Pampa, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Pampa's normal year runs from 23°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 22.8 inches of precipitation and 16 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.3°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 34°C, 579 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPampa #2
- Station IDUSC00416776
- Location35.55°N 100.97°W
- Elevation3,150 ft (960 m)
- Population16,487
On October 23, the normal high in Pampa is 70°F and the normal low 42°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 Pampa.
- Jan 50° 23°
- Feb 54° 26°
- Mar 63° 33°
- Apr 71° 42°
- May 80° 52°
- Jun 88° 63°
- Jul 93° 67°
- Aug 91° 66°
- Sep 84° 58°
- Oct 73° 45°
- Nov 60° 33°
- Dec 50° 25°
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 Pampa each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 23°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.19 in), the least in February (0.63 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 23°F | 36.7°F | 0.79 | 3.3 | 4 | <1 | 27 | 10 h |
| February | 54°F | 26°F | 39.6°F | 0.63 | 3.3 | 4 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 33°F | 48.1°F | 1.46 | 1.8 | 6 | <1 | 14 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 42°F | 56.4°F | 2.21 | 0.6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 52°F | 65.9°F | 2.84 | 0.2 | 8 | 6 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 88°F | 63°F | 75.5°F | 3.19 | 0.0 | 8 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 93°F | 67°F | 79.9°F | 2.50 | 0.0 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 91°F | 66°F | 78.4°F | 3.09 | 0.0 | 8 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 58°F | 70.8°F | 1.93 | 0.0 | 6 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 45°F | 58.7°F | 2.22 | 0.7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 33°F | 46.6°F | 0.98 | 1.5 | 4 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 50°F | 25°F | 37.5°F | 0.95 | 4.3 | 5 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 44°F | 57.8°F | 22.79 | 15.7 | 71 | 72 | 110 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −5°C | 2.6°C | 20 mm | 8 cm |
| February | 12°C | −4°C | 4.2°C | 16 mm | 8 cm |
| March | 17°C | 1°C | 8.9°C | 37 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 22°C | 5°C | 13.6°C | 56 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 26°C | 11°C | 18.8°C | 72 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 31°C | 17°C | 24.2°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 19°C | 26.6°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 19°C | 25.8°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 14°C | 21.6°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 7°C | 14.8°C | 56 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 16°C | 0°C | 8.1°C | 25 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 10°C | −4°C | 3.1°C | 24 mm | 11 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00416776; 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 Pampa?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October 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 USC00416776.
When is the last frost in Pampa?
In Pampa, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 14 in half of years and after April 29 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 28 in half of years and before October 13 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 141 year in 10 after April 29; 9 in 10 after March 28
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 281 year in 10 before October 13; 9 in 10 before November 9
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 194 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 215 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 4 in half of springs and before November 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pampa in zone 7a in ZIP code 79065, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Pampa's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 3°F (30 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 USC00416776; 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 Pampa?
In a normal year in Pampa, 72 days a year reach 90°F (10 of them 100°F or more), 110 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 71 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 72a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 10a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 110a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 12high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 71a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 5a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1964) is 111°F, on June 25, 1980; the lowest is −10°F, on February 16, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 40.76 in; the snowiest season is 1982–83, with 51.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00416776; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00416776. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Pampa?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Pampa, 5.1 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% | 3.1 |
| February | 79% | 3.8 |
| March | 80% | 5.0 |
| April | 82% | 6.2 |
| May | 82% | 6.8 |
| June | 88% | 7.4 |
| July | 89% | 7.2 |
| August | 87% | 6.4 |
| September | 87% | 5.4 |
| October | 82% | 4.2 |
| November | 83% | 3.2 |
| December | 80% | 2.7 |
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 Pampa need?
A normal year in Pampa brings 4,175 heating degree days, 22% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,600 cooling degree days, 76% more than 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 4,464 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 877 | 0 |
| February | 710 | 0 |
| March | 530 | 4 |
| April | 281 | 23 |
| May | 92 | 120 |
| June | 7 | 320 |
| July | 1 | 461 |
| August | 2 | 419 |
| September | 36 | 212 |
| October | 234 | 39 |
| November | 554 | 2 |
| December | 851 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,175 | 1,600 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00416776. 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 Pampa been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 59.4°F, 1.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 57.8°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58.3°F | +0.5°F | 22.94 | 16.3 |
| 2022 | 58.4°F | +0.6°F | 19.15 | 9.3 |
| 2023 | 59.7°F | +1.9°F | 25.91 | 5.5 |
| 2024 | 61.7°F | +3.9°F | 32.24 | 2.7 |
| 2025 | 59.4°F | +1.6°F | 22.62 | 18.0 |
Over 44 complete years from 1968 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.9°F per century (+0.33°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00416776; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Pampa's climate compare?
Pampa is warmer than 16 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 87. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 57.8°F is warmer than 69%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Pampa 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 Pampa share this climate record?
2 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.
- Lefors, TX417 people · 12 mi SE
- Skellytown, TX389 people · 11 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.
Questions about Pampa's climate
What is the coldest month in Pampa?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 23°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Pampa?
Yes: 16 inches in a normal year, falling on 8 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (4.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Pampa?
June, with 3.19 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.63 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Pampa in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Pampa in zone 7a in ZIP code 79065, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Pampa's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 3°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Pampa?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 14; in one year in ten it comes after April 29. Waiting until April 29 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Miami, TX21 miles from this station, 57.2°F a year
- Borger, TX25 miles from this station, 60.9°F a year
- Panhandle, TX27 miles from this station, 58.0°F a year
- McLean, TX30 miles from this station, 59.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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