Hereford, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hereford's normal year runs from 23°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 19.3 inches of precipitation and 14 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.1°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 34°C, 491 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHereford
- Station IDUSC00414098
- Location34.82°N 102.40°W
- Elevation3,820 ft (1,164 m)
- Population14,860
On October 23, the normal high in Hereford is 70°F and the normal low 40°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 Hereford.
- Jan 51° 23°
- Feb 56° 25°
- Mar 64° 32°
- Apr 72° 40°
- May 81° 50°
- Jun 90° 61°
- Jul 92° 65°
- Aug 91° 64°
- Sep 84° 56°
- Oct 73° 43°
- 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 Hereford each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 23°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.34 in), the least in February (0.45 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F | 23°F | 36.8°F | 0.64 | 3.2 | 3 | <1 | 28 | 10 h |
| February | 56°F | 25°F | 40.4°F | 0.45 | 1.7 | 3 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 64°F | 32°F | 48.3°F | 1.22 | 1.9 | 4 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 40°F | 56.1°F | 1.09 | 0.7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 50°F | 65.7°F | 2.09 | 0.1 | 6 | 8 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 90°F | 61°F | 75.4°F | 3.34 | 0.0 | 8 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 92°F | 65°F | 78.6°F | 2.34 | 0.0 | 7 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 91°F | 64°F | 77.1°F | 3.04 | 0.0 | 8 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 56°F | 69.7°F | 1.86 | 0.0 | 6 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 43°F | 57.9°F | 1.85 | 0.6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 31°F | 45.8°F | 0.69 | 2.5 | 4 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 51°F | 24°F | 37.4°F | 0.72 | 3.6 | 4 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 43°F | 57.4°F | 19.33 | 14.3 | 63 | 77 | 118 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | −5°C | 2.7°C | 16 mm | 8 cm |
| February | 13°C | −4°C | 4.7°C | 11 mm | 4 cm |
| March | 18°C | 0°C | 9.1°C | 31 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 22°C | 4°C | 13.4°C | 28 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 27°C | 10°C | 18.7°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 16°C | 24.1°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 18°C | 25.9°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 18°C | 25.1°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 13°C | 20.9°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 6°C | 14.4°C | 47 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 16°C | 0°C | 7.7°C | 18 mm | 6 cm |
| December | 11°C | −5°C | 3.0°C | 18 mm | 9 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00414098; 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 Hereford?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (5).
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 USC00414098.
When is the last frost in Hereford?
In Hereford, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 17 in half of years and after May 1 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 25 in half of years and before October 11 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 171 year in 10 after May 1; 9 in 10 after April 3
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 251 year in 10 before October 11; 9 in 10 before November 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 189 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 211 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 5 in half of springs and before November 4 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hereford in zone 7a in ZIP code 79045, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hereford's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (29 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 USC00414098; 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 Hereford?
In a normal year in Hereford, 77 days a year reach 90°F (9 of them 100°F or more), 118 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 63 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 77a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 9a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 118a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 10high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 63a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 5a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1905) is 111°F, on June 8, 1910; the lowest is −17°F, on February 1, 1951.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1941, with 38.95 in; the snowiest season is 1982–83, with 41.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00414098; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00414098. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hereford?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hereford, 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 Hereford need?
A normal year in Hereford brings 4,175 heating degree days, 22% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,449 cooling degree days, 60% 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 4,264 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 874 | 0 |
| February | 689 | 0 |
| March | 518 | 2 |
| April | 283 | 14 |
| May | 92 | 114 |
| June | 4 | 316 |
| July | 1 | 422 |
| August | 1 | 376 |
| September | 38 | 178 |
| October | 245 | 26 |
| November | 577 | 1 |
| December | 854 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,175 | 1,449 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00414098. 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 Hereford been warmer than normal lately?
Over 62 complete years from 1937 to 2019, 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: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hereford's climate compare?
Hereford is warmer than 14 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 46. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 57.4°F is warmer than 68%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hereford is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. 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 Hereford share this climate record?
Summerfield 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.
- Summerfield, TX0 people · 8 mi SW
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 Hereford's climate
What is the coldest month in Hereford?
January, with a normal high of 51°F and a normal low of 23°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 65°F at night).
Does it snow in Hereford?
Yes: 14 inches in a normal year, falling on 7 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (3.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Hereford?
June, with 3.34 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.45 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hereford in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hereford in zone 7a in ZIP code 79045, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Hereford's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Hereford?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 17; in one year in ten it comes after May 1. Waiting until May 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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