Marfa, TX Climate: Temperature by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Marfa's primary NOAA station, MARFA 3W.
The climate verdict for Marfa
Marfa, Texas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 59°F. July is the warmest month at 75°F and January the coldest at 42°F.
- 59°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 196 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Marfa: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00415596 · Marfa, TX 59°F mean
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-MILD 59°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,009
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ East Park Rsvr
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-MID 33°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 3,228 HDD
- STN-1 USC00415596
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: East Park Rsvr, CA (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every TX station list.
- Hot Fort Bayard, NM 60°F
- Near Chiricahua Nati…, AZ 60°F
- Marfa (this station) 59°F
- Near East Park Rsvr, CA 59°F
- Near Pine Springs, TX 59°F
Marfa sits in Texas, the #4 hottest U.S. state at 66.2°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Marfa
Marfa: 59/100 · grade C
Marfa publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Marfa, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 59.3°F · 8.2° from 67.5°F | 74/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 196 days/year | 61/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 155 calendar days | 43/100 · D |
Marfa · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Marfa sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Marfa are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Top 27% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Marfa sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 85%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Marfa is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F (15°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 42°F (5°C) | N/A | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 63°F (17°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | N/A | 20.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 70°F (21°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 52°F (11°C) | N/A | 14.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 78°F (26°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 60°F (15°C) | N/A | 4.4 | 0.4 |
| May | 87°F (30°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 68°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.1 | 9.2 |
| June | 92°F (33°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 75°F (24°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 19.4 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 75°F (24°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 16.0 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 74°F (23°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 9.1 |
| September | 83°F (29°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 68°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| October | 76°F (25°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 60°F (15°C) | N/A | 2.4 | 0.2 |
| November | 68°F (20°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 51°F (10°C) | N/A | 14.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 59°F (15°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 42°F (6°C) | N/A | 25.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Marfa works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by June 15 and hold at or above 90°F on 44 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 111 dates, bottoming at 24°F around January 5.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 30 through July 12, covering 44 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 16 to November 10.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 7, then returns to freezing around November 18, covering 111 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
May 2 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 38°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Marfa.
Where Marfa Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 38°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Marfa earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 27
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 14
50% probability date
Growing Season
196 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,228
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,183
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Marfa on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (59°F here).
- Big Sandy, TN 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Coldwater, KS 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Colfax, CA 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Jackson, TN 59°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Marfa's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Marfa's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,228 annual heating degree days against 1,183 for cooling. Its 33.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Marfa's frost-free season lasts about 196 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Marfa's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 33.3°F. The annual average is 59°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Marfa's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Marfa's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Marfa, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Marfa's climate
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Marfa's primary station: MARFA 3W (USC00415596). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4846620). Match rule for Marfa: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Marfa comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.