Plainview, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Plainview's normal year runs from 26°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 19.3 inches of precipitation and 8 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.4°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 34°C, 491 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPlainview
- Station IDUSC00417079
- Location34.19°N 101.70°W
- Elevation3,370 ft (1,027 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population19,429
On October 23, the normal high in Plainview is 72°F and the normal low 44°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 Plainview.
- Jan 52° 26°
- Feb 57° 29°
- Mar 65° 36°
- Apr 73° 44°
- May 82° 55°
- Jun 90° 64°
- Jul 92° 68°
- Aug 91° 66°
- Sep 84° 59°
- Oct 74° 47°
- Nov 62° 35°
- Dec 53° 28°
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 Plainview each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 26°F. The most precipitation falls in May (2.86 in), the least in February (0.60 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F | 26°F | 39.2°F | 0.68 | 2.1 | 3 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 57°F | 29°F | 42.8°F | 0.60 | 1.5 | 4 | <1 | 19 | 11 h |
| March | 65°F | 36°F | 50.7°F | 1.25 | 0.8 | 5 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 44°F | 58.7°F | 1.52 | 0.1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 55°F | 68.3°F | 2.86 | 0.0 | 7 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 90°F | 64°F | 77.1°F | 2.74 | 0.0 | 8 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 92°F | 68°F | 80.1°F | 2.38 | 0.0 | 6 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 91°F | 66°F | 78.7°F | 2.12 | 0.0 | 7 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 59°F | 71.3°F | 1.99 | 0.0 | 6 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 47°F | 60.3°F | 1.63 | 0.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 35°F | 48.5°F | 0.83 | 1.2 | 4 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 53°F | 28°F | 40.2°F | 0.73 | 2.4 | 4 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 46°F | 59.7°F | 19.33 | 8.2 | 62 | 77 | 92 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | −3°C | 4.0°C | 17 mm | 5 cm |
| February | 14°C | −2°C | 6.0°C | 15 mm | 4 cm |
| March | 18°C | 2°C | 10.4°C | 32 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 23°C | 7°C | 14.8°C | 39 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 28°C | 13°C | 20.2°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 18°C | 25.1°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 20°C | 26.7°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 19°C | 25.9°C | 54 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 15°C | 21.8°C | 51 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 8°C | 15.7°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 2°C | 9.2°C | 21 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 12°C | −2°C | 4.6°C | 19 mm | 6 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00417079; 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 Plainview?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, September and October. Of those, March 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 USC00417079.
When is the last frost in Plainview?
In Plainview, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 6 in half of years and after April 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 2 in half of years and before October 19 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 61 year in 10 after April 23; 9 in 10 after March 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 21 year in 10 before October 19; 9 in 10 before November 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 209 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 230 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 25 in half of springs and before November 12 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Plainview in zone 7b in ZIP code 79072, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Plainview's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 7°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 USC00417079; 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 Plainview?
In a normal year in Plainview, 77 days a year reach 90°F (9 of them 100°F or more), 92 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 62 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 77a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 9a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 92a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 8high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 62a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1908) is 112°F, on June 27, 2011; the lowest is −8°F, on February 8, 1933.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1926, with 38.10 in; the snowiest season is 1982–83, with 46.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00417079; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00417079. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Plainview?
Over a year 85% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Plainview, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (80%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 84% | 3.3 |
| February | 80% | 4.0 |
| March | 82% | 5.3 |
| April | 84% | 6.5 |
| May | 84% | 7.0 |
| June | 89% | 7.6 |
| July | 89% | 7.3 |
| August | 88% | 6.5 |
| September | 86% | 5.5 |
| October | 84% | 4.3 |
| November | 84% | 3.4 |
| December | 81% | 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 Plainview need?
A normal year in Plainview brings 3,640 heating degree days, 32% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,723 cooling degree days, 90% 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 4,769 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 800 | 0 |
| February | 622 | 0 |
| March | 449 | 5 |
| April | 222 | 32 |
| May | 63 | 164 |
| June | 2 | 366 |
| July | 0 | 470 |
| August | 1 | 424 |
| September | 27 | 216 |
| October | 189 | 45 |
| November | 498 | 2 |
| December | 769 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,640 | 1,723 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00417079. 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 Plainview been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 60.9°F, 1.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 59.7°F. 3 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.4°F | −0.3°F | 22.25 | 4.9 |
| 2022 | 59.5°F | −0.2°F | 11.80 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 60.6°F | +0.9°F | 22.05 | 7.2 |
| 2024 | 62.2°F | +2.5°F | 23.85 | 13.0 |
| 2025 | 60.9°F | +1.2°F | 17.39 | 7.1 |
Over 108 complete years from 1895 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.8°F per century (+0.10°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00417079; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Plainview's climate compare?
Plainview is warmer than 33 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 46. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 59.7°F is warmer than 74%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Plainview 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 Plainview share this climate record?
4 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.
- Hale Center, TX2,000 people · 12 mi SW
- Seth Ward, TX1,909 people · 2 mi N
- Kress, TX592 people · 12 mi N
- Edmonson, TX87 people · 13 mi NW
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 Plainview's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Plainview. This page uses Plainview; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plainview Water Productn USC00417081 | 1 mi W | 3,450 ft | 58.6°F | 24°F | 91°F | 18.4 | 7 | April 11 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Plainview's climate
What is the coldest month in Plainview?
January, with a normal high of 52°F and a normal low of 26°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Plainview?
Yes: 8 inches in a normal year, falling on 5 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (2.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Plainview?
May, with 2.86 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.60 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Plainview in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Plainview in zone 7b in ZIP code 79072, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Plainview's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 7°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Plainview?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 6; in one year in ten it comes after April 23. Waiting until April 23 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Olton, TX25 miles from this station, 58.6°F a year
- Tulia, TX25 miles from this station, 57.2°F a year
- Floydada, TX25 miles from this station, 59.5°F a year
- Abernathy, TX26 miles from this station, 59.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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