Silverton, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Silverton's normal year runs from 24°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 21.7 inches of precipitation and 9 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.8°C, January lows of −5°C, July highs of 33°C, 551 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSilverton
- Station IDUSC00418323
- Location34.47°N 101.30°W
- Elevation3,280 ft (1,000 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population653
On October 23, the normal high in Silverton is 71°F and the normal low 42°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 Silverton.
- Jan 52° 24°
- Feb 56° 27°
- Mar 65° 34°
- Apr 73° 42°
- May 81° 53°
- Jun 89° 63°
- Jul 92° 66°
- Aug 91° 65°
- Sep 84° 58°
- Oct 74° 45°
- Nov 62° 34°
- Dec 53° 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 Silverton each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 24°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.65 in), the least in January (0.69 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F | 24°F | 37.9°F | 0.69 | 1.9 | 3 | <1 | 28 | 10 h |
| February | 56°F | 27°F | 41.5°F | 0.76 | 2.3 | 3 | <1 | 22 | 11 h |
| March | 65°F | 34°F | 49.5°F | 1.26 | 1.0 | 4 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 42°F | 57.4°F | 1.64 | 0.3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 53°F | 66.8°F | 2.87 | 0.0 | 7 | 7 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 89°F | 63°F | 75.8°F | 3.65 | 0.0 | 8 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 92°F | 66°F | 79.2°F | 2.42 | 0.0 | 6 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 91°F | 65°F | 77.9°F | 2.64 | 0.0 | 6 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 58°F | 70.5°F | 2.31 | 0.0 | 5 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 45°F | 59.4°F | 1.82 | 0.1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 34°F | 47.7°F | 0.85 | 1.8 | 4 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 53°F | 25°F | 38.9°F | 0.78 | 1.8 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 45°F | 58.6°F | 21.69 | 9.2 | 59 | 74 | 111 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | −5°C | 3.3°C | 18 mm | 5 cm |
| February | 13°C | −3°C | 5.3°C | 19 mm | 6 cm |
| March | 18°C | 1°C | 9.7°C | 32 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 23°C | 6°C | 14.1°C | 42 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 27°C | 12°C | 19.3°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 17°C | 24.3°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 19°C | 26.2°C | 61 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 18°C | 25.5°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 14°C | 21.4°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 7°C | 15.2°C | 46 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 1°C | 8.7°C | 22 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 11°C | −4°C | 3.8°C | 20 mm | 5 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00418323; 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 Silverton?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (4).
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 USC00418323.
When is the last frost in Silverton?
In Silverton, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 13 in half of years and after April 28 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 28 in half of years and before October 14 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 131 year in 10 after April 28; 9 in 10 after March 28
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 281 year in 10 before October 14; 9 in 10 before November 8
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 197 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 217 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 3 in half of springs and before November 6 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Silverton in zone 7b in ZIP code 79257, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Silverton's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (30 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 USC00418323; 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 Silverton?
In a normal year in Silverton, 74 days a year reach 90°F (9 of them 100°F or more), 111 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 59 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 74a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 9a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 111a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 9high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 59a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1961) is 111°F, on June 27, 2011; the lowest is −10°F, on December 25, 2004.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2004, with 37.83 in; the snowiest season is 1982–83, with 33.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00418323; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00418323. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Silverton?
Over a year 85% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Silverton, 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 Silverton need?
A normal year in Silverton brings 3,890 heating degree days, 28% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,573 cooling degree days, 73% 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 4,514 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 839 | 0 |
| February | 660 | 0 |
| March | 487 | 5 |
| April | 253 | 25 |
| May | 79 | 135 |
| June | 4 | 327 |
| July | 0 | 442 |
| August | 1 | 401 |
| September | 32 | 199 |
| October | 210 | 38 |
| November | 519 | 2 |
| December | 807 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,890 | 1,573 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00418323. 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 Silverton been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 59.8°F, 1.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.6°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.3°F | +0.7°F | 17.86 | 10.9 |
| 2022 | 59.0°F | +0.4°F | 16.29 | 4.5 |
| 2023 | 60.1°F | +1.5°F | 20.24 | 8.3 |
| 2024 | 61.2°F | +2.6°F | 26.58 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 59.8°F | +1.2°F | 21.17 | 25.7 |
Over 54 complete years from 1962 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.2°F per century (+0.29°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00418323; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Silverton's climate compare?
Silverton is warmer than 21 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 71. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.6°F is warmer than 71%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Silverton 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.
Questions about Silverton's climate
What is the coldest month in Silverton?
January, with a normal high of 52°F and a normal low of 24°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Silverton?
Yes: 9 inches in a normal year, falling on 5 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (2.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Silverton?
June, with 3.65 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.69 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Silverton in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Silverton in zone 7b in ZIP code 79257, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Silverton's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Silverton?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 13; in one year in ten it comes after April 28. Waiting until April 28 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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- Tulia, TX27 miles from this station, 57.2°F a year
- Plainview, TX30 miles from this station, 59.7°F a year
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