Texarkana, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Texarkana's normal year runs from 33°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 52.4 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.8°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,331 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTexarkana
- Station IDUSC00418942
- Location33.44°N 94.08°W
- Elevation390 ft (119 m)
- Population35,971
On October 22, the normal high in Texarkana is 74°F and the normal low 51°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 29%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Texarkana.
- Jan 54° 33°
- Feb 59° 37°
- Mar 67° 44°
- Apr 75° 51°
- May 82° 62°
- Jun 89° 70°
- Jul 93° 73°
- Aug 94° 72°
- Sep 87° 65°
- Oct 77° 53°
- Nov 65° 42°
- Dec 56° 36°
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 Texarkana each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 33°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.25 in), the least in August (2.77 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 33°F | 43.7°F | 4.26 | 1.0 | 11 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 59°F | 37°F | 47.6°F | 4.58 | 1.0 | 11 | <1 | 10 | 11 h |
| March | 67°F | 44°F | 55.2°F | 4.70 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 75°F | 51°F | 63.1°F | 4.88 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 62°F | 71.8°F | 5.25 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 89°F | 70°F | 79.6°F | 4.39 | 0.0 | 9 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 93°F | 73°F | 83.2°F | 3.40 | 0.0 | 7 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 94°F | 72°F | 82.8°F | 2.77 | 0.0 | 7 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 87°F | 65°F | 76.2°F | 3.89 | 0.0 | 7 | 13 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 77°F | 53°F | 64.9°F | 4.78 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 65°F | 42°F | 53.6°F | 4.33 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 56°F | 36°F | 46.1°F | 5.18 | 0.1 | 11 | <1 | 12 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 75°F | 53°F | 64.0°F | 52.41 | 2.1 | 110 | 82 | 46 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | 1°C | 6.5°C | 108 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 15°C | 3°C | 8.7°C | 116 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 19°C | 7°C | 12.9°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 24°C | 11°C | 17.3°C | 124 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 28°C | 17°C | 22.1°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.4°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 23°C | 28.4°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 22°C | 28.2°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 31°C | 18°C | 24.6°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 25°C | 12°C | 18.3°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 18°C | 6°C | 12.0°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 13°C | 2°C | 7.8°C | 132 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00418942; 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 Texarkana?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (9).
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 USC00418942.
When is the last frost in Texarkana?
In Texarkana, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 15 in half of years and after April 4 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 17 in half of years and before November 1 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 151 year in 10 after April 4; 9 in 10 after February 24
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 171 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 249 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 276 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 1 in half of springs and before December 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Texarkana in zone 8b across its 2 ZIP code areas (8b in 75503, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Texarkana's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°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 USC00418942; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Texarkana ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Texarkana's 2 ZIP code areas are all in zone 8b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Texarkana?
In a normal year in Texarkana, 82 days a year reach 90°F (10 of them 100°F or more), 46 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 110 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 82a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 10a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 46a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 110a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1968) is 112°F, on August 5, 2011; the lowest is −6°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2009, with 78.21 in; the snowiest season is 2010–11, with 11.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00418942; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00418942. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Texarkana?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Texarkana, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (85%) and February the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.7 |
| February | 65% | 3.1 |
| March | 70% | 4.2 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 76% | 5.8 |
| June | 82% | 6.5 |
| July | 84% | 6.4 |
| August | 85% | 6.0 |
| September | 82% | 5.0 |
| October | 79% | 4.0 |
| November | 75% | 2.9 |
| December | 71% | 2.4 |
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 Texarkana need?
A normal year in Texarkana brings 2,675 heating degree days, 50% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,336 cooling degree days, 2.6 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 5,844 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 662 | 2 |
| February | 490 | 3 |
| March | 321 | 18 |
| April | 125 | 68 |
| May | 18 | 231 |
| June | 0 | 437 |
| July | 0 | 563 |
| August | 0 | 552 |
| September | 6 | 342 |
| October | 105 | 104 |
| November | 356 | 14 |
| December | 591 | 3 |
| Year (annual) | 2,675 | 2,336 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00418942. 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 Texarkana been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 66.0°F, 2.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 64.0°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64.5°F | +0.5°F | 58.29 | – |
| 2022 | 64.6°F | +0.6°F | 46.43 | – |
| 2024 | 66.6°F | +2.6°F | 66.69 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 66.0°F | +2.0°F | 59.72 | 0.0 |
Over 50 complete years from 1969 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.3°F per century (+0.18°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00418942; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Texarkana's climate compare?
Texarkana is warmer than 94 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 292. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.0°F is warmer than 85%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Texarkana 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 Texarkana 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.
- Genoa, AR1,008 people · 12 mi E
- Ogden, AR123 people · 10 mi N
- Fulton, AR110 people · 19 mi NE
- McNab, AR30 people · 21 mi NE
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 Texarkana's climate
What is the coldest month in Texarkana?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 33°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Texarkana?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Texarkana?
May, with 5.25 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 2.77 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Texarkana in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Texarkana in zone 8b across its 2 ZIP code areas (8b in 75503, the largest). By the same method at Texarkana's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Texarkana?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 15; in one year in ten it comes after April 4. Waiting until April 4 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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