Friona, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Friona's primary NOAA station, FRIONA.
The climate verdict for Friona
Dryness leads the climate profile for Friona, Texas, with 19.3 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 57°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 57°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 19.3"
- annual precipitation · 13" snow
- 184 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Friona: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00413368 · Friona, TX 57°F mean · 19.3" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 57°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,528
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bethpage
- PRCP-DRY 19.3"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,243 HDD
- STN-1 USC00413368
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bethpage, TN ( -0.1 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every TX station list.
- Friona (this station) 57°F
- Cold Bethpage, TN 57°F
- Hot Dimmitt, TX 57°F
- Near Salisbury Wicom…, MD 57°F
- Near Benton, KY 57°F
Friona sits in Texas, the #4 hottest U.S. state at 66.2°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Friona
Friona: 46/100 · grade D
Friona publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Friona, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 56.8°F · 10.7° from 67.5°F | 66/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 13.0 inches/year | 59/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 184 days/year | 53/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 19.3 in · 15.7 from 35 in | 44/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 191 calendar days | 19/100 · F |
Friona · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Friona is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 36.7°F and warmest-month mean 77.3°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 77.3°F
- Coldest month
- 36.7°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Friona sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Friona's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 66th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 73%
- Friona's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 38th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Friona compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Friona's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Friona's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 53 complete annual observations from 1964 to 2025, FRIONA warmed at a fitted rate of 0.20°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Friona primary station fitted change +0.20 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F (11°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.7" | 2.5" | 28.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 56°F (13°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.5" | 2.4" | 22.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 64°F (18°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.1" | 1.4" | 14.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 72°F (22°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.0" | 0.5" | 5.8 | 0.3 |
| May | 80°F (27°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 5.7 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 2.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 15.6 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 2.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.0 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.0 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 2.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.9 |
| October | 73°F (23°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 2.0" | 0.6" | 2.7 | 1.0 |
| November | 60°F (16°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 0.8" | 1.9" | 16.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 51°F (11°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.8" | 3.7" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Friona works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by July 2 and hold at or above 90°F on 63 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 128 dates, bottoming at 22°F around January 4.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 17 through August 18, covering 63 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 6 to October 23.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 17, then returns to freezing around November 11, covering 128 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 11, when 26% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 18 at 11%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 61 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 7 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 34°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Friona.
Where Friona Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 63 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 34°F between the normal high and low.
Friona earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 2.5"
3.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.4"
3.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.4"
4.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
4.4 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
5.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.9"
3.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.7"
3.7 days with precipitation
Friona runs a summer-peaked wet season
43% of Friona's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is August at 3.1", on a 40.6°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: August, July, June, taking 43% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 0.5".
- Winter share: 10% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
How Friona's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 61 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 19.3" between them, or roughly 0.32 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Friona
Friona averages 13.0 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 7 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 13.0 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 7 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 7% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
184 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,243
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,296
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Friona on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (57°F here).
- Advance, MO 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Andrews, NC 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Bardstown, KY 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Byrdstown, TN 57°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (19.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Guffey, CO 19.3" · 0.0" off
- Hat Creek, CA 19.3" · 0.0" off
- Elizabeth, CO 19.3" · 0.0" off
- Greer, AZ 19.3" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Friona
heating led · dry · mid swing
Friona's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,243 annual heating degree days against 1,296 for cooling. Its 40.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Friona's frost-free season lasts about 184 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Friona coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 37°F (3°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Friona typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Friona snow peak
December
Friona averages 13.0 inches of snow a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Friona's primary station: FRIONA (USC00413368). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4827660). Match rule for Friona: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Friona comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.