Lufkin, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lufkin's normal year runs from 38°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 50.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.1°C, January lows of 3°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,277 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLufkin Angelina County Airport
- Station IDUSW00093987
- Location31.24°N 94.75°W
- Elevation288 ft (88 m)
- Population34,399
On October 23, the normal high in Lufkin is 77°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lufkin.
- Jan 60° 38°
- Feb 64° 42°
- Mar 71° 48°
- Apr 78° 54°
- May 85° 63°
- Jun 90° 69°
- Jul 93° 72°
- Aug 94° 71°
- Sep 89° 66°
- Oct 80° 55°
- Nov 69° 45°
- Dec 61° 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 Lufkin each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 38°F. The most precipitation falls in October (4.73 in), the least in July (3.34 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 | 60°F | 38°F | 48.6°F | 4.66 | 10 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 64°F | 42°F | 52.8°F | 3.88 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 11 h |
| March | 71°F | 48°F | 59.4°F | 4.21 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 54°F | 66.0°F | 3.69 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 85°F | 63°F | 73.8°F | 4.64 | 9 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 90°F | 69°F | 79.9°F | 4.22 | 10 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 93°F | 72°F | 82.5°F | 3.34 | 8 | 27 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 94°F | 71°F | 82.4°F | 3.75 | 8 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 66°F | 77.3°F | 3.94 | 8 | 17 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 80°F | 55°F | 67.4°F | 4.73 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 69°F | 45°F | 57.0°F | 4.53 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 61°F | 39°F | 50.2°F | 4.68 | 10 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 55°F | 66.4°F | 50.27 | 103 | 104 | 28 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 3°C | 9.2°C | 118 mm |
| February | 18°C | 5°C | 11.6°C | 99 mm |
| March | 22°C | 9°C | 15.2°C | 107 mm |
| April | 25°C | 12°C | 18.9°C | 94 mm |
| May | 29°C | 17°C | 23.2°C | 118 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.6°C | 107 mm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 28.1°C | 85 mm |
| August | 34°C | 22°C | 28.0°C | 95 mm |
| September | 32°C | 19°C | 25.2°C | 100 mm |
| October | 27°C | 13°C | 19.7°C | 120 mm |
| November | 20°C | 7°C | 13.9°C | 115 mm |
| December | 16°C | 4°C | 10.1°C | 119 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Lufkin's own co-op station Lufkin (11 mi NW) does: 0 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093987; 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 Lufkin?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USW00093987.
When is the last frost in Lufkin?
In Lufkin, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 11 in half of years and after April 4 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 15 in half of years and before October 30 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 111 year in 10 after April 4; 9 in 10 after February 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 151 year in 10 before October 30; 9 in 10 before December 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 247 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 278 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 25 in half of springs and before November 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lufkin in zones 8b to 9a across its 2 ZIP code areas (8b in 75904, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Lufkin's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 21°F (30 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00093987; 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 Lufkin ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Lufkin's 2 ZIP code areas run from zone 8b to 9a: 1 in 8b and 1 in 9a. 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 Lufkin?
In a normal year in Lufkin, 104 days a year reach 90°F (9 of them 100°F or more), 28 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 103 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 104a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 9a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 28a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 103a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1906) is 111°F, on August 27, 2023; the lowest is −2°F, on January 18, 1930.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2004, with 79.04 in; the snowiest season is 1929–30, with 12.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00093987; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00093987. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Lufkin, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 71°F. The muggiest month is June, with an average dew point of 72°F, above the 65°F at which most people call the air sticky; the driest air comes in December (40°F). March is the windiest month (7.6 mph on average), and September has the most clear or nearly clear hours (74%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 71% | 48% | 6.5 mph | 52% | 36% |
| February | 45°F | 69% | 47% | 7.4 mph | 50% | 35% |
| March | 53°F | 71% | 49% | 7.6 mph | 51% | 33% |
| April | 60°F | 72% | 49% | 7.4 mph | 56% | 23% |
| May | 69°F | 75% | 54% | 6.1 mph | 57% | 15% |
| June | 72°F | 75% | 54% | 5.4 mph | 64% | 8% |
| July | 72°F | 72% | 47% | 5.1 mph | 72% | 5% |
| August | 70°F | 72% | 50% | 4.8 mph | 70% | 9% |
| September | 62°F | 71% | 45% | 5.1 mph | 74% | 11% |
| October | 53°F | 74% | 49% | 5.9 mph | 63% | 22% |
| November | 45°F | 74% | 51% | 6.1 mph | 57% | 28% |
| December | 40°F | 72% | 51% | 6.5 mph | 54% | 36% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00093987. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Lufkin?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lufkin, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (85%) and February the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.8 |
| February | 65% | 3.2 |
| March | 71% | 4.3 |
| April | 76% | 5.4 |
| May | 78% | 5.9 |
| June | 81% | 6.3 |
| July | 83% | 6.3 |
| August | 85% | 6.0 |
| September | 82% | 5.1 |
| October | 80% | 4.2 |
| November | 76% | 3.1 |
| December | 69% | 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 Lufkin need?
A normal year in Lufkin brings 1,973 heating degree days, 63% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,524 cooling degree days, 2.8 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 6,418 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 513 | 6 |
| February | 354 | 12 |
| March | 213 | 39 |
| April | 77 | 107 |
| May | 7 | 279 |
| June | 0 | 446 |
| July | 0 | 542 |
| August | 0 | 539 |
| September | 2 | 371 |
| October | 68 | 142 |
| November | 269 | 30 |
| December | 470 | 11 |
| Year (annual) | 1,973 | 2,524 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093987. 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 Lufkin been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 70.4°F, 4.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 66.4°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 68.4°F | +2.0°F | 47.03 |
| 2022 | 68.5°F | +2.1°F | 40.74 |
| 2023 | 70.4°F | +4.0°F | 47.10 |
Over 97 complete years from 1907 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.0°F per century (+0.11°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00093987; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lufkin's climate compare?
Lufkin is warmer than 187 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 283. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.4°F is warmer than 91%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lufkin 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 Lufkin share this climate record?
7 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.
- Hudson, TX5,288 people · 6 mi N
- Diboll, TX5,108 people · 4 mi SW
- Huntington, TX2,117 people · 11 mi E
- Corrigan, TX1,401 people · 17 mi S
- Pleasant Hill, TX744 people · 16 mi S
- Burke, TX704 people · 1 mi W
- Redland, TX534 people · 12 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 Lufkin's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Lufkin. This page uses Lufkin Angelina County Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lufkin (11 mi NW) USC00415415 | 16 mi NW | 350 ft | 64.7°F | 35°F | 92°F | 50.0 | 0 | March 19 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Lufkin's climate
What is the coldest month in Lufkin?
January, with a normal high of 60°F and a normal low of 38°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Lufkin?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Lufkin's NOAA station; Lufkin's own co-op station Lufkin (11 mi NW) records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Lufkin?
October, with 4.73 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 3.34 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lufkin in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lufkin in zones 8b to 9a across its 2 ZIP code areas (8b in 75904, the largest). By the same method at Lufkin's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 21°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Lufkin?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 11; in one year in ten it comes after April 4. Waiting until April 4 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Groveton, TX24 miles from this station, 68.2°F a year
- Nacogdoches, TX27 miles from this station, 65.8°F a year
- Livingston, TX36 miles from this station, 68.6°F a year
- Sam Rayburn, TX40 miles from this station, 68.5°F a year
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