Odessa, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Odessa's normal year runs from 32°F January nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 12.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.2°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 35°C, 328 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationOdessa Schlemeyer Field
- Station IDUSW00003031
- Location31.92°N 102.39°W
- Elevation3,001 ft (915 m)
- From the center4 miles
- Population119,748
On October 22, the normal high in Odessa is 76°F and the normal low 51°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 16%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Odessa.
- Jan 58° 32°
- Feb 63° 35°
- Mar 71° 43°
- Apr 80° 51°
- May 88° 61°
- Jun 95° 69°
- Jul 95° 72°
- Aug 94° 71°
- Sep 87° 63°
- Oct 78° 53°
- Nov 67° 40°
- Dec 58° 32°
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 Odessa each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 32°F. The most precipitation falls in September (1.94 in), the least in December (0.56 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 | 32°F | 44.9°F | 0.61 | 3 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 63°F | 35°F | 49.3°F | 0.57 | 3 | <1 | 10 | 11 h |
| March | 71°F | 43°F | 57.1°F | 0.73 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 80°F | 51°F | 65.4°F | 0.65 | 3 | 6 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 88°F | 61°F | 74.2°F | 1.62 | 4 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 95°F | 69°F | 81.7°F | 1.27 | 4 | 24 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 95°F | 72°F | 83.4°F | 1.53 | 4 | 27 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 94°F | 71°F | 82.4°F | 1.48 | 4 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 63°F | 75.0°F | 1.94 | 6 | 12 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 78°F | 53°F | 65.5°F | 1.25 | 5 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 67°F | 40°F | 53.6°F | 0.72 | 3 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 58°F | 32°F | 45.4°F | 0.56 | 3 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 52°F | 64.8°F | 12.93 | 46 | 115 | 49 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 0°C | 7.2°C | 15 mm |
| February | 17°C | 2°C | 9.6°C | 14 mm |
| March | 22°C | 6°C | 13.9°C | 19 mm |
| April | 26°C | 11°C | 18.6°C | 17 mm |
| May | 31°C | 16°C | 23.4°C | 41 mm |
| June | 35°C | 21°C | 27.6°C | 32 mm |
| July | 35°C | 22°C | 28.6°C | 39 mm |
| August | 35°C | 21°C | 28.0°C | 38 mm |
| September | 30°C | 17°C | 23.9°C | 49 mm |
| October | 26°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 32 mm |
| November | 19°C | 5°C | 12.0°C | 18 mm |
| December | 15°C | 0°C | 7.4°C | 14 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Odessa's own co-op station Odessa station does: 1 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003031; 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 Odessa?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. 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 USW00003031.
When is the last frost in Odessa?
In Odessa, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 19 in half of years and after April 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 11 in half of years and before October 29 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 191 year in 10 after April 8; 9 in 10 after March 1
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 111 year in 10 before October 29; 9 in 10 before November 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 235 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 259 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 7 in half of springs and before November 21 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Odessa in zones 8a to 8b across its 4 ZIP code areas (8b in 79762, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Odessa's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (19 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 USW00003031; 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 Odessa ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Odessa's 4 ZIP code areas run from zone 8a to 8b: 1 in 8a and 3 in 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 Odessa?
In a normal year in Odessa, 115 days a year reach 90°F (24 of them 100°F or more), 49 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 46 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 115a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 24a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 49a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 46a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00003031.
How sunny is Odessa?
Over a year 88% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Odessa, 5.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (92%) and February the cloudiest (83%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 52nd (with 5 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 84% | 3.5 |
| February | 83% | 4.4 |
| March | 85% | 5.6 |
| April | 88% | 6.9 |
| May | 88% | 7.3 |
| June | 92% | 7.7 |
| July | 90% | 7.3 |
| August | 90% | 6.8 |
| September | 87% | 5.7 |
| October | 88% | 4.8 |
| November | 86% | 3.8 |
| December | 83% | 3.2 |
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 Odessa need?
A normal year in Odessa brings 2,512 heating degree days, 53% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,478 cooling degree days, 2.7 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,077 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 623 | 0 |
| February | 443 | 3 |
| March | 270 | 27 |
| April | 95 | 105 |
| May | 18 | 305 |
| June | 0 | 501 |
| July | 0 | 570 |
| August | 0 | 539 |
| September | 8 | 307 |
| October | 95 | 111 |
| November | 352 | 10 |
| December | 608 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,512 | 2,478 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00003031. 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 Odessa been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 68.5°F, 3.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 64.8°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65.5°F | +0.7°F | 10.89 |
| 2022 | 66.2°F | +1.4°F | 7.68 |
| 2024 | 68.5°F | +3.7°F | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00003031. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Odessa's climate compare?
Odessa is warmer than 122 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 13. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.8°F is warmer than 87%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Odessa is BSh: hot 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 Odessa share this climate record?
3 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.
- West Odessa, TX31,985 people · 9 mi SW
- Gardendale, TX1,520 people · 7 mi N
- Goldsmith, TX229 people · 14 mi W
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 Odessa's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Odessa. This page uses Odessa Schlemeyer Field; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odessa station USC00416502 | 1 mi W | 2,910 ft | 64.4°F | 32°F | 94°F | 12.3 | 1 | March 15 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Odessa's climate
What is the coldest month in Odessa?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 32°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Odessa?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Odessa's NOAA station; Odessa's own co-op station Odessa station records 1 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Odessa?
September, with 1.94 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is December with 0.56 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Odessa in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Odessa in zones 8a to 8b across its 4 ZIP code areas (8b in 79762, the largest). By the same method at Odessa's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Odessa?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 19; in one year in ten it comes after April 8. Waiting until April 8 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Odessa in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Midland, TX12 miles from this station, 65.7°F a year
- Penwell, TX17 miles from this station, 66.3°F a year
- Andrews, TX31 miles from this station, 64.9°F a year
- Monahans, TX32 miles from this station, 65.8°F a year
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