Lipscomb, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lipscomb's normal year runs from 18°F January nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 22.6 inches of precipitation and 10 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.6°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 35°C, 573 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLipscomb
- Station IDUSC00415247
- Location36.24°N 100.27°W
- Elevation2,390 ft (729 m)
- Population (census place)70
On October 23, the normal high in Lipscomb is 71°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 14%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lipscomb.
- Jan 50° 18°
- Feb 53° 21°
- Mar 63° 30°
- Apr 71° 39°
- May 80° 50°
- Jun 89° 61°
- Jul 95° 65°
- Aug 93° 63°
- Sep 85° 54°
- Oct 74° 41°
- Nov 61° 28°
- Dec 50° 19°
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 Lipscomb each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 18°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.46 in), the least in February (0.61 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 18°F | 33.9°F | 0.62 | 2.0 | 2 | <1 | 30 | 10 h |
| February | 53°F | 21°F | 36.9°F | 0.61 | 1.2 | 3 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 30°F | 46.5°F | 1.41 | 1.4 | 4 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 39°F | 55.3°F | 1.89 | 0.1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 50°F | 65.2°F | 3.07 | 0.0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 h |
| June | 89°F | 61°F | 75.2°F | 3.46 | 0.0 | 7 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 95°F | 65°F | 79.8°F | 2.40 | 0.0 | 6 | 24 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 93°F | 63°F | 78.2°F | 2.92 | 0.0 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 54°F | 69.9°F | 1.78 | 0.0 | 5 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 41°F | 57.2°F | 2.30 | 0.7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 28°F | 44.4°F | 0.94 | 1.1 | 3 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 50°F | 19°F | 34.7°F | 1.16 | 3.2 | 3 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 41°F | 56.4°F | 22.56 | 9.7 | 56 | 83 | 136 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −8°C | 1.1°C | 16 mm | 5 cm |
| February | 12°C | −6°C | 2.7°C | 15 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 17°C | −1°C | 8.1°C | 36 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 22°C | 4°C | 12.9°C | 48 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 10°C | 18.4°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 16°C | 24.0°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 18°C | 26.6°C | 61 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 17°C | 25.7°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 12°C | 21.1°C | 45 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 5°C | 14.0°C | 58 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 16°C | −2°C | 6.9°C | 24 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 10°C | −7°C | 1.5°C | 29 mm | 8 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415247; 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 Lipscomb?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May 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 USC00415247.
When is the last frost in Lipscomb?
In Lipscomb, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 27 in half of years and after May 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 15 in half of years and before September 29 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 271 year in 10 after May 8; 9 in 10 after April 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 151 year in 10 before September 29; 9 in 10 before October 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 170 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 189 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 16 in half of springs and before October 24 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lipscomb in zone 6b in ZIP code 79056, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Lipscomb's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (24 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 USC00415247; 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 Lipscomb?
In a normal year in Lipscomb, 83 days a year reach 90°F (20 of them 100°F or more), 136 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 56 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 83a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 20a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 136a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 12high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 56a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1963) is 114°F, on June 27, 2011; the lowest is −19°F, on January 19, 1984.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 32.69 in; the snowiest season is 1987–88, with 49.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00415247; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00415247. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Lipscomb?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lipscomb, 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (77%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 2.9 |
| February | 77% | 3.7 |
| March | 80% | 4.9 |
| April | 81% | 6.1 |
| May | 83% | 6.8 |
| June | 89% | 7.5 |
| July | 89% | 7.2 |
| August | 87% | 6.4 |
| September | 87% | 5.4 |
| October | 82% | 4.1 |
| November | 83% | 3.1 |
| December | 79% | 2.6 |
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 Lipscomb need?
A normal year in Lipscomb brings 4,639 heating degree days, 14% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,548 cooling degree days, 71% 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 4,270 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 964 | 0 |
| February | 785 | 0 |
| March | 578 | 4 |
| April | 313 | 21 |
| May | 109 | 113 |
| June | 8 | 312 |
| July | 1 | 460 |
| August | 2 | 413 |
| September | 47 | 192 |
| October | 273 | 32 |
| November | 618 | 2 |
| December | 941 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,639 | 1,548 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415247. 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 Lipscomb been warmer than normal lately?
2021 averaged 57.2°F, 0.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.4°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57.2°F | +0.8°F | 23.36 | 8.0 |
Over 38 complete years from 1964 to 2021, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.8°F per century (+0.15°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00415247; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lipscomb's climate compare?
Lipscomb is warmer than 4 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 83. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.4°F is warmer than 65%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lipscomb 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 Lipscomb's climate
What is the coldest month in Lipscomb?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 18°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 65°F at night).
Does it snow in Lipscomb?
Yes: 10 inches in a normal year, falling on 3 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (3.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Lipscomb?
June, with 3.46 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.61 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lipscomb in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lipscomb in zone 6b in ZIP code 79056, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Lipscomb's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Lipscomb?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 27; in one year in ten it comes after May 8. Waiting until May 8 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Follett, TX16 miles from this station, 57.7°F a year
- Arnett 8 mi WSW Mesonet, OK24 miles from this station, 58.6°F a year
- Gage, OK28 miles from this station, 59.1°F a year
- Arnett, OK31 miles from this station, 56.7°F a year
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