Longview, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Longview's normal year runs from 37°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 45.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.0°C, January lows of 3°C, July highs of 35°C, 1,151 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLongview E TX Regional Airport
- Station IDUSW00003901
- Location32.38°N 94.71°W
- Elevation365 ft (111 m)
- Population83,668
On October 23, the normal high in Longview is 77°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 26%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Longview.
- Jan 58° 37°
- Feb 62° 40°
- Mar 70° 47°
- Apr 77° 54°
- May 84° 63°
- Jun 91° 70°
- Jul 94° 74°
- Aug 95° 73°
- Sep 89° 66°
- Oct 79° 55°
- Nov 68° 45°
- Dec 60° 39°
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 Longview each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 37°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.77 in), the least in July (2.46 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 37°F | 47.5°F | 3.62 | 8 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 62°F | 40°F | 51.3°F | 3.80 | 10 | <1 | 7 | 11 h |
| March | 70°F | 47°F | 58.6°F | 4.45 | 10 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 54°F | 65.5°F | 3.89 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 63°F | 73.6°F | 4.77 | 9 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 70°F | 80.5°F | 4.22 | 9 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 94°F | 74°F | 83.9°F | 2.46 | 7 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 95°F | 73°F | 83.8°F | 2.64 | 6 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 66°F | 77.7°F | 3.19 | 6 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 79°F | 55°F | 67.0°F | 3.95 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 68°F | 45°F | 56.3°F | 3.80 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 60°F | 39°F | 49.1°F | 4.52 | 9 | <1 | 11 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 55°F | 66.2°F | 45.31 | 97 | 100 | 35 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 3°C | 8.6°C | 92 mm |
| February | 17°C | 5°C | 10.7°C | 97 mm |
| March | 21°C | 8°C | 14.8°C | 113 mm |
| April | 25°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 99 mm |
| May | 29°C | 17°C | 23.1°C | 121 mm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 26.9°C | 107 mm |
| July | 35°C | 23°C | 28.8°C | 62 mm |
| August | 35°C | 23°C | 28.8°C | 67 mm |
| September | 32°C | 19°C | 25.4°C | 81 mm |
| October | 26°C | 13°C | 19.4°C | 100 mm |
| November | 20°C | 7°C | 13.5°C | 97 mm |
| December | 15°C | 4°C | 9.5°C | 115 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Longview's own co-op station Longview Wsmo does: 0 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003901; 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 Longview?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USW00003901.
When is the last frost in Longview?
In Longview, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 8 in half of years and after March 31 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 17 in half of years and before November 2 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
- March 81 year in 10 after March 31; 9 in 10 after February 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 171 year in 10 before November 2; 9 in 10 before December 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 251 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 279 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 24 in half of springs and before November 30 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Longview in zone 8b across its 4 ZIP code areas (8b in 75604, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Longview's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (21 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 USW00003901; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Longview ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Longview's 4 ZIP code areas are all in zone 8b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Longview?
In a normal year in Longview, 100 days a year reach 90°F (14 of them 100°F or more), 35 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 97 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 100a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 14a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 35a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 97a normal year
The highest temperature in Longview's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1902) is 113°F, on August 10, 1936; the lowest is −5°F, on February 16, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 71.15 in; the snowiest season is 1929–30, with 26.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00003901; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record GGGthr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Longview?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Longview, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (85%) and February the cloudiest (65%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 210th (with 32 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.8 |
| February | 65% | 3.1 |
| March | 71% | 4.3 |
| April | 76% | 5.4 |
| May | 77% | 5.9 |
| June | 82% | 6.4 |
| July | 84% | 6.4 |
| August | 85% | 6.0 |
| September | 82% | 5.1 |
| October | 80% | 4.1 |
| November | 75% | 3.0 |
| December | 70% | 2.5 |
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 Longview need?
A normal year in Longview brings 2,136 heating degree days, 60% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,613 cooling degree days, 2.9 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,422 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 548 | 5 |
| February | 396 | 11 |
| March | 235 | 37 |
| April | 82 | 97 |
| May | 10 | 275 |
| June | 0 | 465 |
| July | 0 | 587 |
| August | 0 | 581 |
| September | 3 | 382 |
| October | 76 | 138 |
| November | 285 | 26 |
| December | 501 | 8 |
| Year (annual) | 2,136 | 2,613 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003901. 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 Longview been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 67.7°F, 1.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 66.2°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 66.0°F | −0.2°F | 41.59 |
| 2022 | 66.7°F | +0.5°F | 35.17 |
| 2024 | 68.6°F | +2.4°F | 58.94 |
| 2025 | 67.7°F | +1.5°F | 43.79 |
Over 30 complete years from 1993 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 7.3°F per century (+0.40°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00003901; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Longview's climate compare?
Longview is warmer than 180 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 254. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.2°F is warmer than 90%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Longview 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 Longview 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.
- Kilgore, TX13,583 people · 9 mi W
- Lake Cherokee, TX3,358 people · 4 mi SE
- Liberty City, TX2,826 people · 14 mi W
- Lakeport, TX992 people · 1 mi N
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Longview's other NOAA stations record?
3 more NOAA stations keep 1991-2020 normals in or near Longview. This page uses Longview E TX Regional Airport; the others differ by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longview #2 USC00415344 | 9 mi N | 504 ft | 66.6°F | 36°F | 95°F | 50.5 | 1 | March 7 |
| Longview Wsmo USW00003951 | 4 mi SE | 407 ft | 65.3°F | 36°F | 93°F | 50.3 | 0 | March 11 |
| Longview station USC00415341 | 6 mi N | 330 ft | 65.2°F | 34°F | 94°F | 48.2 | 1 | March 16 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Longview's climate
What is the coldest month in Longview?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 37°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 74°F at night).
Does it snow in Longview?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Longview's NOAA station; Longview's own co-op station Longview Wsmo records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Longview?
May, with 4.77 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 2.46 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Longview in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Longview in zone 8b across its 4 ZIP code areas (8b in 75604, the largest). By the same method at Longview's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Longview?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 8; in one year in ten it comes after March 31. Waiting until March 31 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Longview in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Hallsville, TX8 miles from this station, 64.6°F a year
- Henderson, TX15 miles from this station, 65.6°F a year
- Diana (2 mi W), TX22 miles from this station, 65.2°F a year
- Marshall, TX24 miles from this station, 64.3°F a year
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