Matador, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Matador's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 23.0 inches of precipitation and 7 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.1°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 34°C, 584 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMatador
- Station IDUSC00415658
- Location34.02°N 100.81°W
- Elevation2,360 ft (719 m)
- Population540
On October 23, the normal high in Matador is 73°F and the normal low 46°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 Matador.
- Jan 54° 28°
- Feb 58° 30°
- Mar 66° 38°
- Apr 74° 46°
- May 82° 56°
- Jun 90° 65°
- Jul 93° 69°
- Aug 92° 68°
- Sep 85° 60°
- Oct 75° 49°
- Nov 63° 38°
- Dec 54° 30°
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 Matador each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.44 in), the least in January (0.81 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 28°F | 41.1°F | 0.81 | 1.4 | 3 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 58°F | 30°F | 43.9°F | 0.89 | 1.7 | 4 | <1 | 16 | 11 h |
| March | 66°F | 38°F | 52.1°F | 1.45 | 0.3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 46°F | 60.0°F | 1.96 | 0.1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 56°F | 69.1°F | 2.77 | 0.0 | 7 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 90°F | 65°F | 77.5°F | 3.44 | 0.0 | 7 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 93°F | 69°F | 81.2°F | 2.03 | 0.0 | 5 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 92°F | 68°F | 80.0°F | 2.68 | 0.0 | 6 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 60°F | 72.2°F | 2.99 | 0.0 | 6 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 49°F | 61.8°F | 1.89 | 0.1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 63°F | 38°F | 50.4°F | 1.08 | 0.9 | 4 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 54°F | 30°F | 42.2°F | 0.99 | 2.0 | 3 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 48°F | 61.0°F | 22.98 | 6.5 | 59 | 93 | 72 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | −2°C | 5.1°C | 21 mm | 4 cm |
| February | 14°C | −1°C | 6.6°C | 23 mm | 4 cm |
| March | 19°C | 3°C | 11.2°C | 37 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 24°C | 8°C | 15.6°C | 50 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 28°C | 13°C | 20.6°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 18°C | 25.3°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 21°C | 27.3°C | 52 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 20°C | 26.7°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 22.3°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 9°C | 16.6°C | 48 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 3°C | 10.2°C | 27 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 12°C | −1°C | 5.7°C | 25 mm | 5 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415658; 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 Matador?
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 (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 USC00415658.
When is the last frost in Matador?
In Matador, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 5 in half of years and after April 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 4 in half of years and before October 22 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 51 year in 10 after April 21; 9 in 10 after March 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 41 year in 10 before October 22; 9 in 10 before November 17
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 213 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 234 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 25 in half of springs and before November 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Matador in zone 7b in ZIP code 79244, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Matador's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (22 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 USC00415658; 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 Matador?
In a normal year in Matador, 93 days a year reach 90°F (18 of them 100°F or more), 72 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 59 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 93a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 18a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 72a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 6high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 59a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1947) is 116°F, on June 28, 1994; the lowest is −6°F, on February 15, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2004, with 36.33 in; the snowiest season is 1967–68, with 27.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00415658; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00415658. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Matador?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Matador, 5.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (79%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 83% | 3.2 |
| February | 79% | 3.9 |
| March | 81% | 5.1 |
| April | 82% | 6.2 |
| May | 82% | 6.8 |
| June | 89% | 7.4 |
| July | 89% | 7.2 |
| August | 88% | 6.4 |
| September | 85% | 5.4 |
| October | 83% | 4.3 |
| November | 83% | 3.3 |
| December | 80% | 2.8 |
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 Matador need?
A normal year in Matador brings 3,349 heating degree days, 38% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,910 cooling degree days, 2.1 times 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 5,113 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 743 | 0 |
| February | 592 | 1 |
| March | 413 | 13 |
| April | 200 | 50 |
| May | 57 | 185 |
| June | 2 | 377 |
| July | 0 | 502 |
| August | 1 | 467 |
| September | 24 | 240 |
| October | 168 | 68 |
| November | 445 | 7 |
| December | 707 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,349 | 1,910 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415658. 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 Matador been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 63.1°F, 2.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 61.0°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62.1°F | +1.1°F | 20.37 | 13.0 |
| 2022 | 62.7°F | +1.7°F | 14.16 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 63.2°F | +2.2°F | 30.76 | 11.1 |
| 2024 | 64.6°F | +3.6°F | 23.76 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 63.1°F | +2.1°F | 15.55 | 8.4 |
Over 51 complete years from 1950 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.5°F per century (+0.14°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00415658; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Matador's climate compare?
Matador is warmer than 40 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 89. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.0°F is warmer than 77%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Matador 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 Matador share this climate record?
Roaring Springs has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Roaring Springs, TX204 people · 9 mi S
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 Matador's climate
What is the coldest month in Matador?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Matador?
Yes: 7 inches in a normal year, falling on 4 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (2.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Matador?
June, with 3.44 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.81 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Matador in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Matador in zone 7b in ZIP code 79244, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Matador's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Matador?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 5; in one year in ten it comes after April 21. Waiting until April 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Turkey, TX26 miles from this station, 61.9°F a year
- Paducah, TX29 miles from this station, 62.4°F a year
- Floydada, TX30 miles from this station, 59.5°F a year
- Crosbyton, TX36 miles from this station, 60.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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