Turkey, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Turkey's normal year runs from 27°F January nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 25.0 inches of precipitation and 7 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.6°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 35°C, 636 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTurkey
- Station IDUSC00419191
- Location34.40°N 100.90°W
- Elevation2,330 ft (710 m)
- Population326
On October 23, the normal high in Turkey is 75°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Turkey.
- Jan 55° 27°
- Feb 59° 30°
- Mar 68° 38°
- Apr 76° 46°
- May 84° 56°
- Jun 92° 66°
- Jul 96° 70°
- Aug 95° 68°
- Sep 87° 61°
- Oct 77° 48°
- Nov 66° 37°
- Dec 56° 29°
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 Turkey each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 27°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.91 in), the least in December (0.89 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F | 27°F | 41.3°F | 0.93 | 2.0 | 3 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 59°F | 30°F | 44.7°F | 0.99 | 1.6 | 3 | <1 | 18 | 11 h |
| March | 68°F | 38°F | 52.9°F | 1.64 | 0.7 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 76°F | 46°F | 61.3°F | 2.51 | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 56°F | 70.1°F | 3.28 | 0.0 | 7 | 10 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 92°F | 66°F | 78.6°F | 3.91 | 0.0 | 6 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 96°F | 70°F | 82.5°F | 2.44 | 0.0 | 5 | 26 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 95°F | 68°F | 81.4°F | 2.57 | 0.0 | 5 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 87°F | 61°F | 73.6°F | 2.87 | 0.0 | 5 | 13 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 77°F | 48°F | 62.5°F | 1.92 | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 66°F | 37°F | 51.3°F | 1.07 | 0.7 | 3 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 56°F | 29°F | 42.5°F | 0.89 | 1.5 | 3 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 48°F | 61.9°F | 25.02 | 6.7 | 53 | 102 | 85 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | −3°C | 5.2°C | 24 mm | 5 cm |
| February | 15°C | −1°C | 7.1°C | 25 mm | 4 cm |
| March | 20°C | 3°C | 11.6°C | 42 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 25°C | 8°C | 16.3°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 29°C | 14°C | 21.2°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 33°C | 19°C | 25.9°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 21°C | 28.1°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 35°C | 20°C | 27.4°C | 65 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 16°C | 23.1°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 25°C | 9°C | 16.9°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 19°C | 3°C | 10.7°C | 27 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 13°C | −2°C | 5.8°C | 23 mm | 4 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00419191; 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 Turkey?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, 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 USC00419191.
When is the last frost in Turkey?
In Turkey, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 4 in half of years and after April 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 3 in half of years and before October 19 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 41 year in 10 after April 21; 9 in 10 after March 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 31 year in 10 before October 19; 9 in 10 before November 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 211 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 234 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 21 in half of springs and before November 12 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Turkey in zone 7b in ZIP code 79261, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Turkey's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 8°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 USC00419191; 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 Turkey?
In a normal year in Turkey, 102 days a year reach 90°F (26 of them 100°F or more), 85 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 53 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 102a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 26a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 85a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 5high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 53a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1964) is 117°F, on July 15, 2020; the lowest is −3°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1997, with 40.80 in; the snowiest season is 1982–83, with 17.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00419191; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00419191. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Turkey?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Turkey, 5.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (79%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 83% | 3.2 |
| February | 79% | 3.9 |
| March | 81% | 5.1 |
| April | 82% | 6.2 |
| May | 82% | 6.8 |
| June | 89% | 7.4 |
| July | 89% | 7.2 |
| August | 88% | 6.4 |
| September | 85% | 5.4 |
| October | 83% | 4.3 |
| November | 83% | 3.3 |
| December | 80% | 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 Turkey need?
A normal year in Turkey brings 3,205 heating degree days, 40% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,109 cooling degree days, 2.3 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 5,379 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 733 | 0 |
| February | 569 | 2 |
| March | 391 | 16 |
| April | 174 | 63 |
| May | 46 | 204 |
| June | 1 | 409 |
| July | 0 | 543 |
| August | 0 | 509 |
| September | 19 | 278 |
| October | 153 | 77 |
| November | 418 | 7 |
| December | 699 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,205 | 2,109 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00419191. 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 Turkey been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 63.0°F, 1.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 61.9°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62.1°F | +0.2°F | 26.18 | 12.5 |
| 2022 | 62.5°F | +0.6°F | 18.72 | 8.0 |
| 2023 | 63.7°F | +1.8°F | 23.73 | 7.0 |
| 2024 | 64.3°F | +2.4°F | 26.06 | 10.0 |
| 2025 | 63.0°F | +1.1°F | 22.26 | 14.1 |
Over 39 complete years from 1972 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 USC00419191; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Turkey's climate compare?
Turkey is warmer than 48 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 110. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.9°F is warmer than 80%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Turkey 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 Turkey share this climate record?
Quitaque 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.
- Quitaque, TX358 people · 9 mi W
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 Turkey's climate
What is the coldest month in Turkey?
January, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 27°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Turkey?
Yes: 7 inches in a normal year, falling on 4 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (2.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Turkey?
June, with 3.91 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is December with 0.89 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Turkey in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Turkey in zone 7b in ZIP code 79261, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Turkey's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 8°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Turkey?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 4; in one year in ten it comes after April 21. Waiting until April 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Silverton, TX24 miles from this station, 58.6°F a year
- Matador, TX26 miles from this station, 61.0°F a year
- Memphis, TX30 miles from this station, 61.0°F a year
- Childress, TX35 miles from this station, 62.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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