Snyder, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Snyder's normal year runs from 29°F January nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 21.8 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.4°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 35°C, 553 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSnyder
- Station IDUSC00418433
- Location32.71°N 100.91°W
- Elevation2,319 ft (707 m)
- Population11,151
On October 23, the normal high in Snyder is 76°F and the normal low 48°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 Snyder.
- Jan 57° 29°
- Feb 62° 32°
- Mar 70° 40°
- Apr 78° 48°
- May 86° 59°
- Jun 92° 67°
- Jul 96° 70°
- Aug 94° 70°
- Sep 87° 62°
- Oct 78° 51°
- Nov 66° 38°
- Dec 58° 30°
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 Snyder each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 29°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.14 in), the least in January (0.77 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57°F | 29°F | 43.0°F | 0.77 | 0.1 | 4 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 62°F | 32°F | 46.8°F | 1.05 | 0.5 | 4 | <1 | 14 | 11 h |
| March | 70°F | 40°F | 55.0°F | 1.56 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 48°F | 63.2°F | 1.40 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 86°F | 59°F | 72.1°F | 2.68 | 0.0 | 7 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 92°F | 67°F | 79.7°F | 3.14 | 0.0 | 6 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 96°F | 70°F | 82.9°F | 1.91 | 0.0 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 94°F | 70°F | 82.0°F | 2.09 | 0.0 | 5 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 62°F | 74.5°F | 2.75 | 0.0 | 6 | 12 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 78°F | 51°F | 64.4°F | 2.17 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 66°F | 38°F | 52.2°F | 1.19 | 0.4 | 4 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 58°F | 30°F | 44.1°F | 1.06 | 0.8 | 4 | <1 | 19 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 50°F | 63.3°F | 21.77 | 1.8 | 59 | 101 | 71 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | −2°C | 6.1°C | 20 mm | 0 cm |
| February | 16°C | 0°C | 8.2°C | 27 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 21°C | 5°C | 12.8°C | 40 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 26°C | 9°C | 17.3°C | 36 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 30°C | 15°C | 22.3°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 34°C | 19°C | 26.5°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 21°C | 28.3°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 35°C | 21°C | 27.8°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 31°C | 17°C | 23.6°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 26°C | 10°C | 18.0°C | 55 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 19°C | 3°C | 11.2°C | 30 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 14°C | −1°C | 6.7°C | 27 mm | 2 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00418433; 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 Snyder?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. Of those, November 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 USC00418433.
When is the last frost in Snyder?
In Snyder, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 27 in half of years and after April 14 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 10 in half of years and before October 28 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 271 year in 10 after April 14; 9 in 10 after March 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 101 year in 10 before October 28; 9 in 10 before November 24
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 227 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 252 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 10 in half of springs and before November 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Snyder in zone 8a in ZIP code 79526, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Snyder's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (23 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 USC00418433; 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 Snyder?
In a normal year in Snyder, 101 days a year reach 90°F (19 of them 100°F or more), 71 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 59 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 101a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 19a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 71a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 59a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1911) is 115°F, on August 12, 1936; the lowest is −10°F, on January 4, 1947.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1941, with 44.02 in; the snowiest season is 1932–33, with 18.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00418433; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00418433. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Snyder?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Snyder, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (78%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 81% | 3.3 |
| February | 78% | 4.0 |
| March | 81% | 5.2 |
| April | 84% | 6.4 |
| May | 83% | 6.8 |
| June | 89% | 7.4 |
| July | 88% | 7.1 |
| August | 88% | 6.5 |
| September | 84% | 5.4 |
| October | 84% | 4.5 |
| November | 83% | 3.5 |
| December | 80% | 3.0 |
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 Snyder need?
A normal year in Snyder brings 2,853 heating degree days, 47% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,267 cooling degree days, 2.5 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 5,697 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 684 | 0 |
| February | 510 | 2 |
| March | 328 | 17 |
| April | 132 | 76 |
| May | 30 | 250 |
| June | 1 | 443 |
| July | 0 | 556 |
| August | 0 | 526 |
| September | 13 | 297 |
| October | 114 | 94 |
| November | 392 | 7 |
| December | 650 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,853 | 2,267 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00418433. 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 Snyder been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 65.3°F, 2.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 63.3°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63.5°F | +0.2°F | 26.55 | 10.5 |
| 2023 | 65.3°F | +2.0°F | 14.07 | 0.0 |
Over 43 complete years from 1949 to 2024, 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 USC00418433; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Snyder's climate compare?
Snyder is warmer than 67 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 73. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.3°F is warmer than 84%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Snyder 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 Snyder share this climate record?
Hermleigh has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Hermleigh, TX418 people · 11 mi SE
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 Snyder's climate
What is the coldest month in Snyder?
January, with a normal high of 57°F and a normal low of 29°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Snyder?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (0.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Snyder?
June, with 3.14 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.77 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Snyder in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Snyder in zone 8a in ZIP code 79526, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Snyder's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Snyder?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 27; in one year in ten it comes after April 14. Waiting until April 14 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Colorado City, TX22 miles from this station, 63.6°F a year
- Lake Alan Henry, TX25 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Rotan, TX28 miles from this station, 65.5°F a year
- Roscoe, TX29 miles from this station, 63.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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