Lamesa, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lamesa's normal year runs from 26°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 16.8 inches of precipitation and 3 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.1°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 35°C, 428 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLamesa (1 mi SSE)
- Station IDUSC00415013
- Location32.72°N 101.95°W
- Elevation2,965 ft (904 m)
- Population8,108
On October 23, the normal high in Lamesa is 74°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lamesa.
- Jan 55° 26°
- Feb 60° 29°
- Mar 69° 36°
- Apr 77° 44°
- May 85° 55°
- Jun 92° 64°
- Jul 94° 66°
- Aug 93° 65°
- Sep 85° 58°
- Oct 76° 47°
- Nov 65° 35°
- Dec 56° 27°
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 Lamesa each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 26°F. The most precipitation falls in September (2.89 in), the least in January (0.60 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F | 26°F | 40.8°F | 0.60 | 0.8 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 60°F | 29°F | 44.7°F | 0.71 | 0.6 | 4 | <1 | 19 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 36°F | 52.4°F | 1.01 | 0.0 | 3 | <1 | 9 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 44°F | 60.7°F | 0.88 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 85°F | 55°F | 69.8°F | 2.09 | 0.0 | 5 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 92°F | 64°F | 77.9°F | 2.36 | 0.0 | 6 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 94°F | 66°F | 80.3°F | 1.45 | 0.0 | 5 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 93°F | 65°F | 79.0°F | 1.60 | 0.0 | 5 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 85°F | 58°F | 71.8°F | 2.89 | 0.0 | 6 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 47°F | 61.6°F | 1.41 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 65°F | 35°F | 49.7°F | 1.04 | 0.7 | 3 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 56°F | 27°F | 41.8°F | 0.80 | 0.5 | 3 | <1 | 24 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 46°F | 60.9°F | 16.84 | 2.6 | 49 | 94 | 93 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | −3°C | 4.9°C | 15 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 16°C | −2°C | 7.1°C | 18 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 20°C | 2°C | 11.3°C | 26 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 25°C | 7°C | 15.9°C | 22 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 30°C | 13°C | 21.0°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 34°C | 18°C | 25.5°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 19°C | 26.8°C | 37 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 18°C | 26.1°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 15°C | 22.1°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 25°C | 8°C | 16.4°C | 36 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 18°C | 2°C | 9.8°C | 26 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 13°C | −3°C | 5.4°C | 20 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415013; 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 Lamesa?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April 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 USC00415013.
When is the last frost in Lamesa?
In Lamesa, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 4 in half of years and after April 22 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 4 in half of years and before October 22 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 41 year in 10 after April 22; 9 in 10 after March 16
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 41 year in 10 before October 22; 9 in 10 before November 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 212 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 237 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 19 in half of springs and before November 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lamesa in zone 8a in ZIP code 79331, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Lamesa's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (22 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 USC00415013; 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 Lamesa?
In a normal year in Lamesa, 94 days a year reach 90°F (17 of them 100°F or more), 93 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 49 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 94a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 17a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 93a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 5high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 49a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1927) is 114°F, on June 28, 1994; the lowest is −12°F, on February 8, 1933.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1932, with 33.36 in; the snowiest season is 1957–58, with 13.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00415013; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00415013. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Lamesa?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lamesa, 5.4 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (91%) and February the cloudiest (80%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 83% | 3.4 |
| February | 80% | 4.2 |
| March | 82% | 5.4 |
| April | 86% | 6.7 |
| May | 85% | 7.1 |
| June | 91% | 7.6 |
| July | 89% | 7.2 |
| August | 89% | 6.7 |
| September | 85% | 5.5 |
| October | 85% | 4.6 |
| November | 84% | 3.6 |
| December | 81% | 3.0 |
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 Lamesa need?
A normal year in Lamesa brings 3,287 heating degree days, 39% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,814 cooling degree days, 100% 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 4,997 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 752 | 0 |
| February | 569 | 0 |
| March | 396 | 5 |
| April | 170 | 42 |
| May | 44 | 192 |
| June | 2 | 390 |
| July | 0 | 473 |
| August | 0 | 436 |
| September | 20 | 225 |
| October | 156 | 49 |
| November | 460 | 2 |
| December | 721 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,287 | 1,814 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415013. 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 Lamesa been warmer than normal lately?
Over 42 complete years from 1949 to 2017, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.7°F per century (+0.10°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 Lamesa's climate compare?
Lamesa is warmer than 38 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 25. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 60.9°F is warmer than 77%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lamesa 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 Lamesa share this climate record?
3 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.
- Welch, TX276 people · 18 mi NW
- Ackerly, TX261 people · 19 mi SE
- Los Ybanez, TX20 people · 2 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 Lamesa's climate
What is the coldest month in Lamesa?
January, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 26°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Lamesa?
Yes: 3 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Lamesa?
September, with 2.89 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.60 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lamesa in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lamesa in zone 8a in ZIP code 79331, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Lamesa's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Lamesa?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 4; in one year in ten it comes after April 22. Waiting until April 22 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Gail, TX29 miles from this station, 63.8°F a year
- Tahoka, TX32 miles from this station, 61.8°F a year
- Brownfield, TX37 miles from this station, 61.1°F a year
- Seminole, TX42 miles from this station, 61.7°F a year
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