Perryton, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Perryton's normal year runs from 24°F January nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 22.8 inches of precipitation and 14 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.1°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 35°C, 580 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPerryton
- Station IDUSC00416950
- Location36.39°N 100.82°W
- Elevation2,942 ft (897 m)
- Population8,219
On October 23, the normal high in Perryton is 71°F and the normal low 43°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 15%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Perryton.
- Jan 51° 24°
- Feb 55° 26°
- Mar 65° 34°
- Apr 73° 42°
- May 82° 53°
- Jun 91° 64°
- Jul 96° 68°
- Aug 93° 67°
- Sep 87° 59°
- Oct 74° 46°
- Nov 62° 33°
- Dec 51° 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 Perryton each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 24°F. The most precipitation falls in July (3.48 in), the least in February (0.58 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F | 24°F | 37.2°F | 0.69 | 3.1 | 3 | <1 | 29 | 10 h |
| February | 55°F | 26°F | 40.4°F | 0.58 | 2.4 | 3 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 65°F | 34°F | 49.1°F | 1.51 | 2.7 | 5 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 42°F | 57.5°F | 1.90 | 0.6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 82°F | 53°F | 67.2°F | 2.80 | 0.0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 h |
| June | 91°F | 64°F | 77.5°F | 3.20 | 0.0 | 7 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 96°F | 68°F | 82.0°F | 3.48 | 0.0 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 93°F | 67°F | 80.0°F | 2.96 | 0.0 | 7 | 19 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 87°F | 59°F | 72.8°F | 1.86 | 0.0 | 5 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 46°F | 60.0°F | 2.04 | 0.8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 33°F | 47.7°F | 0.83 | 1.1 | 4 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 51°F | 25°F | 38.1°F | 0.97 | 2.9 | 3 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 45°F | 59.1°F | 22.82 | 13.6 | 60 | 74 | 131 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | −5°C | 2.9°C | 18 mm | 8 cm |
| February | 13°C | −3°C | 4.7°C | 15 mm | 6 cm |
| March | 18°C | 1°C | 9.5°C | 38 mm | 7 cm |
| April | 23°C | 6°C | 14.2°C | 48 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 28°C | 12°C | 19.6°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 33°C | 18°C | 25.3°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 20°C | 27.8°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 19°C | 26.7°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 15°C | 22.7°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 8°C | 15.6°C | 52 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 17°C | 1°C | 8.7°C | 21 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 10°C | −4°C | 3.4°C | 25 mm | 7 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00416950; 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 Perryton?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May 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 USC00416950.
When is the last frost in Perryton?
In Perryton, 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 30 in half of years and before October 15 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 29
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 301 year in 10 before October 15; 9 in 10 before November 12
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 197 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 218 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 1 in half of springs and before November 7 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Perryton in zone 7a in ZIP code 79070, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Perryton's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (17 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 USC00416950; 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 Perryton?
In a normal year in Perryton, 74 days a year reach 90°F (14 of them 100°F or more), 131 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 60 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 74a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 14a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 131a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 13high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 60a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1906) is 113°F, on June 26, 2011; the lowest is −17°F, on January 7, 1988.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2010, with 30.67 in; the snowiest season is 1987–88, with 67.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00416950; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00416950. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Perryton?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Perryton, 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (77%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 2.9 |
| February | 77% | 3.7 |
| March | 80% | 4.9 |
| April | 81% | 6.1 |
| May | 83% | 6.8 |
| June | 89% | 7.5 |
| July | 89% | 7.2 |
| August | 87% | 6.4 |
| September | 87% | 5.4 |
| October | 82% | 4.1 |
| November | 83% | 3.1 |
| December | 79% | 2.6 |
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 Perryton need?
A normal year in Perryton brings 3,957 heating degree days, 26% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,848 cooling degree days, 2.0 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 4,782 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 862 | 0 |
| February | 688 | 0 |
| March | 496 | 5 |
| April | 252 | 27 |
| May | 72 | 142 |
| June | 3 | 377 |
| July | 0 | 525 |
| August | 1 | 466 |
| September | 23 | 255 |
| October | 204 | 48 |
| November | 523 | 4 |
| December | 834 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,957 | 1,848 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00416950. 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.
How does Perryton's climate compare?
Perryton is warmer than 25 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 88. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 59.1°F is warmer than 72%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Perryton is BSk: cold 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 Perryton 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.
- Hardesty, OK201 people · 26 mi NW
- Farnsworth, TX14 people · 10 mi SW
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 Perryton's climate
What is the coldest month in Perryton?
January, with a normal high of 51°F and a normal low of 24°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Perryton?
Yes: 14 inches in a normal year, falling on 6 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (3.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Perryton?
July, with 3.48 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.58 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Perryton in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Perryton in zone 7a in ZIP code 79070, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Perryton's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (17 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Perryton?
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
- Spearman, TX24 miles from this station, 60.5°F a year
- Turpin, OK29 miles from this station, 58.3°F a year
- Lipscomb, TX32 miles from this station, 56.4°F a year
- Beaver, OK34 miles from this station, 56.5°F a year
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