Littlefield, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Littlefield's normal year runs from 23°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 18.0 inches of precipitation and 7 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.7°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 34°C, 457 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLittlefield
- Station IDUSC00415265
- Location33.87°N 102.26°W
- Elevation3,466 ft (1,056 m)
- Population5,740
On October 23, the normal high in Littlefield is 73°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 12%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Littlefield.
- Jan 54° 23°
- Feb 58° 26°
- Mar 67° 33°
- Apr 75° 41°
- May 83° 52°
- Jun 91° 61°
- Jul 93° 64°
- Aug 91° 63°
- Sep 84° 55°
- Oct 75° 43°
- Nov 63° 32°
- Dec 54° 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 Littlefield each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 23°F. The most precipitation falls in June (2.87 in), the least in February (0.61 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 23°F | 38.4°F | 0.65 | 1.2 | 3 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 58°F | 26°F | 42.1°F | 0.61 | 1.5 | 3 | <1 | 22 | 11 h |
| March | 67°F | 33°F | 49.7°F | 1.15 | 0.6 | 4 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 75°F | 41°F | 57.6°F | 1.05 | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 52°F | 67.4°F | 2.01 | 0.0 | 6 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 61°F | 76.0°F | 2.87 | 0.0 | 7 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 93°F | 64°F | 78.5°F | 2.22 | 0.0 | 6 | 24 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 91°F | 63°F | 76.9°F | 2.35 | 0.0 | 7 | 21 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 55°F | 69.6°F | 2.28 | 0.0 | 6 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 43°F | 59.0°F | 1.31 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 63°F | 32°F | 47.3°F | 0.74 | 1.1 | 3 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 54°F | 24°F | 39.3°F | 0.77 | 2.3 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 43°F | 58.5°F | 18.01 | 6.8 | 54 | 87 | 109 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | −5°C | 3.6°C | 17 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 15°C | −3°C | 5.6°C | 15 mm | 4 cm |
| March | 19°C | 0°C | 9.8°C | 29 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 24°C | 5°C | 14.2°C | 27 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 28°C | 11°C | 19.7°C | 51 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 33°C | 16°C | 24.4°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 18°C | 25.8°C | 56 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 17°C | 24.9°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 13°C | 20.9°C | 58 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 6°C | 15.0°C | 33 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 0°C | 8.5°C | 19 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 12°C | −4°C | 4.1°C | 20 mm | 6 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415265; 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 Littlefield?
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 (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 USC00415265.
When is the last frost in Littlefield?
In Littlefield, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 14 in half of years and after April 28 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 26 in half of years and before October 15 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 141 year in 10 after April 28; 9 in 10 after March 30
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 261 year in 10 before October 15; 9 in 10 before November 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 192 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 214 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 3 in half of springs and before November 4 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Littlefield in zone 7b in ZIP code 79339, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Littlefield's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 7°F (28 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 USC00415265; 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 Littlefield?
In a normal year in Littlefield, 87 days a year reach 90°F (12 of them 100°F or more), 109 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 54 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 87a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 12a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 109a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 6high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 54a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1966) is 112°F, on June 28, 1994; the lowest is −8°F, on January 26, 2026.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2004, with 34.10 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 20.4 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00415265; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00415265. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Littlefield?
Over a year 87% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Littlefield, 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 Littlefield need?
A normal year in Littlefield brings 3,838 heating degree days, 29% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,493 cooling degree days, 65% 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 4,429 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 825 | 0 |
| February | 641 | 0 |
| March | 477 | 3 |
| April | 243 | 22 |
| May | 70 | 143 |
| June | 3 | 334 |
| July | 0 | 417 |
| August | 1 | 370 |
| September | 34 | 173 |
| October | 216 | 29 |
| November | 532 | 1 |
| December | 797 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,838 | 1,493 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415265. 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 Littlefield been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 59.6°F, 1.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.5°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58.6°F | +0.1°F | 15.59 | 6.5 |
| 2022 | 58.4°F | −0.1°F | 14.49 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 59.8°F | +1.3°F | 18.47 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 60.8°F | +2.3°F | 17.56 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 59.6°F | +1.1°F | 19.23 | 1.2 |
Over 49 complete years from 1968 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.4°F per century (+0.25°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00415265; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Littlefield's climate compare?
Littlefield is warmer than 20 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 32. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.5°F is warmer than 70%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Littlefield 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 Littlefield 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.
- Anton, TX926 people · 7 mi SE
- Amherst, TX641 people · 13 mi NW
- Whitharral, TX89 people · 10 mi SW
- Spade, TX33 people · 7 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 Littlefield's climate
What is the coldest month in Littlefield?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 23°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow in Littlefield?
Yes: 7 inches in a normal year, falling on 4 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (2.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Littlefield?
June, with 2.87 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.61 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Littlefield in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Littlefield in zone 7b in ZIP code 79339, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Littlefield's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 7°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Littlefield?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 14; in one year in ten it comes after April 28. Waiting until April 28 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Olton, TX22 miles from this station, 58.6°F a year
- Levelland, TX23 miles from this station, 59.4°F a year
- Abernathy, TX24 miles from this station, 59.3°F a year
- Lubbock, TX30 miles from this station, 61.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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