Stratford, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Stratford's normal year runs from 21°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 17.1 inches of precipitation and 17 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.6°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 34°C, 434 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationStratford
- Station IDUSC00418692
- Location36.44°N 102.08°W
- Elevation3,603 ft (1,098 m)
- Population1,964
On October 23, the normal high in Stratford is 70°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 10%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Stratford.
- Jan 50° 21°
- Feb 54° 23°
- Mar 63° 31°
- Apr 71° 39°
- May 80° 49°
- Jun 90° 59°
- Jul 93° 64°
- Aug 91° 63°
- Sep 84° 55°
- Oct 73° 41°
- Nov 60° 30°
- Dec 50° 22°
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 Stratford each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 21°F. The most precipitation falls in August (2.73 in), the least in February (0.36 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 21°F | 35.6°F | 0.51 | 4.6 | 2 | <1 | 30 | 10 h |
| February | 54°F | 23°F | 38.5°F | 0.36 | 1.8 | 2 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 31°F | 46.6°F | 1.08 | 4.1 | 3 | <1 | 20 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 39°F | 54.7°F | 1.41 | 0.4 | 4 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 80°F | 49°F | 64.3°F | 2.07 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 h |
| June | 90°F | 59°F | 74.5°F | 2.48 | 0.0 | 5 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 93°F | 64°F | 78.9°F | 2.53 | 0.0 | 6 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 91°F | 63°F | 76.9°F | 2.73 | 0.0 | 6 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 84°F | 55°F | 69.5°F | 1.02 | 0.0 | 3 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 41°F | 57.0°F | 1.70 | 0.4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 30°F | 44.9°F | 0.60 | 2.7 | 2 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 50°F | 22°F | 35.9°F | 0.58 | 3.4 | 3 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 41°F | 56.5°F | 17.07 | 17.4 | 43 | 71 | 137 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −6°C | 2.0°C | 13 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 12°C | −5°C | 3.6°C | 9 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 17°C | −1°C | 8.1°C | 27 mm | 10 cm |
| April | 22°C | 4°C | 12.6°C | 36 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 26°C | 9°C | 17.9°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 15°C | 23.6°C | 63 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 18°C | 26.1°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 17°C | 24.9°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 13°C | 20.8°C | 26 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 5°C | 13.9°C | 43 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 16°C | −1°C | 7.2°C | 15 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 10°C | −6°C | 2.2°C | 15 mm | 9 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00418692; 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 Stratford?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September 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 USC00418692.
When is the last frost in Stratford?
In Stratford, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 21 in half of years and after May 3 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 21 in half of years and before October 8 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 211 year in 10 after May 3; 9 in 10 after April 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 211 year in 10 before October 8; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 181 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 201 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 10 in half of springs and before October 30 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Stratford in zone 7a in ZIP code 79084, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Stratford's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°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 USC00418692; 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 Stratford?
In a normal year in Stratford, 71 days a year reach 90°F (9 of them 100°F or more), 137 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 43 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 71a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 9a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 137a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 13high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 43a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1911) is 108°F, on June 24, 1953; the lowest is −20°F, on February 9, 1933.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 30.89 in; the snowiest season is 1982–83, with 55.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00418692; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00418692. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Stratford?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Stratford, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (90%) and February the cloudiest (79%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 82% | 3.0 |
| February | 79% | 3.8 |
| March | 82% | 5.2 |
| April | 83% | 6.4 |
| May | 85% | 7.3 |
| June | 89% | 7.8 |
| July | 90% | 7.5 |
| August | 88% | 6.6 |
| September | 89% | 5.7 |
| October | 85% | 4.3 |
| November | 85% | 3.3 |
| December | 80% | 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 Stratford need?
A normal year in Stratford brings 4,481 heating degree days, 17% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,399 cooling degree days, 54% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,112 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 911 | 0 |
| February | 741 | 0 |
| March | 571 | 2 |
| April | 321 | 13 |
| May | 111 | 89 |
| June | 7 | 293 |
| July | 1 | 430 |
| August | 2 | 371 |
| September | 43 | 178 |
| October | 271 | 23 |
| November | 602 | 0 |
| December | 900 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,481 | 1,399 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00418692. 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 Stratford been warmer than normal lately?
Over 47 complete years from 1912 to 2018, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.9°F per century (+0.22°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Stratford's climate compare?
Stratford is warmer than 5 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 26. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.5°F is warmer than 65%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Stratford 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 Stratford share this climate record?
Texhoma 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.
- Texhoma, OK835 people · 17 mi E
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 Stratford's climate
What is the coldest month in Stratford?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 21°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow in Stratford?
Yes: 17 inches in a normal year, falling on 5 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (4.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Stratford?
August, with 2.73 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.36 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Stratford in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Stratford in zone 7a in ZIP code 79084, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Stratford's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Stratford?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 21; in one year in ten it comes after May 3. Waiting until May 3 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Goodwell, OK29 miles from this station, 56.3°F a year
- Boise, OK30 miles from this station, 56.4°F a year
- Guymon, OK36 miles from this station, 57.6°F a year
- Gruver, TX39 miles from this station, 56.3°F a year
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