Levelland, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Levelland's normal year runs from 25°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 18.3 inches of precipitation and 6 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.2°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 34°C, 464 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLevelland
- Station IDUSC00415183
- Location33.55°N 102.38°W
- Elevation3,514 ft (1,071 m)
- Population12,494
On October 23, the normal high in Levelland is 72°F and the normal low 42°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 16%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Levelland.
- Jan 54° 25°
- Feb 59° 28°
- Mar 67° 35°
- Apr 75° 43°
- May 84° 53°
- Jun 91° 63°
- Jul 92° 66°
- Aug 91° 64°
- Sep 84° 57°
- Oct 75° 45°
- Nov 63° 34°
- Dec 54° 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 Levelland each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 25°F. The most precipitation falls in June (2.67 in), the least in February (0.60 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 25°F | 39.5°F | 0.66 | 1.3 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 59°F | 28°F | 43.3°F | 0.60 | 1.5 | 4 | <1 | 20 | 11 h |
| March | 67°F | 35°F | 50.8°F | 1.12 | 0.5 | 5 | <1 | 10 | 12 h |
| April | 75°F | 43°F | 58.9°F | 1.00 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 53°F | 68.5°F | 2.40 | 0.0 | 6 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 63°F | 77.1°F | 2.67 | 0.0 | 7 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 92°F | 66°F | 79.0°F | 2.06 | 0.0 | 6 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 91°F | 64°F | 77.3°F | 2.29 | 0.0 | 7 | 21 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 57°F | 70.2°F | 2.29 | 0.0 | 6 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 45°F | 60.0°F | 1.53 | 0.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 63°F | 34°F | 48.2°F | 0.87 | 0.9 | 4 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 54°F | 27°F | 40.5°F | 0.78 | 1.9 | 4 | <1 | 25 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 45°F | 59.4°F | 18.27 | 6.2 | 63 | 87 | 98 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | −4°C | 4.2°C | 17 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 15°C | −2°C | 6.3°C | 15 mm | 4 cm |
| March | 19°C | 2°C | 10.4°C | 28 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 24°C | 6°C | 14.9°C | 25 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 29°C | 12°C | 20.3°C | 61 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 33°C | 17°C | 25.1°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 19°C | 26.1°C | 52 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 18°C | 25.2°C | 58 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 14°C | 21.2°C | 58 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 7°C | 15.6°C | 39 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 1°C | 9.0°C | 22 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 12°C | −3°C | 4.7°C | 20 mm | 5 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415183; 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 Levelland?
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 (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 USC00415183.
When is the last frost in Levelland?
In Levelland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 9 in half of years and after April 25 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 18 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 91 year in 10 after April 25; 9 in 10 after March 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 18; 9 in 10 before November 13
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 205 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 226 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 28 in half of springs and before November 9 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Levelland in zone 7b in ZIP code 79336, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Levelland's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°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 USC00415183; 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 Levelland?
In a normal year in Levelland, 87 days a year reach 90°F (13 of them 100°F or more), 98 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 63 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 87a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 13a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 98a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 5high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 63a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1937) is 115°F, on June 28, 1994; the lowest is −16°F, on January 13, 1963.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1986, with 32.69 in; the snowiest season is 1960–61, with 46.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00415183; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00415183. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Levelland?
Over a year 87% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Levelland, 5.5 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (91%) and February the cloudiest (82%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 85% | 3.4 |
| February | 82% | 4.3 |
| March | 84% | 5.5 |
| April | 87% | 6.8 |
| May | 86% | 7.3 |
| June | 91% | 7.8 |
| July | 90% | 7.4 |
| August | 90% | 6.8 |
| September | 86% | 5.6 |
| October | 85% | 4.5 |
| November | 85% | 3.6 |
| December | 83% | 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 Levelland need?
A normal year in Levelland brings 3,597 heating degree days, 33% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,598 cooling degree days, 76% 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 4,638 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 792 | 0 |
| February | 607 | 0 |
| March | 445 | 3 |
| April | 209 | 26 |
| May | 56 | 166 |
| June | 2 | 363 |
| July | 0 | 434 |
| August | 1 | 382 |
| September | 28 | 185 |
| October | 193 | 38 |
| November | 507 | 1 |
| December | 759 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,597 | 1,598 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415183. 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 Levelland been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 60.8°F, 1.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 59.4°F. 3 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.3°F | −0.1°F | 17.05 | 11.4 |
| 2022 | 59.3°F | −0.1°F | 13.36 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 60.9°F | +1.5°F | 15.35 | 5.2 |
| 2024 | 61.7°F | +2.3°F | 16.23 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 60.8°F | +1.4°F | 15.12 | 2.2 |
Over 59 complete years from 1950 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.5°F per century (+0.19°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00415183; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Levelland's climate compare?
Levelland is warmer than 29 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 35. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 59.4°F is warmer than 73%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Levelland 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 Levelland share this climate record?
4 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.
- Sundown, TX1,306 people · 9 mi SW
- Ropesville, TX453 people · 16 mi SE
- Smyer, TX444 people · 12 mi E
- Opdyke West, TX234 people · 5 mi NE
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 Levelland's climate
What is the coldest month in Levelland?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 25°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Levelland?
Yes: 6 inches in a normal year, falling on 5 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (1.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Levelland?
June, with 2.67 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.60 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Levelland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Levelland in zone 7b in ZIP code 79336, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Levelland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Levelland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 9; in one year in ten it comes after April 25. Waiting until April 25 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Littlefield, TX23 miles from this station, 58.5°F a year
- Morton, TX25 miles from this station, 59.4°F a year
- Brownfield, TX25 miles from this station, 61.1°F a year
- Lubbock, TX33 miles from this station, 61.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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