Friona, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Friona's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 19.3 inches of precipitation and 13 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.8°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 33°C, 490 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFriona
- Station IDUSC00413368
- Location34.64°N 102.72°W
- Elevation4,010 ft (1,222 m)
- Population4,071
On October 23, the normal high in Friona is 70°F and the normal low 39°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 Friona.
- Jan 51° 22°
- Feb 56° 25°
- Mar 64° 32°
- Apr 72° 38°
- May 80° 49°
- Jun 89° 59°
- Jul 91° 63°
- Aug 90° 62°
- Sep 84° 55°
- Oct 73° 42°
- Nov 60° 31°
- Dec 51° 24°
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 Friona each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in August (3.13 in), the least in February (0.48 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F | 22°F | 36.7°F | 0.70 | 2.5 | 3 | <1 | 28 | 10 h |
| February | 56°F | 25°F | 40.5°F | 0.48 | 2.4 | 3 | <1 | 23 | 11 h |
| March | 64°F | 32°F | 48.0°F | 1.15 | 1.4 | 4 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 38°F | 55.2°F | 1.00 | 0.5 | 4 | <1 | 6 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 49°F | 64.7°F | 2.14 | 0.0 | 6 | 6 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 89°F | 59°F | 74.3°F | 2.49 | 0.0 | 7 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 91°F | 63°F | 77.3°F | 2.64 | 0.0 | 7 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 90°F | 62°F | 76.0°F | 3.13 | 0.0 | 8 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 55°F | 69.1°F | 2.03 | 0.0 | 5 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 42°F | 57.7°F | 1.98 | 0.6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 31°F | 45.4°F | 0.75 | 1.9 | 3 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 51°F | 24°F | 37.3°F | 0.80 | 3.7 | 4 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 42°F | 56.8°F | 19.29 | 13.0 | 61 | 68 | 118 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | −5°C | 2.6°C | 18 mm | 6 cm |
| February | 13°C | −4°C | 4.7°C | 12 mm | 6 cm |
| March | 18°C | 0°C | 8.9°C | 29 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 22°C | 4°C | 12.9°C | 25 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 27°C | 9°C | 18.2°C | 54 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 15°C | 23.5°C | 63 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 17°C | 25.2°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 17°C | 24.4°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 13°C | 20.6°C | 52 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 6°C | 14.3°C | 50 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 16°C | −1°C | 7.4°C | 19 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 11°C | −5°C | 2.9°C | 20 mm | 9 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00413368; 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 Friona?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in 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 USC00413368.
When is the last frost in Friona?
In Friona, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 22 in half of years and after May 4 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 23 in half of years and before October 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
- April 221 year in 10 after May 4; 9 in 10 after April 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 231 year in 10 before October 10; 9 in 10 before November 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 182 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 204 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 11 in half of springs and before November 2 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Friona in zone 7a in ZIP code 79035, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Friona's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°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 USC00413368; 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 Friona?
In a normal year in Friona, 68 days a year reach 90°F (6 of them 100°F or more), 118 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 61 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 68a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 118a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 9high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 61a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 5a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1962) is 109°F, on June 18, 2017; the lowest is −15°F, on January 13, 1963.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2004, with 36.56 in; the snowiest season is 1982–83, with 48.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00413368; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00413368. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Friona?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Friona, 5.5 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (91%) and February the cloudiest (81%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 84% | 3.3 |
| February | 81% | 4.1 |
| March | 83% | 5.4 |
| April | 86% | 6.7 |
| May | 86% | 7.3 |
| June | 91% | 7.8 |
| July | 90% | 7.5 |
| August | 89% | 6.7 |
| September | 87% | 5.6 |
| October | 85% | 4.5 |
| November | 85% | 3.5 |
| December | 81% | 2.9 |
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 Friona need?
A normal year in Friona brings 4,243 heating degree days, 21% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,296 cooling degree days, 43% 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 4,057 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 879 | 0 |
| February | 685 | 0 |
| March | 528 | 1 |
| April | 303 | 9 |
| May | 104 | 93 |
| June | 5 | 284 |
| July | 1 | 382 |
| August | 2 | 343 |
| September | 40 | 162 |
| October | 251 | 23 |
| November | 588 | 1 |
| December | 859 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,243 | 1,296 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00413368. 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 Friona been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 59.3°F, 2.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.8°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58.1°F | +1.3°F | 15.78 | 9.5 |
| 2022 | 58.0°F | +1.2°F | 10.45 | 5.3 |
| 2023 | 59.5°F | +2.8°F | 18.42 | 6.5 |
| 2024 | 60.5°F | +3.7°F | 21.75 | 10.3 |
| 2025 | 59.3°F | +2.5°F | 23.12 | 12.8 |
Over 53 complete years from 1964 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.5°F per century (+0.20°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00413368; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Friona's climate compare?
Friona is warmer than 9 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 45. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.8°F is warmer than 66%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Friona 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.
Questions about Friona's climate
What is the coldest month in Friona?
January, with a normal high of 51°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow in Friona?
Yes: 13 inches in a normal year, falling on 7 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (3.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Friona?
August, with 3.13 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.48 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Friona in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Friona in zone 7a in ZIP code 79035, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Friona's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Friona?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 22; in one year in ten it comes after May 4. Waiting until May 4 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
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