 | 128 |
| May | 6 | 330 |
| June | 0 | 548 |
| July | 0 | 691 |
| August | 0 | 690 |
| September | 2 | 454 |
| October | 56 | 183 |
| November | 250 | 34 |
| December | 487 | 6 |
| Year (annual) | 1,992 | 3,125 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013960. 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.
Have recent years at Dallas Love Field been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 68.9°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 68.0°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 68.1°F | +0.1°F | 37.24 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 68.1°F | +0.1°F | 37.34 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 69.8°F | +1.8°F | 34.74 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 70.1°F | +2.1°F | 51.37 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 68.9°F | +0.9°F | 39.25 | 1.3 |
Over 78 complete years from 1947 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.2°F per century (+0.18°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00013960; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Dallas Love Field's climate compare?
Dallas Love Field is warmer than 220 of the 321 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 219. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 68.0°F is warmer than 93%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Dallas Love Field 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 Dallas Love Field share this climate record?
4 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.
- Farmers Branch, TX37,341 people · 5 mi N
- University Park, TX25,268 people · 3 mi E
- Highland Park, TX8,762 people · 3 mi SE
- Cockrell Hill, TX3,662 people · 8 mi S
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 Dallas Love Field's climate
What is the coldest month at Dallas Love Field?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 38°F. The warmest is July (97°F by day, 78°F at night).
Does it snow at Dallas Love Field?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (0.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Dallas Love Field?
October, with 4.79 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 1.71 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Dallas Love Field in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Dallas Love Field in zone 8b in ZIP code 75235, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come at Dallas Love Field?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 2; in one year in ten it comes after March 19. Waiting until March 19 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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- Richardson, TX12 miles from this station, 65.8°F a year
- Grapevine, TX14 miles from this station, 65.4°F a year
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