Denver City, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Denver City's normal year runs from 27°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 19.1 inches of precipitation and 5 inches of snow 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, 484 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDenver City
- Station IDUSC00412408
- Location32.96°N 102.82°W
- Elevation3,590 ft (1,094 m)
- Population4,366
On October 23, the normal high in Denver City is 74°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 15%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Denver City.
- Jan 56° 27°
- Feb 61° 29°
- Mar 69° 36°
- Apr 77° 43°
- May 84° 54°
- Jun 92° 63°
- Jul 93° 65°
- Aug 91° 65°
- Sep 85° 58°
- Oct 76° 47°
- Nov 65° 35°
- Dec 57° 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 Denver City each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 27°F. The most precipitation falls in September (2.74 in), the least in January (0.68 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F | 27°F | 41.3°F | 0.68 | 1.2 | 3 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 61°F | 29°F | 45.1°F | 0.77 | 0.9 | 4 | <1 | 18 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 36°F | 52.3°F | 1.10 | 0.1 | 4 | <1 | 9 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 43°F | 59.9°F | 1.21 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 54°F | 68.8°F | 2.01 | 0.0 | 5 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 92°F | 63°F | 77.2°F | 2.27 | 0.0 | 5 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 93°F | 65°F | 79.0°F | 2.45 | 0.0 | 5 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 91°F | 65°F | 77.9°F | 2.44 | 0.0 | 5 | 21 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 85°F | 58°F | 71.1°F | 2.74 | 0.0 | 5 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 47°F | 61.4°F | 1.63 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 65°F | 35°F | 50.0°F | 1.00 | 0.8 | 4 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 57°F | 28°F | 42.2°F | 0.75 | 1.9 | 4 | <1 | 23 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 75°F | 46°F | 60.5°F | 19.05 | 4.9 | 51 | 88 | 88 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | −3°C | 5.2°C | 17 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 16°C | −1°C | 7.3°C | 20 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 20°C | 2°C | 11.3°C | 28 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 25°C | 6°C | 15.5°C | 31 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 29°C | 12°C | 20.4°C | 51 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 33°C | 17°C | 25.1°C | 58 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 19°C | 26.1°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 18°C | 25.5°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 14°C | 21.7°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 25°C | 8°C | 16.3°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 18°C | 2°C | 10.0°C | 25 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 14°C | −2°C | 5.7°C | 19 mm | 5 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00412408; 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 Denver City?
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 (3).
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 USC00412408.
When is the last frost in Denver City?
In Denver City, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 7 in half of years and after April 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 4 in half of years and before October 19 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 71 year in 10 after April 23; 9 in 10 after March 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 41 year in 10 before October 19; 9 in 10 before November 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 209 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 232 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 24 in half of springs and before November 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Denver City in zone 8a in ZIP code 79323, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Denver City's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (23 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 USC00412408; 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 Denver City?
In a normal year in Denver City, 88 days a year reach 90°F (10 of them 100°F or more), 88 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 51 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 88a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 10a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 88a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 51a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1986) is 113°F, on June 27, 1994; the lowest is −2°F, on January 27, 2026.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2004, with 40.69 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 19.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00412408; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00412408. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Denver City?
Over a year 87% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Denver City, 5.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (92%) and February the cloudiest (82%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 84% | 3.5 |
| February | 82% | 4.3 |
| March | 84% | 5.6 |
| April | 88% | 6.9 |
| May | 87% | 7.4 |
| June | 92% | 7.9 |
| July | 90% | 7.4 |
| August | 90% | 6.8 |
| September | 85% | 5.6 |
| October | 87% | 4.7 |
| November | 86% | 3.7 |
| December | 83% | 3.1 |
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 Denver City need?
A normal year in Denver City brings 3,265 heating degree days, 39% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,666 cooling degree days, 84% 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 4,844 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 733 | 0 |
| February | 558 | 1 |
| March | 398 | 6 |
| April | 182 | 31 |
| May | 50 | 169 |
| June | 1 | 367 |
| July | 0 | 434 |
| August | 0 | 400 |
| September | 24 | 207 |
| October | 159 | 49 |
| November | 452 | 2 |
| December | 707 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,265 | 1,666 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00412408. 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 Denver City been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 63.8°F, 3.3°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. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60.8°F | +0.3°F | 17.40 | 15.3 |
| 2022 | 61.5°F | +1.0°F | 12.50 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 63.3°F | +2.8°F | 13.60 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 64.4°F | +3.9°F | 13.35 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 63.8°F | +3.3°F | 14.16 | 0.2 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00412408. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Denver City's climate compare?
Denver City is warmer than 34 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 41. 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, Denver City 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 Denver City share this climate record?
Seagraves 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.
- Seagraves, TX2,260 people · 15 mi E
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 Denver City's climate
What is the coldest month in Denver City?
January, with a normal high of 56°F and a normal low of 27°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 65°F at night).
Does it snow in Denver City?
Yes: 5 inches in a normal year, falling on 3 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (1.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Denver City?
September, with 2.74 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.68 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Denver City in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Denver City in zone 8a in ZIP code 79323, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Denver City's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Denver City?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 7; in one year in ten it comes after April 23. Waiting until April 23 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Plains, TX16 miles from this station, 59.5°F a year
- Seminole, TX20 miles from this station, 61.7°F a year
- Hobbs, NM24 miles from this station, 62.2°F a year
- Brownfield, TX36 miles from this station, 61.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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