Stamford, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Stamford's normal year runs from 30°F January nights to 97°F July afternoons, with 25.7 inches of precipitation and 4 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.9°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 36°C, 653 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationStamford 1
- Station IDUSC00418583
- Location32.94°N 99.80°W
- Elevation1,612 ft (491 m)
- Population2,952
On October 23, the normal high in Stamford is 76°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 14%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Stamford.
- Jan 56° 30°
- Feb 61° 33°
- Mar 69° 41°
- Apr 78° 50°
- May 86° 60°
- Jun 93° 69°
- Jul 97° 72°
- Aug 97° 71°
- Sep 88° 63°
- Oct 78° 52°
- Nov 66° 40°
- Dec 57° 32°
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 Stamford each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 30°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.03 in), the least in January (1.16 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F | 30°F | 43.1°F | 1.16 | 1.0 | 3 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 61°F | 33°F | 46.9°F | 1.40 | 1.0 | 4 | <1 | 14 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 41°F | 55.3°F | 1.75 | 0.1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 50°F | 63.8°F | 2.05 | 0.3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 86°F | 60°F | 73.0°F | 3.27 | 0.0 | 6 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 93°F | 69°F | 81.0°F | 4.03 | 0.0 | 6 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 97°F | 72°F | 84.9°F | 1.73 | 0.0 | 3 | 28 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 97°F | 71°F | 83.8°F | 2.09 | 0.0 | 4 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 88°F | 63°F | 75.9°F | 3.05 | 0.0 | 5 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 78°F | 52°F | 65.1°F | 2.38 | 0.1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 66°F | 40°F | 53.1°F | 1.47 | 0.5 | 3 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 57°F | 32°F | 44.6°F | 1.33 | 0.6 | 3 | <1 | 17 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 51°F | 64.2°F | 25.71 | 3.6 | 49 | 115 | 65 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | −1°C | 6.2°C | 29 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 16°C | 1°C | 8.3°C | 36 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 21°C | 5°C | 12.9°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 26°C | 10°C | 17.7°C | 52 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 30°C | 16°C | 22.8°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 34°C | 20°C | 27.2°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 36°C | 22°C | 29.4°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 36°C | 22°C | 28.8°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 31°C | 17°C | 24.4°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 26°C | 11°C | 18.4°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 19°C | 5°C | 11.7°C | 37 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 14°C | 0°C | 7.0°C | 34 mm | 2 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00418583; 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 Stamford?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (3).
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 USC00418583.
When is the last frost in Stamford?
In Stamford, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 23 in half of years and after April 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 11 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 231 year in 10 after April 12; 9 in 10 after March 2
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 111 year in 10 before October 28; 9 in 10 before November 29
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 234 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 257 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 8 in half of springs and before November 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Stamford in zone 8a in ZIP code 79521, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Stamford's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (29 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 USC00418583; 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 Stamford?
In a normal year in Stamford, 115 days a year reach 90°F (35 of them 100°F or more), 65 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 49 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 115a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 35a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 65a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 49a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1911) is 118°F, on June 28, 1994; the lowest is −7°F, on February 2, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 39.61 in; the snowiest season is 1995–96, with 17.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00418583; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00418583. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Stamford?
Over a year 83% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Stamford, 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 3.2 |
| February | 76% | 3.9 |
| March | 79% | 5.0 |
| April | 82% | 6.1 |
| May | 81% | 6.5 |
| June | 88% | 7.2 |
| July | 88% | 7.0 |
| August | 87% | 6.4 |
| September | 84% | 5.3 |
| October | 83% | 4.3 |
| November | 82% | 3.4 |
| December | 78% | 2.9 |
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 Stamford need?
A normal year in Stamford brings 2,784 heating degree days, 48% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,531 cooling degree days, 2.8 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 6,030 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 679 | 1 |
| February | 508 | 3 |
| March | 322 | 21 |
| April | 126 | 90 |
| May | 25 | 273 |
| June | 1 | 481 |
| July | 0 | 617 |
| August | 0 | 584 |
| September | 11 | 338 |
| October | 112 | 113 |
| November | 368 | 11 |
| December | 633 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,784 | 2,531 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00418583. 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 Stamford been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 65.6°F, 1.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 64.2°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64.1°F | −0.1°F | 26.77 | 12.0 |
| 2022 | 65.2°F | +1.0°F | 23.89 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 66.3°F | +2.1°F | 27.91 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 67.0°F | +2.8°F | 30.32 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 65.6°F | +1.4°F | 26.24 | 1.3 |
Over 34 complete years from 1981 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.8°F per century (+0.16°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00418583; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Stamford's climate compare?
Stamford is warmer than 98 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 121. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.2°F is warmer than 86%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Stamford 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 Stamford share this climate record?
Lueders 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.
- Lueders, TX261 people · 14 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 Stamford's climate
What is the coldest month in Stamford?
January, with a normal high of 56°F and a normal low of 30°F. The warmest is July (97°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Stamford?
Yes: 4 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Stamford?
June, with 4.03 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.16 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Stamford in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Stamford in zone 8a in ZIP code 79521, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Stamford's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Stamford?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 23; in one year in ten it comes after April 12. Waiting until April 12 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Anson, TX13 miles from this station, 63.7°F a year
- Haskell, TX16 miles from this station, 63.1°F a year
- Aspermont, TX29 miles from this station, 63.6°F a year
- Fort Griffin, TX33 miles from this station, 63.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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